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Husband: Joab 'Joe A.' 'Cotton' COTTEN [I08706]
Born: about 1803 in Kentucky or Alabama 1 2
Married: before 1839
Died: after 1873
Father:
Mother:
Spouses: Mahala DOWSE; Agnes HAWTHORN; Louisa HAZZLEWOOD
Wife: Sarah SMITH [I08704] 3
Born: about 1815 in Kentucky 4
Died: before 1873
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Children
01 (M): Monterville 'Montie' COTTON [I08702]
Born: about 1839 in Arkansas or Mississippi 5
Died: 16 APR 1919 in Milam Co., Texas 6 7
Spouses: Mary GRIFFEN; Elizabeth 'Betty' ELLIOTT; Sarah C. UNKNOWN
02 (M): Benjamin H. COTTEN [I08698]
Born: about 1842 in Louisiana 8
Died: UNKNOWN in Civil War
Spouses:
03 (M): Jasper COTTON [I08697]
Born: about 1843 in Louisiana 9
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
04 (F): Sarah Jane COTTON [I08696]
Born: DEC 1845 in Louisiana 10
Died: 1915 in Buried Walker Co., Texas 11 12
Spouses: James C. COTTEN
05 (M): Richard Newton COTTEN [I08695]
Born: 11 APR 1847 in Louisiana 13
Died: 23 JUL 1911 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana 14
Spouses: Mary Jane 'Talley' TOLLEY; Lula Idella 'Della' VANCE
06 (M): James W. 'Cotton' COTTEN [I08685]
Born: 02 FEB 1851 in Louisiana 15
Died: 13 SEP 1927 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas 16 17
Spouses: Rebecca E. CROW; Alice PUE
07 (F): Mary COTTON [I11330]
Born: about 1855 in Louisiana 18
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
08 (M): Joab COTTEN, , Jr. [I11331]
Born: about 1857 in Texas 19
Died: before 1870
Spouses:
09 (F): Amanda Melvina COTTEN [I11332]
Born: 11 DEC 1858 in Milam Co., Texas 20
Died: 19 NOV 1946 in Nolan Co., Texas 21
Spouses: Lorenzo Dow MONROE; George Washington WILKERSON
Additional Information

Joab 'Joe A.' 'Cotton' COTTEN:

Notes:

Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935
Name: Joab Cotton, spouse: Mahala Dowse
Marriage Date: 9 Aug 1821, County: Claiborne

Mississippi Marriages to 1825
Name: Agnes Hawthorn, Spouse: Joab Cotten
Marriage Date: 2 Oct 1825, Marriage County: Franklin

Arkansas Census, 1819-70
Name: Joab Cotton, Year: 1839
State: AR, County: Phillips County, Township: Big Creek Township
Record Type: Tax list, Page: 021
Database: AR 1830-1839 Tax Lists Index
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Home in 1850(City,County,State): Western District, Bienville, Louisiana
Joab Cotton 47, KY
Sarah Cotton 35, KY
Benjamin H Cotton 10, LA
Marterville Cotton 11, AR
Jasper Cotton 7, LA
Newton Cotton 3, LA
Sarah J Cotton 6, LA
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Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910
Name:Joab Cotton, Event Year:1855
Event Place:Burleson County, Texas, United States
FHL Film Number:2282118
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1860 Milam Co., TX - US Fed. Census
Page 32, The Western District, Post Office: Cameron, Enumerated 25th day June
Dwelling #107, Family #107
Joab Cotten, age 57, W/M, L-, $700, $500, b. Miss
Sarah ", age 40, W/F, 'do', b. Kentucky
Monterville ", age 20 W/M, 'do', b. Miss
Benj. ", age 18 W/M, b. LA
Jasper ", age 16, W/M, b. 'do'
Sarah ", age 15, W/F, b. 'do'
Richard ", age 12, W/M, b. 'do'
James ", age 7, W/M, b. 'do'
Mary ", age 5, W/F, b. 'do'
Joab ", age 3, W/M, b. Texas
Amanda ", age 1, W/F, b. 'do'
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Home in 1870: Milam, Texas
Joe A Cotton 67, AL
Sarah Cotton 52, KY
James Cotton 19, TX
Amanda Cotton 13, TX
Cathrine Clendennon 23, TX
Thomas Langon 50, PA
(residing next to Monterville Cotton and family)

Footnotes
  1. 1860 Milam Co., TX - US Fed. Census [315].
  2. 1870 Milam Co., TX - US Fed. Census [412].
  3. Child's Death Record [1271].
  4. 1860 Milam Co., TX - US Fed. Census [315].
  5. Ibid.
  6. Headstone Inscription [1491].
  7. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [2215].
  8. 1860 Milam Co., TX - US Fed. Census [315].
  9. Ibid.
  10. Ibid.
  11. Headstone Inscription [1491].
  12. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [2215].
  13. 1860 Milam Co., TX - US Fed. Census [315].
  14. Cemetery Records [1253].
  15. 1860 Milam Co., TX - US Fed. Census [315].
  16. Cemetery Records [1253].
  17. Texas Deaths, 1890 - 1976, (Online Images) [2156].
  18. 1860 Milam Co., TX - US Fed. Census [315].
  19. Ibid.
  20. Ibid.
  21. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [2164].
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