Thomas Jefferson COTTON & Elvina PAYNE

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Husband: Thomas Jefferson COTTON [I08076]

Born: 04 MAR 1800 in Tennessee ¹
Married: before 1831 in Anderson Co., Kentucky
Died: after 1860 in Lived Harris Co., Texas
Father: Lazarus 'Cotten' COTTON
Mother: UNKNOWN
Spouses:

Wife: Elvina PAYNE [I08077]

Born: about 1810 in Anderson Co., Kentucky ^{2 3}
Died: after 1860 in Lived Harris Co., Texas
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:

Children

01 (M): Henry COTTON [I30596]
Born:
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:

02 (M): Thomas Lazarus COTTON [I08078]
Born: about 1831 in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi ⁴
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:

03 (M): Benjamin Franklin 'Frank' COTTON [I08079]
Born: 10 APR 1833 in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi ^{5 6}
Died: 10 MAR 1920 in Bexar Co., Texas ⁷
Spouses: Frances C. A. COTTON

04 (F): Julia 'Julian' COTTON [I08085]
Born: about 1836 in Holly Springs, Marshall Co., Mississippi ⁸
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:

05 (M): John William COTTON [I08086]
Born: about 1838 in Kentucky ⁹
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:

06 (F): Susan M. COTTON [I08087]
Born: 18 FEB 1841 in Kentucky ¹⁰
Died: 25 AUG 1889 in Austin, Travis Co., Texas ¹¹
Spouses: Hamilton McDuffy METZ

07 (F): Leathiann COTTON [I08088]
Born: about 1843 in Texas ¹²
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:

08 (M): Leroy 'Bud' COTTON [I08089]
Born: about 1848 in Walker Co., Texas ¹³
Died: APR 1870 in Galveston, Texas ¹⁴
Spouses:

09 (F): Malvina COTTON [I08090]
Born: about 1850 in Walker Co., Texas ¹⁵
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:

Additional Information

(01) Henry COTTON:

Notes:

Escape of Wm Alias 'Shang' McLaughlin
It is stated that McLaughlin, after the house of Maggie Mitchell had been demolished by the Cotton Brothers on the evening before the murder, urged Maj. Lochman, who was a very brave fellow and a friend of Maggie Mitchell, to go to her house in the evening, if not affraid to meet the Cottons there. When he arrived there, Lochman went into a back parlor, when McLaughlin said to the Cottons, "If you want to go for him, why don;t you do it," and thereby urging Leroy Cotton to go into the room and assisted by Henry Cotton the shot Lochman. (more)
Flakes Bulletin, Sat May14,1870, Galveston, Texas, Vol: V issue 277 page 1

Footnotes

1850 Walker Co., TX - US Fed. Census [220].
Ibid.
1860 Harris Co., TX - US Fed. Census [284].
1850 Walker Co., TX - US Fed. Census [220].
Ibid.
1860 Harris Co., TX - US Fed. Census [284].
Texas Death Records [2155].
1850 Walker Co., TX - US Fed. Census [220].
Ibid.
Ibid.
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [2215].
1850 Walker Co., TX - US Fed. Census [220].
Ibid.
U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 [2214].
1860 Harris Co., TX - US Fed. Census [284].

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