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I don't know if you have already found this info or not, but William R. Cawthon from Franklin Co., GA, was the son of David Cawthon and Jane Gates. I am pasting info here on William Gates (uncle of William R) and info about William R. This was posted as a reply on the "Cawthon" Genforum site by Jean Rodwick, a Cothern researcher:
Re: Ancestors of James Cawthon born 1823
Posted by: Jean Rodwick
Date: March 19, 2001 at 14:33:15
In Reply to: Ancestors of James Cawthon born 1823 by Kenneth M. Lakey
of 207
Looking over Ancestors of James Cawthon born 1823, it seems to me that a generation was skipped in the third generation.
First I will refer to the article “The Cawton Family,” by W. T. Cawthon (1810=1895). This was published in the Alabama
Genealogical Society, Inc. Magazine Vol. 4, No 2 Copyright 1970.
As you can see by his life span, W. T. was alive and knew the people I will be discussing from his article.
Page 102—My Great Grand-father’s name was Charles Cawthon, one of the first settlers in the state of Virginia, before the
War of 1776. He married a Miss Womack and moved to North Carolina and died. They had several children, two boys and
five daughters. I will give the names of some: John and Claiborne, Fanny and Judy…….[down the page] My Grandfather had
five sisters and they married as follows: Fanny to Thos. Tate; Judy to Elijah Walters; Elizabeth to Peter Walters; another to
John Walters; and another to John Warren. All lived in Georgia, F. [Franklin] County.
[Through help of the Walter’s families and Franklin County Records, here is the list of Charles’ 7 children in order:
1. John married Rebecca Mount
2. Sarah “Fanny” married Thomas Tate, married William Wilkinson
3. LYDIA married Peter Walters
4. Claiborne married Johanna “Hannah” Walters
5. Hannah married THOMAS Warren
6. Judith “Judy” married Elijah Walters
7. Elizabeth marred MOSES Walters
The names in all caps are the ones W. T. mixed up. Peter, Johanna, Elijah and Moses are all children of Robert Walters and
Johanna McBee.]
Back to W. T. and his interview—John Cawthon was my Grand-father on my father’s side and Fanny was my Grand-mother
on my mother’s side. John Cawthon married a Miss Rebecca Mount; they had five children as follows: David, Charles and
William, Rebecca and Sarah Fanny Cawthon.
[Here seems to be the birth order of John’s five children. Notice that W. T. in each generation gives the boys of the family in
birth order and then the girls in birth order with the exception of leaving 2 girls in the first generation out. In the first generation
he repeats the girls in the order he mentioned above and then tries to get the other three in but they are not in birth order.
1. David married Jane Gates
2. Rebecca married Thomas Paine
3. Charles married Elizabeth Tate
4. ELIZABETH married Thomas Carter
5. William married Nancy Gates
Here W. T. had listed the boys in order and only mixed Elizabeth with his grandmother’s name, Sarah “Fanny.” I believe the
Franklin County records show that Thomas Carter’s wife was Elizabeth.
This needs to be clarified.
W. T. continues, David Cawthon married a Miss Gates in Elbert County Georgia, moved to Tennessee and had a family. But I
know nothing of them.
William Cawthon also raised a family. He moved to Mississippi at an early date.
Claiborne Cawthon, the only brother of my Grand-father had married a Miss Walters, moved to Ohio and died there leaving a
large family. [here he dropped back to the earlier generation]
Charles Cawthon, my father, married Elizabeth Tate, and had eight children.
This is all I am quoting from W. T.’s article.
Jean McKeeever Arnold posted Sept. 24, 2000
David Cawthon was married to Jane Gates. In her Will recorded July 1839, in Court Minutes Vol. 1, 1836-1841 in Coffee
County, TN, it lists her eight children.
She spelled the last name various ways [actually she signed with an X so the person writing this down spelled the name various
ways]:
Elizabeth Thompson, Ebi Hill, William R. Corthren, Martin Couthran, Pleasant Cauthran, Milly Whiteman, Mathilde
McCulliough and Felisha Laird.
So David’s three sons seem to be William R., Martin and Pleasant.
I think it quite possible that it is David’s son William R who was born in the late 1700s and married Mary (1) about 1819 and
Sabrina Tucker (2) 17 August 1857. Notice his first son is named David, who would be named after his father.
If that is so what about John’s youngest son William [not William R] who moved to Mississippi at an early date? Here is what I
have:
13. William3 Cothern (John2, Charles1); born circa 1781;3 married Nancy Gates circa 1800 in Franklin Co., GA; died circa
1835 in MS; oral tradition has that he was killed by Indians.
