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Occasionally I've come across statements online claiming that the Cockrells were related to the James - but I've never seen anything on genealogy websites showing any Cockrell family connection to Jesse James.
I found this posting the other day, while searching for something else, and I wonder if this is a Tall Tale, OR if this is the reason behind people alleging that Jesse James is related to the Cockrells.
Here is a cut & paste of part of the posting, along with a link to the original:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/cherokeegene/2001-12/1008982915
"....His name was Dr. J.L. Cockrell, born about 1829 in Marion Co., GA. He was the 2nd husband of Eliza Thomas King.
They met and married in Bette, MS. Family legend refers to Cockrell as the 'mysterious Dr. Cockrell'.
When Eliza's 1st husband, William Barnett Meredith, died she and her children who were still young moved to Bette and met the Dr. who was a stranger in town and didn't talk much about himself.
They married and had children, one of whom he named after Jesse James, a famed outlaw of that period. After news of the outlaw's death, the mysterious Dr. disappeared.
Desendants believe that he was "DOC HOLIDAY", sidekick to Jesse James. Their other child was named Nora. Jesse James Cockrell was born about 1881 and Nora about 1883.
I've done some research on the timeframes for these events and can't make anything fit..."
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/cherokeegene/2001-12/1008982915
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