Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Joseph Cotton (b. circa 1785 - d. 1849)
MSA SC 5496-51540

Free Black Property Owner
Bigwoods, Kent County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources-

KENT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records),  Division of Joseph Cotton’s Real Estate, 1855-1856, MSA CE 57-4, JFG Liber 3, Folio 361.

KENT COUNTY COURT (Land Records), Joseph Cotton to M.E Trustees, 1844-1846, MSA CE 118-51, JNG Liber 10, Folio 398.

KENT COUNTY COURT (Chattel Records), Hugh Wallis of Joseph Cotton, 1829-1832, MSA C1035-15, JNG Liber1, Folio.284

KENT COUNTY COURT (Chattel Records), Hugh Wallis to Joseph Cotton, 1829-1832, MSA C1035-15, JNG Liber1, Folio.286.

KENT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Estate Papers), 1749-1940, T4834, Box 11, Isaac Caulk, Land Sketch, Baltimore State Archives.

KENT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Estate Papers), T4834, Box 15, Joseph Cotton, Last Will and Testament, Baltimore City Archives.

U.S CENSUS BUREAU, (Census Record, MD) Joseph Cotton, 1830, p.425, SCM 69-63, MSA SM 61-92

U.S CENSUS BUREAU, (Census Record, MD) Joseph Cotton, 1840, p.162, SCM 4721-2, MSA SM 61-112.


 

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