ROANOKE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Cocke Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Cocke graveyard:
                  1937 July 21
                  Research made by Wlm. C. Sponaugle

Cemetery Location:  North side Lee Hwy. at Hollins College, six miles North of 
                    Roanoke City, on a knoll South of the College.
                    Roanoke Co., Virginia


DATE:

Land granted on July 25, 1746.

OWNERS:

Hollins College. (perpetual Reserve.)

DESCRIPTION:

It is a private burying ground for the  Cocke family, and is enclosed with a 
brick wall 50 x 50 feet x 5 feet tall and is kept in excellent condition.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

It is located on the tract of land granted by George II of 150 acres on July 25, 
1746.  The College grounds comprise practically the entire tract.

Charles L. Cocke, who is buried here, was the founder of Hollins College in 1846 
and was actively connected with the institution for fifty-five years, until his 
death in 1901.

He was the eldest son of James Cocke, a prosperous farmer of King William 
County, and was born at Edgehill, the family home, on February 21, 1820, served 
as Professor of Richmond College in 1840 and on December 31, was married to 
Susanna V. Pleasants, fifth child of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pleasants, of 
Picquenocque, in Henrico County, Virginia.

The older graves located here have no inscriptions but are known to be very old, 
just whom they are no one seeks to know, only the more recent graves have 
inscriptions, which include the family of Cockes who are buried here.


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Prof. Joseph A. Turner of Hollins College, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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