THOMAS COTTRELL LINEAGE, MD>SC>MS
I was provided Cottrell information and prepared the following lineage.I'm researching the Daniel connection but would be very interested in any additional information someone might have to fill in the holes in the information, especially the other children of Thomas Cottrell and Mary Glover.
THOMAS COTTRELL
Born:ca. 1767, Maryland
Died:8 October 1834 or 1835, Mt. Ariel, SC
Buried:Tabernacle Cemetery, SC
He was a Methodist Minister and Physician
Married:MARYGLOVER (1st) probably in 1788, Charles, MD per LDS Individual Record, Film #1760795
There is a Thomas C. Cottrell and a Miry E. Cottrell (no maiden name) married 1 November 1865, Wilkes, NC per LDS Individual Record, Batch #M516009, Source Call No. 330293 (Film) but it’s too late a timeframe
Born:
Died:
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According to the diary of Joseph B. Cottrell, Thomas had ten children by Miss Glover, then ten more by
Susan L. Daniel Stevens/Stephans.Two of the ten children by Miss Glover are listed below.The whereabouts
of the other children is unknown.They may have stayed in South Carolina
Married:SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS on 3 June 1815, Wake County, NC
Daughter of Zadock Daniel and Elizabeth Ann Lewis
Born:9 October 1793
Died:1864 during the Civil War per letter to Reverend Ben C. Gray from H. B. Cottrell dated 16
February 1906.Transcription of letter at the end of this lineage.
Buried:Camden, AL
Places of residence – South Carolina, Alabama
From a letter dated July 30, 1931 from Rivers F. Ross to Ben Gray Lumpkins:
….I have a 1790 U. S. Census of N.C., being the first census of N. C.It shows that there were only two Cottrell families in N.C. in 1790.One was Thomas Cottrell of Wilkes County, who had one son over 16 years of age; 2 sons under 16 years; wife and 2 daughters or other white females.The other family was that of Francis Cottrell, a widow, who had one son under 16 yrs; two daughters, and three slaves.This family lived in the extreme eastern part of N. C. in Tyrrell County on Albermarle Sound.I think Benj Cottrell must have been either a son, or more probably a grandson of the Thomas Cottrell of Wilkes County, as Benj. Cottrell was born in 1800.Mamma says she always understood that her grandfather, Benj. Cottrell, was born in or near Charlotte, N.C.Wilkes County is due north of Charlotte.
Note by ML:In Appendix I to Dear Darling Loulie, I quoted an account of the departure of the Marshall County Volunteers from Holly Springs, MS on 28 March 1861.The article was in the Southern Herald dated 5 April 1861.The list of privates in the Home Guards contains the name of T. B. Cottrell (see note following obituary of Hugh W. Cottrell for his military record.
*Zadoc Daniel, listed as Captain in some records, was the son of John William Daniel of Warren Co., NC.Zadoc Daniel married Elizabeth Lewis.She was born 29 March 1777 and died 25 March 1826.She was the daughter of James Lewis and Susannah Anderson.James Lewis was the son of Robert Lewis and Frances Lewis??.History of Warren County, page 303 lists Zadoc Daniel as son of John William Daniel and Mary Jones Graves, widow of John Graves.John William Daniel as son of John Daniel and Ann Williams.John Daniel as son of John Daniel and Ann Bates.John Daniel as son of John Daniel and Mary Williams.
Sources:Diary of Joseph B. Cottrell
Letter from Hugh B. Cottrell
Ancestry of Zadoc Daniel
M. E. Gardner, Arlington, VA
Compiler:M. N. Lumpkin, Tupelo, MS 1973
Provided by Betty Shea, 506 W. Front Street, Heber Springs, AR 72543
[email protected]
THOMAS COTTRELL + MARY (?) GLOVER + SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
2.1 BENJAMIN COTTRELL
Son of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Mary (?) Glover
Born:25 March 1800
Died:1 October 1872, “Sylvestria”, Marshall, MS
Buried:Sylvestria Home Cemetery
Occupation:Planter/Teacher, Methodist, and he also operated a Girls’ School at “Sylvestria”
Married:MARY JONES (POLLY) DANIEL on 13 May 1825, Wake, NC per LDS Individual Record, Batch
#M516009, Source Call #6330293, Film
Born:2 May 1798, North Carolina per info provided by Betty Shea
Died:23 August 1866, “Sylvestria”, Marshall County, MS
Mrs. G. C. Ross read the death date on the tombstone as 28 August 1866, Mrs. Fred Swaney
Read it as 22 August 1866
Buried:Sylvestria Home Cemetery
Marshall County Records – Census 1850 – page 308
Benjamin Cottrell, born in North Carolina, age 49
Mary J. Cottrell, born in North Carolina, age 52
Hugh Meenan Cottrell, born in North Carolina, age 19
Thomas B. Cottrell, born in North Carolina, age 17
Sources:
U.S. Census Record, Marshall County, MS, page 308
Headstones at Sylvestria Home Cemetery, copied by Mrs. G. C. Ross
Gray Bible Family Records
Compiler:Ann & H. C. Murdaugh, Jackson, TN, 1972
The letter of February 16, 1906. To Reverend Ben C. Gray, from H. B. Cottrell, Yazoo, MS, transcribed below said all his children were dead.Quoted:I knew that Bro. Ben’s children were all dead, but did not know when they died: it is strange they died so early in life; Bro. B. had a good constitution, and Aunt Polly seemed to be a stout healthy woman;
Holly Springs, Mississippi – Holly Springs Gazette – June 10, 1842
FEMALE ACADEMY
Sylvestria, Marshall County, Miss.
The undersigned will resume the exercises of the Institution at his residence on the 15th of June next.
Having procured the service of able assistants, both in the literary and ornamental departments of education, it is the intention of the undersigned for a series of years to come, again to devote his time and attention to the instruction of youth.
The students will be boarded in the family of the undersigned and will be subject to a government, strict, guarded and parental.
Board per session (5 months) - $50.00
Tuition$15.00
Music$25.00
Payable semi-annually in advance.
Benj. Cottrell, May 12, 1842
THOMAS COTTRELL + MARY (?) GLOVER + SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
2.1BENJAMIN COTTRELL + MARY JONES (POLLY) DANIEL
The Guard, Holly Springs; Enquirer, Memphis, Gatherer, La Grange; and Mississippi Creole, Canton:Will give the above insertion and forward their accounts to this office.
Holly Springs, Mississippi, Marshall County Republican, August 11, 1844
The undersigned can not conveniently receive into this Institution more students during the present session, which will close on the 15th of November next.
