{"id":386,"date":"2018-07-11T12:58:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T17:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=386"},"modified":"2026-01-22T06:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:22:53","slug":"john-cocke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-cocke\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cocke"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>John Cocke (Panola County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1872-1873<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:\u00a0<\/strong>December 5, 1828 in Tennessee<br \/>\n<strong>Died:<\/strong> September 26, 1909 in Panola County, MS<\/p>\n<p>Appears on the 1880 and 1900 census in Panola County with wife Olive and children. According to probate records, he left an estate worth about $825, including a life insurance policy with the &#8220;M.B.A.A. Colored Ins. Co.,&#8221; a mule, and 12 horses. He left his estate to his wife and his granddaughter, Sarah Nelson. His grandson, James Edward Nelson (1886-1967), and descendants are well-documented in later records.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/17612596\/john-cocke\">Memorial on Find A Grave<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6097\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-cocke\/scccocke\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6097\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6097\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/scccocke-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Claims Commission testimony, November 1872\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/scccocke-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/scccocke-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SCC testimony, November 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1031\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-cocke\/will\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1031 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/will-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/will-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/will-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will of John Cocke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Cocke (Panola County) State House:\u00a01872-1873 Born:\u00a0December 5, 1828 in Tennessee Died: September 26, 1909 in Panola County, MS Appears on the 1880 and 1900 census in Panola County with wife Olive and children. According to probate records, he left an estate worth about $825, including a life insurance policy with the &#8220;M.B.A.A. Colored Ins. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-cocke\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;John Cocke&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-386","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6098,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/386\/revisions\/6098"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}