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.

Warminster, Nelson, Virginia, USA

Notes:
“Soon after returning from England [1741], Dr. [William] Cabell removed from his place on "Licking-Hole Creek" to his lands up the river, and settled at the mouth of Swan Creek, in the present county of Nelson, where he had erected dwelling-houses, a mill (the first in that quarter), a warehouse (also the first), a depot of produce, a store, etc., - calling the place Warminster, for his old English home; from whence a regular line of batteaux was run to Westham. For over fifty years Warminster (now one of our dead towns) was one of the most important points in our internal commerce. And so internal commerce has naturally received the especial attention of the Cabells from the first.”

- The Cabells and Their Kin, p 47.



In 1744, Warminster was located in Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, GB. In 1761, Amherst County was formed from a portion of Albemarle County, which included Warminster. In 1788, the Colony of Virginia became the Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA. In 1808, Nelson County was formed from a portion of Amherst County, which included Warminster, and is it's present day location.

Latitude: 37.688677, Longitude: -78.703737