Life History
about 1825 |
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina.1 |
about 1850 |
Married Mary Ann Elizabeth BURRELL.1 |
Feb 1852 |
Birth of daughter Elizabeth Ann COTTEN in Attala County, Mississippi.1 |
1855 |
Birth of daughter Nancy Druscilla COTTEN in Newport, Attala, Mississippi.3 |
1867 |
Death of Mary Ann Elizabeth BURRELL in Attala County, Mississippi.1,1 |
Oct 1899 |
Died in Attala County, Mississippi.1 |
Notes
- Mary Burrell
Born 1827
Father James P Burrell
Born in France on 1790 to Jean Baptiste Burel and Patience Hanna Bird
Mother Nancy Darby
Born 1790. Nancy had 6 children, passed away on 1878
Mary married John Cotton and had 10 children
She passed away on 1867 in Attala, Mississippi, USA
-- Ancestry Trees, http://records.ancestry.com/mary_burrell_records.ashx?pid=33287492
1850 Federal Census, Attala County, Mississippi, 2 September, Township 12, page 106B (scan 212), Hse/Fam #155
John C Cotton 33 M Farmer $200 Real Estate Value b South Carolina
Mary A E Cotton 23 F b South Carolina Cannot read & write
John D Cotton 5 M b South Carolina
Thomas Cotton 4 M b South Carolina
Catherine E Cotton 1 F b Mississippi
The birth states of the children indicate that the famliy moved to Mississippi between 1846 and 1848.
Sources
- 1. Ancestry Trees
- 2. Cemeteries of Dancing Rabbit Creek
- 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry