Mary Jane (Cotton) Brown (1770 - 1823)

Born 27 Jan 1770 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Johnston Brown — married 28 Apr 1789 in Nelson, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Oct 1823 at age 53 in Switzerland, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Mollie (Cotton) Brown was a Virginia colonist.

Mollie (Cotton) Brown was an early pioneer in the Indiana Territory.

Mary Jane (Cotton) Brown was born on January 27, 1770 or 1772 in Loudon County, Virginia. Her parents were Ralph Cotton (~1742 - 1817) and Elizabeth (Kitchen) Cotton (~1742 - 1832).

Her brother was (1776 - 1839).

Mary married Johnston Brown (1772 - 1869) on January 13, 1795 in Nelson County, Kentucky.

In the 1820 census Mary was in Craig, Switzerland, Indiana, United States.^[1]

Their son was Samuel Brown (~1796 - 1885).

Mary died on October 12, 1823 in Switzerland, Indiana, United States aged 53. She is buried in Cotton Cemetery Mount Sterling, Indiana.^[2]

Research Notes

Mary's calculated year of birth, based on the inscription on her grave marker, would be 1770. However, according to the following, her year of birth was 1772.

Cotton-Talbot Bible Records from Old Family Bible of the Cotton Family. Ralph Cotton, son of John Ralph Cotton, born 10 January 1752 married Elizabeth, daughter of William Kitchen, Loudon County, Virginia. ^[3] Children:

1. Henry born 4 September 1763.
2. Susannah, born 14 February 1765.
3. Peggy born 4 August 1767.
4. Jemima born 8 August 1769.
5. Mary Jane born 27 January 1772.
6. John born 12 February 1774.
7. William born 13 March 1776.
8. Sarah born 10 May 1778.
9. Nathaniel born 7 April 1783.
10. Ralph born 17 January 1786
11. Robert born 4 September 1788.

Sources

1. ↑ 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
   Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Craig, Switzerland, Indiana; Page: 166; NARA Roll: M33_14; Image: 254
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #1367018 (accessed 29 October 2023)
   Johnson Brown in Craig, Switzerland, Indiana, USA.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 30 October 2020), memorial page for Mary Jane “Mollie” Cotton Brown (1770–12 Oct 1823), Find A Grave: Memorial #79238829, citing Cotton Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Switzerland County, Indiana, USA
3. ↑ "Virginia, U.S., Extracted Vital Records, 1660-1923," Virginia Vital Records, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image, Jemima Cotton. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61462/images/vavitalrecords-000890-657?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.43369581.972791320.1628612868-484548153.1612400680&pId=13101Virginia, U.S., Extracted Vital Records, 1660-1923Citation: Source Virginia Vital Records; Indexed by: Judith McGhan

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 18 August 2020, 00:56), entry for Mary Jane Cotton(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GWMN-XHF); contributed by various users.