Captain
Thomas
Moore
Cotten
Born in Bertie, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas (Cotten) Cotton
and Ann (Moore) Cotten
Brother of
Talitha Lytha (Cotton) Powell [half], Lazarus Cotton [half], Noah Cotton [half], Elizabeth Dolly (Cotton) Carter, Jemima Iris (Cotton) Edwards [half] and Thomas Moore
Husband of
Priscilla Jane (Knight) Cotten
— married
1769 in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Moore Carter Cotton, John (Cotten) Cotton, James Allen (Cotten) Cotton Sr., Sarah Cotton and Arthur M. Cotten
Died
at age 46
in Sumner, Southwest Territory (now Tennessee)
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Apr 2020
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Biography
Captain Thomas Cotten served with Hertford County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
Captain Thomas Cotten was a Prisoner of War during American Revolution.
Thomas was born in 1748. He died in 1795. [1]
- Spouse per DAR record
- PRISCILLA JANE KNIGHT b. Dec. 07, 1748 Halifax Co., NC. d. Nov. 01, 1843 Cottontown, Sumner Co., TN
- Children listed in DAR record
- ARTHUR BUTLER m. SARAH SALLIE DANIELS
- ALLEN m. MARY RODGERS, MARY POLLY BARHAM
- JOHN m. JENNETT JANE CRAWFORD
- MOORE m. POLLY CRAWFORD, LOVEY EDWARDS
- NOAH m. ELIZABETH COUGER
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 April 2022), memorial page for Thomas Cotten (4 Nov 1748–5 Jun 1795), Find A Grave: Memorial #234707487, citing The Bridal House, Cottontown, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA; maintained by Michael Cotten (contributor 47442944), Burial Details Unknown; memorial plaque photo.
- DAR record https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A026397
- "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TV-B2W9?cc=1619127 : 29 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.
- https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Cotton/6000000019056113555
- http://www.dgcotton.com/home/grpf03959.html
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Clarence Moore
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AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued), Ancestry member moore10813
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Art Collins :
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~0.78%
Nathan Knight :
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Christine Miller :
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~0.39%
William McKey :
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Marilyn McNeil :
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~0.39%
Susan Ellen Smith :
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