Benj. Cottrell
August 2, 1844
3.1 MARY GLOVER COTTRELL
Daughter of Benjamin Cottrell and Mary J. (Polly) Daniel
Born:4 February 1826, NC
Died:18 May 1855, Marshall, MS
Buried:Sylvestria Home Cemetery
Married:JAMES WILLIAM GRAY on 12 March 1844, Holly Springs, Marshall County, MS (1stwife) per
Betty Shea’s family records.Same marriage date given on LDS Individual Records, Batch
9083403, Source Call No. 1553829, Sh. 6 and Batch #M520141, Source Call No. 0894365
Son of Henry Laurens Gray and Mary Henrietta Dyer
Born:19 August 1822, Poplar Corner, Haywood, TN per Betty Shea from family records.
Born:1835, Kentucky per LDS Family Group AFN:20X3-05D
Died:28 December 1907, Holly Springs, Marshall, MS
Died:1856, Holly Springs, MS per LDS Family Group
Buried:Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, MS
Married:CORDELIA LEWIS DABNEY on 6 March 1856, Marshall, MS per Betty Shea (2nd wife)
There is a LDS Individual Record shows marriage to Dr. James W. Gray in Holly
Springs, Marshall, MS, Film #457598, Also 457933 and 457838, all same date
Niece of Ann Meriwether Minor per Betty Shea
Married 1856, Holly Springs, MS per LDS Family Group AFN:20X2-910
Daughter of Samuel Hopson Dabney (b. 1860, KY, d. 20 Aug 1846)and Cordelia Lewis
Minor (b. 4 May 1810, Woodlawn, Orange, VA, d. 20 Aug 1842) KY, great
Granddaughter of Dabney Minor and Lucy Herndon on her mother’s side.Ann
Meriwether Minor was also a daughter of Dabney Minor and Lucy Herndon per LDS
Family Group.This confirms Betty Shea’s information
Born:1839, Tennessee per 1880 census of Marshall County, MS
Born:1839, Kentucky per LDS Family Group AFN:20X2-910
Died:31 July 1895, Holly Springs, Marshall County, MS
Buried:Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, MS
No children with Mary Glover Cottrell were listed.
4.1WILLIE LEWIS GRAY
Son of James William Gray and Cordelia Lewis Dabney
Born:6 April 1858
Died:1861
Buried:
THOMAS COTTRELL + MARY (?) GLOVER + SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
2.1BENJAMIN COTTRELL + MARY JONES (POLLY) DANIEL
3.1MARY GLOVER COTTRELL + JAMES WILLIAM GRAY + CORDELIA LEWIS DABNEY
4.2ANNIE LEWIS GRAY
Daughter of James William Gray and Cordelia Lewis Dabney
Born:27 December 1860, Marshall, MS
Died:May 1929, Hospital in Memphis, TN
Buried:
Married:WALTER ROBERTS ON 28 February 1881, Marshall County, MS per LDS Individual Record #
Batch #M520146, Source Call No. 0894370 V.78 Film
Born:
Died:
Buried:
4.3NELLY DABNEY GRAY
Daughter of James William Gray and Cordelia Lewis Dabney
Born: 5 Jun 186- (year obliterated on tombstone), Marshall, MS
Died:May 1946
Buried:Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, MS
Never married
4.4JAMES WILLIAMS GRAY, JR.
Son of James William Gray and Cordelia Lewis Dabney
Born:15 April 1865, Marshall, MS
Died:Clarksdale, Coshoma County, MS
Buried:
Married:MARGARET ROBERTS
Born:
Died:
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There is an earlier James Gray/Elizabeth Roberts marriage per LDS AFN:S0FW-9F, no marriage date but
people died 1877/1874 In Nettleton, Lee County, MS.Probably a relation.
4.5RIVERS GRAY “AUNT BABY”
Daughter of James William Gray and Cordelia Lewis Dabney
Born: 10 October ---- (year not legible on tombstone), Marshall County, MS
Died:New York, NY
Buried:Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, MS
Married:BERNARD BROWN (W. B.)
Born:
Died:
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4.6SAMUEL DABNEY GRAY
Son of James William Gray and Cordelia Lewis Dabney
Born:8 June 1871, Marshall, MS
Died:6 March 1903, Holly Springs, Marshall, MS
Buried:
Married:CORRIE WILLIS
Born:
Died:
Buried:
THOMAS COTTRELL + MARY (?) GLOVER + SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
2.1BENJAMIN COTTRELL + MARY JONES (POLLY) DANIEL
3.1 MARY GLOVER COTTRELL + JAMES WILLIAM GRAY + CORDELIA LEWIS DABNEY
4.7HENRY LAURENS GRAY
Son of James William Gray and Cordelia Lewis Dabney
Born:24 April 1873, Marshall, MS
Died:Holly Springs, Marshall, MS
Buried:Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, MS
Married:
3.2ELIZABETHLEWIS COTTRELL
Daughter of Benjamin Cottrell and Mary J. (Polly) Daniel
Born:25 October 1827, NC
Died:1 September 1834
Buried:Sylvestria Home Cemetery, Marshall, MS
This child became ill on the way from North Carolina and had a premonition of death and requested that her body be taken with the family.She died Sept. 1, 1834.Her body was placed in a metal casket and is buried in Sylvestria Home Cemetery.(Note by Mrs. Fred Swaney, Holly Springs:“This is a fine tombstone, raised and covered and may be the oldest in the county)
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Betsy Lewis died.Was brought all way in lead coffin.Buried at LaGrange and then moved again to Sylvestria.Got sick after picking up doll things.Made Grandpa promise to take her West with him even if she died.He did.Had a lead coffin made and had her body driven in a wagon by a Negro.Uncle Dan (Bishop Cottrell’s stepfather).He slept in wagon with her body.He was fond of her before she died.