He was also known as Cawthon. He appeared on the census of 1820 in Pike Co., MS; William Cothen listed with 6 males and
3 females, l male and 1 female from 25 to 44 years of age, l male and l female from 10 to 16 years old, l female under 10 and 4
males under 10
The 1830 Pike County census was destroyed.29 William was the youngest child and son of John and Rebecca Cothern.
In the 1800 list of those paying taxes in Franklin County, Georgia, the original page 7 lists:
John Cawthon 150 acres on Lightwood Log Creek
David Cawthon 150 acres on Lightwood Log Creek
Charles Cawthon
Daniel Jones 200 acres on Lightwood Log Creek
William Cottom
Volontine Warren 100 acres Lightwood Log Creek
This list seems to be John Cothern, his oldest son David, his second son Charles who began paying taxes on 125 acres in
1801, Daniel Jones also of Lightwood Log Creek, then John's youngest son, William with his name mispelled or the reader of
the original did not decipher the writing correctly, and Valentine Warren with his first name misspelled as seen by tax records in
the next years. All of the men were from Lightwood Log Creek in this section and this was the area that John, David and
Charles owned land and most likely where William lived with his parents at about 19 years of age.
In the Georgia Department of Archives and History in Atlanta, there is the original 1805 Land Lottery manuscript. In some
instances, there were identifying or descriptive comments next to the registrant's name. We find this entry Cothan, William (son
of John), I.D. #613, 1 drawing, Franklin County. This alerts us to the fact that William entered the lottery, but did not win. It
also confirms that he was John Cothern's son.
In the 1808, Franklin County Tax Digests, there is the list from Captain Thompson's District. It includes John Cauthon 150
acres on Lightwood Log Creek and 202 1/2 acres in Wilkinson County; four names later is Charles Cauthon 200 acres on
Lightwood Log Creek and 7 names later is W'm Cauthon poll. So about 27 years old William still does not own any land of his
own. So we are not surprised to see him taking advantage of acquiring land in Mississippi. On the list of Tax Defaulters for the
Year 1810 in Captain Thompson's return we see that William Cawthon did not pay his tax for that year. By this time he and his
family were probably in transition to Mississippi.
Since William's older brother David probably had moved to Tennessee before William left, it is most likely they traveled to visit
them in Tennessee and then headed southward into Mississippi.
Luke Conerly notes in his book on Pike County, Mississippi that William Cothern and Nancy Gates settled 5 miles north of
Holmesville on or before 1815. They lived in the area where in early 1900s it was known as the Turnipseed place. This was on
the east side of the Topisaw River which earlier was named Otopasas. Holmesville was created in 1816 and became the Pike
County seat. However if the 1850 Census notation is correct, his son Levi is noted as born in Tennessee and was 33 years old.
That means William and his family most likely did not arrive before 1817 in the Topisaw area.
William Cothern was on the Tax Rolls from 1817 through 1825. In 1825 he is listed as having 160 acres on the Topisaw River.
No roll found for 1826 and he was not on 1827 roll. Sometime after 1825 William must have moved out of Pike County.
By 1840, Nancy was living alone next to her son Levi's home in Holmes County, Mississippi. Filling in the blank years may be
explained by the oral tradition that has come down through the family. In the book, Oxbows and Calico, by Twyla Wright she
relates that "family legend recounts that one day in the eleventh year of young William's life, his father took him along to help
harvest their corn patch on the opposite side of the river fork. They climbed into their small canoe and crossed over, then busily
plucked the ripe ears from the stalks of corn. Suddenly William's father stiffened at the faint sound of approaching Indians.
Quickly he called William to him. 'Son, take the boat home to your mother, and don't turn back - now!' William obeyed, and
never saw his father again." A similar story has filtered down the Roy Cothern family chain. Twyla is relating this as happening
to William's father, but in our family it happened to Ananias William who was called Bill. He was born in 1824 and it would
have been 1835 when he turned eleven. If the age eleven is valid, then his parents could have relocated after 1825. Wherever
they were, William, Bill's father, could have been killed or captured by the Indians in 1835. Five years later, we know that
Nancy was living without William.
Both William and Nancy were Primitive Baptist. In Great Britain, Baptists divided into two principal sects, Particular Baptists
and General Baptists. The former were the Predestinarians and the latter were Arminians. In 1689 a general assembly of the
Particular Baptists was held in London and set forth their Articles of Faith.They are in substance the same as those of the
Primitive or Old School Baptists of this day.
In Mississippi after 1794, emigration now began to come in rapidly from South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. On the
Friday before the fourth Sunday in April 1839, a convention was held for the purpose of forming a new Association convened
according to previous arrangement of Rocky Spring in Holmes County, Mississippi.
In the years following William's death, John eventually moved to Lamar County, Texas. Later Andrew Jackson Cothern and
Annanias William Cothern moved to Texas. This left Elijah and Levi in Mississippi where they raised their families.
