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Husband: John 'Twin' COTTEN [I07965] 1
Born: about 1776 in Northampton Co., North Carolina
Married: about 1811
Died: 01 NOV 1825 in Fayette Co., Tennessee 2
Father: John 'Cotton' COTTEN
Mother: Mary WILLS
Spouses: Mary TUCKER
Wife: Elizabeth ANDREWS [I11111]
Born: about 1797 in North Carolina 3
Died: before 1860 in Hinds Co., Mississippi
Father: Cullen ANDREWS
Mother: Mary BATTLE
Spouses:
Children
01 (M): John Alexander 'Dr.' COTTON [I21668]
Born: 18 SEP 1811 in North Carolina 4
Died: 06 MAY 1849
Spouses: Sarah Elizabeth SORSBY
02 (M): Cadmus COTTON [I21669]
Born: about 1813 in North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
03 (F): Amanda COTTON [I21670]
Born: about 1816 in North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
04 (M): Joseph Everett COTTON [I21671]
Born: about 1817 in North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
05 (F): Jane COTTON [I21672]
Born: about 1820 in North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Exum LEWIS, , Jr.
06 (M): Jesse Andrews 'Dr.' COTTON [I21673]
Born: about 1824 in North Carolina
Died: before 1880 in Lived Hinds Co., Mississippi
Spouses: Catherine E. GOODE
Additional Information

John 'Twin' COTTEN:

Notes:

Elizabeth (Eliza) Cotten was wife of John Cotten Deed Bk. O pg. 39 and 40. They were heirs of the widow of Cullen Andrews dec'd. 11/26/1816

Elizabeth Cotten was wife of John Cotten 11/27/1816 Deed Bk. O pg. 42

(Nov 1825) Estate records - Petition for year's provisions by the widow ELIZABETH COTTEN, stating JOHN COTTEN died in Nov. 1825. Year's provisions alloted 27 Dec 1825.
(Mar 18, 1826) Estate records - Petition by SPENCER D. COTTEN, stating that in April 1825 the dec'd (JOHN COTTEN) bought certain negroes and other property of his brother HENRY COTTEN and then removed to Tennessee and died intestate there in October 1825. SPENCER D. COTTEN was appointed his administrator. The said HENRY COTTEN is about to move to Tennessee and is insolvent and has requested a settlement of the said purchase.
(Mar 27, 1826) Estate records - Inventory of the property bought of his late brother JOHN COTTEN taken by HENRY COTTEN.




Footnotes
  1. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  2. Estate Records [1412].
  3. 1850 Hinds Co., MS - US Fed. Census [119].
  4. Bruce Cotten, The Cotten Family of North Carolina [1194] (1929).
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