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The marriage bond for Sarah Dorsey and Edmond Cotton is dated 8 December 1797 in Nelson County, Kentucky; Charles Dorsey granting permission for Sarah to marry (Note: Charles does not state his relationship to Sarah). [1] Buried Eli H. Brown Farm Cemetery, Bloomfield, Nelson County Kentucky.[2]
Sarah Dorsey and Edmund Cotton are recorded as the parents of Robert Greenberry Cotton in the book "History of Perry County": "His mother [Sallie Dorsey] belonged to one of Maryland's finest families... one amongst her notable ancestry, it is due to say that Nicholas Greenberry, whose name her son worthily carried.... became a leader in the royal province [of Maryland]..."[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Nelson, Kentucky, United States records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-Y63Q-N1?view=index : Dec 27, 2024), image 679 of 1207; Kentucky. County Court (Nelson County). Link to image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-Y63Q-N1?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AV5ZD-Z3Z&action=view&cc=1804888
- ↑ FindaGrave Memorial #121999376, Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121999376/sarah-cotton?_gl=1*1587qi8*_gcl_au*MTI0MzI3MTM1Ny4xNzM0OTExMjYy*_ga*NDIyNzU4MDYxLjE3MzQ5MTEzMDQ.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*NjY1NWI3OTEtMjc4Ni00ZGQ3LThkZGYtMmNmZmVmZjg4NDYxLjUuMS4xNzM1MzE2Nzg4LjU4LjAuMA..*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*NjY1NWI3OTEtMjc4Ni00ZGQ3LThkZGYtMmNmZmVmZjg4NDYxLjUuMS4xNzM1MzE2Nzg4LjAuMC4w
- ↑ De La Hunt, Thomas James. Perry County a History. Indianapolis: W.K. Stewart Co., pub 1916, p 34. Link: https://archive.org/details/perrycountyhisto6159dela/page/34/mode/2up
Acknowledgements
- Dorsey-1477 was created by Raymond Eugene Adkins Jr. (1949-2018)