SYLVANUS COTTLE probably came to Texas around 1827, with his father Stephen Cottle and mother Sarah Turner, all members of Stephen F. Austin's Colony. There is not a lot known about Sylvanus, but it seems he was born in 1820, Troy, Lincoln, Missouri. He had six siblings, that lived to maturity.
If the date of his birth is correct, he was a very young soldier on April 21, 1836, when the Battle of San Jacinto took place. Private Cottle was attached that day to Captain Joseph Bell Chance's Company of "Washington Guards", part of the Rear Guard opposite Harrisburg. This was a very important support group to General Sam Houston's Army.
According to the 1850 Census, it appears Sylvanus was living with his younger brother, Zebulon Pike Cottle's family in Bastrop, Texas. The Census was dated the 1st day of November and according to a family web site, it seems he died on November 30th of the same month. Sadly the Cottle Cemetery in Alum Creek, Bastrop, Texas has been destroyed, and lost.
Robert "Scott" Patrick
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From the Texas Handbook Online:
COTTLE---Isaac and Jonathan Cottle were sons of Syvanus and Louisa Powers Cottle of MO. Isaac Cottle married Mary Ann Williams. Before coming to TX, he placed a notice in an MO newspaper announcing that he would not be responsible for his wife's debts since she had left his bed and board. However, they came to TX where he put his land in his wife's maiden name, "not by any duress, but for the great love I have for my wife and children." Mary Ann Williams was not only the sister of an Allam (Allumbe) B. Williams, but also daughter of Allumbe Williams, father to both of them. She also had brothers Jobe, John, James, Levi, Leven and Joshua, and sisters Sarah and Elizabeth. Isaac and Mary Ann Cottle had at least four daughters and one son. Olivia married H.H. Brockman; Delilah married John Z. Headstream; Eliza m. George Washington Cottle (her cousin), then James Gibson, third James Bird, and fourth John Z. Headstream; and son Lorenzo D. Cottle. Isaac left his family in TX and returned to MO where he died about 1835. Wife Mary Ann Williams Cottle died in Beaumont in 1840. Jonathan and Margaret Cottle came to TX from MO in 1829 with three children, George Washington (m. cousin Eliza Cottle), Louisa (m. Thomas J. Jackson who died in the Alamo, then James B. Hinds) and Almond Cottle (b. Lincoln Co, MO), who never married and died in 1840. Almond Cottle was syndico procurador of the Gonzales Ayuntamiento of 1833. Jonathan Cottle died in Columbia, Brazoria Co in 1837. Aurale Huff and extract of "Family 134", p. 263 by June Short Chalon in Gonzales County History (Gonzales County Historical Commission).
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If the date of his birth is correct, he was a very young soldier on April 21, 1836, when the Battle of San Jacinto took place. Private Cottle was attached that day to Captain Joseph Bell Chance's Company of "Washington Guards", part of the Rear Guard opposite Harrisburg. This was a very important support group to General Sam Houston's Army.
According to the 1850 Census, it appears Sylvanus was living with his younger brother, Zebulon Pike Cottle's family in Bastrop, Texas. The Census was dated the 1st day of November and according to a family web site, it seems he died on November 30th of the same month. Sadly the Cottle Cemetery in Alum Creek, Bastrop, Texas has been destroyed, and lost.
Robert "Scott" Patrick
SRT, SCV, SJD, HOSBD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~O~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the Texas Handbook Online:
COTTLE---Isaac and Jonathan Cottle were sons of Syvanus and Louisa Powers Cottle of MO. Isaac Cottle married Mary Ann Williams. Before coming to TX, he placed a notice in an MO newspaper announcing that he would not be responsible for his wife's debts since she had left his bed and board. However, they came to TX where he put his land in his wife's maiden name, "not by any duress, but for the great love I have for my wife and children." Mary Ann Williams was not only the sister of an Allam (Allumbe) B. Williams, but also daughter of Allumbe Williams, father to both of them. She also had brothers Jobe, John, James, Levi, Leven and Joshua, and sisters Sarah and Elizabeth. Isaac and Mary Ann Cottle had at least four daughters and one son. Olivia married H.H. Brockman; Delilah married John Z. Headstream; Eliza m. George Washington Cottle (her cousin), then James Gibson, third James Bird, and fourth John Z. Headstream; and son Lorenzo D. Cottle. Isaac left his family in TX and returned to MO where he died about 1835. Wife Mary Ann Williams Cottle died in Beaumont in 1840. Jonathan and Margaret Cottle came to TX from MO in 1829 with three children, George Washington (m. cousin Eliza Cottle), Louisa (m. Thomas J. Jackson who died in the Alamo, then James B. Hinds) and Almond Cottle (b. Lincoln Co, MO), who never married and died in 1840. Almond Cottle was syndico procurador of the Gonzales Ayuntamiento of 1833. Jonathan Cottle died in Columbia, Brazoria Co in 1837. Aurale Huff and extract of "Family 134", p. 263 by June Short Chalon in Gonzales County History (Gonzales County Historical Commission).
