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Joab Cotton

Male 1780 - 1854  (74 years)    Has 12 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Joab Cotton  [1] 
    Birth 15 Feb 1780  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1810  Kershaw County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Joab Cotton, 1 male 26 to 44, 1 female 26 to 44
     
    Census 1820  Kershaw County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Joab Cotton, 1, , , , 1, , 2, , , 1, , , 1, , , , , , , , , ,
    1 - Free white male under 10 years
    1 - Free white male 26 to 45 years
    2 - Free white female under 10 years
    1 - Free white female 26 to 45 years
    1 - Foreigners not naturalized
     
    Census 1830  Kershaw County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Joab Cotton, 0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0
    1 - White male 10 to 15
    1 - White male 50 to 60
    1 - White female under 5
    3 - White females 5 to 10
    1 - White female 15 to 20
    1 - White female 40 to 50
     
    Census 1840  Kershaw County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Joab Cotton, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,...
    1 - White male 50 to 60
    1 - White female 10 to 15
    3 - White female 15 to 20
    1 - White female 50 to 60
    [Son Robert Cotton listed next to him] 
    Census 08 Aug 1850  Kershaw County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Joab Cotton, 70, m, , , , North Carolina, , , ,
    Sarah Cotton, 61, f, , , , , North Carolina, , , ,
    El... Cotton, 29, f, , , , , South Carolina
    Ely.. Cotton, 27, f, , , , , South Carolina
    Dorcus Cotton, 25, f, , , , , South Carolina
    Francy Cotton, 21, f, , , , , South Carolina
    John Ford, 15, m, , , , , , South Carolina
    [Their son Robert Cotton is listed next door] 
    Age: 70 
    Death 29 Dec 1854  Kershaw County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    John Cotton,   b. 22 Apr 1658, Queens Creek, Isle of Wight County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1728, Bertie County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather) 
    Sarah ???  (Mother) 
    Person ID I0554  FeldmanTree
    Last Modified 20 Jun 2008 

    Father Joab Cotton,   b. 1745   d. Between 1800 and 1810, Halifax County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Sarah ??? 
    Marriage Bef 1768  [1] 
    Family ID F0265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Ford,   b. Abt 1789, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1810  Probably South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Amelia Howard Cotton,   b. 24 Nov 1810, Kershaw County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1891, Randolph County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    ▻ John Nelson Gregg  m. 08 Jan 1832
    +2. Robert B. Cotton,   b. 1817, Kershaw County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1887, Richland County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     3. Elizabeth Cotton,   b. 1821
     4. Amanda Cotton,   b. 1823, Kershaw County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Dorcus Ann Cotton,   b. 01 Aug 1824, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1883, Fannin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    ▻ John Campbell Mangum  m. 25 Mar 1852
     6. Francis Cotton,   b. 1829
     7. John Ford Cotton,   b. 1835
    Family ID F0058  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Feb 1780 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Will - Joab Cotton - Kershaw District SC - Page 1    		Will - Joab Cotton - Kershaw District SC - Page 1
    Will - Joab Cotton - Kershaw District SC - Page 2    		Will - Joab Cotton - Kershaw District SC - Page 2
    Will - Joab Cotton - Kershaw District SC - Page 3    		Will - Joab Cotton - Kershaw District SC - Page 3

  • Notes 
    • [1535225.FTW]

      Joab Cotton was a Methodist Minister and was instrumental in organizing
      Smyrn a Methodist Church about 1809.
      WILL OF JOAB COTTON
      In the name of God amen.
      State of South Carolina
      I Joabe Cotton of the Mstrict of Kershaw and the State aforesaid, being
      of sound and disposing mind and memory, and Calling to mind the
      uncertainty of life, and being desirous to dispose of all such wordly
      Estates it bath pleased god to bless me With, do make and ordain this my
      last Will and testament in the matter and form following that is to Say:
      It is my desire and Will that my Cotton Crop if any reaming after my
      decesend as much of my provision Crop as my Executors hereinafter named
      may think advisable t o dispose of, to be sold and out of the Moneys
      arising therefrom, all my Just debts to be paid, and Should it prove
      insufficient the above purpos, then I desire that my Executros Sell What
      Stock it may require and pay satisfy such of my Just debts as shall
      remain unpaid, And after payment of my debts, I giv e bequeath and devise
      unto my Wife Sarah Cotton to be enjoyed by her and my t wo daughters Eliza
      and Elizabeth Cotton for the term of said Wifes natural li fe or Widowhood
      the plantation Whereon I now live, My Negroes Nancy Ginney Pe nelopy and
      Albert, and the stock of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Waggo ns,
      plantation tools, usually kep on my said plantation, And all of my house
      hold and KItching furniture; And it is my desire, that upon my said
      Wifes, Ceasing to be my Widow, either by deth, or marriage whichever
      shall first hap pen, The said plantation, Shall be sold at publick
      auction, on a Credit of on e Year, the purchasers giving their notes with
      two approved Securietes, And i t is my further Will that the said Negros
      and other property before Mentioned Sall be sold at the same time, and on
      the Same termes and the Moneys arising thairfrom to be equally devided
      between all of my Children Shair and Shair a like, and I do hereby five
      the Same to them for their use profet and benefit, and it is also my Will
      that the above negros So directed to be sold Shall be Baught and
      owned...the following Legatees hereinafter named and ther Chhildr en, that
      is to Say Robert B. Cotton Eliza Cotton Dorcas Mangram and Elizabeth
      Cotton. I give and bequeath unto my two daughters Eliza and Elizabeth
      Cot ton my two Negros Sharlot and Ann for their use proget and benefit,
      and for t hem to dispose of by Will. I also give and bequeathe unto them
      two Fether be ds and Covering for the Same, I give and bequeath unto
      Robert B. Cotton for h is use profet and benefit and for the use profet
      and benefit of his Children My Negro Boy Richard..I give and bequeath
      unto my Daughter Dorcase Magram for her use profet and benefit my Negro
      girl Catherine, and for the use profet a nd benefit of her Children I give
      and bequeath unto my Daughter Franceis Oake s for her use profet and
      benefit and for the use profet and benefit of her Ch ildren My negro girl
      Lucy And Finally all the rest, remainder of my Estate an d effects of real
      and personal Whatsoever, and Wharesoever, not hereinbefore otherwise
      effectually disposed of I give Devise and bequeath unto my Wife Sar ah
      Cotton for her to dispose of equally among all my Children. And I do
      he reby Constitue and appoint my Son Robert B. Cotton and my friend James
      Team E xecutors of this my last Will and testament, In Witness Whereof I
      have hereun to Set my hand and Seal this the Twenty eight day of May one
      thusand eight hu ndred and fify three.
      Joab Cotton (SEAL)
      Signed sealed published and declared by the said testator, as and for his
      last Will and testament, as and for his last Will and testament in our
      presence. Who at his request in his presence and in the presence each
      other, have Subscribed our names as Witnesses there to,
      C. Bailey
      J.P. Richbourg
      L.L. HOgan
      Recorded in Will book A Page 243
      R ecorded Jan. 13, 1855
      Death Notice: Died on Frid

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  • Sources 
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