John Jefferson Cogburn
1830 - 1907 (77 years)
Person ID: I2151 | Tree: Import from RootsMagic | Last Modified: 22 Oct 2025
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Name John Jefferson Cogburn Notes - John Jefferson Cogburn and Clint Farmer went to Tennessee to work. Clint came back home. There was no Post Office at Cruso at that time and John Jefferson wanted to send a letter by Clint Farmer to his wife, Martha Caroline. When he addressed the letter, he thought of a little Chinquapin bush below his house, so he addressed the letter to Martha Cogburn, Chinquapin, N.C. Hence the name Chinquapin Branch or Road. This was told to Essie Sellers Jervis by Clint Farmer. Essie is John Jefferson's great granddaughter.
Served in McRae's Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry
Company E
Confederate
see http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldier_id=7b1f8b8e-dc7a-df11-bf36-b8ac6f5d926a
Ancestry page about this battalion: http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/McRae's_Battalion,_North_Carolina_Cavalry
Excellent detail page: http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/family/mcrae.html
Birth 11 Mar 1830 Greene, Tennessee, United States 
Gender Male Died 18 May 1907 Haywood, North Carolina, United States Buried East Fork, Haywood, North Carolina, United States - John Jefferson Cogburn and Clint Farmer went to Tennessee to work. Clint came back home. There was no Post Office at Cruso at that time and John Jefferson wanted to send a letter by Clint Farmer to his wife, Martha Caroline. When he addressed the letter, he thought of a little Chinquapin bush below his house, so he addressed the letter to Martha Cogburn, Chinquapin, N.C. Hence the name Chinquapin Branch or Road. This was told to Essie Sellers Jervis by Clint Farmer. Essie is John Jefferson's great granddaughter.
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Parents
Father James W Coggburn (ID:I2155), b. Abt 1801, Greene, Tennessee, United States d. Abt 1879, Montgomery, Arkansas, United States (Age 78 years) Mother Mary Ann Lance (ID:I2156), b. 19 Apr 1811 d. 25 Feb 1893, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States (Age 81 years) Marriage Y [4] - Newspaper notice gives evidence of James A. Cogburn and Polly A. Cogburn being married as of January 1859.
State of North Carolina,
Buncombe County
Court of Please and Quarter Sessions - January Term 1859.
W.R. Murray, Ex. of Sarah Ann Lance,
vs.
Joseph Lance.
Issue of Devisavit rel non.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Samuel R. Lance, Adolphus Lance, Tho. Lance, John A. Lance, R.W. Lance, Jackson V. Lance, Sarah Ann Lance, D.A. Lance, W.H. Lance, A.N. Lance, P.M.B. Lance, Jos. Lance, Joseph C. Neace and his wife Nancy, James A. Cogburn and wife Polly A., a part of the heirs at law and next of kin of the said Sarah Ann Lance, reside beyond the limits of said State, it is ordered...etc.
Notice of Estate of Sarah Ann Lance Children 1. 
Martha Ann Coggburn (ID:I2157), b. Between 24 Oct 1826 and 1828, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States d. 31 Jul 1882, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States (Age 55 years)2. John Jefferson Cogburn (ID:I2151)
(current person)
, b. 11 Mar 1830, Greene, Tennessee, United States d. 18 May 1907, Haywood, North Carolina, United States (Age 77 years)3. Mary Jane Coggburn (ID:I2158), b. Between 1836 and 1838 d. Yes, date unknown - Newspaper notice gives evidence of James A. Cogburn and Polly A. Cogburn being married as of January 1859.
