Individual Details
James Whitecotton Lt.
(14 Mar 1749 or 14 Mar 1750 - 7 Jun 1849)
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The following I received from the Scott Co., TN Historical Society. It is an excerpt from a book entitled "Scott County Families", and is the basis for much of the information on James's descendants and tells how the name changed from Whitecotton to Cotton:
"James Whitecotton was born in 1749 [could be 1751] in Virginia. Hewas a Revolutionary Soldier, from Hampshire County, Virginia. He died sometime after May 1844. He moved to Marion County, Ky. His wife's first name was Ruth. Two of their sons are mentioned in Wayne County, Ky records: George Whitecotton who married Susannah Davis in Knox Co., Ky; and Aaron Whitecotton, born 1780 in Virginia, died 1870 in Reynolds Co.,Mo.
Aaron Whitecotton and Nancy Hatfield were married in Wayne Co., Kyon July 2, 1807 by Rev. Richard Barrier. The following note was filled with the marriage record: "This is to certify that I have gave my consent that Aaron Whitecotton shall marry my dauter Nancy and that he may be myson-in-law ---- Joseph X (his mark) Harfield." Witnessed by John Maxwell and George Whitecotton. Nancy was born in 1786 and died in 1870 in Reynolds Co., Mo.
The children of Aaron and Nancy Whitecotton were: Cecilia (1807) m. Wm. Chitwood; Keziah (1808) m. Henry Thompson; Wayne (1810); Elizabeth(?) m. Andrew Chitwood; Isaac (1816) m. Christine Jeffers; Nancy Ann(1821) m. on 15 Nov. 1840 John L. Smith, son of Isaac M. Smith; Sarah(1827); Elvira (1829) m. Wm. Murrill; and Smith (1830) m. Mary AnnBarnes. Cecilia, Keziah, Isaac, Elvira, and Nancy Ann all lived with their families in Reynolds Co., Mo.
Smith Whitecotton was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. His brother Wayne Whitecotton was a Captain on the Union side in the Civil War. He was the first County Clerk for Scott County. He is listed in the 1850 Census of Scott Co., TN with wife Mary (Polly) Solomon Owens(1821-1885). She was the daughter of Solomon Owens. Also listed in thecensus of 1850 and 1860 are children: Celina (1839), Martha (1843), China(1844), Tasmon (1847), French (1849), Walker (1851), Artemy (1854), McAdo(1856). Another child, Walker #2, was born after the first child named Walker died in 1861. The birthdates came from the Bible record held by Nancy Emily Phillips, who was a daughter of Martha W. Cotton and her husband James Phillips and a granddaughter of Wayne W. Cotton. Wayne was the first of the Whitecotton family to start writing his name "W. Cotton"[as an abbreviation]. Most of his children then wrote their names in this way.
Tasmon Burke W. Cotton married on 26 Sept. 1867 Mary Ann Carson,daughter of John Carson II and Jane Elliott Carson. Their children were John W. Cotton, Wayne W. Cotton II; Bradley who died soon after birth,Mary W. Cotton; Nancy who married R. C. West; China W. Cotton who married W. N. West; Emily who married C. H. West; Sarah who married Starling Terry; Rosetta [Rosa] and Josie. These children soon dropped the W. from their names and their children were known as Cotton.
Joseph and Rosa Branim, Sarah and Starling Terry, Polly (Mary)Cotton, Nancy West, R.C. West, China and W.R. West are listed as Cotton heirs when John Carson II's estate was being settled in 1898-99."
The Whitecotton-Cotton entry then goes on to list the descendants of John W. Cotton.
On the 1790 US Census James is living in Hampshire Co., VA. The listing says that James has 9 white souls living in 2 dwellings on the property.
On the 1830 US Census James is living in Washington County, KY (p. 190).There are 3 individuals in the home: 1 male under 5, 1 male 70-80(James), and and 1 female 60-70 (which would be James second wife Hannah). Who the young child is unknown, but presumably a grandchild or great-grandchild.
James Whitecotton applied for and received a Rev. soldier's pension in Mercer County, KY in 1833 at the age of 82 years. Such claims could be applied for after Congress passed the Revolutionary Claim Act June 7,1832. According to his pension file James served a total of 2 years and9 months as a soldier during the Revolution on three separate enlistments.