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3.3HUGH MEENAN COTTRELL
Son of Benjamin Cottrell and Mary J. (Polly) Daniel
Born:12 March 1830, North Carolina
Died:11 November 1852, Cockrum, DeSoto County, MS
Buried:Sylvestria Home Cemetery
Never married
3.4THOMAS B. COTTRELL
Son of Benjamin Cottrell and Mary J. (Polly) Daniel
Born:1834, North Carolina per Betty Shea family records
Born 1833 per LDS Family Group Record AFN:20X3-030
Died:29 March 1861, Sylvestria, Marshall County, MS
Buried:Sylvestria Home Cemetery
Married:MARY ANN DABNEY on 22 November 1853 in Kentucky
Marriage date came from Betty Shea, same year and the place on LDS Individual Record Film
457485.LDS Family Group Record only shows 1853
Daughter of Samuel Hopson Dabney and Cordelia Lewis Minor, Sister of the Cordelia Dabney who
married James W. Gray per LDS Family Group Record AFN:20X2-90R
Born:25 March 1837, KY per LDS Family Group Record AFN:20X3-05D and LDS Individual
Record, Film 442681, Pg 3432, Ref 05737
Died:
Buried:
Researcher of the Dabney’s was John J. Yurco, 2459 Calamonga Lane, Sarasota, FL 34239-5423, AF97-
119717
THOMAS COTTRELL + MARY (?) GLOVER + SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
2.2THOMAS COTTRELL
Son of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Mary (?) Glover
Born:
Died:
Buried at either Coldwater or Oxford, MS
Married:LUCY UNKNOWN
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Married:LOU MCQUEEN
Born:
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3.1JAMES T. COTTRELL
Son of Thomas Cottrell and Lucy Unknown
Born:
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3.2MARSHALL COTTRELL
Son of Thomas Cottrell and Lucy Unknown
Born:
Died:In the Asylum at Jackson, MS
Buried:
According to B.G.L.’s notes he was “so smart—very brilliant man”.This information may have been
from Hettie Gray Rose
2.3UNKNOWN COTTRELL
Child of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Mary (?) Glover
2.4UNKNOWN COTTRELL
Child of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Mary (?) Glover
2.5UNKNOWN COTTRELL
Child of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Mary (?) Glover
2.6UNKNOWN COTTRELL
Child of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Mary (?) Glover
2.7UNKNOWN COTTRELL
Child of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Mary (?) Glover
2.8UNKNOWN COTTRELL
Child of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Mary (?) Glover
2.9UNKNOWN COTTRELL
Child of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Mary (?) Glover
2.10UNKNOWN COTTRELL
Child of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Mary (?) Glover
THOMAS COTTRELL + MARY (?) GLOVER + SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
2.11ZADOCK DANIEL COTTRELL
Son of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Susan L. Daniel Stevens/Stephens
Born:
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Married:ELIZABETH LEWIS OGILVIE
Born:
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Holly Springs, Mississippi – Marshal County Republican – Sat. Jan. – 1839
MALE ACADEMY
The undersigned will open a classical and scientific school in the neighborhood of Sylvestria, Marshall County, Mississippi on the first Monday in January 1839.The Course of instruction will include spelling, reading, writing, English grammar, arithmetic, geography, astronomy, natural philosophy – also Latin & Greek Languages, algebra, geometry, mensuration of heights and distances and trigonometry.
The scholastic year will be divided into two sessions of five months each.
The location of the Institution is entirely healthy, remote from places of dissipation and the society of the vicinity is moral and religious.
Board can be obtained within a short distance of the Institution at $10.00 per month.
The price of tuition per session for the usual branches of English literature will be $15.00 for Latin & Greek languages and mathematics $20.00 paid semi-annually at the commencement of each session.
Z. D. Cottrell(Zebedee) Cottrell
2.12ELEANOR JANE COTTRELL
Daughter of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Susan L. Daniel Stevens/Stephens
Born:
Died:6 July 1886, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Buried:Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, TN
Married:ROBERT LEWIS TAGGARD
Born:
Died:
Buried:
2.13SAMUEL WESLEY COTTRELL
Son of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Susan L. Daniel Stevens/Stephens
Born:
Died:In childhood
Buried:
THOMAS COTTRELL + MARY (?) GLOVER + SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
2.14JAMES LEWIS COTTRELL
Son of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Susan L. Daniel Stevens/Stephens
Born:9 April 1820, Pleasant Grove, NC per Christa Pitcok [email protected] direct descendent
Died:2 December 1889
Buried:City Cemetery, Jacksonville, TX
Married:ANN E. J. EVANS 29 December 1840, Perry County, AL provided by Christa Pitcok
The name of the spouse was confirmed by information provided by Betty Shea
LDS Individual Record Batch #M593391, dates 1820-1863 agrees with this date and place
Born:
Died:
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They both taught school.They migrated from Dallas County, AL to Texas in 1855, first settling in Trinity County.He was County and District Clerk for several terms and had thirteen children.In 1869, they moved to Cherokee County, TX, settling about three miles east of Jacksonville, TX.
Per letter to Reverend Ben C. Gray from Hugh Blair Cottrell dated 16 February 1906, this family was living in Texas.
2.15SUSAN HENDERSON COTTRELL
Daughter of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Susan L. Daniel Stevens/Stephans
Born:4 July 1811 per computation from age and birthday given in letter
Died:Around or after 1906, Hinds County, MS
Buried:
Married:SHEPPARD L. HUDSON per letter
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Married:UNKNOWN MOUNT per letter
Born:
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They had no children per letter
Per the letter to Rev. Ben C. Gray from Hugh Blair Cottrell of 16 February 1906, his sister Susie, who lives at Terry Station on the I.C.R.R in Hinds County, Mississippi.She is – or rather will be 85 years old next 4th of July if she lives til then, which is very doubtful, for she is extremely weak, and confined to her bed nearly all the time.
3.1IRENE M. HUDSON
Daughter of Sheppard L. Hudson and Susan Henderson Cottrell
Born:
Died:
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Married:HENRY BIRDSONG per letter referenced above provided by Betty Shea from family records
LDS Individual Record shows marriage 16 December 1869, Warren, MS, Batch #M520374,
Source Call # 0886050 V. H. Film
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They are in business and doing well.Susan Henderson Hudson Mount is living with them so
They are living at Terry Station on the I.C.R.R. in Hinds County, MS
4.1ESTELLE BIRDSONG
Daughter of Henry Birdsong and Irene Hudson
Born:
Died:
Buried:July 1905 per letter referenced above
Married:
THOMAS COTTRELL + MARY (?) GLOVER + SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
SUSAN HENDERSON COTTRELL + SHEPPARD L. HUDSON + UNKNOWN MOUNT
3.1IRENE M. HUDSON + HENRY BIRDSONG
4.2GEORGE BIRDSONG
Son of Henry Birdsong and Irene Hudson
Born:
Died:
Buried:
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4.3MARY BIRDSONG
Daughter of Henry Birdsong and Irene Hudson
Born:
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4.4EUGENE BIRDSONG
Son of Henry Birdsong and Irene Hudson
Born:
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2.16SARAH WESLEY COTTRELL
Daughter of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Susan L. Daniel Stevens/Stephans
Born:
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Buried:
Married:COLONEL ALMASA (?)
Born:
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2.17WILLIAM MCKENDRIE COTTRELL
Son ofReverend Thomas Cottrell and Susan L. Daniel Stevens/Stephans
Born:
Died:At 6 years of age
Buried:
THOMAS COTTRELL + MARY (?) GLOVER + SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
2.18 REVEREND JOSEPH BENSON COTTRELL
Son of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Susannah Daniel
Born:5 June 1829, Mt. Ariel, Cokesbury) SC per genealogy info provided by Betty Shea
Born:6 May 1829, Cokesbury, SC per Lynn Niedermeier [email protected] from newspaper
Obituary shown below
Died:6 March 1895 in Florida while visiting his son and son (Joseph Benson Cottrell, Jr. and his
stepson Harry Duncan.He was fishing in Lake Dora, FL and had a sudden attach of some
kind, fell in the lake and drowned per Lynn Niedermeier [email protected]
Buried: Per his obituary, his remains were to be interred in Russellville, KY
Married:MARGARET L. JENNINGS on 3 December 1851, SC per Betty Shea information
Born:
Died:
Buried:
Married:MRS. CAROLINE SIMS DUNCAN (A widow with children) per Lynn Niedermeier
[email protected] obituary says she was the sister of Dr. J. Marion Sims, the
famous gynecologist.She was married to Joseph B. Cottrell prior to the 1860 census.
