Born in Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Caleb Joshua Cotton
and Nancy (Meredith) Cotton
Sister of
Margaret Louisa Cotton and Peninah Shropshire (Cotton) Wood
Wife of
John Randolph Scott Jr
— married
1825 in Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
James Meredith Scott, John I Scott, Joseph B Scott, Morgan Jackson Scott, George W. Scott, Mariah Tabitha (Scott) McFarland, Mary Scott, Angelina S. Scott, Cornelius Scott, Noah Scott, Benjamin Franklin Scott and Missouri Harris Scott
Died
at age 88
in Texas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 7 May 2014
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Biography
Elizabeth Meredith Cotton was born on 26 March 1808, in Tennessee, United States. Her parents were Caleb Cotton, Nancy Meredith, was 24.
She married Chief Justice John Randolph Scott about 1825, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of over a dozen children.
Elizabeth lived in Burnet, Texas, United States in 1860 and Justice Precinct 3, Burnet, Texas, United States for about 10 years.
Elizabeth Meredith (Cotton) Scott passed away 26 April 1896, in Bertram, Burnet, Texas, United States, at the age of 88. She was buried in Oatmeal Cemetery, Oatmeal, Burnet, Texas, United States.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Rose (Moore) Landers 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SG7587050 [compare]
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~3.12%
~12.50%
John Mergendoller :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Ryan Kinser :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rkinser81
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Mariann Landers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DJ2051854 [compare], Ancestry member mikelanders01
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