His first tour of duty began in 1776 when he enlisted as Private in Staunton, Augusta County, VA in Capt. William Fountain's Comp. of Infantry. The company then marched to Charlottesville, VA and joined the Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Woodword, with his Lt. Col. being being Charles Scott. The Regiment then marched to Williamsburg and then to Long Bridge where they engaged the British in the Battle of Long Bridge. The Brits were pushed back to Norfolk where they, with the British Gov. Dummons, boarded ships and fled. The regiment took possession of Norfolk, then marched to Springfield, near Williamsburg, Va, and set up camp. It was in camp that James's tour of duty came to an end, and he was honorably discharged.
In 1778, James enlisted again, this time for a tour of 9 months with Virginia's Illinois Regiment. His recruiter was named Abraham Chaplin,and James enlisted in a place called Shintus [?], near Wheeling (now WV). James was a Private in Capt. Leonard Helms Company. Following the company's formation, they marched to Wheeling and met up with Col. George Rogers Clark. They traveled down the Ohio River to the "falls of Ohio"and estabished a fort [where this is I don't know]. Clark's Regiment then took possession of the fort of Kaskaskia [in IL], where James's tour of duty expired.
He promptly re-enlisted, this time in the Company of Capt. Joseph Bowman in Col. George Rogers Clark's Regiment. On this tour they marched to Fort Vincennes [now in IN] and took possession of the fort, making prisoners of the British troops there and the British Gov. Hamilton.
A statement to the effect of the above was read in the Mercer Co., Ky Court on May 6, 1833. A statement from the US War Department on June 6, 1833 attests to the service record of James Whitecotton. Then, on papers dated Oct. 21, 1833, James was granted a pension of $70 per year.He received pension funds in arrears to March 4, 1831, making his first payment $210.
The 1840 US Census lists James and family living in Marion Co., KY (p.313). Those listed: 1 male Under 5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 90-100(James), 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30, and 1 female 70-80. The female in her 70s would be James's wife, but I do not yet know of any marriages after Ruth. The others are likely grandchildren and great-children, but who is unknown. Two people in the home are working in agriculture (which if James is one is pretty impressive for a man of his age). James is always named as a pensioned Rev. War soldier.
The "Draper Manuscripts" include the following letter from W.B. Harrison regarding his grandfather Maj. Abraham Chapline. It is dated Aug. 14,1884, and I quote a portion of it.
"L.C. Draper August 14, 1884
I beg your pardon for so great a delay in answering your letter and offering you my thanks for your book. My information in regard to Grandfather Abraham Chapline is quite meager owing to the fact that my mother died when I was but one year old and father was murdered when I was less than ten years of age and I was raised by my paternal grandparents 30 odd miles from my Chapline relations.
Thomas G. Harrison, my paternal grandfather, was one of the first settlers in Ky and served many years in both branches of the Ky Legislature with Capt. Chapline. From them I learned the few incidents I am about to write.
Edmund Rogers and A. Chapline were intimate friends and after the close of the revolutionary war were jointly engaged in surveying and locating vacant lands for themselves and others. Most of their surveys were in the South western part of the State which was then uninhabited by the whites.
While engaged in the exploration of that wilderness, grandfather and one or two comrades established hunting camp in what is now Marion County. They in the course of a few days hunt killed some deer and carried their hides to camp. The weather being warm, in order to protect their hides from the flies they sunk in a pool of water near the camp.Sometime after when the hunters were asleep a number of wolves gathered about the pool and made a noise that awakened grandfathers comrade, who without informing went to the place where the wolves gathered about the pool and made a noise that awakened grandfather's comrade, who without imforming went to the place where the wolves were and drove them away;and was returning to camp when he tramped upon a stick that broke, and startled grandfather who sprang to his feet while still half asleep and seized his gun and fired under the belief he was shooting an Indian; but the fatal shot killed his associate who only lingered a short time. This sad occurance was one of the most trying events of his life that had been exposed a thousand hardships and dangers. And although distinguished for dauntless courage and wonderful fortitude, he was so depressed in spirits that his new friends with whom he talked about it apprehended he would lose his mind; but in process of time he regained his former composure.Still that subject was to him so painful, it is believed, he never mentioned it to any member of his numerous family.