Born:1827, SC per computation from 1860 census under the name Caroline D.The D
probably stands for Duncan, her first husband.
Died:
Buried:
Per letter to Reverend Ben C. Gray from Hugh Blair Cottrell dated 16 February 1906, Brother Joe’s children were in Florida.
1860 Tuscaloosa County, AL census, Page 265 shows
Cottrell, H. B., Age 28, Clergy, ME, born SC
Next to:
Cottrell, Joseph B., Age 31, Clergy ME Church, born SC
Caroline D.Age 33, born SC.Born:1829.The D probably stands for Duncan, her furst husband
Henry D, Age 16, AL, Student.Born:1853.The D also probably stands for Duncan, his father
Jennings (M), Age 7, AL, Born 1853, 2 years after Joseph’s marriage to Margaret L. Jenning, so he is probably her child
Joesph B., Age 5, FL.Born 1855.Can’t tell which wife was the mother
Susan L., Age 3.AL.Born 1857.Can’t tell which wife was the mother
Infant, Age 3/12, AL.Born about Mar 1860 and was probably the recent born child of Caroline Sims Duncan Cottrell.
Alabama was one of his postings as a Methodist Preacher.The same is probably true ofFlorida for two or three years when Joseph, Jr. was born.
OBITUARY
REVEREND DR. J. B. COTTRELL
Louisville (KY) Courier - Journal March 8, 1895
DROWNED
SAD DEATH OF REV. DR. J. B. COTTRELL IN FLORIDA
OVERCOME BY EPILEPSY
Fell Headlong Into Lake Dora While Fishing
Tavares, Fla., March 7 -- (Special.)--
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Cottrell, of Russellville, Ky, was drowned in Lake Dora yesterday evening. Dr. Cottrell had been spending the winter here with his stepson, Hon. H. H. Duncan, Circuit Court Clerk. The venerable divine was very fond of fishing, and yesterday afternoon went to Lake Dora, on the outskirts of town, to enjoy an afternoon's sport. Dr. Cottrell was standing on a half-sunken barge on the shore of the lake when he was attacked with epilepsy, to which he was subject. He reeled and fell face downward in the lake. There was no one at hand to give him assistance, and he was drowned almost within sight of his stepson's home. It was two hours before the body was recovered. Dr. Cottrell was a member of the Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He had may friends throughout Florida and in every Southern State. The remains will be sent to Russellville for interment.
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Dr. Cottrell was a noteworthy instance of a man's persevering in the comparatively poorly remunerated calling of a preacher of the gospel in spite of strong inducements to abandon it for the prospect of a brilliant career at the bar or in politics. He was a powerful and attractive speaker, and had more than once been urged to become a candidate for congressional honors, which, it was thought, would sit well upon a Southern man who, in 1861, had stumped the State of Alabama in the cause of secession with no less distinguished a politician than Jefferson Davis for his colleague, and had earned from the President of the Southern Confederacy the encomium of having made the best secession speech he -- Mr. Davis-- had ever heard. Joseph Benson Cottrell was born rather more than sixty-four years ago in South Carolina, from which State his father removed to Alabama not many years later. Dr. Cottrell joined the iternant ministry of the Methodist Church in December 1852. His talents as a speaker were so highly appreciated by the members of his denomination in Alabama that he was, not only a member of many annual conferences, but was sent by his district as a representative of the two successive General Conferences at New Orleans in 1866, and at Memphis in 1870. The brilliant record, which he made in both those assemblies, is still remembered.
In 1870 Dr. Cottrell came to Kentucky and was stationed successively at Owensboro, Bowling Green, Franklin, and Russellville. From Russellville he was removed to this city, taking charge of the Twenties and Jefferson street Methodist church. In 1890 failing health compelled him to abandon the regular ministry, but from that time until quite recently he preached occasionally, besides continuing to contribute to the pages of the religious press. It was evident, however, to his intimate friends that his lease of life was made precarious by the epileptic attacks to which he latterly became subject. It was early in last January that he left Louisville for a visit to Florida.
Dr. Cottrell was twice married, but died a widower. His second wife was a sister of Dr. J. Marion Sims, the famous gynecologist, who was very proud of and warmly attached to his preacher brother-in-law. He leaves two sons and two daughters. The latter are both married, one in Colorado, the other, Mrs. Short, at Cloverport, Ky. Charles Cottrell, a photographer and highly successful crayon artist, is settled at Russellville. It was to visit the other son, Joseph Cottrell, Jr., that the venerable preacher went to Florida last January. This son, Joseph, with his step-brother, Henry Duncan, have for years been settled near Yajala, Fla., where they own and manage an extensive orange-grove and farm, and have both served as members of the State Legislature of Florida.
Dr. Cottrell was in Louisville last fall and made two speeches during the political campaign.
THOMAS COTTRELL + MARY (?) GLOVER + SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
2.18 REVEREND JOSEPH BENSON COTTRELL + MARGARET L. JENNINGS + MRS. M. CAROLINE
DUNCAN
The following is from the Addresses delivered at Jubilee of the Louisville Conferenceof the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Held in Hopkinsville, KY., Sept. 24-28, 1896, Published by request of the Conference and for the benefit of the Preachers’ Aid Society.Edited by R. W.. Browder, Nashville, Tenn.: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Barber & Smith, Agents, 1897
Joseph B. Cottrell was a genius.He was born at Cokesbury, S. C., May 6, 1829.He was converted in 1841.He was graduated at the Military Academy, Charleston, in 1851.He was a man of martial spirit and a true son of his native soil.He joined the Alabama Conference in 1852.He served circuits, stations, and districts in Alabama and Mississippi for twenty-two years, then came to us in 1874.He was effective until 1892.For years before his death he suffered with something like epilepsy, which caused his change of relation.He was in my judgment one of the most brilliant men and one of the most gifted orators in Southern Methodism.His ready wit and racy repartee were phenomenal.He was a great humorist and frequently convulsed his audiences with laughter.He had a remarkable facility in saying what you did not expect.He also had a rich vein of pathos, and could readily stir your emotions.He was always a popular speaker, notwithstanding the frequent shocks that he gave to your sensibilities.His mind had a quality of a search-light, flashing out suddenly into the mysterious depths were it seemed almost unlawful for men to look.His perceptive faculty was acute and finely trained.He reasoned well, but by short methods.He did not tie himself to logical formulas.He had a fine fancy, which he allowed free range.He had a marvelous vocabulary, which gave him great variety of expression.He was fond of figures of speech and fertile in illustration.At times his preaching was of a high order.He read much, wrote much and well, and was a fine conversationalist.He had an antipathy to all shame and hypocrisies.He delighted to puncture fair-sailing ballons of falsehood to see them collapse.He loved truth, beauty, and goodness.O rare Joe Cottrell!We shall not see his like again.A man of childlike simplictiy, united with lion-hearted courage.He never counted noses before making an attack.He always espoused to the cause of the weak.He was a devoted Methodist; a man of singular purity, inspired with the highest ideals.He was drowned in Florida March 6, 1895.