Nancy or Granny "Anna" lived for a while with each of her sons in Texas.3,30,31,32,33,34,35,36
Nancy Gates was born circa 1780 in VA. She died in 1869 in Bonham, Fannin Co., TX. She also went by the name of Anna.
She appeared on the census of 1820 in Pike Co., MS; female 25-44 years old.29 She appeared on the census of 1840 in
Holmes Co., MS; Nancy Couthern, was listed as 1 female 50-59 years, 1 male 15-19 years, 1 male & 1 female 10-14 years,
1 female 5-9 years. Two were in agriculture. She lived next door to son Levi Couthern.37 She appeared on the census of
1860 in Lamar Co., TX; listed as living with John J., born in Virginia, name spelled Nancy Carthen and 90 years old. Nancy
was listed in the 1796-1804 membership list of the Shoal Creek Baptist Church. Her name was spelled in the church book as
"Nancy Corthron." Peter Gates and William Gates were also members along with Mary Watters, Peter Watters [Walters],
Robert Watters [Walters]. The first entry in the record book for the Shoal Creek Church was January 1796 and states: "The
Church met according to appointment," which implies constitution prior to that date, at the latest sometime in 1795. At that time
Rev. John Cleveland was pastor and Charles Bond was the church clerk.
In April, 1797, Shoal Creek "Recvd a petition by the hand of Brother Poe in behalf of a scattered peopel that the Church
would send thare minestearl help to advise with them." In answer to which Brethren John Cleveland, William Martin, William
Gates, Benjamin Cherry, John Carter, Peter Waters [Walters], Benjamin Barton, and Charles Bond were sent to attend a
meeting in May.
Shoal Creek Church was a congregation of Franklin County, Georgia, not far across the Tugaloo River from Chauga which
was located about halfway between Westminster and Chauga Creek, South Carolina. Shoal was the parent church. It listed
with its many arms 209 members in fellowship in September, 1797. Of the officers of the church, Francis Callaway and William
Gates were deacons in 1799. Francis Callaway was ordained in 1801. By 1804 Rev. Francis Callaway was listed as an active
member, deacon and minister of Shoal Creek.
Shoal Creek enterd the Sarepta Association in 1796, sending as delegates from that year through 1804 James Blair, Francis
Callaway, John Carter, John Cleveland, John Doss, William Gates, Thomas Gilbert, and Charles S. Morton.
Nancy was known to her family as Anna. This apparently is the same name just as Polly was the nickname for Mary and Bill is
the nickname for William.
She went to help Bill in Texas after he was widowed and left with a baby daughter. Later they prepared to move to Louisiana.
Anna, about seventy years old, mounted a large black horse and placed her right leg appropriately across in the side saddle.
Baby Josephone was placed on the horse behind her. Bill rode a smaller horse and led a pack-horse with their few
possessions. The journey into Louisiana took them through rough country, thickly timbered and across wild marshes and
swollen rivers.
During one turbulent crossing, Anna felt tiny Josephine being swept away from the horse. She grabbed at her, then screamed.
With heart pounding she watched Bill plunge down-stream on his horse just in time to rescue the child. With great thanksgiving
they arrived at their destination somewhere in Louisiana.
In Louisiana, Bill married again and they moved back to Texas. Anna seemed to have lived with A. J., Bill and John at various
times. The family tradition is she died at 99 years old. However she gained 10 years along lifes way and actually was 89 years
old when she died.
In the 1860 Lamar County census she was listed as 90 years old and living with John J. Actually she was eighty at the time.
After John's wife Roda died in 1862, Anna may gone to live with Bill again when he moved to Fannin County.38,39
Known children of William3 Cothern and Nancy Gates were as follows:
+ 55 i. John J.4 Cothran, born circa 1801 in GA; married Rhoda (--?--); married Mary C. Tate.
56 ii. girl Cothern; born circa 1804 in Franklin Co., GA.29
+ 57 iii. Elijah Cothern, born circa 1810 in Franklin Co., GA; married Catherine Dunaway; married Lucretia C.
(--?--).
58 iv. son Cothern; born circa 1813.29
59 v. boy Cothern; born circa 1815.
+ 60 vi. Levi Cothern, born circa 1817 in TN; married Jane (--?--).
61 vii. Sina Cothern; born circa 1820 in MS.40
+ 62 viii. Ananias William Cothern, born September 14, 1824 in Pike Co., MS; married (unknown) (--?--);
married Amanda Elizabeth Stapleton.
+ 63 ix. Andrew Jackson Cothren, born January 5, 1826 in MS; married Eleanor C. Lamb; married Lavisa
Vann.
64 x. girl Cothern; born 1834.
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