John L COTTON
RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 1/90; 10/98 CENSUS: 1820; 1830; 1840; W Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA NOTE: occ, farmer W Fallowfield Twp BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Combined Atlas Map of Crawford County, PA, Pg 26 1/4: settled in W Fallowfield Twp in 1818; had farm of 112 acres; served in War of 1812 BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: DAR Supp App Nat #568111 John Cotton MILITARY: Military Service & Pension Records (drafted for 1 mo service at Sadsbury Twp Jan 1814 to serve in Col Samuel Gowdy's 133 Regm't, Pa Militia served as corporal from 4 Jan 1814 to 11 Feb 1814 in Capt Hugh Cotton's Co. 133 Regm't, PA Militia at Erie under the command of Lt. Col. Samuel Gowdy by order of Maj Gen David Mead; served as private 22 JUL 1815 to 13 AUG 1815 in Lt Wm. Proctor's Company, 133 Reg, PA Militia; his widow, Mary, applied for bounty land on 4 FEB 1857 under act approved 3 MAR 1855. MILITARY: Crawford Co War Veterans, CCHS; Corp. in Capt Hugh Cotton's Co., 133 Regmt PA Militia, from 1 Jan 1814 to 11 FEB 1814, War of 1812 NOTE: served on Vigilance Committee in West Fallowfield Twp 2 May 1835; CCHS BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Hartstown Cemetery Index", Adelaide Courtney, 1962, CCHS DEATH-PROBATE: Crawford Co Wills, Vol B, Pg 237 BIRTH-DEATH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983, Pg 23 BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised, 1994, Roger A. Johnson, Pgs 16, 17 (more info in ref) NOTE: see also Family Rec's of Charles Burns, Temple Hill, MD
RUTH SETTERQQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 10/90; DAUGHTER OF ? McMASTER AND MARY MARTIN BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Hartstown Cemetery Index", Adelaide Courtney, 1962, CCHS MARRIAGE-DEATH: Combination Atlas Map of Crawford Co, PA, Pg 26 1/4 CENSUS: 1850; 1860 W Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA BIRTH: Letter from James F. Jamison, Zelienople, PA, 11 Sep 1990, to Ruth Dickey Setterquist, Fairfield, CA BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Family Records of Paula S. Rouse, Vancouver, WA (b 1797; m. John Cotton; note: it is probable that Mary McMaster was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; see documentation for Jane McMaster, RIN 2567) BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Family Rec's of Charlotte Blair Stewart, Windber, PA: (b 1797; d 1873; md John Cotton)
RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 10/90, GT GRANDFATHER CENSUS-BIRTH: 1830 through 1880 W Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co., PA BIRTH: Crawford Co Wills, Vol B, Pg 237 (Will of John Cotton, names son Henry) BIRTH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton": born in Shenango Twp. (now W Fallowfield Twp) BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Combination Atlas Map of Crawford Co, PA by Everts, 1876, p 26 was a farmer and stock raiser; was a Presbyterian; had 8 children, 3 of died by 1876 BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: "Hartstown Cemetery Index", Adelaide Courtney, 1962 CCHS BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Crawford Co Death Records, Vol 1, Pg 38 DEATH: Crawford Journal, Meadville, PA, 14 Dec 1899, Pg 5, Col 5; (died 10 DEC in this rec); Conneautville Courier, 14 Dec 1899, Pg 1, Col 2; niece, Mrs J.G.Alter, formerly Miss Rosetta Kilgore of New Kensington. PROBATE: Crawford Co Wills, Vol I, Pg 505 NOTE: Middle name "Stockton" (Trapani Papers & Joslyn's Desc. of Henry Cotton) BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised by Roger A Johnson, 1994, Pg 38, 39 BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: obit from scrapbook in custody of Rachel McKay, Seminole, FL, no date or name of newspaper; "lived in Hartstown until 15 years ago when he came to Conneaut Twp; mem of UP Church, Hartstown; later united with Pres Church in Conneautville; leaves sister, Mrs Nancy McCafferty of Hartstown; md 1st Miss Mary McKay by whom he has 4 ch now living, John M. of Summerhill; Mrs. Ella Bartholomew of Rochester, PA; Robert S. of Missouri; & William H. of Harmonsburg; md 2nd Mrs. Margaret Martzall who survives; burial Hartstown, Rev. Francis M. Hall officiated; note: this may have been the Conneautville Courier
RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 1/90; 10/98 CENSUS: 1850 W Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA; enum in h/h of Henry S. Cotton, listed as Nancy J Cotton MARRIAGE-DEATH: Trapani Papers, CCHS (md _______ McCaffer_on; living 1899 BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Joyslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983: born Shenango Twp [now W Fallowfield Twp], 1824 or 1825; md James McCafferty; living in 1899; dau Della b 18__) NOTE: Hartstown Cem Rec's list a Myron R.C. McCafferty, son of James & N.J. McCafferty; James & N.J. not listed in this index BIRTH-MARRIAGE-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised, 1994, Roger A. Johnson, Pg 39, 40; md James McCafferty c1845; bur Hartstown Cem. no dates NOTE: I could not find t.s. in Hartstown Cem
RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 1/90; 10/98 CENSUS: 1850 W Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983; b in Shenango Twp [now West Fallowfield Twp], Crawford Co, PA 1830; md Isaac N. Hitchcock of Hartstown, PA) DEATH: Combination Atlas of Crawford Co, PA, Pg 26 1/4; (2 ch died before Atlas written) MARRIAGE: Trapani Papers, CCHS (Maggie of W Fallowfield Twp, md 29 APR 1857, I.N. Hitchcock of Hartstown) NOTE: Margaret living with her cousin, William Davis, Jr, in Meadville in 1850 (Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983; cites "The Davis Family", Thomas Kirby Davis, Norwood, MA, 1912, Pg 60-61; 1850 Meadville census BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Descendants of Henry Cotton", Revised, 1994, Roger A. Johnson, Pg 39, 40; b abt 1830 Shenango Twp, Crawford Co, PA; d abt 1870 in PA; bur Hartstown Cem; md abt 1855 to Isaac N. Hitchcock. TO DO - Need her in 1860 & 1870 Census
RUTH SETTERQUIST, 1318 SHELBY DR., FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, 1/90; 10/98 BIRTH-DEATH: Joslyn's "Descendants of Henry Cotton", 1983
He married Mary McMaster 24 Aug 1820 at W Fallowfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania . Mary McMaster was born at Ireland 1797 .
They were the parents of 4
children:
Henry Stockton Cotton
born 25 May 1821.
Nancy Jane Cotton
born Abt 1824.
Margaret Cotton
born Abt 1829/30.
Martha Cotton
born Abt 1831.
John L Cotton died 17 Mar 1846 at W Fallowfield, Crawford, Pennsylvania .
Mary McMaster died 25 Jun 1873 at Hartstown, Crawford, Pennsylvania .