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