3.1JOSEPH BENSON COTTRELL, JR.
Son of Reverend Joseph Benson Cottrell, Sr. and Unknown
Born:1855 per computation from 1860 census
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Married:
Per the obituary, at the time of the death of Reverend Joseph Benson Cottrell, Sr., he was operating an orange grove in Yajala, FL with his stepbrother Harry Duncan.There is a Yahala, FL in the same vicinity as Tavares, Mount Dora and Lake Dora.Henry H. Duncan owned property in Lake county on 5 August 1890.
Per letter to Reverend Ben C. Gray from Hugh Blair Cottrell dated 16 February 1906, Brother Joe’s (children) were in Florida which apparently verifies the Lynn Niedermeier information.Per the obituary, he served as a member of the State Legislature of Florida.Florida became the 27th state in the United States 3 March 1845.By 1850, the population had grown to 87,445, including about 39,000 African American slaves and 1,000 free blacks.After the election of Abraham Lincoln, a special convention drew up an ordinance that allowed Florida to secede from the Union on 10 January 1861.Within several weeks, Florida joined other southern states to form the Confederate States of America.After the Civil War, beginning in 1868, the federal government instituted a congressional program of “reconstruction” in Florida and other southern states.During the final quarter of the 19th century large-scale commercal agriculture in Florida, especially cattle-raising grew in importance.The Florida citrus industry grew rapidly, despite occasional freezes and economic setbacks.This is the time, Joseph B. Cottrell, Jr. and his step brother chose to purchase land in Florida.The Bureau of Land Management website http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/asp/http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/asp/ shows he purchased property 3 July 1889 in Lake County, FL but he was apparently living in Florida prior to that date since his daughter was born in Florida in 1883.See Doc #6770, Misc Doc #11266.There is also a Zadock J. Cottrell who owned land in Lake County, FL, IN October 1883 who is probably related but the relationship is not known.A Eugene L. Cottrell owned property in Dixie County, FL 19 Nov 1906 and a James L. Cottrell also owned land in Dixie County, FL on 1 May 1855 and one piece in Dixie/Gilchrist on 16 June 1856 and 1 June 1859, and another in Levi County on 7 December 1859.Lucy Cottrell owned land in Brevard County, FL on 24 June 1878.
THOMAS COTTRELL + MARY (?) GLOVER + SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
2.18 REVEREND JOSEPH BENSON COTTRELL + MARGARET L. JENNINGS + MRS. M. CAROLINE
DUNCAN
3.1JOSEPH BENSON COTTRELL, JR. + UNKNOWN
4.1FLORENCE COTTRELL
Daughter of Joseph Benson Cottrell, Jr. and unknown
Born:1883, FL
Died:
Married:
Lynn Niedermeier is interested in Florence because she attended ayoung ladies’ college in Bowling Green at the turn of the century and she is researching its history.There was a huge scandal (at least for those days) when some local boys put a ladder up against the college building one night to help Florence and four other girls sneak out of their dorm rooms for a midnight date.The President discovered them in the act and he and the boys shot their guns at each other but no one was hurt.However, the girls were expelled.Lynn thinks Florence spent some time with her aunt and uncle in Cloverport, KY after leaving school, then may have gone back to Florida.She is listed in the 1900 Kentucky Census as living with her aunt and uncle, George Short and Corrie Cottrell Short.
3.2CHARLES COTTRELL
Son of Reverend Joseph Benson Cottrell, Jr. and Unknown
Born:
Died:
Buried:
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He was a photographer living in Russellville, KY at the time of his father’s death but subsequently moved to Florida.Betty Shea found another entry on the internet.Escambia County,FL – Pensacola Businessmen of 1905, Charles Cottrell, 1905, Studio Photographer.There is a listing on the Bureau of Land Management for a Charles Cottrell dated 12 August 1901 for 79.9 acres in Levy County, FL, which is on the Gulf Coast below Dixie County due east from the stretch of Florida between Gainesville and Ocala and not very close to Pensacola, FL where he was doing business.
3.3SUSAN L. COTTRELL
Daughter of Reverend Joseph Benson Cottrell, Sr. and Unknown
Born:1857 per computation from 1860 census.She was 3 years old.
Died:
Buried:
Married:
Was living in Colorado at the time of her father’s death
3.4CORRIE COTTRELL
Daughter of Reverend Joseph Benson Cottrell, Sr. and unknown
Born:March 1860, AL, per computation from 1860 census.She was 3/12 years old
Died:
Buried:
Married:GEORGE SHORT
Born:
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The 1900 Kentucky Census shows George and Corrie Short.Florence was living with them at the
time.
THOMAS COTTRELL + MARY (?) GLOVER + SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
2.19HUGH BLAIR COTTRELL
Son of Reverend Thomas Cottrell and Susan L. Daniel Stevens/Stephans
Born:1832, SC, per computation from 1860 census.
Died:
Buried:
Married:ANNIE BLUNT
Born:
Died:
Buried:
1860 Tuscaloosa County, AL census, Page 265 shows
Cottrell, H. B., Age 28, Clergy, ME, born SC
Copy of letter from Hugh B. Cottrell, son of Thomas by his second wife, to Ben C Gray – Given ML by Ann Dabney Wall Murduagh
Yazoo City, Miss
February 16, 1906
Rev. Ben C. Gray
Hudsonville, Miss.
My dear Nephew
Your prompt reply to my letter came duly to hand, to the joy of myself and children, for which I give you thanks.It tells me much of which I was entirely ignorant.I knew that Bro. Ben’s children were all dead, but did not know when they died: it is strange they died so early in life; Bor. B. had a good constitution, and Aunt Polly seemed to be a stout healthy woman;my mother, her sister, had a family of ten children and lost only two of them before she died, and those two, William and Samuel, died in childhood, the remaining eight lived to a good old age – except the youngest, Annie Fletcher, who died in two years after Ma died; she married a Mr. T. C. Brewer, but had no child; all the others became fathers and mothers == some of large families.My mother died during the Civil War, in 1864.My brothers and sisters have all died, except sister Susie, who lives at Terry Station on the I.C.R.R in Hinds Co. Miss.She is – or rather will be 85 years old next 4th of July if she lives til then, which is very doubtful, for she is extremely weak, and confined to her bed nearly all the time; she married a Mr. S. S. Hudson, had one child, Irene, by him; he died when Irene was quite a small girl, and some years after his death sister Susan married again a Mr. Mount; she had no child by him;Irene married a Mr. Henry Birdsong, by whom she had and raised four children, two boys and two girls; her eldest, Estelle, died last July.George, Mary, and Eugene live with their mother at Terry, are in business and doing well – Sis Susie lives with them.I cannot tell you much about my deceased brother’s and sister’s children and grand children, they are so scattered.
