John Cottrell / Elizabeth Akerts


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	Family Sheet HUSBAND Name: John CottrellMale ^[1] Note Born: 17531753-1-1 at VAVA ^[2] Married: 4 Feb 17891789-2-4 at Harrison Co., W VirginiaHarrison Co., W Virginia Died: 9 Jul 18501850-7-9 at Barbour Co., WVBarbour Co., WV ^[4] Father: Andrew Cottrill Mother: Nancy Moor WIFE Name: Elizabeth Akerts ^[5] Born: 1763 at VA ^[6] Died: Father: Frederick Akerts Mother: Unknown CHILDREN Name: Watson Cottrell Born: 1798 Died: 1873 at Lake County, Indiana Wife: Sarah Greathouse Name: Elias Cottrell Born: 1798 Died: 1913 Wife: Heyley Greathouse Name: Jackson Cottrell Born: 1800 Died: Bef 1825 Name: Elisha Cottrell Born: 1806 at VA Died: 1893 Wife: Elizabeth Patton Name: Mary Elizabeth Cottrell Born: 1807 Died: Husband: Benjamin Davisson Name: John G. Cottrell Born: 1808 Died: Abt 1880 Wife: Tabitha Buckalew Name: William Cottrell Born: 1812 Died: Wife: Mary Greathouse Name: Barbara Cottrell Born: 1813 Died: Husband: Alexander Reed SOURCES 1). 1735328.ged Compiled by James Miracle 2). 1735328.ged Compiled by James Miracle 4). 1735328.ged Compiled by James Miracle 5). 1735328.ged Compiled by James Miracle 6). 1735328.ged Compiled by James Miracle NOTES 1). 1735328.ged VARNER8.30.01.FTW FROM WEST VIRGINIANS IN THE REVOLUTION PG 73 COTTROLL, JOHN SERVICE VIRGINIA VA. NO. 19376 NOO. S 39597 ENLISTED, 1779, AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN MAKING HIM BORN IN 1763 , IN HAMPSHIRE CO., .....CAPT WILLIAM JOHNSON S..................................... ..............................AND WAS AT THE CAPTURE OF.......................................... THE BRITISH ARMY AT YORKTOWN, HAVING SERVED THREE YEARS AND NINE MONTHS. SOLDIER APPLIED FOR PENSION, HARRISON CO., JAN 17, 1825. CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED SAME YEAR BUT WAS LATER DROPPED AND THER IS NO EVIDENCE FOUND OF ITS RESTORATION. SOLDIER DIED JULY 9, 1850, WIDOW WAS AGED FIFTY TWO IN 1825. THIER CHILDREN WERE JOHN, SEVENTEEN, POLLY, EIGHTEEN, ELISHA, FOURTEEN, BARBARA, TWELVE, WILLIAM, TEN. SUPPORTING AFFIDAVITS FILED BY RICHARD COTTRILL, NANCY WILLIAMS, ..................ELIAS COTTRILL,.......................................... THIS INFORMATION CORRESPONDS WITH THE ACCOUNT OF THE COTTRILL FAMILY GIVEN IN THE HISTORY OF DODDRIDGE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA PG 111, WRITTEN BY JACOB C. COTTRILL. HE STATES THAT HIS GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER, JOHN COTTRILL WAS BORN IN 1763, HE SERVED IN THE REVOLUTION IN COL. WASHINGTON S CAVALRY, SERVED 1777 1778 WITH CAPT WILLIAM JOHNSTON S VIRGINIA CO, HE WAS DISCHARGED AT YORKTOWN AFTER PARTICIPATING IN CORNWALLIS SURRENDER If you want me to let you know when I change the website, please signup here (no more then once a quarter!)

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