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Husband: Leonidas COTTON [I25076]
Born: 21 DEC 1817 in North Carolina 1
Married: 01 FEB 1837
Died: 04 JAN 1847 in Fayette Co., Tennessee
Father: Robert W. COTTON
Mother: Mary Norfleet JEFFREYS
Spouses:
Wife: Sarah Elizabeth 'Eliza' WRIGHT [I25077]
Born: 27 OCT 1820 in North Carolina 2 3
Died: after 1900 in Probably Jefferson Co., Alabama 4
Father: Thomas WRIGHT
Mother: Mary H. GREEN
Spouses:
Children
01 (F): Alice London COTTEN [I25091]
Born: 10 NOV 1838 in Willow Glenn, Fayette Co., Tennessee 5
Died: 25 OCT 1897
Spouses: William Alexander HOUSTON
02 (M): Robert Napoleon 'Cotton' 'Dr.' COTTEN [I25092] 6
Born: 24 AUG 1840 in Willow Glenn, Fayette Co., Tennessee 7
Died: 13 DEC 1901 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama 8
Spouses: Eliza Sophia DAVENPORT
03 (M): John Mercer COTTON [I25093]
Born: 02 FEB 1842 in Fayette Co., Tennessee
Died: 31 DEC 1915 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama 9
Spouses: Sally Sneed GREEN
04 (M): Leonidas 'Lee' COTTEN, , Jr. [I25094]
Born: 08 MAY 1844 in Fayette Co., Tennessee
Died: about 1900 in Texas
Spouses: Anna Beard WRIGHT; Jane MADDEN
Additional Information

Leonidas COTTON:

Notes:

Posted by: Sally Date: October 13, 1999 at 19:00:58
In Reply to: Re: Leonidas Cotten, Willow Glen, TN by Blanchard Smith of 531

This Leonidas Cotten was the eldest son of Robert Cotten and Mary Norfleet Jeffreys.
Robert was born in Scotland Neck, Halifax Co, NC and about 1823 Col. Robert sold all his property in NC and removed with his family to LaGrange, Fayette Co, TN.
Robert Cotten's parents were Jobe Cotten 1736-1796 Anna Wilson. Jobe was eldest son of John Cotten died 1782 and wife name unknown. He was son of John Cotten who died 1741 and his first wife Judith. This John was the son of John Cotten that died in Bertie County in 1728 and his wife Martha Godwin.
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Home in 1850(City,County,State): District 13, Fayette, Tennessee(Indexed as Catton)
Mary H Wright 50, NC
Sophia Cage 30, NC
Sarah E Cotton 26, NC
James L Wright 17, TN
Mary Lanston 46, France
Wm W Lanston 14, TN
Alice Cotton 12, TN
Robert Cotton 10, TN
Mercer Cotton 8. TN
Leonidas Cotton 6, TN
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Home in 1860: La Grange, Fayette, Tennessee, 7 June
Mary H Wright 66, TN
Marcer Wright 46, NC
Mrs. S E Cotton 39, NC
Allice Houston 21, TN
R N N Cotton 19, TN
John W Cotton 17, TN
M Baugh 63, VA
Lee Cotton 15, TN
Mattie Trent 28, TN
Maggie Trent 18, TN

Footnotes
  1. Compiled by Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, Descended From John and Jane Sharples, Settlers Near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682 [1292] (Published for the Family, under the Auspices of the Bi-Centennial Committee, Philadelphia, 1887).
  2. 1910 Jefferson Co., AL - US Fed. Census [862].
  3. Compiled by Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, Descended From John and Jane Sharples, Settlers Near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682 [1292] (Published for the Family, under the Auspices of the Bi-Centennial Committee, Philadelphia, 1887).
  4. 1900 Jefferson Co., AL - US Fed. Census [700].
  5. Compiled by Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, Descended From John and Jane Sharples, Settlers Near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682 [1292] (Published for the Family, under the Auspices of the Bi-Centennial Committee, Philadelphia, 1887).
  6. Bible Record [1158].
  7. 1900 Jefferson Co., AL - US Fed. Census [700].
  8. Bible Record [1158].
  9. Alabama Deaths, 1908 - 59 [1080].
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