Reverend Smith Cotton^[1]

1767 - 1856  (89 years)

• Name	Smith Cotton
  Title	Reverend
  Birth	27 Jan 1767	VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Mar 1856	Harris County GA
  Burial	Harris County GA
  Person ID	I215	Georgia Revolutionary War Graves
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2014

  
  

• Headstones

  Cotton, Smith 32 47.783 N 85 3.091 W

  
  

• Notes

  His father was William Cotton (1735-1788); and his father was William (1694-1740); and his father was Walter (1643-c1715) born in England & died Surry or Prince George Co., VA; and his father was William of Woolverhampton, Stafford, England (c1610-c1670). Cotton was an Ensign and Color Bearer in the 3rd SC Militia Regiment. Smith married Martha Gee Gary (1773-1835) d/o Wm. Gary, a Rev.Soldier, and his wife, Boyce Gee. They moved to Newberry, S.C. about 1790 & to Hancock Co., GA about 1798, where Smith established the first Methodist church in the county. They moved to Putnam Co., GA about 1812 and to Harris Co., GA about 1830, where Smith died in 1856 due to a fall from his horse. Headstone Inscription: "Smith Cotton Born Jan. 27, 1767 Died March 18, 1856. 88 years, one month, 21 days. Having been a member of the Methodist Church about seventy years." Children: William Gee Cotton (1790 - 1878) Stephen Gary Cotton (1802 - 1881) J. G. Cotton (1806 - 1866) The Coweta Falls Chapter GA Society Sons of the American Revolution marked the grave with a bronze SAR lug marker on 18 May 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S39] Helen Barfiled, Harris County GA.