Son of Thomas Cotten (1743 - 1816 MS) and his 2nd wife, Ann. Apparently, Asa's father, Thomas, and his 1st wife's oldest child, born ca 1778, was also named Asa Bluitt, both born in Edgefield, SC.
♥ m. 16 Jan 1834, Amite Co, MS, to Demarius McGehee. They were the parents of:
~ Cassandra Adeliza “Nancy/Ann” Cotten Sterling-Sylvester (1835 to 1873-80), mother of Sarah D Sterling (132666969)
~ Joseph R Cotten. Died in the Civil War in Tennessee
~ Sarah Lucretia Cotten Pate-Brown (1838/39 to ?)
~ Sarah T Cotten Brown (1840/41 to ?)
~ Jeptha Van Cotten
~ Josephine Amazon Cotten McGehee
~ Abner B. Cotten
~ Thomas Samuel Cotten
~ Asa Bluitt Cotten
This Asa Cotten is found in the 1840 Federal Census, Amite County, MS, and again in the 1850 (age 42) Federal Census, Amite Co, MS, with his wife and older children. Asa is not found again in a Federal Census.
Asa and Demarius's youngest child, Asa Bluitt Cotten, born 2 Jan 1852, is found in the 1860 Federal Census, Amite Co, MS, with Demarius' father and step-mother. Younger son, Abner is found in the 1860 Federal Census, Franklin Co., MS, with his oldest sister, Cassandra and her husband. Two other children (Jepth Van and Josephine) who would have been minors in 1860 are not found on a census in Amite, Franklin, nor Pike Counties, MS.
SOURCES:
~ McGehee Descendants, Vol III (by Grider & Grider, 1991), Page 522
~ Mississippi Genealogy & History Network – Marriages of Amite County
http://amite.msghn.org/marriages.html
~ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shannon50&id=I27825
~ Federal Census – Amite Co, MS
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mississippi_Census
~ (Name suffix) Contributor, P (1 Nov 2019):
https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/48334860
♥ m. 16 Jan 1834, Amite Co, MS, to Demarius McGehee. They were the parents of:
~ Cassandra Adeliza “Nancy/Ann” Cotten Sterling-Sylvester (1835 to 1873-80), mother of Sarah D Sterling (132666969)
~ Joseph R Cotten. Died in the Civil War in Tennessee
~ Sarah Lucretia Cotten Pate-Brown (1838/39 to ?)
~ Sarah T Cotten Brown (1840/41 to ?)
~ Jeptha Van Cotten
~ Josephine Amazon Cotten McGehee
~ Abner B. Cotten
~ Thomas Samuel Cotten
~ Asa Bluitt Cotten
This Asa Cotten is found in the 1840 Federal Census, Amite County, MS, and again in the 1850 (age 42) Federal Census, Amite Co, MS, with his wife and older children. Asa is not found again in a Federal Census.
Asa and Demarius's youngest child, Asa Bluitt Cotten, born 2 Jan 1852, is found in the 1860 Federal Census, Amite Co, MS, with Demarius' father and step-mother. Younger son, Abner is found in the 1860 Federal Census, Franklin Co., MS, with his oldest sister, Cassandra and her husband. Two other children (Jepth Van and Josephine) who would have been minors in 1860 are not found on a census in Amite, Franklin, nor Pike Counties, MS.
SOURCES:
~ McGehee Descendants, Vol III (by Grider & Grider, 1991), Page 522
~ Mississippi Genealogy & History Network – Marriages of Amite County
http://amite.msghn.org/marriages.html
~ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shannon50&id=I27825
~ Federal Census – Amite Co, MS
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mississippi_Census
~ (Name suffix) Contributor, P (1 Nov 2019):
https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/48334860
Son of Thomas Cotten (1743 - 1816 MS) and his 2nd wife, Ann. Apparently, Asa's father, Thomas, and his 1st wife's oldest child, born ca 1778, was also named Asa Bluitt, both born in Edgefield, SC.
♥ m. 16 Jan 1834, Amite Co, MS, to Demarius McGehee. They were the parents of:
~ Cassandra Adeliza “Nancy/Ann” Cotten Sterling-Sylvester (1835 to 1873-80), mother of Sarah D Sterling (132666969)
~ Joseph R Cotten. Died in the Civil War in Tennessee
~ Sarah Lucretia Cotten Pate-Brown (1838/39 to ?)
~ Sarah T Cotten Brown (1840/41 to ?)
~ Jeptha Van Cotten
~ Josephine Amazon Cotten McGehee
~ Abner B. Cotten
~ Thomas Samuel Cotten
~ Asa Bluitt Cotten
This Asa Cotten is found in the 1840 Federal Census, Amite County, MS, and again in the 1850 (age 42) Federal Census, Amite Co, MS, with his wife and older children. Asa is not found again in a Federal Census.
Asa and Demarius's youngest child, Asa Bluitt Cotten, born 2 Jan 1852, is found in the 1860 Federal Census, Amite Co, MS, with Demarius' father and step-mother. Younger son, Abner is found in the 1860 Federal Census, Franklin Co., MS, with his oldest sister, Cassandra and her husband. Two other children (Jepth Van and Josephine) who would have been minors in 1860 are not found on a census in Amite, Franklin, nor Pike Counties, MS.
SOURCES:
~ McGehee Descendants, Vol III (by Grider & Grider, 1991), Page 522
~ Mississippi Genealogy & History Network – Marriages of Amite County
http://amite.msghn.org/marriages.html
~ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shannon50&id=I27825
~ Federal Census – Amite Co, MS
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mississippi_Census
~ (Name suffix) Contributor, P (1 Nov 2019):
https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/48334860
♥ m. 16 Jan 1834, Amite Co, MS, to Demarius McGehee. They were the parents of:
~ Cassandra Adeliza “Nancy/Ann” Cotten Sterling-Sylvester (1835 to 1873-80), mother of Sarah D Sterling (132666969)
~ Joseph R Cotten. Died in the Civil War in Tennessee
~ Sarah Lucretia Cotten Pate-Brown (1838/39 to ?)
~ Sarah T Cotten Brown (1840/41 to ?)
~ Jeptha Van Cotten
~ Josephine Amazon Cotten McGehee
~ Abner B. Cotten
~ Thomas Samuel Cotten
~ Asa Bluitt Cotten
This Asa Cotten is found in the 1840 Federal Census, Amite County, MS, and again in the 1850 (age 42) Federal Census, Amite Co, MS, with his wife and older children. Asa is not found again in a Federal Census.
Asa and Demarius's youngest child, Asa Bluitt Cotten, born 2 Jan 1852, is found in the 1860 Federal Census, Amite Co, MS, with Demarius' father and step-mother. Younger son, Abner is found in the 1860 Federal Census, Franklin Co., MS, with his oldest sister, Cassandra and her husband. Two other children (Jepth Van and Josephine) who would have been minors in 1860 are not found on a census in Amite, Franklin, nor Pike Counties, MS.
SOURCES:
~ McGehee Descendants, Vol III (by Grider & Grider, 1991), Page 522
~ Mississippi Genealogy & History Network – Marriages of Amite County
http://amite.msghn.org/marriages.html
~ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shannon50&id=I27825
~ Federal Census – Amite Co, MS
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mississippi_Census
~ (Name suffix) Contributor, P (1 Nov 2019):
https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/48334860
