Individual Details

John Elijah McCotter

(31 Jan 1874 - 6 Jul 1949)

My g.g.grandfather was Joseph McCotter Sr. who owned a large plantation o n a c r eek (Swift's?) near the Neuse river in what at the time was Crave n Co u nty. It became Pamlico County in the 1870's. His second wife was M ary F r ank(Frances)Caraway who died on the plantation in 1874 of Typhoid F ev e r. Joseph McCotter Sr. died a few years later in the village of Paml i c o as the plantation had subsequently burned. Joseph had two children b y h i s first marriage, Joseph Jr. and a daughter,Priscilla, who died unm ar r ied at the age of 16. Joseph Sr. and Mary had four children, my g.gr a n dmother, Sarah Elizabeth (Betty) McCotter born 7-4-1856, married John W i l liam Sanders, Wiley Green McCotter, born May 25, 1858, died June 22, 1 8 9 3 never married, Charles born l862, married ?Geanie Caroon, died Jack s o nville, FL in 1920 and John (Eliga?) McCotter, born 8-24,1870, marrie d G e rtrude (?Mills), moved to Baltimore, MD where he lived in 1931 at 5 02 N . Rose St. Joseph McCotter Sr. was 2 yrs. shy of being too old to fight i n t he Civ il War, but due to ill health his 16 year old son, Joseph Jr. w a s allow ed to serve in his stead for two years. Joseph Jr. served his f a ther's 2 y ears and then his own years. My greatgrandmother, Sarah Eli z abeth McCotter(Betty)cared for her young b rother, John after the deat h o f her mother and when her father died, Sa rah and John went to live w i th a first cousin, Robert Whorton (who marr ied Anne Bryan Silverthorn e ). Betty served as a tutor for the Whorton c hildren until her marriag e t o John William Sanders in 1886. Info From Richard FL has birth as 3 1 J an 1874His Grave Stone in Swartz C emetery, O'Donnell St. Baltimore, M D h as date of 1874. at 74 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917- 19 18 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=0ebbf241-ed48-4934-be61- 0 d4dc8ff3d62&tid=12262405&pid=13793 John E McCotter http://trees.ances t ry.com/rd?f=image&guid=f1afc88a-6977-414a-999a-3cf689e29232&tid=12262 4 0 5&pid=13793 License John E McCotter http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=im a ge&guid=36095452-8a29-49e6-a473-d4f7a8b08264&tid=12262405&pid=13793 M y g .g.grandfather was Joseph McCotter Sr. who owned a large plantation o n a c r eek (Swift's?) near the Neuse river in what at the time was Crave n Co u nty. It became Pamlico County in the 1870's. His second wife was M ary F r ank(Frances)Caraway who died on the plantation in 1874 of Typhoid F ev e r. Joseph McCotter Sr. died a few years later in the village of Paml i c o as the plantation had subsequently burned. Joseph had two children b y h i s first marriage, Joseph Jr. and a daughter,Priscilla, who died unm ar r ied at the age of 16. Joseph Sr. and Mary had four children, my g.gr a n dmother, Sarah Elizabeth (Betty) McCotter born 7-4-1856, married John W i l liam Sanders, Wiley Green McCotter, born May 25, 1858, died June 22, 1 8 9 3 never married, Charles born l862, married ?Geanie Caroon, died Jack s o nville, FL in 1920 and John (Eliga?) McCotter, born 8-24,1870, marrie d G e rtrude (?Mills), moved to Baltimore, MD where he lived in 1931 at 5 02 N . Rose St. Joseph McCotter Sr. was 2 yrs. shy of being too old to fight i n t he Civ il War, but due to ill health his 16 year old son, Joseph Jr. w a s allow ed to serve in his stead for two years. Joseph Jr. served his f a ther's 2 y ears and then his own years. My greatgrandmother, Sarah Eli z abeth McCotter(Betty)cared for her young b rother, John after the deat h o f her mother and when her father died, Sa rah and John went to live w i th a first cousin, Robert Whorton (who marr ied Anne Bryan Silverthorn e ). Betty served as a tutor for the Whorton c hildren until her marriag e t o John William Sanders in 1886. Info From Richard FL has birth as 3 1 J an 1874His Grave Stone in Swartz C emetery, O'Donnell St. Baltimore, M D h as date of 1874. at 74 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917- 19 18 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=0ebbf241-ed48-4934-be61- 0 d4dc8ff3d62&tid=12262405&pid=13793 John E McCotter http://trees.ances t ry.com/rd?f=image&guid=f1afc88a-6977-414a-999a-3cf689e29232&tid=12262 4 0 5&pid=13793 License John E McCotter http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=im a ge&guid=36095452-8a29-49e6-a473-d4f7a8b08264&tid=12262405&pid=13793

