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.

Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama, USA

Notes:
1817 - On 3 March, the Alabama Territory was established from the eastern half of the Mississippi Territory.

1818 - Franklin County was formed from unorganized land in the Alabama Territory, USA.

1819 - On 14 December, Alabama became the 22nd state in the United States of America.

1820 - The town of Ococoposa was incorporated in Franklin County.

1821 - Ococoposa was renamed Big Spring.

1822 - Big Spring was renamed Tuscumbia.

1867 - Colbert County was formed from a portion of Franklin County in Alabama, USA, and Tuscumbia became the county seat for Colbert County. Colbert County was abolished this same year.

1870 - Colbert County was re-established from a portion of Franklin County in Alabama, USA, and Tuscumbia was again the county seat.

1895 - Colbert County received land from Lawrence County, creating Colbert County's present day boundries.

Latitude: 34.731111, Longitude: -87.7025