The most of Bro. Joe’s live in Florida, and all of Bro. James’ live in Texas; the latter are quite numerous.
You asked me what my father—your great grandfather—was; he was a physician, local Methodist preacher, and principal of a large female school, which my mother and brother Ben – your grandpa— taught.I was not three years old when he died; sister Annie Fletcher was an infant.
All that I know of my father, my mother told me;he was about 68 years old when he died.I think he was born in Maryland; his father was a Scotchman of whose history I know nothing.I suppose you know as much of your grandmother’s ancestry as I do, and also of their posterity;I knew several of Uncle John Daniel’s and Uncle Zadock’s and Uncle James’ children.I never say any of my mother’s brothers save Uncle Zadock and Uncle James.You speak of Bro. Ben as being a grand man; this reminds me of what my mother told me of my father; in her estimation, and according to her account, he was one of the grandest of men.Having no father, my mother dealt with me in both the capacity of mother and father; she told me of my father’s purity – that he had but one fault and that was his temper—or rather his giving way to it, so far as to become impatient, irritable, and to school too much;that whenever he got into that mood—if it was near the time for family prayer, he would not hold it, feeling that it would be a mockery.I don’t think my father acted wisely in this; he should have availed himself of the opportunity
REVEREND THOMAS COTTRELL AND SUSAN L. DANIEL STEVENS/STEPHANS
2.19HUGH BLAIR COTTRELL + ANNIE BLUNT
of family prayer to make confession to his family and ask them to join him in praying that he might be able to control his temper).He was a very high minded, liberal and charitable man—had a large practice, and gave the poor who were not able to pay him, closer attention than the rich;sometimes he would feed them besides giving them medicine, when he saw the prime cause of their sickness was a want of healthful food.He told my mother on his death bed, that he never knew but two women, and that if he was as clear of all sins as that of adultery he would go straight to heaven—noble child of God;He wentstraight thee anyway.He was strictly honest in all things, and could not tolerate a rascal.He was an abolitionist at heart, and prayed that his children might not own slaves.Now all of this and more—my mother told me about my father, and it is one of the proudest thoughts of my life that I am a son of such a noble, pure, and grand man.He died poor financially, leaving his family nothing but a good name, which Solomon says is rather to be chosen than great riches; and God has never let any of his posterity be forsaken, nor beg their bread.But I must close.
I deeply sympathize with you in the loss of your precious children, and especially in the sudden and terrible taking away of your last.*Certainly God’s providence is often inscrutable, nevertheless his word is sure, and all afflictions of his children are chastening to draw them nearer to him that they may be partakers of his nature.“Whom he loveth he chasteneth”, etc. and “all things work together for good” etc.
May the Holy Spirit comfort you in all your sore trials, and sanctify them to your highest good:I will write you about my immediate family the next time I write.All of them here join me in love to you and yours.
Affectionately
Your uncle
(s) H. B. Cottrell **
Please write to me soon and address your letters thus:
H. B. Cottrell
508 George Street
Yazoo City, Miss
? The reference probably is to the death of Tom Cottrell Gray.Ben C. Gray recorded his death thus:
“Tom Cottrell Gray accidentally shot himself the 9th of Nov., 1905, at the home of Mrs. Ola Jones near Hudsonville, Miss.
**Hugh Blair Cottrell
FAMILY HISTORY – Notes given Ben Gray Lumpkin by Ann Wall Murdaugh
Holly Springs, Mississippi – Marshal County Republican – Sat. Jan. – 1839
MALE ACADEMY
The undersigned will open a classical and scientific school in the neighborhood of Sylvestria, Marshall County, Mississippi on the first Monday in January 1839.The Course of instruction will include spelling, reading, writing, English grammar, arithmetic, geography, astronomy, natural philosophy – also Latin & Greek Languages, algebra, geometry, mensuration of heights and distances and trigonometry.
The scholastic year will be divided into two sessions of five months each.
The location of the Institution is entirely healthy, remote from places of dissipation and the society of the vicinity is moral and religious.
Board can be obtained within a short distance of the Institution at $10.00 per month.
The price of tuition per session for the usual branches of English literature will be $15.00 for Latin & Greek languages and mathematics $20.00 paid semi-annually at the commencement of each session.
Z. D. Cottrell(Zebedee Cottrell
Holly Springs, Mississippi – Holly Springs Gazette – June 10, 1842
FEMALE ACADEMY
Sylvestria, Marshall County, Miss.
The undersigned will resume the exercises of the Institution at his residence on the 15th of June next.
Having procured the service of able assistants, both in the literary and ornamental departments of education, it is the intention of the undersigned for a series of years to come, again to devote his time and attention to the instruction of youth.
The students will be boarded in the family of the undersigned and will be subject to a government, strict, guarded and parental.
Board per session (5 months) - $50.00
Tuition$15.00
Music$25.00
Payable semi-annually in advance.
Benj. Cottrell, May 12, 1842
The Guard, Holly Springs; Enquirer, Memphis, Gatherer, La Grange; and Mississippi Creole, Canton:Will give the above insertion and forward their accounts to this office.
Holly Springs, Mississippi, Marshall County Republican, August 11, 1844
The undersigned can not conveniently receive into this Institution more students during the present session, which will close on the 15th of November next.
Benj. Cottrell
August 2, 1844
“SYLVESTRIA”
Benjamin Cottrell called his home “Sylvestria”.In “Dear Darling Loulie”, I said he built his first house about 1832, but I don’t know the source of my information.Since the preceding Deed of land is dated in 1836, I probably was in error in the 1832 date.
Hear is a description of “Sylvestria” taken from “Dear Darling Loulie”.
The first Sylvestria was burned, and the second building was completed in 1844.Aunt Lillian said the date was shown on one of the posts.She also told me that the second Sylvestria was built for a home rather than for a school.Here is her description of “Sylvestria”.
“It was set in a big grove of Oak trees, a two-story frame building.The front porch was small, with square white columns,There were four bedrooms, parlor, long hall, dining room, kitchen, and a long, wide back porch.”
“There was nothing elaborate about it; in fact, it was stark simplicity, built of good sound material.The staircase had two landings—both square—but the wood was walnut and beautiful.Grandpa Cottrell was a stern old man and didn’t believe in frills of any sort…”
On April 27, 1972, Ben Gray Lumpkin gave the bell from Sylvestria School to the Marshall County Historical Society.Here are his notes regarding the bell.
Benjamin Cottrell operated this girls’ school for 20 years before the Civil War, about 7 miles north of Holly Springs.After the War, the school remained closed; and the bell passed to Mr. Cottrell’s grand daughter-in-law—Cordelia Scales Gray, wife of Reverend Ben Cottrell Gray, a Methodist Circuit Rider.
