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John W. Cockrill, Jr., was born on July 8, 1781, in Davidson County, Tennessee, to John W. Cockrill and Ann Robertson Cockrill, the sister of one of Nashville's founder James Robertson. On October 20, 1803, John married Elizabeth Harding Underwood. John and Betsy owned a considerable estate and actively bought and sold land with other business partners such as William Cocke, John McNairy, and John Childress. He and Betsy moved to Tuscumbia, Alabama between 1820 and 1824, when Betsy died. In 1839, he married Mary H. Butler. Cockrill died in Franklin County, Alabama, on August 12, 1840.