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Husband: John COTTON [I25365]
Born: between 1753 AND 1757
Married: before 1786
Died: UNKNOWN
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Wife: UNKNOWN [I25366]
Born:
Died: UNKNOWN
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Children
01 (M): John COTTON [I25588]
Born:
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses:
02 (M): Benjamin 'Cotton' COTTEN [I15308]
Born: OCT 1786 in South Carolina 1 2
Died: 1872 in (Family #7 YDNA) Miller Co., Missouri
Spouses: Jane LANGLEY
03 (F): Mary 'Polly' COTTON [I25350]
Born: about 1788 in South Carolina
Died: UNKNOWN in At age 32, Trigg Co., Kentucky 3
Spouses: Thomas WADLINGTON, , Jr.
Additional Information

John COTTON:

Notes:

U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820
Name: John Cotton, Gender: M (Male)
State: South Carolina, County: Ninety Six District
Town: Little Saludy, Residence Year: 1780
Household Remarks: He is on "A List of Petit-Jury Men and Jury Men in Civil Causes."
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1790 United States Federal Census
Name: John Cotton, County: Edgefield, State: South Carolina
Number of Free White Males Under 16: 1
Number of Free White Males 16 and Over: 1
Number of Free White Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 5
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1805 Tax list
John Cotten - 1 male 21 or over, 2 males 16 to 20, no slaves, 2 horses or cows, 150 acres
1806 Tax list
John Cotten - 1 male 21 or over, 0 males 16 to 20, no slaves, 1 horse or cow, 0 acres
Benjamin Cotten - 1 male 21 or over, 0 males 16 to 20, no slaves, 2 horses or cows, 0 acres
John Cotten - 1 male 21 or over, 0 males 16 to 20, no slaves, 2 horses or cows, 100 acres
(Benjamin and the first John are listed together, the other John was one page over)
1807 Tax list No Cottens

CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY DEED ABSTRACTS 1797-1817, 1987,
Ch. Co. Gen. Soc., Inc.
A-10. John Cotton to Elizabeth Jones, 120 Spanish Milled dollars, the following items: Cottons household furniture, 9 head of hogs, farm tools, kitchen items, etc.
S/ John Cotton. Wit: David McKay, Jno. Armstrong.
[no dates. One before 16 Oct 1798, one after 17 Sep 1799..]
A-74. 18 Jun 1803. John Cotton appoints Samuel Earl attorney to recieve 300a from state in Ky. and deliver it to Joseph Bounds. Land where Bounds lives. S/ John Cotton
A:149. 7 Dec 1804. Hans Black of Christian Co., KY, appoints trusty
friend Jacob Black of Greenville Co., SC as attorney to collect all due Hans Black from Henry Brasher,Blake Cotton,Adam Andrew,Ben Pollard, Wm. Cockram, James Cockram,Noel Hide, James Hide, Benjamin Armstrong, Moses Cook, Hezekiah Cockram & Albert Robers. S/ Hans Black
L his mark.
[Hans Black was from Greenville Co., SC. Many Greenville Co. families migrated to Christian Co., KY.]
A:201. John Cotton of Christian Co., Ky sold to Elijah Simpson of Sumner Co., Tenn., Nov 25 1802, for $100, 100a tract of land Cotton now lives on waters of Little River on the NE side of Cottons plantation. r 9-11-1805
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(Note: John's Rev. Pension App. - District of Illinois: SS
On this 19th day of June 1819 before me Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Illinois personally appeared Thomas Isbell and Temperance Isbell, who being duly sworn depose and say that they were well acquainted with John Cotton before and since the Revolutionary War in the States of North & South Carolina and Georgia that they and the said Cotton lived in South Carolina at the time the Deponents suppose he enlisted.)
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Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois Adams County
Name: John Cotton
was born in South Carolina in 1753. He enlisted at Camden under Capt. William McClintock, and Col. Thomas Sumpter. He was sergeant of his company, was wounded in the shoulder and was discharged at Augusta, Georgia, three months after the close of the war. He came to Adams county, Illinois, to reside, where he died leaving a large family of children. He was pensioned.
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1835 Pension List for ILL
Pvt John Cotton SC Cont'l 05 Sep 1819 dropped
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Footnotes
  1. 1850 Jasper Co., MO - US Fed. Census [124].
  2. Cemetery Records [1253].
  3. Ibid.
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