Having been a Captain in the revolutionary war, after its conclusion he was sent with a company of men to Kaskaskia in what is now the State of Illinois to operate as a check upon the Indians. While there in a fortification consisting of a number of cabins called block-houses he gave some order to which James Whitecotton, one of his men, took exception and said to some of the men, if he was on equal terms with his Captain, he would whip him certain for that order. The Captain having learned that Whitecotton was chafing under the supposed injury, called his men up and said to Whitecotton - I learn that you take exceptions to my order and resent that you are not on equal term with me so as to obtain satisfaction; Now if the men of this company will pledge me their honor to keep the matter a perfect secret until we shall be mustered out of the service, I will cheerfully lay down my commission long enough to give you the desired satisfaction. Of course the promise of secrecy was quickly given, and the two men weighing each about 145 pounds went easily into the settlement with their fists. Finally the Captain threw Whitecotton, who finding he was overpowered spoke the word "enough" and the affair was ended. From that time forth so long as those men lived,they were the most devoted friends.
Whitecotton was a poor, thriftless man and I knew him to be over 99 years of age. He and his Captain resided more than 30 miles apart, but once a year Whitecotton walked that distance to spend a week or two with his former Captain who was always glad to see him"
*The letter then goes on about more details specific to Capt.Chapline and is signed "Your Obedient Servant, W.B. Harrison".
James Whitecotton served in the "first" Revolutionary War which occurred in the South, this was the Batttle of the Long Bridge fought on December 9, 1775.
James appears on the list of heads of families in Virginia in 1784,living in Hampshire County, there are nine white souls and two dwellings.
"Lest We Forget - History of Washington County, KY Court Records" by O.W.Baylor (1934) contains two references to James.
1) On August 23, 1786 - Peter Tardivieu, Plaintiff, files suit against James Whitecotton (the reason I do not know).
2) On Oct. 12, 1793 - Jas. Whitecotton is charged with being delinquent from Capt. Briscoe's Company. James says he believes him past the age of mandatory service., and produces a witness (Thos. Turnham) who under oath swears he believes James to be over 45. The court sides with James.
**Incidentally, James would NOT have been over 45, at most he was 43 or 44. But in various records James appears to be unsure as to exactly when he was born.
"Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky" compiled by Anderson Chenault Quisenberry (1895), lists James, 91, as pensioned Rev. soldier residingin Marion Co., KY.
James appears on the Company pay roll of September 1, 1777 for Capt. Cleon Moore's Co. of Rgt. of Foot, commanded by Col. William Grayson of the Continental Troops. On this day it marked the commencement of pay to March 17, 1777. He received $1.10 per day; $7 per month. James again appears on the Pay Roll of the same company in January 1778 as a corporal, then it notes that he deserted January 10, 1778.
**In his later pension application James mentions neither Capt.Moore or Col. Grayson is mentioned. Perhaps he forgot the names after so many years, or he remembered deserting. James declared he was honorably discharged about 1778, and then re-enlisted, this would be about the same time as the above record.
Brumbaugh's "Revolutionary War Records" makes a few references to James.On p535 he is referred to as Lieutenant James Whitecotton of the Illinois Regiment under George Rogers Clark. In the pension application for one Lt. John Roberts, Lt. James Whitecotton is mentioned. Lt. Jas. Whitecotton also stated in an affidavit for Lt. Roberts that he [Roberts]was never back in Kentucky after the Clark expedition. He also states heknew the Roberts brothers in Culpeper (possibly a one-time home ofJames), and that he [James] was unmarried in 1782.
If Jas. were unmarried in 1782, it would mean Ruth died two years earlier than we otherwise believe.
In 1847, James filed a claim attempt to obtain a land grant he believed was owed to him from the State of Virginia for his service in the VA troops during the Rev. His claim was rejected.
The following I received from the Scott Co., TN Historical Society. It is an excerpt from a book entitled "Scott County Families", and is the basis for much of the information on James's descendants and tells how the name changed from Whitecotton to Cotton:
"James Whitecotton was born in 1749 [could be 1751] in Virginia. Hewas a Revolutionary Soldier, from Hampshire County, Virginia. He died sometime after May 1844. He moved to Marion County, Ky. His wife's first name was Ruth. Two of their sons are mentioned in Wayne County, Ky records: George Whitecotton who married Susannah Davis in Knox Co., Ky; and Aaron Whitecotton, born 1780 in Virginia, died 1870 in Reynolds Co.,Mo.
