Sterling Cocke was a son of William Cocke (and first wife, Mary MacLin Cocke), one of the first two US Senators from Tennessee.
"The first lawyer of prominence in Hawkins County was William Cocke, who is mentioned elsewhere. He had two or three sons, who also became lawyers. One of them, John Cocke, located in Grainger County; another, Sterling Cocke, remained in Hawkins County. He was admitted to practice in 1812, and six years later was made attorney-general, in which position he contiued for many years. He was not looked upon as a lawyer of great ability, but was a man of strict intergrity and of pleasing manners." -- Goodspeed's History of Hawkins County
Sterling first married Eliza T. Massengill on Sept. 6, 1814 in Grainger Co., TN. He married Caroline F. Jones in Washington County, Kentucky on July 14, 1818. He is buried with his second wife, Caroline.
Eliza is presumably buried with her father, Michael Massengill, a Revolutionary War hero.
"The first lawyer of prominence in Hawkins County was William Cocke, who is mentioned elsewhere. He had two or three sons, who also became lawyers. One of them, John Cocke, located in Grainger County; another, Sterling Cocke, remained in Hawkins County. He was admitted to practice in 1812, and six years later was made attorney-general, in which position he contiued for many years. He was not looked upon as a lawyer of great ability, but was a man of strict intergrity and of pleasing manners." -- Goodspeed's History of Hawkins County
Sterling first married Eliza T. Massengill on Sept. 6, 1814 in Grainger Co., TN. He married Caroline F. Jones in Washington County, Kentucky on July 14, 1818. He is buried with his second wife, Caroline.
Eliza is presumably buried with her father, Michael Massengill, a Revolutionary War hero.
Sterling Cocke was a son of William Cocke (and first wife, Mary MacLin Cocke), one of the first two US Senators from Tennessee.
"The first lawyer of prominence in Hawkins County was William Cocke, who is mentioned elsewhere. He had two or three sons, who also became lawyers. One of them, John Cocke, located in Grainger County; another, Sterling Cocke, remained in Hawkins County. He was admitted to practice in 1812, and six years later was made attorney-general, in which position he contiued for many years. He was not looked upon as a lawyer of great ability, but was a man of strict intergrity and of pleasing manners." -- Goodspeed's History of Hawkins County
Sterling first married Eliza T. Massengill on Sept. 6, 1814 in Grainger Co., TN. He married Caroline F. Jones in Washington County, Kentucky on July 14, 1818. He is buried with his second wife, Caroline.
Eliza is presumably buried with her father, Michael Massengill, a Revolutionary War hero.
"The first lawyer of prominence in Hawkins County was William Cocke, who is mentioned elsewhere. He had two or three sons, who also became lawyers. One of them, John Cocke, located in Grainger County; another, Sterling Cocke, remained in Hawkins County. He was admitted to practice in 1812, and six years later was made attorney-general, in which position he contiued for many years. He was not looked upon as a lawyer of great ability, but was a man of strict intergrity and of pleasing manners." -- Goodspeed's History of Hawkins County
Sterling first married Eliza T. Massengill on Sept. 6, 1814 in Grainger Co., TN. He married Caroline F. Jones in Washington County, Kentucky on July 14, 1818. He is buried with his second wife, Caroline.
Eliza is presumably buried with her father, Michael Massengill, a Revolutionary War hero.
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