Mark Robertson Cockrill (1788-1872) was an American cattleman, horse breeder and planter.
He was the owner of a large farm in Davidson County, Tennessee and a cotton plantation with 300 slaves in Mississippi.
He won many prizes for his sheep-rearing both nationally and internationally, and he became known as the "Wool King of the World".
[3] Cockrill raised cattle and bred horses on his 5,600-acre farm on Charlotte Pike in Nashville called Stock Place.
[4] Additionally, he won a prize for the finest wool on exhibition at the 1851 World's fair in London, England.
[4][7] He was also the recipient of a gold medal from the Tennessee legislature "as a testimonial of distinguished merit and unrivaled success in wool-culture, and other agricultural pursuits" in 1854.
[3] Cockrill was the owner of a cotton plantation in Mississippi, with 135 African slaves at one point.