James Martin Franks, born in Mississippi in 1846. He died in Wilson County, TX Nov. 8, 1897, burial unknown at this time. Widow Lucinda Franks filed for pension in 1909. Sam Garner and J. P. Hellums verified that Franks had served with them in Cocke's Company. Her entire pension is for view on ancestory.com and at the Genealogy & Historical Library in Luling, TX.