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SYLVANUS COTTLE probably came to Texas around 1827, with his father Stephen Cottle and mother Sarah Turner, all members of Stephen F. Austin's Colony. There is not a lot known about Sylvanus, but it seems he was born in 1820, Troy, Lincoln, Missouri. He had six siblings, that lived to maturity.
If the date of his birth is correct, he was a very young soldier on April 21, 1836, when the Battle of San Jacinto took place. Private Cottle was attached that day to Captain Joseph Bell Chance's Company of "Washington Guards", part of the Rear Guard opposite Harrisburg. This was a very important support group to General Sam Houston's Army.
According to the 1850 Census, it appears Sylvanus was living with his younger brother, Zebulon Pike Cottle's family in Bastrop, Texas. The Census was dated the 1st day of November and according to a family web site, it seems he died on November 30th of the same month. Sadly the Cottle Cemetery in Alum Creek, Bastrop, Texas has been destroyed, and lost.
Robert "Scott" Patrick
SRT, SCV, SJD, HOSBD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~O~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the Texas Handbook Online:
COTTLE---Isaac and Jonathan Cottle were sons of Syvanus and Louisa Powers Cottle of MO. Isaac Cottle married Mary Ann Williams. Before coming to TX, he placed a notice in an MO newspaper announcing that he would not be responsible for his wife's debts since she had left his bed and board. However, they came to TX where he put his land in his wife's maiden name, "not by any duress, but for the great love I have for my wife and children." Mary Ann Williams was not only the sister of an Allam (Allumbe) B. Williams, but also daughter of Allumbe Williams, father to both of them. She also had brothers Jobe, John, James, Levi, Leven and Joshua, and sisters Sarah and Elizabeth. Isaac and Mary Ann Cottle had at least four daughters and one son. Olivia married H.H. Brockman; Delilah married John Z. Headstream; Eliza m. George Washington Cottle (her cousin), then James Gibson, third James Bird, and fourth John Z. Headstream; and son Lorenzo D. Cottle. Isaac left his family in TX and returned to MO where he died about 1835. Wife Mary Ann Williams Cottle died in Beaumont in 1840. Jonathan and Margaret Cottle came to TX from MO in 1829 with three children, George Washington (m. cousin Eliza Cottle), Louisa (m. Thomas J. Jackson who died in the Alamo, then James B. Hinds) and Almond Cottle (b. Lincoln Co, MO), who never married and died in 1840. Almond Cottle was syndico procurador of the Gonzales Ayuntamiento of 1833. Jonathan Cottle died in Columbia, Brazoria Co in 1837. Aurale Huff and extract of "Family 134", p. 263 by June Short Chalon in Gonzales County History (Gonzales County Historical Commission).
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If the date of his birth is correct, he was a very young soldier on April 21, 1836, when the Battle of San Jacinto took place. Private Cottle was attached that day to Captain Joseph Bell Chance's Company of "Washington Guards", part of the Rear Guard opposite Harrisburg. This was a very important support group to General Sam Houston's Army.
According to the 1850 Census, it appears Sylvanus was living with his younger brother, Zebulon Pike Cottle's family in Bastrop, Texas. The Census was dated the 1st day of November and according to a family web site, it seems he died on November 30th of the same month. Sadly the Cottle Cemetery in Alum Creek, Bastrop, Texas has been destroyed, and lost.
Robert "Scott" Patrick
SRT, SCV, SJD, HOSBD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~O~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the Texas Handbook Online:
COTTLE---Isaac and Jonathan Cottle were sons of Syvanus and Louisa Powers Cottle of MO. Isaac Cottle married Mary Ann Williams. Before coming to TX, he placed a notice in an MO newspaper announcing that he would not be responsible for his wife's debts since she had left his bed and board. However, they came to TX where he put his land in his wife's maiden name, "not by any duress, but for the great love I have for my wife and children." Mary Ann Williams was not only the sister of an Allam (Allumbe) B. Williams, but also daughter of Allumbe Williams, father to both of them. She also had brothers Jobe, John, James, Levi, Leven and Joshua, and sisters Sarah and Elizabeth. Isaac and Mary Ann Cottle had at least four daughters and one son. Olivia married H.H. Brockman; Delilah married John Z. Headstream; Eliza m. George Washington Cottle (her cousin), then James Gibson, third James Bird, and fourth John Z. Headstream; and son Lorenzo D. Cottle. Isaac left his family in TX and returned to MO where he died about 1835. Wife Mary Ann Williams Cottle died in Beaumont in 1840. Jonathan and Margaret Cottle came to TX from MO in 1829 with three children, George Washington (m. cousin Eliza Cottle), Louisa (m. Thomas J. Jackson who died in the Alamo, then James B. Hinds) and Almond Cottle (b. Lincoln Co, MO), who never married and died in 1840. Almond Cottle was syndico procurador of the Gonzales Ayuntamiento of 1833. Jonathan Cottle died in Columbia, Brazoria Co in 1837. Aurale Huff and extract of "Family 134", p. 263 by June Short Chalon in Gonzales County History (Gonzales County Historical Commission).
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