Weaver Alexander COTTONAge: 73 years1822–1896
- Name
- Weaver Alexander COTTON
- Given names
- Weaver Alexander
- Surname
- COTTON
 Birth | December 7, 1822 54 |
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 Death of a maternal grandfather | Micajah BENNETT 1824 (Age 12 months) |
| Death of a father | Weaver COTTON 1836 (Age 13 years) |
 Marriage | Elizabeth COOK — View this family December 22, 1846 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a wife | Elizabeth COOK 1850 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” BENNETT about 1851 (Age 28 years) |
| Marriage | Mary A WHORRY — View this family September 30, 1852 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy M COTTON January 10, 1855 (Age 32 years) |
 Property | 1856 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah M COTTON March 11, 1857 (Age 34 years) |
 Census | 1860 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary COTTON 1861 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Cary COTTON June 13, 1881 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rachel COTTON August 11, 1881 (Age 58 years) |
 Death | December 1, 1896 (Age 73 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Weaver COTTON Birth: July 2, 1768 43 — Surry Co, VA Death: 1836 — Coweta Co GA |
| mother |
Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” BENNETT Birth: Pittsylvania Co VA Death: about 1851 — Coweta Co, GA |
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Marriage: August 3, 1806 — |
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17 months elder sister |
Mary COTTON Birth: about 1807 38 — Wilkes Co GA Death: 1861 — Trinity County Tx |
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2 years elder sister |
Rachel COTTON Birth: December 31, 1808 40 — Wilkes Co GA Death: August 11, 1881 — Moreland, Coweta GA |
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22 months elder sister |
Nancy M COTTON Birth: November 10, 1810 42 — Wilkes Co, GA Death: January 10, 1855 — Coweta Co, GA |
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5 years elder sister |
Sarah M COTTON Birth: 1815 46 — Wilkes Co, GA Death: March 11, 1857 — Coweta Co, GA |
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| himself |
Weaver Alexander COTTON Birth: December 7, 1822 54 — Wilkes Co, GA Death: December 1, 1896 — Kemp, Kaufman Co, TX |
| brother |
| Father’s family with Millie ROBERTSON |
| father |
Weaver COTTON Birth: July 2, 1768 43 — Surry Co, VA Death: 1836 — Coweta Co GA |
| step-mother |
Millie ROBERTSON Birth: 1766 Death: 1805 |
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Marriage: — |
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| half-brother |
Cary COTTON Birth: May 30, 1802 33 36 — Wilkes Co, GA Death: June 13, 1881 — Coosa Co, AL |
| Mother’s family with James EVANS |
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| mother |
Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” BENNETT Birth: Pittsylvania Co VA Death: about 1851 — Coweta Co, GA |
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Marriage: before 1800 — |
| Family with Elizabeth COOK |
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Weaver Alexander COTTON Birth: December 7, 1822 54 — Wilkes Co, GA Death: December 1, 1896 — Kemp, Kaufman Co, TX |
| wife |
Elizabeth COOK Death: 1850 — Coweta County, Georgia |
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Marriage: December 22, 1846 — Coweta County, Georgia |
| Family with Mary A WHORRY |
| himself |
Weaver Alexander COTTON Birth: December 7, 1822 54 — Wilkes Co, GA Death: December 1, 1896 — Kemp, Kaufman Co, TX |
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Marriage: September 30, 1852 — Rusk Co, Tx |
| Military | Weaver Cotton Private State Served: Texas Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Texas Terrell's Cavalry Regiment. Sources: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records Weaver Cotton seemed to spend the war on duty around La Grange and Columbus Texas area. |
| Property | Weaver Cotton in the Texas, Land Title Abstracts,1700-2008 Grantee: Richard Brown, Certificate: 8 Patentee: Weaver Cotton Patent Date: 21 Mar 1856 Acres: 173.50 County: Rusk Patent #: 782 Patent Volume: 2 Class: Rusk Scrip |
| Census | 1860 Census for Weaver Cotton Kaufman, Kaufman, Texas Post Office: Prairieville Weaver Cotton 38 Mary A Cotton 27 Sally B Cotton 5 Margaret E Cotton 3 Mary J Cotton 1 |
| Death | Taken from Findagrave for Weaver Alexander Cotton Birth: Dec. 7, 1822, Wilkes County, GA Death: Dec. 1, 1896, Kemp, Kaufman County, TX 12/22/1846: Weaver married Mary Elizabeth Cook @ Coweta Co., GA. 3/29/1849: Weaver and his wife, Mary, had a child. Baby Cotton is not listed in the 1850 Federal Census. I believe Baby Cotton and the mother both died during childbirth in 1849 and the baby was buried with it's mother. Weaver is listed in the 1850 census taken 9/30/1850, for Coweta Co., GA, living with his brother-in-law, William Hindsman and his sister, Nancy Cotton, and their family. Also in that household was listed S. Cotton (Weaver's mother). His mother died in 1850. Weaver left Georgia after the 1850 census and in 1852, he married his second wife in Rusk Co., TX. Was an early settler of the Lone Oak Community in Kaufman Co., TX. History of Kaufman County, page 379: Jonas Williams, b. 1795 @ South Carolina. In 1821, he married Mary Ware and in 1845 they arrived in Texas. In 1852, Jonas received a grant of land in Kaufman County which was about ten miles southeast of the town of Kaufman. It was recorded April, 1854 and is still called the Jonas Williams survey. Jonas was thrown from a horse and killed. Mary sold 291 acres of land to Weaver Cotton for $582. Deed is recorded and signed by his heirs on 11/02/1858. Mary and her family moved to Brown County. Weaver gave land for the Lone Oak Cemetery in 1858 when a family was passing through the area and lost their young child. Later becoming the final resting place of the Cotton family and other families of the Lone Oak Community. Roster of Co A, Terrell's Texas Cavalry Regiment by Justin M. Sanders: Cotton, Weaver, Pvt: enl Prairieville 15 Dec 1862; joined from desertion 7 Nov 1863 [K1860-534/534, Weaver Cotton 33 GA; Weaver Cotton, Johnson's Militia Co; 1864 Indigent Roll, Weaver Cotton] Parents: Weaver Cotton (1768 - 1836) Sarah Elizabeth Bennett Cotton (1780 - 1850) |
| Note | From Georgia Marriages to 1850 Elizabeth Cook and Weaver Cotton Marriage Date: 22 Dec 1846 Marriage County: Coweta, Georgia |
| Note | From Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 for Weaver Cotton Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1852 Marriage Place: Rusk, Texas, USA Spouse: Mary A. Wherry |
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