Events

Birth	31 Jan 1874	McCotter Plantation, Maribel, North Carolina, United States
Residence	1880	Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Son - Township 2, Pamlico, North Carolina, United States
Residence	1900	Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head - Stonewall Town, Pamlico, North Carolina
Residence	1910	Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head - Pamlico, Pamlico, North Carolina
Residence	Bet 1917 and 1918	Bayboro, Pamlico, North Carolina
Residence	1917	Pamlico, North Carolina
Residence	1920	Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head - Baltimore Ward 6, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
Census	1920	Baltimore, MD
Residence	1929	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Residence	1930	Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head - Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
Residence	1935	Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland
Occupation	1938	Tug Boat Captain in Baltimore Harbor - Baltimore, MD
Residence	1 Apr 1940	Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head - Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Death	6 Jul 1949	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Burial	9 Jul 1949	Swartz's Cemetary, 6115 O'Donnell St. Baltimore, MD
Marriage		Pamlico, NC - Gertrude Elizabeth Delamar
Alt name		John McCotter
Residence		Pamlico, North Carolina

Families

Spouse	Gertrude Elizabeth Delamar (1880 - 1958)
Child	Bertha McCotter (1898 - 1902)
Child	Wiley McCotter (1903 - 1919)
Child	Daisy Anna (Petr) McCotter (1905 - 1984)
Child	Sadie B McCotter (1908 - 1996)
Child	Nellie Belle McCotter (1913 - 2004)
Child	Evelyn Lindel McCotter (1916 - 1955)
Child	Blanche Blackwell McCotter (1920 - 1998)

Father	Joseph McCotter (1804 - 1885)
Mother	Mary Francis (Frank) Carraway (1838 - 1874)
Sibling	Robert McCotter (1838 - )
Sibling	Joseph McCotter (1844 - 1917)
Sibling	Deborah McCotter (1846 - 1860)
Sibling	Sarah Elizabeth Betty McCotter (1856 - 1931)
Sibling	Wiley Green McCotter (1858 - 1893)
Sibling	Charles Richard McCotter (1860 - 1918)

Endnotes

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2. , Ancestry.com (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generation s N etwork, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau o f t he Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D . C.: National Archives and Re, Year: 1930; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: 851; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 536; Image: 689.0..

3. , Ancestry.com, Web: Maryland, Find A Grave Index, 1788-2011 (Online publ i cation - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original d a ta - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg. c gi: accessed 7 February 2012..

4. , Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Online publication - P r ovo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirte e nth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624 , 1 ,178 rolls). Records of the , Year: 1910; Census Place: Pamlico, Pamlico, North Carolina; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: ..

5. , Ancestry.com (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generation s N etwork, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau o f t he Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D. C. : National Archives and Reco, Year: 1900; Census Place: Township 2, Pamlico, North Carolina; Roll: T623_1210; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 86..

6. , Ancestry.com (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generation s N etwork, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, v i sit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of A m erica, Bureau of the Censu, Year: 1910; Census Place: Pamlico, Pamlico, North Carolina; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: ..

7. , Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Name: O n line publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005 . 1 880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latt er -day Saints © Copyright 19, Year: 1880; Census Place: Township 2, Pamlico, North Carolina; Roll: 976; Family History Film: 1254976; Page: 282D; Enumeration District: 105; Image: 0290..

8. , Ancestry.com (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generation s N etwork, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States, Selective Service S y stem. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1 9 17-1918. Washington, D.C.: Na, Registration Location: Pamlico County, North Carolina; Roll: 1765737; Draft Board: 0..

9. , Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Online publication - P r ovo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by F a milySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 192 0 . (NARA microfilm publication, Year: 1920; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 6, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: T625_660; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 67; Image: 711..

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12. , Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Online publication - P r ovo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United S t ates of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United S t ates, 1930. Washington, D.C, Year: 1930; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: ..

13. , Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 U n ited States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ances t ry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Ch u rch of Jesus Christ of Latter, Year: 1880; Census Place: Township 2, Pamlico, North Carolina; Roll: 976; Family History Film: 1254976; Page: 282D; Enumeration District: 105; Image: 0290..

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19. , Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operation s Inc) (N.p.: n.p., n.d.)., Year: 1920; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 6, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: T625_660; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 67; Image: 711.

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