Zach Cochran

From the Wheeling Intelligencer, September 24, 1861:

THE NOTORIOUS ZACH COCHRAN KILLED.--On Saturday last a company of men, under Lieut.-Col. Kelley, went out from Grafton to the house of Zach. Cochran, in Taylor County, for the purpose of arresting him. Cochran's house was surrounded by the soldiers, observing which he attempted to escape by running out at the back door, when he was shot down and instantly killed. It will be remembered that Cochran was the Secession Sheriff out there and has been attempting to collect taxes for the Richmond government and trying to intimidate the people, forcibly taking guns from Union men and carrying on generally.