Elisha COTTINGHAM Sr.
M, b. circa 1755
Elisha COTTINGHAM Sr. was born circa 1755 in Maryland or Virginia, son of Charles COTTINGHAM. He is a descendant of George Cottingham (1615-1645) who arrived in Accomack, Virginia from London aboard the "Primrose".
Elisha COTTINGHAM Sr. appeared as head of household on a census enumerated between 1784 and 1787 in Richmond County, North Carolina. He was unmarried at the time. He remained there through the 1790 Census then moved to Tennessee sometime before 1795 when his youngest daughter was born.The name of his wife is a mystery but he had at least seven children who came with him or followed him to Alabama: Rebecca Elizabeth (Cottingham) Hallmark, Sarah S. (Cottingham) Wilson, Margaret (Cottingham) Sinclair, John H. Cottingham, Charles Cottingham, William Cottingham, and Elisha Cottingham, Jr.
Elisha COTTINGHAM Sr. moved from Richmond county, North Carolina to Tennessee before 1795 where his youngest daughter was born. In 1798 he appeard on a tax list in Montgomery county, Tennessee.
In 1806 Elisha's name is found on petitions to the Tennessee Legislature from Montgomery and Humphries counties. By 1817 he was in Alabama. His name is on a petition to Congress by inhabitants of Montgomery County, Alabama signed 29 Dec 1817. It included the names of Elisha and his three sons William, Elisha, Jr. and John Cottingham. Elisha and his sons settled along Cottingham Creek near Six Mile in Bibb County, Alabama.
Elisha COTTINGHAM Sr., Elisha COTTINGHAM Jr., John H. COTTINGHAM, Rev. William COTTINGHAM and Mordecai LEWIS moved from Tennessee to Montgomery County, Alabama Territory, by 29 December 1817. They signed a petition to Congress on that date stating "your petitioners humbly Shewth that we have emmegrated from different parts of the union and Settled our Selves in the poor Broken & remote parts of the Alabama Teritory Montgomery County being generally of the poorer Class we doubted Success in Setling in the richer Soil below. wee pray that you would devise a plan in your wisdom that we might obtain a preference for a time prescribed by you to pay the Stipulated price as its generally belived the lands aluded too will never be sectioned by government & your petitioners will ever pray." Signed: Thomas Cash, Elisha Cottingham, Thomas Rayfield, Mordica Lewis, Adam Wilson, William Cottingham, Elisha Cottingham Junior, John Cottingham, James Hallmark, William Burckhalter, Evan Gaskill, John Blake, William Tabor, William Armstrong, Gref Johnson, Thos Hargiss, James W. Henderson, John J. Henderson, James Johnson, and William W. Capshaw. Note that Montgomey County was created 6 Dec 1816 by the Mississippi Territorial Legislature and covered much of central Alabama including present day Bibb County.1
Elisha COTTINGHAM Sr. appeared as head of household on a census enumerated between 1784 and 1787 in Richmond County, North Carolina. He was unmarried at the time. He remained there through the 1790 Census then moved to Tennessee sometime before 1795 when his youngest daughter was born.The name of his wife is a mystery but he had at least seven children who came with him or followed him to Alabama: Rebecca Elizabeth (Cottingham) Hallmark, Sarah S. (Cottingham) Wilson, Margaret (Cottingham) Sinclair, John H. Cottingham, Charles Cottingham, William Cottingham, and Elisha Cottingham, Jr.
Elisha COTTINGHAM Sr. moved from Richmond county, North Carolina to Tennessee before 1795 where his youngest daughter was born. In 1798 he appeard on a tax list in Montgomery county, Tennessee.
In 1806 Elisha's name is found on petitions to the Tennessee Legislature from Montgomery and Humphries counties. By 1817 he was in Alabama. His name is on a petition to Congress by inhabitants of Montgomery County, Alabama signed 29 Dec 1817. It included the names of Elisha and his three sons William, Elisha, Jr. and John Cottingham. Elisha and his sons settled along Cottingham Creek near Six Mile in Bibb County, Alabama.
Elisha COTTINGHAM Sr., Elisha COTTINGHAM Jr., John H. COTTINGHAM, Rev. William COTTINGHAM and Mordecai LEWIS moved from Tennessee to Montgomery County, Alabama Territory, by 29 December 1817. They signed a petition to Congress on that date stating "your petitioners humbly Shewth that we have emmegrated from different parts of the union and Settled our Selves in the poor Broken & remote parts of the Alabama Teritory Montgomery County being generally of the poorer Class we doubted Success in Setling in the richer Soil below. wee pray that you would devise a plan in your wisdom that we might obtain a preference for a time prescribed by you to pay the Stipulated price as its generally belived the lands aluded too will never be sectioned by government & your petitioners will ever pray." Signed: Thomas Cash, Elisha Cottingham, Thomas Rayfield, Mordica Lewis, Adam Wilson, William Cottingham, Elisha Cottingham Junior, John Cottingham, James Hallmark, William Burckhalter, Evan Gaskill, John Blake, William Tabor, William Armstrong, Gref Johnson, Thos Hargiss, James W. Henderson, John J. Henderson, James Johnson, and William W. Capshaw. Note that Montgomey County was created 6 Dec 1816 by the Mississippi Territorial Legislature and covered much of central Alabama including present day Bibb County.1
Last Edited=1 Jun 2019
Children of Elisha COTTINGHAM Sr.
- Charles COTTINGHAM b. 1790
- John H. COTTINGHAM+ b. 1792, d. Jan 1862
- Elisha COTTINGHAM Jr.+ b. c 1793, d. 10 Nov 1870
- Rev. William COTTINGHAM+ b. 1795
Citations
- [S914] Clarence Edwin Carter, U. S. Territorial Papers, pg. 225 - 226.
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