Georgia:  Coweta County:  Biography of JUDGE BENJAMIN F. COCK 

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JUDGE BENJAMIN F. COCK is the descendant of Caleb Cock, who early in the 
last century came from England to North Carolina, where he accumulated a 
considerable fortune. Here, in 1734, his son Zebulon was born, and 
afterward married to Miss Sarah Perry. In 1764 they emigrated to Burke 
county, Ga., and obtained by grant 200 acres of land, the title to which 
was received from King George the III., who reserved all the gold and 
silver and one-tenth of the white pine. By one will and three deeds this 
land has descended to its present owner, Allen Jones. In the midst of 
this forest wilderness, on the Bark Camp creek, the young couple bravely 
settled, and here, Sept. 4, 1774, was born a son, John, who was afterward 
the father of Judge Benjamin F. Cock. Zebulon Cock was a soldier of the 
revolution, serving throughout the war, and one of his sons, Caleb, also 
served in that war. In 1788 a Baptist Of this brave pioneer stock, with 
this noble revolutionary record -- better than any patent of nobility -- 
comes Benjamin F. Cock, the son of John and Lydia Cock, born in Burke 
county, Aug. 20, 1812. He spent his youth upon the farm, attending school 
in the old log schoolhouse, with its dirt floor, dirt and stick chimney 
and puncheon seats. When he reached manhood he started out for himself 
with nothing, but has gradually acquired a sufficiency of this world's 
goods, and the esteem of all who know him. This is shown by the various 
offices to which he has been called in various parts of the state. In 
Burke county he served as justice of the peace for about six months. For 
about six years he was justice of the inferior court of Lee and Terrell 
counties, and was collector of the taxes in Lee county during the years 
1840, 1846 and 1847. In 1840 he took the United States census for Lee 
county, also in 1850 was assistant in taking the census for Lee county, 
and in 1860 tooe of J. H. McKnight; William J. resides in Atlanta, and 
married Sallie Heard; Alice married J. A. McKnight; B. F. Cock, Jr., 
married Veta Hunter.


Transcribed from MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA published by the Southern Historical 
Association, 1895.