The Cochrane & Allied Families

Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA

Notes:
1798 - The Mississippi Territory was established by the USA, which included the southern portions of present day Mississippi and Alabama.

1804 - The Mississippi Territory was trippled by expansion northward to the southern Tennessee border.

1805 - The town of Huntsville was established. It was incorporated in 1811.

1808 - Madison County was established from Indian lands in the Mississippi Teritory, with Huntsville as the county seat.

1812 - The Mississippi Territory annexed land to the Gulf Coast.

1817 - On 3 March, the Alabama Territory was established from the eastern half of the Mississippi Territory, including Madison County and Huntsville.

1819 - On 14 December, Alabama became the 22nd state in the United States of America. Huntsville became the state capitol of Alabama for a year until it was moved.

1819 - Madison County received land from an unorganized area.

1837 - Marshall County received land from Madison County, creating Madison County's present day boundries.

Latitude: 34.730278, Longitude: -86.586111