Samuel COTHRAN & Mary BURTON

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Samuel COTHRAN
Mary BURTON

Husband: Samuel COTHRAN
Birth: 1799, Person Co., NC
Death: 1844, TN
Father: James L. COTHRAN (1775-1861)
Mother: Mary "Polly" HARRISON (1775-1882)

Marriage: 23 Oct 1819, Person Co., NC

Wife: Mary "Polly" BURTON
Birth: 1800, Person Co., NC
Death: 1832, TN

Children:

1. Richard COTHRAN, b. 1825; m. Cornelia CLEMENTS
2. Margaret COTHRAN, b. 1825; m. Alexander BOWEN
3. James B. Pleas COTHRAN / James B. Pleasant CAWTHON, b. 8 Jul 1828; d. 2 Oct 1888, Bedford Co., TN

If Mary F's birthdate and Polly's deathdate are correct, then Mary F. cannot be Polly's daughter.
4. Mary F. COTHRAN, b. 1838; m. David B. DIXON
Did Samuel remarry after Polly's death? Or is this simply a bad connection?

Possible son:
. John H. COTHRAN, b. 1819/20, NC

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Sources:

1a. Person County, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1792-1868 (online at Ancestry.com):

Cothran, Samuel & Mary Burton, 23 Oct 1819 (James Cothran)

1b. State of North Carolina. 1977. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC (online at Ancestry.com):

Groom: Samuel Cothran

Bride: Mary Burton

Bond Date: 23 Oct 1819

Bond #: 000107211

County: Person

Bondsman: James Cothran

Witness: Wm McKissack

2. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16 of 37; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 NC Person Co. Roll 82 p. 456-457 Ln. 19 Samuel Cothran 000100-00100-0-100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 19-25* 1794-1801 = Samuel (b. 1799)

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = Mary (b. 1800)

1 person engaged in agriculture

*In the 1820 Census, the third column is age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25, which means any individual in column three is duplicated in column four. So, for an accurate representation of the household, the number in column three should be subtracted from the number in column four. If, after the subtraction, any individuals remain in column four, then they have to be age 19-25, thus creating a "new," more precise age class.

Listed next to James COTHRAN Sr.

3. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

4. WorldConnect / WorldTree (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com, respectively).

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