Living next to Louis/Lewis Cotton in 1840 Livingston Parish, LA
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Home in 1850: Eastern District, St Helena, Louisiana, USA
Anderson Catton 41, SC
Elizabeth Catton 34, LA
J W Catton, M, 10, LA
Lemuel Catton, M, 8, LA
Julia A Catton, F, 6, LA
Louiza Catton, F, 5, LA
L A Catton, M, 0
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Home in 1860: St Helena, Louisiana
593, 593
Jacob Cotton, 22, LA
Caroline Cotton, 21, LA
John Cotton, 2, LA
594, 594
Anderson Cotton 51, SC
Elizabeth Cotton 45, LA
Leonard Cotton 21, LA
Louisa Cotton 18, LA
James Cotton 16, LA
Lewis Cotton 12, LA
Benj Cotton 5, LA

Succession records of St Helena Parish, Louisiana, 1804 - 1854
(Correction: S/B 1863. Anderson was living in 1860)
July 28, 1853 - Pet. of Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, nee Cotton, shows that her husband Anderson Cotton died leaving the following minor children: Jane Cotton, Louis Cotton, Benjamin Curtis Cotton.
Aug. 29, 1863 - Inv. of estate of Anderson Cotton deed: 211 acres being
the homestead tract; fractional section 25 T . . R4 containing 44.6 acres;
plus various personal. Total estate 81188.75.
Oct. 24, 1863 —Sale: homestead purchased by Mrs. Elizabeth Cotton,
surviving widow of decd; fractional section by Thomas Benton. ,
Dec. 2, 1865 - Martha Caroline Kinchen appointed tutrix for John Presley
Cotton.
July 30,.1867 - Martha C. Cotton appoints Thomas Jones her "P of A" relative
to the settlement of the estate of Anderson Cotton decd.
July 31, 1867 - Pet. of Mrs. Louisa Cotton, wife of Henry S. Bradford of Washington Parish, represents that her father Anderson Cotton died in St.
Helena Parish; that Mr. Riley is administrator and had presented final account.
She desires partition. Her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis, widow of Anderson
Cotton decd, is entitled to 1/2 of the succession; co-heirs are: Mrs. Jane
Cotton, widow of D. Jenkins decd; Benjamin and Louis Cotton both minors, represented by their tutrix Mrs. Elizabeth Cotton; and John Cotton minor son of Jacob Cotton decd, represented by his mother Mrs. Martha.C. Cotton, his natural tutrix.
Pet. accepted by Coleman Curtis, attorney in fact for Elizabeth Cotton;
Thomas Jones, agent for Mrs. Martha Cotton; Martin Riley, agent for Mrs. Jane
Cotton, widow of Jenkins.
Pet. of Martin Riley, Mrs. Louisa Bradford wife of Henry S. Bradford,
Mrs. Jane Jenkins, Mrs. Martha Cotton tutrix to John Cotton, and Coleman Curtis
agent for Benjamin Cotton and Louis Cotton, all heirs.