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Husband: Joseph 'Cotten' COTTON [I08328] 1
Born: between 1710 AND 1711 in Virginia
Married: 1735 in Tarboro, Edgecumbe Co., North Carolina
Died: between 13 JAN AND MAY 1772 in Halifax Co., North Carolina 2
Father: John 'Cotton' COTTEN
Mother: Martha GODWIN
Spouses:
Wife: Elizabeth UNKNOWN [I09656]
Born:
Died: UNKNOWN
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Children
01 (M): Amos COTTON [I09670] 3
Born: 1735 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: 01 AUG 1781 in Edgecombe Co./Halifax Co., North Carolina 4
Spouses: Zilpha WIMBERLY
02 (M): Joseph COTTON, , Jr. [I09672] 5
Born: 1736 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: JUL 1764 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina 6
Spouses: UNKNOWN
03 (F): Patience COTTON [I09664] 7
Born: in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: John RAWLS
04 (F): Lucretia COTTON [I09662] 8
Born: in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Absalom MERRITT
05 (M): Willis COTTEN [I09657] 9
Born: in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: between 1776 AND 1777
Spouses:
06 (M): William COTTON [I09674] 10
Born: 1746 in Tarboro, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: before AUG 1797 in Halifax Co., North Carolina 11
Spouses: Mary 'Molley' 'Burt' PASS
07 (F): Charity COTTON [I09666] 12
Born: in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: James 'Slaughter' SLATTER
08 (F): Cealla 'Seallea' COTTON [I09668] 13
Born: in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Beniah WILLIAMS
09 (F): Absella 'Sabra' COTTON [I09658] 14
Born: in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Robert COTTEN
10 (F): Mary COTTON [I09660] 15
Born: in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Thomas DEW
Additional Information

Joseph 'Cotten' COTTON:

Notes:

Halifax Co. North Carolina Wills 1758-1824 Abstract
JOSEPH COTTON 13 January 1772 May Court 1772
the land up at the road where Robert Cotton now lives to be sold to pay debts son AMOS COTTON 3 shillings son JOSEPH COTTON and daughters PATIENCE RAWLS, LUCRESER MERRITT, and ABSILAH COTTON 5 shillings and other things each my 2 sons WILLIS COTTON and WILLIAM COTTON all my land and the plantation whereon I now live and should they die without heir the same to be sold and money divided equally among all my living children daughters CHARITY SLAUGHTER and SEALLEA COTTON bed and furniture each grandson BENIAH WILLIAMS horse the residue of estate to my son WILLIAM COTTON and Daughters SEALLEA COTTON and MARY D________(?) 15 pounds each and SEALLEA to live on my Land until she doth marry.
Witnesses: Benjamin Dickens, WILLIAM COTTON, Alexander Clark
Executors: sons WILLIAM COTTON and AMOS COTTON
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North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998
Name: Joseph Cotton Probate Place: Halifax, North Carolina, USA
Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA
Item Description: Wills, Vol 1-2, 1759-1781

Footnotes
  1. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  2. Will Written / Will Proved [2364].
  3. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  4. Will Proved [2362].
  5. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  6. EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NC Court Minutes of the Pleas & Quarter Sessions – 1757 – 1784 [1385].
  7. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  8. Ibid.
  9. Ibid.
  10. Ibid.
  11. Will Proved [2362].
  12. Historical Southern Families [1501] (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD).
  13. Named in Father's Will [1819].
  14. Ibid.
  15. Ibid.
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