Aaron Whitecotton and Nancy Hatfield were married in Wayne Co., Kyon July 2, 1807 by Rev. Richard Barrier. The following note was filled with the marriage record: "This is to certify that I have gave my consent that Aaron Whitecotton shall marry my dauter Nancy and that he may be myson-in-law ---- Joseph X (his mark) Harfield." Witnessed by John Maxwell and George Whitecotton. Nancy was born in 1786 and died in 1870 in Reynolds Co., Mo.
The children of Aaron and Nancy Whitecotton were: Cecilia (1807) m. Wm. Chitwood; Keziah (1808) m. Henry Thompson; Wayne (1810); Elizabeth(?) m. Andrew Chitwood; Isaac (1816) m. Christine Jeffers; Nancy Ann(1821) m. on 15 Nov. 1840 John L. Smith, son of Isaac M. Smith; Sarah(1827); Elvira (1829) m. Wm. Murrill; and Smith (1830) m. Mary AnnBarnes. Cecilia, Keziah, Isaac, Elvira, and Nancy Ann all lived with their families in Reynolds Co., Mo.
Smith Whitecotton was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. His brother Wayne Whitecotton was a Captain on the Union side in the Civil War. He was the first County Clerk for Scott County. He is listed in the 1850 Census of Scott Co., TN with wife Mary (Polly) Solomon Owens(1821-1885). She was the daughter of Solomon Owens. Also listed in thecensus of 1850 and 1860 are children: Celina (1839), Martha (1843), China(1844), Tasmon (1847), French (1849), Walker (1851), Artemy (1854), McAdo(1856). Another child, Walker #2, was born after the first child named Walker died in 1861. The birthdates came from the Bible record held by Nancy Emily Phillips, who was a daughter of Martha W. Cotton and her husband James Phillips and a granddaughter of Wayne W. Cotton. Wayne was the first of the Whitecotton family to start writing his name "W. Cotton"[as an abbreviation]. Most of his children then wrote their names in this way.
Tasmon Burke W. Cotton married on 26 Sept. 1867 Mary Ann Carson,daughter of John Carson II and Jane Elliott Carson. Their children were John W. Cotton, Wayne W. Cotton II; Bradley who died soon after birth,Mary W. Cotton; Nancy who married R. C. West; China W. Cotton who married W. N. West; Emily who married C. H. West; Sarah who married Starling Terry; Rosetta [Rosa] and Josie. These children soon dropped the W. from their names and their children were known as Cotton.
Joseph and Rosa Branim, Sarah and Starling Terry, Polly (Mary)Cotton, Nancy West, R.C. West, China and W.R. West are listed as Cotton heirs when John Carson II's estate was being settled in 1898-99."
The Whitecotton-Cotton entry then goes on to list the descendants of John W. Cotton.
On the 1790 US Census James is living in Hampshire Co., VA. The listing says that James has 9 white souls living in 2 dwellings on the property.
On the 1830 US Census James is living in Washington County, KY (p. 190).There are 3 individuals in the home: 1 male under 5, 1 male 70-80(James), and and 1 female 60-70 (which would be James second wife Hannah). Who the young child is unknown, but presumably a grandchild or great-grandchild.
James Whitecotton applied for and received a Rev. soldier's pension in Mercer County, KY in 1833 at the age of 82 years. Such claims could be applied for after Congress passed the Revolutionary Claim Act June 7,1832. According to his pension file James served a total of 2 years and9 months as a soldier during the Revolution on three separate enlistments.
His first tour of duty began in 1776 when he enlisted as Private in Staunton, Augusta County, VA in Capt. William Fountain's Comp. of Infantry. The company then marched to Charlottesville, VA and joined the Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Woodword, with his Lt. Col. being being Charles Scott. The Regiment then marched to Williamsburg and then to Long Bridge where they engaged the British in the Battle of Long Bridge. The Brits were pushed back to Norfolk where they, with the British Gov. Dummons, boarded ships and fled. The regiment took possession of Norfolk, then marched to Springfield, near Williamsburg, Va, and set up camp. It was in camp that James's tour of duty came to an end, and he was honorably discharged.
