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Husband: James COTTON, , Jr. [I10124] 1 2
Born: OCT 1765 in Rowan, Guilford, then Rockingham Co., North Carolina 3
Married: 10 DEC 1785 in Rockingham Co., North Carolina 17 18
Died: 18 FEB 1838 in McNairy Co., Tennessee 4
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Wife: Nancy JOHNSON [I10850] 5
Born: 1765 in Rowan, Guilford, then Rockingham Co., North Carolina 6
Died: after OCT 1850 in Jackson Co., Alabama
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Children
01 (M): Peter Johnson COTTON [I10852]
Born: 25 DEC 1787 in North Carolina 7
Died: 28 NOV 1862 in Tippah Co., Mississippi 8
Spouses: Lavinia 'Lebenah' TUCKER
02 (F): Mary 'Polly' COTTON [I10853]
Born: 15 MAR 1792 in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee 9
Died: after 1860 in Bertie Co., North Carolina
Spouses: John MCCARTNEY; William CLAPP
03 (F): Martha 'Patsy' COTTON [I10854]
Born: 19 MAY 1796 in Davidson Co., Tennessee 10
Died: 22 NOV 1852 in Madison Co., Alabama
Spouses: John C. 'Achen' ASHWORTH; Samuel BARRON
04 (F): Tabitha Allen COTTON [I10855]
Born: 23 FEB 1801 in Smith Co., Tennessee 11 12
Died: 01 MAY 1877 in Alabama 13
Spouses: William Henry LEWIS
05 (M): Charles K. 'Cotton' COTTEN [I10856]
Born: 03 OCT 1805 in Smith Co., Tennessee 14 15
Died: before 1870 in Henderson Co., Texas 16
Spouses: Rutha Elizabeth MAHAN
Additional Information

James COTTON, , Jr.:

Notes:

Rowan County formed 1753 from Anson
Guilford County formed 1771 from Rowan and Orange
Rockingham County formed 1785 from Guilford

Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Volume I: A-E, Abstracted by Virgil D. White
"Upon the application of the widow, Nancy Johnson in 23 Sept., 1843 it makes reference to "children shown were; Peter Johnson Cotton b. 25 Dec, 1787 & in 1811 had a wife and 2 children (not named), Mary b. 15 Mar, 1792, Martha b. 19 May 1796, Tabitha A. b. 3 or 23 Feb, 1801 & m a Lewis, Charles K. b. 3 Oct, 1805."
Note: Served in the Revolutionary War. While visiting relatives in Henry Co., VA, enlisted there. In 1789, moved to the settlement about Nashville, TN then to Smith City, TN, then to Madison City, Al and applied there for military pension on 30 October, 1832.
Note: In the D.A.R. Patriot Index he is referred to as JAMES COTTON, JR. ?

W-6942 VA/Al
James Cotton/Cotten m. Nancy Johnson 20 Dec 1786, at the home of his Uncle
William Cotton, Rockingham Co. NC. She was the daughter of Gideon Johnson.
Her brother, Abner Johnson, and his wife, Nancy, resided in Maury Co. T
1845, aged 85 and 82 respectively.
Children (Referred to in claim)
Peter Johnson Cotton born 25 Dec. 1787
Mary Cotton born 15 March 1792
Martha Cotton born 29 May 1796
Tabitha A. Cotton born 23 (or 2) Feb. 1801, married Mr. Lewis
Charles A. Cotton Born 3 Oct. 1805

Nancy JOHNSON:

Parents (Facts Pg): Gideon Johnson, Sr., and Ursula Allin

Footnotes
  1. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  2. Revolutionary War Pension Claims [2058].
  3. The Tarboro Society for Genealogy and Biography-"Compiled by the Ladies' Tarboro, NC Genealogy and Library Association for the Preservation, Dissemination and Exultation of the History of Edgecombe Co., NC, Early Families of Edgecombe Co., NC, Its Past and Present [2186] (1881 (with an appendix added in 1920)).
  4. Historical Southern Families [1501] (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD).
  5. Revolutionary War Pension Claims [2058].
  6. Historical Southern Families [1501] (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD).
  7. Revolutionary War Pension Claims [2058].
  8. Tombstone Inscription [2194].
  9. Revolutionary War Pension Claims [2058].
  10. Ibid.
  11. Ibid.
  12. Historical Southern Families [1501] (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD).
  13. Ibid.
  14. Revolutionary War Pension Claims [2058].
  15. 1850 Coosa Co., AL - US Fed. Census [80].
  16. 1870 Henderson Co., TX - US Fed. Census [394].
  17. Historical Southern Families [1501] (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD).
  18. Grant Allin Family Bible [1484].
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