 His followers were once said to be in the thousands, but only a handful remained loyal to their prophet after his imprisonment.A few years after his release from prison, Jacob Cochran established a colony for a portion of his followers, in what is now Grove township, Allegany Co., New York.This little-known group lived in close proximity  to several people who later became prominent members within the Latter Day Saint Movement including Warren Cowdery, William Marks and Lyman Wight—the first Mormon branches in Allegany County were established in the area immediately surrounding the Cochranite colony, during the early 1830s.