Born: 1735 in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina Married: 23 OCT 1760 in (Bond date) Edgecombe Co./Halifax Co., North Carolina 16 Died: 01 AUG 1781 in Edgecombe Co./Halifax Co., North Carolina 2 Father:Joseph 'Cotten' COTTON Mother:Elizabeth UNKNOWN Spouses:
Edgecombe Co Wills 1732-1792 an Abstract taken from pg 90
Amos Cotten 1 Aug 1781 Aug Court 1781 0 B/70
". . . being weak in body, . . ."
Wife Zilpah, use of estate during her widowhood and bequeath one Negro Jude to wife. Sons George Cotton and Wimberley Cotton -plantation where David Fountain now lives. Son George - Negro Dick and 1 mare. Son Wimberley - Negro Peter and 1 mare and smith's tools. Son Joseph Cotton - land where I now live adj. the Spring Branch, the Creek Field and the patent line. It to be the dividing line to be made by George Wimberly and or Elias Fort. Son Joseph - one negro and one mare.
Son James Cotton - remaining part of my land, also Negro Simon and my still and worm. Daughter Salley Cotton - Negro Cate. Daughter Pheribe Cotton - Negroes Green and Luke. Daughter Elisabeth Cotton - Negro Lettice.
Executors: friends George Wimberlely, Robert Digges, Elias Fort
Witnesses: John (x) Fountain, Solomon (x) Fountain, William (x) Elenor.
Amos owned land on Spring Creek, Edgecombe Co., NC
ref.: Edgecombe County, North Carolina Vital Records, 1720-1880
North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Bride: Zilpha Wimberly, Groom: Amos Cotton, Bond Date: 23 Oct 1760
County: Edgecombe, Record #: 01 041, Bondsman: Joseph Cotton, Witness: Jams Hall, Bond #: 000043221
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)).
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)).
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)).
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)).
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)).
North Carolina Marriage Bonds - 1741 to 1868 [1931].