Individual Details
Moses Whitecotton
(7 Jul 1777 - 26 Jun 1849)
Notes imported from GEDCOM:
Moses was a very colorful character. "The History of Madison County"(IN or KY?) records that he was an eccentric man who preferred poetry toprose. He was one of the first Justices of the Peace in Fall Creek andapparently enjoyed keeping his court docket in rhyme, which would beinteresting to read if the old records had not disappeared. An exampleof his use of poetry is from an appeal Moses sent to a neighbor namedJohn Rogers when his stock of provisions was running low�
My family is sick, with nothing to eat,
I pray you the loan of 2 bushels of wheat;
This favor, if granted, shall ne'er be forgotten
as long as my name is Moses Whitecotton
Rogers, of course, assisted his neighbor and Moses then wrote back�
One day after this date I promise to pay
to old John Rogers, without delay,
one hundred weight of hemp when I make it and break it,
one dollar I shall not deny;
Witness my name this 4th of July.
Moses Whitecotton
One of Moses's poems helps to establish his birthday and we also learn abit about his mother, Ruth Whitecotton.
In 1777 on the 7th month, July
on the 7th day
of the week and month
into the world came I,
The seventh child my mother had
but not the 7th son;
At 7 years old my mother died
Then through world I run
Then ten times 7 the King of Heaven
has granted years to me;
Now I must go unto my grave
it will not come to me.
Moses was a schoolteacher by profession and served as a preacher aswell. He is said to have died while traveling in a wagon in Indiana andwas buried about 6miles south of Greensburg, Ind. In Rush County in aroadside grave 100-200 yards from a creek.
Moses was a very colorful character. "The History of Madison County"(IN or KY?) records that he was an eccentric man who preferred poetry toprose. He was one of the first Justices of the Peace in Fall Creek andapparently enjoyed keeping his court docket in rhyme, which would beinteresting to read if the old records had not disappeared. An exampleof his use of poetry is from an appeal Moses sent to a neighbor namedJohn Rogers when his stock of provisions was running low�
My family is sick, with nothing to eat,
I pray you the loan of 2 bushels of wheat;
This favor, if granted, shall ne'er be forgotten
as long as my name is Moses Whitecotton
Rogers, of course, assisted his neighbor and Moses then wrote back�
One day after this date I promise to pay
to old John Rogers, without delay,
one hundred weight of hemp when I make it and break it,
one dollar I shall not deny;
Witness my name this 4th of July.
Moses Whitecotton
One of Moses's poems helps to establish his birthday and we also learn abit about his mother, Ruth Whitecotton.
In 1777 on the 7th month, July
on the 7th day
of the week and month
into the world came I,
The seventh child my mother had
but not the 7th son;
At 7 years old my mother died
Then through world I run
Then ten times 7 the King of Heaven
has granted years to me;
Now I must go unto my grave
it will not come to me.
Moses was a schoolteacher by profession and served as a preacher aswell. He is said to have died while traveling in a wagon in Indiana andwas buried about 6miles south of Greensburg, Ind. In Rush County in aroadside grave 100-200 yards from a creek.
Events
| Birth | 7 Jul 1777 | Sequatchy Valley, Hampshire, Virginia | |||
| Divorce | Abt 1804 | ||||
| Marriage | Abt 1806 | ||||
| Death | 26 Jun 1849 | Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana | |||
| Marriage | |||||
| Divorce | |||||
| Reference No | 3860 |
Families
| Father | James Whitecotton Lt. (1749 - ) |
| Mother | Ruth Newton Hudspeth (1750 - 1784) |
| Sibling | Lydia Whitecotton (1770 - ) |
| Sibling | George Whitecotton (1771 - ) |
| Sibling | Frances Whitecotton (1772 - ) |
| Sibling | Isaac Newton Whitecotton (1775 - 1835) |
| Sibling | John George Whitecotton (1775 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Whitecotton (1776 - ) |
| Sibling | Aaron Whitecotton (1780 - 1870) |