Re: Thomas Cogburn ... died 1871-1872?

OK A couple of items:
1. there are probably several Adam's, as it was a "popular" name with he Whisenhunt/var

2. I am looking at this
Adam WHISENHUNT        Self       M38GA       
Luisa WHISENHUNT        Wife       27TX       
William I. WHISENHUNTOtherS8        AR       
Mary M. WHISENHUNT        OtherS6        AR       
Jasper B. WHISENHUNT        OtherS4        AR       
Manda F. WHISENHUNT        OtherS5MAR

Now what I find curious is why were all the children listed as "other"? Did the clerk simply ditto that column or were they actually not related? If I had to guess I would say the last one, Manda, was Adam's, but it is not clear the others are. In another oddity the marriage column for Louisa is not marked as "M" but she is listed as wife. Probably a clerk's error.

3. Unless you have definitive evidence William was born in 1872 I wouldn't be locked into that date. I would err on the side of a looser date, 1870-1874. With the additional information she married in 1873 after the birth of William, that would narrow the range to say 1870-1872.

Both of John W. Cogburn's sons are accounted for in the 1880 census. One was living with his grandfather, Patrick, and the other was living with the Perrin's.

4. It could be your Cogburn was from Ga visiting. Although Louisa's birthplace, Texas, suggests a connection to Henry Cogburn. It is known Henry and family were in Texas in the early 1870's. (I can't place him in Texas in 1870 or for that matter anywhere else. I suspect he was in Illinois/Indiana visiting his half-brother, Hiram, but that is speculation based on birth of one child's census record). As I recollect a couple of Henry's children married people from Texas and at least one and perhaps two sons moved to/or stayed in Texas after marriage.

5. Unfortunately CH records are hit and miss as to what you expect to find. Sometimes there's gold and sometimes there are more questions than answers. I like deeds but not everyone owned land as some young married's worked on their father-in-laws land. The 1870 census is notorius for not listing the people you are looking for. I like tax lists as this has produced great results for me when available. Court Order Books usually have long lists of lots of people but are also usually unindexed. (Believe it or not but I have found road work orders of ancestors by randomly flipping pages).

6. As a possibility: using a non local Cogburn, suppose he was married in Texas and came to visit his wife's relative's in Arkansas. He could then be related to the Cockburn's i.e. from Ga --> Ark --> Texas.

Seems like a lot of Ga connecting going on.

Anyway just some thoughts.