In 1778, James enlisted again, this time for a tour of 9 months with Virginia's Illinois Regiment. His recruiter was named Abraham Chaplin,and James enlisted in a place called Shintus [?], near Wheeling (now WV). James was a Private in Capt. Leonard Helms Company. Following the company's formation, they marched to Wheeling and met up with Col. George Rogers Clark. They traveled down the Ohio River to the "falls of Ohio"and estabished a fort [where this is I don't know]. Clark's Regiment then took possession of the fort of Kaskaskia [in IL], where James's tour of duty expired.
He promptly re-enlisted, this time in the Company of Capt. Joseph Bowman in Col. George Rogers Clark's Regiment. On this tour they marched to Fort Vincennes [now in IN] and took possession of the fort, making prisoners of the British troops there and the British Gov. Hamilton.
A statement to the effect of the above was read in the Mercer Co., Ky Court on May 6, 1833. A statement from the US War Department on June 6, 1833 attests to the service record of James Whitecotton. Then, on papers dated Oct. 21, 1833, James was granted a pension of $70 per year.He received pension funds in arrears to March 4, 1831, making his first payment $210.
The 1840 US Census lists James and family living in Marion Co., KY (p.313). Those listed: 1 male Under 5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 90-100(James), 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30, and 1 female 70-80. The female in her 70s would be James's wife, but I do not yet know of any marriages after Ruth. The others are likely grandchildren and great-children, but who is unknown. Two people in the home are working in agriculture (which if James is one is pretty impressive for a man of his age). James is always named as a pensioned Rev. War soldier.
The "Draper Manuscripts" include the following letter from W.B. Harrison regarding his grandfather Maj. Abraham Chapline. It is dated Aug. 14,1884, and I quote a portion of it.
"L.C. Draper August 14, 1884
I beg your pardon for so great a delay in answering your letter and offering you my thanks for your book. My information in regard to Grandfather Abraham Chapline is quite meager owing to the fact that my mother died when I was but one year old and father was murdered when I was less than ten years of age and I was raised by my paternal grandparents 30 odd miles from my Chapline relations.
Thomas G. Harrison, my paternal grandfather, was one of the first settlers in Ky and served many years in both branches of the Ky Legislature with Capt. Chapline. From them I learned the few incidents I am about to write.
Edmund Rogers and A. Chapline were intimate friends and after the close of the revolutionary war were jointly engaged in surveying and locating vacant lands for themselves and others. Most of their surveys were in the South western part of the State which was then uninhabited by the whites.
While engaged in the exploration of that wilderness, grandfather and one or two comrades established hunting camp in what is now Marion County. They in the course of a few days hunt killed some deer and carried their hides to camp. The weather being warm, in order to protect their hides from the flies they sunk in a pool of water near the camp.Sometime after when the hunters were asleep a number of wolves gathered about the pool and made a noise that awakened grandfathers comrade, who without informing went to the place where the wolves gathered about the pool and made a noise that awakened grandfather's comrade, who without imforming went to the place where the wolves were and drove them away;and was returning to camp when he tramped upon a stick that broke, and startled grandfather who sprang to his feet while still half asleep and seized his gun and fired under the belief he was shooting an Indian; but the fatal shot killed his associate who only lingered a short time. This sad occurance was one of the most trying events of his life that had been exposed a thousand hardships and dangers. And although distinguished for dauntless courage and wonderful fortitude, he was so depressed in spirits that his new friends with whom he talked about it apprehended he would lose his mind; but in process of time he regained his former composure.Still that subject was to him so painful, it is believed, he never mentioned it to any member of his numerous family.
Having been a Captain in the revolutionary war, after its conclusion he was sent with a company of men to Kaskaskia in what is now the State of Illinois to operate as a check upon the Indians. While there in a fortification consisting of a number of cabins called block-houses he gave some order to which James Whitecotton, one of his men, took exception and said to some of the men, if he was on equal terms with his Captain, he would whip him certain for that order. The Captain having learned that Whitecotton was chafing under the supposed injury, called his men up and said to Whitecotton - I learn that you take exceptions to my order and resent that you are not on equal term with me so as to obtain satisfaction; Now if the men of this company will pledge me their honor to keep the matter a perfect secret until we shall be mustered out of the service, I will cheerfully lay down my commission long enough to give you the desired satisfaction. Of course the promise of secrecy was quickly given, and the two men weighing each about 145 pounds went easily into the settlement with their fists. Finally the Captain threw Whitecotton, who finding he was overpowered spoke the word "enough" and the affair was ended. From that time forth so long as those men lived,they were the most devoted friends.
