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Patience Mary Anne Cotton 1831–1858 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1831

Birth Location: Randolph County, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 31 Dec 1858

Death Location: Dale County, Alabama, USA

Father: Seth Cotton

Mother: Polly Cotton

Spouse(s): Zachariah Nichols

Children(s): James Nichols, Zachariah Jr., Matilda NICHOLS, S. NICHOLS

Patience Mary Anne Cotton was born in 1831 in Randolph County, Georgia, USA, the child of Seth Joseph Cotton And Polly Cotton. Patience Mary Anne Cotton married Zachariah Nichols, and had children including James Edward Jim Eb Nichols, Matilda J Nichols, S J M Nichols, Zachariah J Nichols Jr. Patience Mary Anne Cotton passed away in 1858 in Dale County, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • Patience Mary Anne Cotton was born in 1831 in Randolph County, Georgia, USA, the child of Seth Joseph Cotton And Polly Cotton.
  • Patience Mary Anne Cotton married Zachariah Nichols, and had children including James Edward Jim Eb Nichols, Matilda J Nichols, S J M Nichols, Zachariah J Nichols Jr.
  • Patience Mary Anne Cotton passed away in 1858 in Dale County, Alabama, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Seth Cotton
1793–1870
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Polly Cotton
1802–1870
Birth Location: North Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Zachariah Nichols
1823–1865
Birth Location: Randolph County, Georgia, USA
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Children(s)

James Nichols
1849–1920
Birth Location: Randolph, Georgia, USA
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Zachariah Jr.
1854–1914
Birth Location: Georgia, USA
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Matilda NICHOLS
1851–1907
Birth Location: Randolph, Georgia, USA
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S. NICHOLS
1852–1914
Birth Location: Randolph, Georgia, USA
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Patience Cotton's Ancestors

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Patience Cotton
1831–1858
Birth Place: Randolph County, Georgia, USA
Parents
Seth Joseph Cotton
1793–1870
South Carolina
Polly Cotton
1802–1870
North Carolina
Grandparents
Seth Cotton
1750–1815
Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia, USA
Rebecca Avent
1753–1820
Pea Hill, Northampton, North Carolina, United States,
Drury (Drewry) King
1755–1860
North Carolina, United States
Sarah Salley
1760–1850
Wake, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Cotton
1733–1790
Sarah Weaver
1740–1781
William Avent
1706–1761
Sarah Massey
1728–1779
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Hyde"
1692–1778
Jane Cotton
1700–1769
Edward Weaver
1709–1776
Mary Griffis
1712–1762
Col Avent
1671–1757
Margaret Gooch
1685–1756
Joseph Massey
1690–1760
Elizabeth Lee
1700–1760

Patience Cotton's Descendants

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Patience (Mary Anne) Cotton (1831–31 Dec 1858) m. Zachariah Nichols (1823–9 Jan 1865)
  1. 1. James (Edward "Jim Eb") Nichols 1849–1920
  2. 2. Zachariah (J Nichols) Jr. 1854–1914
  3. 3. Matilda (J) NICHOLS 1851–1907
  4. 4. S. (J. M) NICHOLS 1852–1914

Patience Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1831
1831
Birth of Patience Mary Anne Cotton in Randolph County, Georgia, USA
Randolph County, Georgia, USA
1858
31 Dec 1858
Age 27
Death of Patience Mary Anne Cotton in Dale County, Alabama, USA
Dale County, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1831
    Event Place: Randolph County, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Dec 1858
    Event Place: Dale County, Alabama, USA
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