Blacks Found in the Deeds of Laurens & Newberry Counties, SC: 1785 - 1827
Margaret Peckham, Baltimore MD
Deed Book B: 350
August 18, 1792: Bill of Sale. John Edwards and Mary, his wife, SAMUEL COTTON AND ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE, John Tune and Ruth, his wife, Litisha Edwards, Rhoda Edwards and Margarett Edwards, daughters of said John Edwards and Mary, his wife, of the County of Newberry and State of South Carolina to Thomas Chappel of the same place. Consideration of 70 pounds Sterling, one negro woman slave about 18 years old, named Dinah, one Negro boy about eight years old, named Frank. Signed. John Edwards, Mary Edwards (mark), SAMUEL COTTON, ELIZABETH COTTON (mark) John Tune, Ruth Tune (mark, Margarett Edwards. Wit: William Satterwhite, Thomas Brown, Thomas McMahon (mark). Recorded April 10, 1796. Fredk. Nance, DC.
(Note: the above John Tune and Ruth Tune should be John June and Ruth June. From the will of Mary Turner Edwards)

Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935
Name: Samuel Cotten, Spouse: Elizabeth Sullivan
Marriage Date: 9 Dec 1813, County: Amite
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He was a Minister, denomination unknown.
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Name: Samuel Cotton [Samuel Cotten]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Amite, Mississippi
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1

NbyC Eq: Newberry County Equity Records 1818 - 1844. Sandra J. Lee
Edwards; Elizabeth, d/o John & Mary Turner Edwards, m. by 1816 ......Cotton
NCEq. p. 30; 1821
(1816 date Mary Turner Edwards Will proved)
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She was named Elizabeth Cotton in the will of her mother, Mary Turner Edwards dated 26 Jun 1813, Newberry Co., South Carolina. There is only a 5 and 1/2 month difference in this date and the marriage of Samuel Cotton to Elizabeth Sullivan, 09 Dec 1813, in Amite Co., Mississippi.

U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914
Name: Thomas Cotton
Birthyear: abt 1786, Birthplace: Newbury Co., South Carolina, United States
Enlistment Date: 16 Sep 1804, Enlistment Age: 18

5653 Thomas Cotton, Rank: Priv, Regiment: 2nd US Infy, Height 5 inches 8
Blue, fair, fair, age 18, Planter, b. Newberry Co., SC

Inlistment: Sept 16 1804, Fort Wilkinson, GA, by whom: Lieut Lawrence, Sep 15, 1809
Remarks: Capt W. R. Bootes Co, Book 1805 to 1810. Present joined from Capt McCalls Co March 24/05- Present April 1/05 - On Command at Ga lines, June 28 to Dec 2/05 - Present May 1/06 - tried by Gar Ct ML Aug 6/06 for fighting - confined 3 days - Present Jany 24/07 - tried by Ct ML May 25/07 - gambling - fonined one week in irons. Absence 4 days fatigue - again Oct 2/07 absence - 50 laches-Present Nov 1/07 - Tried by CT ML Jan 5/08, absence- 50 lashes - again Feby 3/08, Absence - hard labor one week - Present May 1 ?? 1/08 - tried Dec 15/08, gambling - 50 lashes pardoned - Pro Corpl Jan 3/09, tried June 19/09 gambling - reduced to rank - pro Corpl June 21/09 - tried Aug 5/09, rioting reduced - Present Oct 7/09
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U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914
Name: Thomas Cotten
Birthyear: abt 1786, Birthplace: Newberry Co.,South Carolina, United States
Enlistment Date: 16 Jan 1813, Enlistment Age: 27

5652 Cotten Thomas, Sergt, 8th Us Infry, Regimental Commander: Col P. Jack
5 ft 8 1/2 inches Blue, Light, Fair, age 27, Farmer, Newberry, SC, Jany 16 1813 Fort Hawkins - Capt P. Cook, Mar DL Capt MD Keiths Co., Feby 16, & MR Feby 28/15. Present- Mo ?? & D R. Fort Hawkins, April 30, DR June 30/15. On furlough -reduced to Pri, May 31/15 Discharged from Lieut Edward Hollowing Co at Fort Hawkins, Aug 15/15, a Private term expired - See Pension case.

Fort Wilkinson
Inscription. Three hundred yards east of this point stood Ft. Wilkinson, established in 1797 on Georgia's Indian boundary. Garrisoned by soldiers whose families lived outside the stockade, it was an early trading house where Creek Indians were provided agricultural supplies under the Treaty of New York (1790). Here occurred in 1802 the treaty which extinguished Indian titles to land westward to Commissioner’s Creek, which area was in the first Georgia land lottery in 1805. In 1807, the garrison was moved to Ft. Hawkins on the Ocmulgee River. following the expanding perimeter of Indian land cessions. Marker is in Milledgeville, Georgia, in Baldwin County.