He married Elizabeth Alison and lived in Meigs County, Tennessee
Evaline McCorkle (1827, married W. Hodge),
E. T. McCorkle (1829, married Emaline Witt),
Franklin McCorkle (1831, married Julia Hodge and Josephine Hodge),
Tennessee McCorkle (1831, married John T. Russell), and
Lafayette McCorkle (married Minnie Putnam).