By 1900, because it had lost its clapper, Grandma Gray used her iron pestle to strike the bell, and call the family and guests to meals.About 1925, after the Sylvestria home place (usually called the Gray Place) burned, Uncle John Maury Gray gave me the bell.
The present walnut-wood base and striker (made from an electric, phonograph turntable motor, 110 volt) were added about 1955, when I began using the bell as a doorbell in my Boulder, Colorado, home.
Note by Herbert C. Murdaugh:Benjamin Cottrell donated The property for Sylvestria Church.There is a Sylvestria Church Cemetery and the Sylvestria Home Cemetery.
Copy of Newspaper Clipping – Name of Newspaper not shown.(Given to Ben Gray by Ann Wall Murdaugh)
OBITUARY
DIED at Cockrum, Miss, Nov. 11th 1852 Dr. Hugh Meenan Cottrell, son of Benj. And Mary Cottrell of Marshall County, in the 22nd year of his age.
Dr. C. died of inflammation of the stomach, after an illness of about ten days.At recording his demise we can but feel that “Death loves a shining mark”.
He was graduated a short time previous to his death at the Louisville Medical Center with the highest commendations of the institution.His limited career as a Physician proved him equally capable of winning position in the practical business of his profession.Though so young, his success left no doubt of his ready capacity to act efficiently, and the unerring finger of fate pointed to him as one destined to play a prominent part upon the arena of the world.
A few months, indicating his future success and Lo! He is summoned to that ----- from which no traveler e’er returns”.A strange dispensation truly:When youth, buoyancy, life, talent, all indicate a career of distinction and usefulness, it is strange indeed to those dearly attached, that he should be summoned to his long home.Strange indeed, but just.
Though the stroke may now be severe to his friends, and apparently more than fond parents can bear, there is a consolation when they turn to life and find his one of such promise, one that was suited to gather around him warm and devoted friends, who in life watched his career with satisfaction, and enjoyed his social conversation with pleasure.Thee is too a higher consolation; -- the hope that all was clear to his vision beyond the narrow confines of this world.This Christian and all the Philosopher could ask.
Our friend is gone.May we too like him live a life of usefulness, and when it is our turn “shuffle off this mortal cold”, meet him surrounded by that blissful choir, which ushers, to a brighter world, spirits of Heavenly mould.
Military Record of Thomas B. Cottrell who married Mary Ann Dabney.Their daughter Mary Rivers Cottrell, married Frank Wall, Sr. and was the grandmother of Ann Wall Murdaugh and Lillian Wall Phillips.
Thomas B. Cottrell was a private in Company B, 9th Mississippi Regiment.He enlisted March 27, 1861 at Holly Springs, Mississippi.His Certificate of Discharge was dated April 20, 1861, and he died April 29, 1861.
COTTRELL NOTES
Benjamin Cottrell married Polly J. Daniel who was sister of Susan L. Daniel.Susan L. Daniel married Thomas Cottrell, Benjamin’s father.
The following notes were compelled by Herbert C. Murdaugh:
Marshall County Records – Census 1850 – page 398
Benjamin Cottrell, born in North Carolina, age 49
Mary J. Cottrell, born in North Carolina, age 52
Hugh Meenan Cottrell, born in North Carolina, age 19
Thomas B. Cottrell, born in North Carolina, age 17
************ 1850
John Cottrell, age 34, born in NC
Emaline Cottrell, 32, born in NC
Martha L. Cottrell, 15, born in NC
May or Mary A. Cottrell, 12, born in NC
Louisa Cottrell, 10, born in NC
Fenly Cottrell, 7, born in NC
Lucinda Cottrell, 4, born in NC
Elizabeth Cottrell, born in Miss
************* 1860
Thomas B. Cottrell, age 27, farmer, born NC
Mary A. Cottrell, born KY
Mary R. Cottrell, age 6, born MS
Benjamin Cottrell, age 60, born NC
The Thomas B. Cottrell who died in 1861 was son of Benjamin Cottrell, Sr., married Mary Ann Dabney, daughter of Cordelia Lewis Minor and Samuel Hopson Dabney, M.D.
Mary Ann Dabney Cottrell was sister of Cordelia Lewis Dabney, second wife of Dr. James W. Gray, Sr.(first wife, Mary Glover Cottrell)
Thomas B. Cottrell, born 1834, died 29 April 1861, married 22 Nov. 1853.Served in Company B, 9th Miss. Infantry as Private.Received Medical Discharge 4-20-1861 – died nine days later.
North Carolina Marriages from the Raleigh Register:
Benjamin Cottrell of Warren County to Mary J. Daniel of Wake Co. 13 May 1825, From the Raleigh Register of May 17,1825
Mary Cottrell of Warren County to Michael Collins of Nash County 23 Dec. 1823
Ruth Cottrell, widow, married to James Garrett 17 Dec 1833, Chowan County
DEED OF LAND TO BENJAMIN COTTRELL – GIVEN BEN GRAY LUMPKIN BY ANN & H. C. MURDAUGH
Benjamin CottrellN. ½ of)This Indenture
Sec. 10T 3 ra 2W)made and entered into
Conveyed by William Crain)this 27th of August
& Nancy his wife – Received)A. D. 1836.Between William Crain and
Sept. 30th.Recorded Oct 1st 1836)Nancy Crain his wife of Marshall County
And the State of Mississippi of the first part and Benjamin Cottrell of Fayette County and State of Tennessee of the Second part.Witnesseth that the said William Crain and Nancy his wife for and consideration of the Sum of Seventeen Hundred Dollars to them in hand paid by the Said Benj. Cottrell the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged have and do by these presents give grant bargain sell and convey unto the said Benj. Cottrell his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the said County of Marshall and State of Mississippi being the North half of Section ten (10 Township Three (3) Range Two (2) West being part of the reservation of land which was allowed to Puk Sha kish (?) and by him regularly conveyed to William Crain and properly approved and acknowledged before the Commissioners and Agent according to the Treaty between the United States and Chickasaw Nation of Indian.s, as will appear on record in the said Agent’s Office, To have and to hold the aforesaid land and --- premises with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereunto belonging unto the said Benj. Cottrell his heirs and assigns forever.
And the said William Crain and Nancy Crain his wife for themselves, their heirs & executors, administrators and assigns do hereby covenant and agree to and … the said Benj. Cottrell his heirs and assigns that they will truly warrant and forever defend the rights of said land and bargained premises against the lawful (?) claim or claims of all and every person or persons whatever.
In testimony whereof the said William Crain and Nancy Crain his wife have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seal the day and date above written.
