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.

Mississippi Territory, USA

Notes:
1798 - The Mississippi Territory was established by the USA, which included the southern portions of present day Mississippi and Alabama.

1804 - The Mississippi Territory was trippled by expansion northward to the southern Tennessee border.

1812 - The Mississippi Territory annexed land to the Gulf Coast.

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

1817 - On 10 December, Mississippi became the 20th state in the United States of America.

Latitude: 35.76416, Longitude: -90.054001