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Family
Wife Martha Caroline Spain (ID:I2152), b. 27 Jul 1832, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States d. 18 Feb 1925, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States (Age 92 years) Marriage 12 Jun 1853 Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States 
1853 Marriage Record Cogburn Spain Children 1. James William Cogburn (ID:I2160), b. 14 Sep 1853 d. Yes, date unknown2. Freeman Hardy Cogburn (ID:I2161), b. 12 Jul 1854 d. 3 Dec 1934, Haywood, North Carolina, United States (Age 80 years)3. John Austin Cogburn (ID:I2142), b. 6 May 1860, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States d. 21 Mar 1937, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States (Age 76 years)4. Edward D Cogburn (ID:I2162), b. 12 Mar 1863, Haywood, North Carolina, United States d. 3 Aug 1930, Haywood, North Carolina, United States (Age 67 years)5. Jefferson F Cogburn (ID:I2163), b. 30 May 1865, Haywood, North Carolina, United States d. 27 Jun 1936, Haywood, North Carolina, United States (Age 71 years)6. Charlotte E Cogburn (ID:I2164), b. 16 Jun 1867, Haywood, North Carolina, United States d. 17 Apr 1952, Haywood, North Carolina, United States (Age 84 years)7. Amanda Magnolia Cogburn (ID:I2165), b. 25 May 1869, Haywood, North Carolina, United States d. 26 Oct 1931, Haywood, North Carolina, United States (Age 62 years)8. Paris A Cogburn (ID:I2166), b. 24 Feb 1872, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States d. 14 Mar 1947 (Age 75 years)9. Pinkney N Cogburn (ID:I2167), b. 1 Sep 1874, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States d. 24 Jan 1959, Haywood, North Carolina, United States (Age 84 years)10. Parley Porter Cogburn (ID:I2168), b. 5 Mar 1876, Haywood, North Carolina, United States d. 23 May 1929, Haywood, North Carolina, United States (Age 53 years)11. Posey Cogburn (ID:I2169), b. 20 Nov 1879, Cruso, Haywood, North Carolina, United States d. 20 Dec 1976, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States (Age 97 years) -
Other Personal Events
1860 Federal Census 4 Jun 1860 Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States [1] - J. J. Cogburn, Age 26, male, Farmer
Marthe, Age 25, female
James, Age 6, male
Franklin, Age 4, male
John, age 3, male
1860 Census John J. Cogburn family Military Service 23 Sep 1863 [2]
(Not confirmed that this is "our" John J. Cogburn). A record dated December 5, 1863 shows that John J. Cogburn enlisted on September 23, 1863 at Camp Vance under Captain J.C. McRae for the period of the war. He was enlisted as a Private in Company E of McRae's Battalion. A receipt dated may 2, 1864 shows that conscript J.J. Cogburn received clothing.
Enlistment record John J Cogburn 
Muster roll cover pg John J Cogburn 
Receipt for clothing John J Cogburn 1870 Federal Census 9 Jul 1870 Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States [3] - Jeff Cogburn, Male, 40
Martha Cogburn, Female, 36
Willie Cogburn, Male, 15
Hardy Cogburn, Male, 13
John Cogburn, Male, 11
Edward Cogburn, Male, 8
Jeff Cogburn, Male, 6
Sarah Cogburn, Female, 4
June Cogburn, Female, 2
1870 - J. J. Cogburn Family 1880 Federal Census Jun 1880 East Fork, Haywood, North Carolina, United States - J. Jeff Cogburn household
J. Jeff Cogburn, 53 (b. Tennessee)
Martha C., 46 (b. North Carolina)
Edward, 20
Charlotte, 13
Amanda, 11
Paris, 9
Pink. 5
Parley, 3
Posy, 6/12
1880 Census for John Jefferson Cogburn family _UID 46F8DC6A589DF011AC2C22966722CE3E9F54 - J. J. Cogburn, Age 26, male, Farmer
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Photos Photos/PersonalPortraits/JohnJeffersonCogburn.jpg
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Source Citations
- [S5] 1860 U.S. Census, "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6D-F6W : 11 November 2020), J J Cogburn, 1860.
- [S55] National Archives - Confederate Records.
Military records for John J. Cogburn - [S9] 1870 U.S. Census, "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW84-9TG : 19 March 2020), Jeff Cogburn, 1870.
- [S164] Newspaper article, Asheville news, Asheville, NC, 7 April 1859; North Carolina Newspapers, North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lecn/sn84020688/1859-04-07/ed-1/seq-3/.