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Descendants of Shadrack Meshack Cotton
1.SHADRACK MESHACK3 COTTON(JESSE V.2, YOUNG1) was born August 26, 1841 in Pike County, Alabama, and died March 25, 1922 in Limestone County, Texas.He married MARY JANE HENDRIX February 18, 1861 in Sevier County, Arkansas, daughter of C.T. HENDRIX and MARGARET.
Notes for SHADRACK MESHACK COTTON:
Shadrack M. COTTON IS THE GRANDFATHER OF BLANCHE COTTON.
His first name is spelled Shedric on the 1870 Census of Fayette County, Texas; Shade in the 1900 Census of Limestone County, Texas; Leric is his namegive onthe 1860 Census of Sevier County, Arkansas and on the 1850 Census of Pike County, Alabama his name is spelled Shadrack whichis the given spelling of his name. Remember that on Census Reports nicknames are given by a family member or the person listed on the Report. The names are verified and documented.
SHADRACK COTTON IS THE FATHER OF JAMES HENRY COTTON.
1880 CENSUS OF Limestone COUNTY, TEXAS LIST SHADRACK IS A FARMER 39 YEARS OLD, BORN IN ALABAMA AND HIS MOTHER BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HIS WIFE MARY IS 41 YEARS OLD, BORN IN ILLINOIS, HER MOTHER BORN IN NEW YORK AND HER FATHER BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY ARE (1) JAMES H.18 BORN IN ARKANSAS, (2) WILLIAM W. 13 BORN IN TEXAS, (3) EMMA 9, BORN IN TEXAS, (4) PATRICK 5, BORN IN TEXAS AND PEARL 9 MONTHS OLD, BORN IN TEXAS.
THE FACT THAT WILLIAM WAS BORN IN TEXAS ABOUT 1867 TELLS US THAT THE COTTONS HAD MOVED FROM ARKANSAS BETWEEN 1862(WHICH WAS THE YEAR JAMES H. WAS BORN IN ARKANSAS) AND 1867.
THE 1900 CENSUS OF LIMESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS SHOWS SHADRACK( HE IS LISTED AS SHADE COTTON) AND WIFE MARY LIVING THERE . THERE IS ONLY ONE CHILD LIVING WITH THEM AND IT THERE GRANDDAUGHTER, FLORINA NELSON BORN 6 YEARS OLD AND BORN APRIL OF 1894 IN TEXAS. SHE MUST HAVE BEEN THE DAUGHTER OF EITHER EMMA OR PEARL COTTON WHOSE HUSBAND WOULD HAVE BEEN A NELSON. THE CHILD'S MOTHER MOST LIKELY HAD DIED.
THE 1900 CENSUS REPORT SHOWS THAT ONLY 4 OF THE8 CHILDREN BORN TO SHEDRIC AND MARY COTTON WERE ALIVE BY 1900.
THE 1900 CENSUS SHOWS SHEDRIC'S MOTHER AND FATHER WERE BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA. The 1900 Census shows Shadrack listring his DATE OF BIRTH AS APRIL 1838. Mildred Cottona descendent of Shadrack writes in the book " The History of Limestone County" that was born AUGUST 26, 1841 IN PIKE COUNTY, ALABAMA. The Headsone on his grave at Honest Ridge Cemetery in Limestone County reads; born July 18, 1842- died March 25, 1922.This report will list his birth as August 26, 1841 which Mildred Cotton gave in her Cotton Family History.
More About SHADRACK MESHACK COTTON:
Census: 1850, Big Rock Township, Pulaski Cty, Arkansas
Notes for MARY JANE HENDRIX:
MARY COTTON IS THE GRANDMOTHER OF BLANCHE COTTON.
THE 188O CENSUS OF FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXASSHOWS MARY'S MOTHER WAS BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA AND HER FATHER IN NEW YORK.
More About MARY JANE HENDRIX:
Burial: Honest Ridge Cemetery, Limestone Cty, Texas
Census: 1850, Big Rock Township, Pulaski Cty, Arkansas
Place of birth: 1837, Illinois
Children of SHADRACK COTTON and MARY HENDRIX are:
2. | i. | JAMES (JIM) HENRY4 COTTON, b. 1862, Rocky Comfort, Sevier County, Arkansas; d. 1944, Antioch,Cherokee County, Texas. | |
3. | ii. | WILLIAM WESLEY COTTON, b. November 12, 1867, Hunt County, Texas; d. May 14, 1948, Limestone County, Texas. | |
iii. | EMMA COTTON, b. Abt. 1871, Texas. | ||
iv. | PATRICK COTTON, b. April 27, 1875, Texas; d. February 26, 1927, Coolidge, Limestone County, Texas; m. MATTIE HENDERSON, 1895, Limestone County, Texas. | ||
v. | PEARL COTTON, b. August 1879, Texas. |