Ann was the only woman on the frontier who was honored with a land grant because of her bravery. All the men were at Cockrill Bend , planting and tending the crops. It was wash day and suddenly the women saw Indians climbing up the banks of the river and heading for the fort. Anne urged the women not to shoot but to let them get closer and at the right time she had the women form a bucket brigade to pass the boiling water to the ladies walking over the gun holes. They poured down the water upon the Indians and they yelled and fled. She had saved the fort. Anne had a great love for education and would gather all the children together and used a sand box for a blackboard. She did this on the flatboat as they made their trip to the settlement at Fort Nashborough. She taught them bible stories and church songs. She also showed the Indians how to take care of their children when they contracted smallpox. She would tear up petticoats and turn them into bandages wrapped in herbs to heal the sores. When the boats entered the Ohio River, the currents was so strong that the men had to use oars to direct the boat-the only one remaining that could guide the boat was Anne. So she volunteered to guide the boat thru those difficult places. This was a man's job during this period of history, but they trusted he to do the work! She is known as the Mother of Education in the
State of Tennessee-the 1st school teacher and educator.
Their preemption was located at the vicinity of Capitol Hill to present Centennial Park. By 1784 Cockrill's Station was completed and in 1788 built a lovely brick home at 916 Cedar St.
Buried in old pioneer cemetery

• Married: 1780

1. John COCKRILL III b: 08 JUL 1781 in Brunswick, Virginia, USA
2. Nancy Anne COCKRILL b: 01 FEB 1783 in Virginia, USA
3. Sterling Robertson COCKRILL b: 08 MAR 1785 in Davidson, Tennessee, USA
4. JAMES ROBERTSON COCKRILL b: 28 JAN 1787 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
5. Mark Robertson COCKRILL b: 02 DEC 1788 in Cockrill Springs, Nashville, Davidson, North Carolina, USA
6. SUSANNA COCKRILL b: 02 DEC 1788 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
7. Sarah COCKRILL b: 15 MAY 1794 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
8. Martha A. R. COCKRILL b: 05 NOV 1800 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA

• Married: ABT 1772 in North Carolina, USA

1. Elizabeth JOHNSTON
2. Charity JOHNSTON
3. Mary JOHNSTON b: ABT 1773 in North Carolina, USA