WitnessWm. Crain (Seal)
Robt HancockNancy Crain (Seal)
A S Hancock
The State of Mississippi
Marshall County (something I can’t read – looks like SS)August 27th 1836
This day personally appeared before me John Rook an Acting Justice of the Peace for said County William Crain whose name is subscribed to the written deed and acknowledged that he signed sealed and delivered the same to Benjamin Cottrell as his act and deed on the day and year shown … Also, Nancy Crain the wife of the said William Crain and on a private examination separate and apart from her husband acknowledged that she signed sealed and delivered the within conveyance to Benjamin Cottrell without any fear or compulsion of her husband and that the same is her act and deed.Given under my hand and Seal this 27th day of August 1836.
John Rook J. P. (Seal)
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON THE GRAYS AND THE COTTRELLS
From a letter which Nelly Dabney Gray wrote Ben Gray Lumpkin on June 4, 1927:
Henry Laurens Gray, your great, great grandfather, father of my father, Dr. James Williams Gray, was born Dec 175h 1799 (The Bible didn’t say where, but we think in South Carolina).Died Mar. 24th 1832.
Mary Henrietta Dyer, wife of Henry Laurens Gray & mother of Dr. James W. Gray (my father) born Oct 14th 1804.Died Mar. 28th, 1844
James William Gray (my father) son of Mary Dyer & Henry L. was born Aug 19th 1822 in Haywood Cou. Tenn – married Dec 3rd 1844, Mary Glover Cottrell, don’t know where.That is Sister Hettie’s mother & maybe she can tell you where they were married>After her death May 185h 1855, he married my mother Cordelia Lewis Dabney – date not in Bible—I suppose at the old Scales place near Hudsonville.My mother lived with them (the Scales) after her mother and father died.
Dr. James W. Gray had two children from the first marriage:Ben Cottrell Gray (our grandfather) & Hetty Laurens – your great aunt.
From the second marriage, there were eight kids – first two, Grover & Willie died in early childhood.The others, Annie Lewis, Nelly Dabney (your illustrious aunt spinster), James William Samuel Dabney, Henry Laurens, all living except Dabney.All born on the old Gray place where you used to live.
Papa’s first wife, your great grandmother, I reckon is buried at the family burying ground at your Mother’s old home, the old Cottrell place, now belonging to John Gray.I think my father’s mother, Mary Henrietta Dyer & possibly my grandfather, Henry Laurens Gray, are buried at Sylvestria.
From notes made by Ben Gray Lumpkin in conversation with Hettie Gray Ross on June 24, 1928:
Henry Laurens Gray lived at Poplar Corner, Tenn., near Brownsville.His wife was Henrietta Dyer Gray.(See Cousin Julia Dyer Beal, Lexington, Mississippi, daughter of Judge James Dyer.)Henrietta Dyer lived at Poplar Corner, then moved to Brownsville to keep house for brothers and sisters.kinfolks at Columbia, Teen.
Henry L. gray owned land at Poplar Corner—were lawyers at Brownsville.He died there and his wife, Henrietta, and son James William Gray, moved to Miss. In Marshall County at west of experimental station.He borrowed money from his stepfather, Sam Davidson, a Methodist minister, and finished medical course at Louisville, Ky.First practiced medicine in DeSoto near Como and Panola.After establishing practice married Miss Mary Glover Cottrell.Had two children:Ben Cottrell (He wasn’t names Benjamin but Ben) and Henrietta Laurens.J. W. had bronchitis and moved to Marshall County for his health but his wife died when Henrietta was hardly walking—at the old Gray Place.
A year after his wife died, her married second time, Miss Cordelia Dabney, daughter of Dr. Sam Dabney from Kentucky.Delia was 18 years old when married.Aunt Hettie’s mother and stepmother were great friends and her mother told Delia Dabney that she wanted Delia to be her children’s stepmother and told her she would come back if she whipped her children.
Aunt Dely Dabney had auburn hair, tall as Nellie – 5 ft 5”.J. W. was 5 ft 11 in., dark black hair, blue eyes.B. C. Gray was just like him.
B. C. went to war with Capt. Ed Crump in Morgan’s Command at age of 16.While in war went to Pennsylvania on a raid.When he got back “Pa made Uncle Hard, a colored man, (our peopled didn’t go to the Yankees) made him go to the office and take a bath in lye soap which cured the itch.””
After war, Bennie married Cordelia and lived at Aunt Nancy Scales with Cordelia and farmed.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON THE GRAYS AND THE COTTRELLS
Cottrells came from Raleigh, NC.Grandma was born near Charlotte, NC.Grandpa Cottrell, Benj. Cottrell, came to LaGrange, Tenn.Wife Mary Jones Cottrell and found children.Mary Glover, Aunt Hettie’s mother, eldest.
Hugh Meenan was young doctor.Died with what seemed like poisoning on acct. of practice, but Grandpa thought no poisoning but a fever.
Betsy Lewis died.Was brought all way in lead coffin.Buried at LaGrange and then moved again to Sylvestria.Got sick after picking up doll things.Made Grandpa promise to take her West with him even if she died.He did.Had a lead coffin made and had her body driven in a wagon by a Negro.Uncle Dan (Bishop Cottrell’s stepfather).He slept in wagon with her body.He was fond of her before she died>
Uncle Tommy was farmer.Father of Aunt Rivers.He died early in war.Was discharged on account of illness and soon died.Then Danny (Aunt Rivers) came to J. W. Gray’s to live.Tom married Mary Ann Dabney.
OTHER COTTRELL’S
JOSEPH R. COTTRELL
Born:
Died:
Buried:
Married:ALICE S. EUBANKS on 3 September 1879, Sumter County, FL
LDS Individual Record, Batch # M5153281, Source Call No. 0975771 V. 13, Film
MISSISSIPPI COTTRELL’S IN CIVIL WAR
A. P. Cottrell, Private, 14 Mississippi Infantry, Confederate
C. T. Cottrell, Private, Company D, 6th Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate
Charles Cottrell, Private, Company K, 8th Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate
F. P. Cottrell, Company A, Private, 18th Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate
F. P. Cottrell, 3rd Mississipi Infantry, Army of 1000, Confederate
Henry Cottrell, Private, Company K, 4th Florida Infantry, Confederate (Only Florida Cottrell that I found so included)
J. A. Cottrell, Private, Company C, 14th Mississippi Infantry
J. B. Cottrell, Private, Company E, 17th Mississippi Infantry
James A. Cottrell, Private, Company C, 14th Mississippi Infantry
John H. Cottrell, Private, 11 “Perrins” Mississippi Cavalry
T. P. Cottrell, Private, Company A, 18th Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate
Thomas B. Cottrell, Private, Company B, 9th Mississippi, Confederate
Thomas F. Cottrell, Private, Company F, 7th Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate
W. M. Cottrell, Private, Company E, 5th Mississippi Cavalry
W. M. Cottrell, Private, Company *, 18th Mississippi Cavalry
MISSISSIPPI LAND PATENT HOLDERS PER http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/asp/http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/asp/
Richard Cottrell 7 August 1838
Richard Cottrell 28 July 1838
William Cottrell 1 September 1849
William M. Cottrell, 1 October 1859
William M. Cottrell, 1 December 1896
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