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Husband: Roderick COTTEN [I10238] 1
Born: 16 MAR 1786 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Married: before 1807 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: 25 SEP 1815 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina 2
Father: Samuel COTTEN, , Jr.
Mother: Elizabeth EWELL
Spouses:
Wife: Topping 'Toppin' BRASWELL [I08309] 3
Born: 1790 in of Edgecombe Co., North Carolina 4
Died: after 1860 in of Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Father: Solomon BRASWELL
Mother: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
Children
01 (F): Elizabeth 'Betsey' COTTEN [I11062] 5
Born: 10 OCT 1808 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: after 1870 in Lived Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Spouses: Drury 'Drewery' KING
02 (M): John Llewelling 'Lewellyn' COTTEN [I09651]
Born: 06 MAY 1810 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina 6
Died: JAN 1848 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina 7
Spouses: Emily 'Emmy' SAVAGE; Nancy Bell Pinena Tart JOHNSON
03 (M): Edward Samuel COTTEN [I10914]
Born: 15 JAN 1812 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina 8
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Penelope HAWKINS
04 (F): Peggy Ann COTTEN [I09603] 9
Born: 07 JAN 1814 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN in Died Young
Spouses:
Additional Information

Roderick COTTEN:

Residence: 1810, Warren Co., NC (census)

Notes:

"Early Families of Edgecombe Co., NC, Its Past and Present" give 25 Sep 1815 as his death date. Bruce Cotten gives 1814 as death date.
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(The following was contributed by Marla Webb, 25 Mar 1998)
Subject: Roderick Cotton
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:43:10 -0700

I am submitting these records in the hopes that they may be of benefit
to those searching for their Cotton family connection.
This record comes from the Records of Estates Edgecombe County, North
Carolina 1761-1825 Vol I:

Records of Estates Edgecombe County, North Carolina 1761-1825 Vol I:
(198) Roderick Cotton:
Petition (Nov. 1815) for year's provisions by the widow Toppin Cotton, stating he died intestate. Year's provisions allotted to the WIDOW and THREE CHILDREN, Nov.,1815. Petition ( Aug 1820) for a division of land by Benjamin Anderson and Nancy his wife, formerly Nancy Coleman, stating they were tenants in common with the heirs of the dec'd. and Rebecca Coleman of 180 acres on White Oak Swamp adj. to Dempsey Bryan and Exum Lewis. For the division James Bradley was appointed guardian of the heirs. There was a statement of expenditures by Alexander Cotton, administrator from 1815 to 1826. Statement showing payments made for the maintenance of the children of the dec'd: John L. Cotton, Edward S. Cotton, and Elizabeth King, formerly Elizabeth Cotton. ( Money was also paid for the support of Samuel E. Cotton but he was not listed as a child.)

Petition (1831) to sell certain lands owned by the dec'd. Stating he died possessed of land on White Oak Swamp adjacent Dempsey Bryan and Mrs. Rhoda Read, leaving a widow and three children. The widow had sold her dower right of 60 acres to Godwin Cotton. File contains numerous depositions relative to the settlement of the estate, most are dated 1840 and 1841. Deponents were Henry Bryan, Henry Adams, Robert Sorey, Edmund D. Macnair, Michael Hearn, Drew Austin, Arthur S. Cotton, Joseph R. Lloyd, Charles W. Knight, William Jones, Canady Howell, Mrs. Mary Exum, Benjamin Anderson, John P. Stewart, John Bradley and Eli Porter. The records indicate Elizabeth King ( daughter of the deceased) was the wife of Drew King.

Petition (July, 1841) by JOHN L. COTTON, EDWARD S. COTTON and ELIZABETH KING (children of the deceased) stating that Alexander Cotton had been administrator of the dec'd and had hired out his slaves until his own death in 1827. At that point their kinsman Spencer D. Cotton took possession of the slaves and managed them until his death in 1837, when William Wills and John W. Cotton were appointed his administrators. Petitioners state they are entitled to an undivided 1/7 share of a one-half share of a large sum of money which they never received. File contains further depositions for this case, most dated 1842, by Mrs. Nancy Braswell, William Jones, John L. Cotton and Randolph Cotton. A deposition (1842) by Henry King states that some of the slaves in question were taken to Florida by Theophilus Hyman. File also contains the deposition (June 1840) of Thomas Cotton of Franklin Co, Alabama, a brother of the said Roderick Cotton.

(My note: BJC: Some sources claim that this Thomas Cotton was the same as Micajah Thomas Cotton, however, Micajah Thomas Cotton, Roderick's brother, died 1834 in Talladega Co., Alabama)
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Records from a book: "Kinfolks of Edgecombe County North Carolina", sent by Marla Webb, 1998:

DB 13 pg 92: Roderick Cotten and wife, Topping Cotten, were heirs of Bennett Bell Braswell, decd., son of Richard Braswell. decd., and were also heirs of Winney Braswell, decd., Feb. 27, 1809.

DB 13 pg 136: Roderick Cotten and wife, Toppin, formerly Toppin Braswell, sold land received by her from the estate of Solomon Brasewell, decd. and Admiral Braswell, decd. May 23, 1809
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Estate papers of Roderick Cotton
Deposition made by Dempsey Bryan
Question 7: Is or is not the said tract of Land the same which was conveyed by SAMUEL COTTEN to his two sons ALEXANDER and EDWARD by deed of gift
Answer: It is the same tract.
Question 8: Did Edward Cotten die without leaving any child or children and if no state how many Brothers and Sisters did he leave.
Answer: Edward Cotten died without ever having been married leaving seven Brothers and sisters Viz Nancy Brasswell, Solomon Cotten, Alexander Cotten, Micajah Cotten, Roderick Cotten, Wilie Cotten and Thomas Cotten.
D. Bryan

Footnotes
  1. Bruce Cotten, The Cotten Family of North Carolina [1194] (1929).
  2. 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)).
  3. Ibid.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Named in settlement of father's estate records [1831].
  6. Abstrated from "As We Were" by Maj. Bruce Cotten [1072].
  7. Probate Records [2030].
  8. 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)).
  9. Bruce Cotten, The Cotten Family of North Carolina [1194] (1929).
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