Weaver COTTON^[1]

1768 - Abt 1836  (67 years)

• Name	Weaver COTTON
  Birth	2 Jul 1768  [2]
  Christening	31 Jul 1768	Sussex Co, VA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  move	Bef 08 Jan 1793	Georgia
  Death	Abt 1836	Moreland, Coweta Co, GA   [3]
  death2 (conflicting)	1837	Grantville, Coweta Co, GA   [4]
  Person ID	I26654	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 1	Rachel (UNKNOWN)
  Children	1. Mary COTTON,   b. 1790   2. Henry COTTON,   b. 1795, Moreland, Coweta Co, GA   3. W. Cary COTTON,   b. 1801, Wilkes Co, GA   4. Eli COTTON,   b. 13 Oct 1803, Wilkes Co, GA
  Family ID	F3183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Elizabeth BENNETT   d. Aft 1850
  Marriage	3 Aug 1806	Wilkes Co, GA   [5]
  	The couple was married in Wilkes County, Georgia on 3 August 1806.
  Children	1. Rachel COTTON,   b. 31 Dec 1808, Coweta Co, GA d. 11 Aug 1881, Coweta Co, GA (Age 72 years)   2. Nancy COTTON,   b. 09 Nov 1810, Wilkes Co, GA d. 10 Jan 1855, Coweta Co, GA (Age 44 years)   3. Sarah COTTON,   b. Abt 1814, Wilkes Co, GA d. 11 Mar 1857 (Age 43 years)   4. Travis COTTON,   b. 1815   d. 1850 (Age 35 years)   5. Weaver Alexander COTTON,   b. 07 Dec 1822, Wilkes Co, GA d. 01 Oct 1896, Kaufman Co, TX (Age 73 years)   6. Bennett COTTON,   b. 1824, Wilkes Co, GA d. 1842, Coweta Co, GA (Age 18 years)
  Family ID	F3175	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. 201. [S4074] Knight, "Weaver Cotton & Sarah Bennett family data", e-mails to Beth Uiterwyk, April & July 1999. . [S4094] Cotten, "Descendants of Thomas Cotton". [S3782] Georgia Marriages, 1699 - 1944. Wilkes County: Weaver Cotton - Sally Evans entry.