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Elizabeth Trotter <I>Pope</I> Cocke

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Elizabeth Trotter Pope Cocke

Birth
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Death
7 May 1835 (aged 18–19)
Washington County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.6931384, Longitude: -85.2618985
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Elizabeth Trotter (Pope) Cocke was the daughter of the Hon. John Pope and Elizabeth (Johnson) Pope. Her mother was the siter of Katherine (John) Adams, sixth President of the United States. Her father served as the Territorial Governor of Arkansas, from 1829-1835, during the administration of President Andrew Jackson.

When Elizabeth (Pope) Cocke was five years old, her widowed father married Frances (Watkins) Walton, widow of General Matthew Walton, founder of Springfield and one of the largest landholders in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Her cause of death is not listed on page 126 of St. Rose Sacramental Register I. It says that Mrs. Cocke and child (Mary) were buried at St. Rose on May 8, 1835.

- - All of the above from the research by Gerald & Martha M. Thompson
Elizabeth Trotter (Pope) Cocke was the daughter of the Hon. John Pope and Elizabeth (Johnson) Pope. Her mother was the siter of Katherine (John) Adams, sixth President of the United States. Her father served as the Territorial Governor of Arkansas, from 1829-1835, during the administration of President Andrew Jackson.

When Elizabeth (Pope) Cocke was five years old, her widowed father married Frances (Watkins) Walton, widow of General Matthew Walton, founder of Springfield and one of the largest landholders in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Her cause of death is not listed on page 126 of St. Rose Sacramental Register I. It says that Mrs. Cocke and child (Mary) were buried at St. Rose on May 8, 1835.

- - All of the above from the research by Gerald & Martha M. Thompson


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