Cotton DNA Project

FAMILY 7B

1 John Cotton, b. 1660/70, Virginia, d. 1728, Bertie Co., NC
...+ Martha Godwin
.....2 Alexander Spotswood Cotton, b. Sept. 4, 1710, Nansemond Co., VA, d. 1764, Hertford Co., NC
........+ Elizabeth West
..........3 Cyrus Cotton, b. 1747, Bertie Co., NC, d. 1787, Rowan Co., NC
.............+ Amelia
...............4 Peter Cotton, b. 1781, Rowan Co., NC, d. in Talladega Co., AL
..................+ Mary Ford
....................5 Sarah Cotton, b. Oct. 1839, Talladega Co., AL
.......................+ George Paris Plowman
.........................6 Braxton Bragg Cotton, b. Oct. 25, 1861, Alabama, d. June 23, 1914, Talladega Co., AL
............................+ Almenia
..............................7 Leonard Ben Cotton, b. June 13, 1906, Alabama, d. Oct. 1981, Blount Co., AL
.................................+ Nora Lee Chamless
...................................8 JERRY DEAN COTTON, b. Oct. 9, 1934, St. Clair Co., AL, d. Dec. 8, 2016, Mobile Co., AL
......................................+ Dewilla Faye Adamson
...................................8 JAMES BRAXTON COTTON, b. Oct. 26, 1945, Calhoun Co., AL
......................................+ Catherine Charlene Brown

The paper trail for this family connects through a female heir to family 7. It also indicates that this family should be the same line as family 7c, but the DNA results do not match. One of the two families cannot be descended from George Plowman. Further research and testing will be required to determine which.