Whitecotton was a poor, thriftless man and I knew him to be over 99 years of age. He and his Captain resided more than 30 miles apart, but once a year Whitecotton walked that distance to spend a week or two with his former Captain who was always glad to see him"
*The letter then goes on about more details specific to Capt.Chapline and is signed "Your Obedient Servant, W.B. Harrison".
James Whitecotton served in the "first" Revolutionary War which occurred in the South, this was the Batttle of the Long Bridge fought on December 9, 1775.
James appears on the list of heads of families in Virginia in 1784,living in Hampshire County, there are nine white souls and two dwellings.
"Lest We Forget - History of Washington County, KY Court Records" by O.W.Baylor (1934) contains two references to James.
1) On August 23, 1786 - Peter Tardivieu, Plaintiff, files suit against James Whitecotton (the reason I do not know).
2) On Oct. 12, 1793 - Jas. Whitecotton is charged with being delinquent from Capt. Briscoe's Company. James says he believes him past the age of mandatory service., and produces a witness (Thos. Turnham) who under oath swears he believes James to be over 45. The court sides with James.
**Incidentally, James would NOT have been over 45, at most he was 43 or 44. But in various records James appears to be unsure as to exactly when he was born.
"Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky" compiled by Anderson Chenault Quisenberry (1895), lists James, 91, as pensioned Rev. soldier residingin Marion Co., KY.
James appears on the Company pay roll of September 1, 1777 for Capt. Cleon Moore's Co. of Rgt. of Foot, commanded by Col. William Grayson of the Continental Troops. On this day it marked the commencement of pay to March 17, 1777. He received $1.10 per day; $7 per month. James again appears on the Pay Roll of the same company in January 1778 as a corporal, then it notes that he deserted January 10, 1778.
**In his later pension application James mentions neither Capt.Moore or Col. Grayson is mentioned. Perhaps he forgot the names after so many years, or he remembered deserting. James declared he was honorably discharged about 1778, and then re-enlisted, this would be about the same time as the above record.
Brumbaugh's "Revolutionary War Records" makes a few references to James.On p535 he is referred to as Lieutenant James Whitecotton of the Illinois Regiment under George Rogers Clark. In the pension application for one Lt. John Roberts, Lt. James Whitecotton is mentioned. Lt. Jas. Whitecotton also stated in an affidavit for Lt. Roberts that he [Roberts]was never back in Kentucky after the Clark expedition. He also states heknew the Roberts brothers in Culpeper (possibly a one-time home ofJames), and that he [James] was unmarried in 1782.
If Jas. were unmarried in 1782, it would mean Ruth died two years earlier than we otherwise believe.
In 1847, James filed a claim attempt to obtain a land grant he believed was owed to him from the State of Virginia for his service in the VA troops during the Rev. His claim was rejected.
Events
| Birth | 14 Mar 1749 or 14 Mar 1750 | Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1770 | Virginia - Ruth Newton Hudspeth | |||
| Death | 7 Jun 1849 | Pleasant Run, Marion, Kentucky | |||
| Marriage | |||||
| Reference No | 2143 | ||||
| Burial | Washington County, Kentucky | ||||
| Military | Pvt. in Continental Line, Virginia State Troops in the American Revolutionary War & Virginia's Illinois Rgt. |
Families
| Spouse | Ruth Newton Hudspeth (1750 - 1784) |
| Child | Lydia Whitecotton (1770 - ) |
| Child | George Whitecotton (1771 - ) |
| Child | Frances Whitecotton (1772 - ) |
| Child | Isaac Newton Whitecotton (1775 - 1835) |
| Child | John George Whitecotton (1775 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Whitecotton (1776 - ) |
| Child | Moses Whitecotton (1777 - 1849) |
| Child | Aaron Whitecotton (1780 - 1870) |
| Father | George Whitecotton Jr. (1729 - 1768) |
| Mother | Mary Harris (1729 - ) |
| Sibling | Axton Whitecotton (1741 - 1832) |
| Sibling | Mealey Whitecotton (1752 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Whitecotton (1758 - ) |
| Sibling | George Whitecotton III (1763 - ) |
| Sibling | Harris Whitecotton (1769 - 1803) |