Elijah 'Elisha' COTTON & Sarah 'Faggard' FAGGART

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Husband: Elijah 'Elisha' COTTON [I09057] ¹

Born: 1784 in Rowan Co., North Carolina
Married: 01 MAR 1808 in Cabarrus Co., North Carolina ¹⁴
Died: before 10 OCT 1836 in Macon, Bibb Co., Georgia, USA ²
Father: Cyrus COTTON
Mother: Mildred 'Milly' UNKNOWN
Spouses:

Wife: Sarah 'Faggard' FAGGART [I09072]

Born: 14 MAY 1790 in Cabarrus Co., North Carolina ³
Died: 22 JUN 1852 in Concordia Parish, Louisiana ⁴
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:

Children

01 (M): Valentine Felton 'Feltus' COTTON [I09074]
Born: 06 OCT 1809 in Cabarrus Co., North Carolina
Died: 05 JAN 1879 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ^{5 6}
Spouses: Dicey M. BROWN; Anne Thomas SEWARD

02 (F): Elizabeth COTTON [I09075]
Born: 17 SEP 1811 in Cabarrus Co., North Carolina ⁷
Died: after 1860 in Lived Little River, Catahoula, Louisiana
Spouses: James A. HALL

03 (M): Elijah Brannon COTTON [I09073]
Born: 02 JAN 1813 in Cabarrus Co., North Carolina ⁸
Died: 07 MAR 1893 in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana ⁹
Spouses: Susannah BAGGETT; Mary Ann GIBSON

04 (F): Caroline COTTON [I09076]
Born: between 20 JAN 1815 AND 1820 in Cabarrus Co., North Carolina
Died: 05 AUG 1878 in buried Catahoula Parish, Louisiana ¹⁰
Spouses: Samuel WILMOUTH; Noah REDDICK

05 (F): Mary Ann COTTON [I09077]
Born: 01 FEB 1817 in Cabarrus Co., North Carolina
Died: before 1880 in Concordia Parish, Louisiana
Spouses:

06 (F): Sarah COTTON [I09078]
Born: 15 JAN 1820 in Cabarrus Co., North Carolina
Died: before 1850 in Concordia Parish, Louisiana
Spouses: John J. PRESTON

07 (F): Martha COTTON [I09079]
Born: 10 NOV 1822 in Georgia, USA
Died: after 1900 in Lived De Soto Parish, Louisiana ¹¹
Spouses: Francis B. AMSDEN

08 (M): John Blackstone COTTON [I09080]
Born: 17 FEB 1824 in Macon, Bibb Co., Georgia
Died: 02 AUG 1881 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ¹²
Spouses: Sophia PHILLIPS; Resina 'Rosa' PHILLIPS

09 (F): Georgia Ann COTTON [I09081]
Born: between 12 JAN 1826 AND 1828 in Bibb Co., Georgia, USA ¹³
Died: before 1860 in Concordia Parish, Louisiana
Spouses: John J. PRESTON

10 (M): George Troup COTTON [I09082]
Born: 01 MAR 1828 in Bibb Co., Georgia, USA
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:

11 (M): Cicero COTTON [I09084]
Born: 18 JUL 1830 in Bibb Co., Georgia, USA
Died: 1838
Spouses:

12 (F): Virginia Margaret COTTON [I09083]
Born: 21 AUG 1832 in Bibb Co., Georgia, USA
Died: before 1860 in Louisiana
Spouses: Ferdinand Pinkney MONTGOMERY

Additional Information

Elijah 'Elisha' COTTON:

Note: 6 yrs old 8 May 1789 appentice to be weaver

Notes:

(6 yrs old 8 May 1789 appentice to be weaver)

Sarah 'Faggard' FAGGART:

Parents (Facts Pg): Valentine Faggart and Elizabeth Smith

(05) Mary Ann COTTON:

Notes:

Children: 1st marriage to Spencer Griffin, a son A. Fulton Griffin. M. A. Gibson and Reufen M. Gibson, Jr. by 2nd husband

Footnotes

Names in records as orphan of Cyrus Cotton [1839].
Administration of Estate [1074].
1850 Concordia Parish, LA - US Fed. Census [78].
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [2215].
Cemetery Records [1253].
New Orleans, Louisiana Death Record Index, 1804-1949 [1888].
1860 Catahoula, LA - US Fed. Census [252].
Ibid.
Cemetery Records [1253].
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [2215].
1900 De Soto Parish, LA - US Fed. Census [650].
New Orleans, Louisiana Death Record Index, 1804-1949 [1888].
1850 Concordia Parish, LA - US Fed. Census [78].
North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741 - 2004 [1932] (North Carolina State Archives).

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