Harris COTTON^[1]

1753 - c.1796

• Name	Harris COTTON
  Birth	25 Aug 1753	Virginia Colony   [2]
  Christening	30 Sep 1753	Alberamarle Parish, Surry Co, Virginia Colony   [2]
  	Harris was baptized in an Anglican Church in Albemarle Parish, Virginia Colony on 30 September 1753. Nicholas Jarret, William Cotton and Eliza Moss stood as his godparents.
  Gender	Male
  oath of allegiance	9 Aug 1777	Sussex Co, VA   [3]
  	On 9 August 1777 in Sussex County, Virginia, Harris took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity to the Commonwealth of Virginia, renouncing all allegiance to King George III of Great Britain.
  admin of estate	4 Feb 1796	Sussex Co, VA   [4]
  	Richard Gary, having posted the required bond, was granted administration of Harris' estate on 4 February 1796 by the Sussex County, Virginia Court.
  inventory	7 Sep 1797	Sussex Co, VA   [5]
  	The inventory of Harris' estate was returned to the Sussex County Court on 7 September 1797 and duly recorded.
  Death	c.1796
  	Harris died intestate during late 1795 or early 1796.
  Person ID	I26389	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Richard COTTON,   b. Virginia Colony d. c.1789/90
  Mother	Elizabeth (UNKNOWN)   d. Before 24 May 1786
  Family ID	F1081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deidamia GARY   d. c.1800
  Children	1. William COTTON,   b. 13 Oct 1775   d. Before Dec 1802   2. Frederick COTTON,   b. Before Dec 1781   d. 7 Dec 1830 (Age 49 years)   3. Elizabeth COTTON   4. Richard COTTON,   b. After Dec 1781
  Family ID	F1059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S4040] Richard Cotten will (1790), Sussex Co, VA. [S342] Gertrude R.B. Richards Ph.D. (transcribed & edited by), Richards, Register of Albemarle Parish Surry and Sussex Counties 1739 - 1778, ((1958, Rpt. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1984)), ISBN 0-89308-543-x. p. 70. [S4073] Sussex County, VA Oaths of Allegiance, 1777 - 1778. Harris Cotton subscription. [S3260] Harris Cotton, Sussex Co, VA administrator's bond no. 1796-171 (1796). [S339] William Lindsay Hopkins, Hopkins, Sussex County, Virginia Will Books A - F, 1754 - 1806, ((Richmond, VA: GEN-N-DEX, 1990)). p. 141.