Kate Cotton was born 1859 on her father's plantation in Edgecombe County, the 3rd of 7 known daughters born to Andrew Jackson "A. J." Cotten/Cotton and his (2nd) wife, Mary Elizabeth Jenkins. The family surname is found both as Cotton and Cotten.
Kate was granddaughter of Alexander Spotswood Cotton & Martha "Patsy" Wilkins; and gr-granddaughter of Col. William Cotton & Ann Kirvin of Edgecombe. She is a direct descendant of Sir. John Cotton Sr. of England & Anne Hutcheson, who settled in Nansemond, VA ca. 1657. Through their son, John "Bertie" Cotton (1658-1728) & wife, Martha Godwin, this branch of the North Carolina Cotton's family and wealth was founded.
Kate married John O. Oates, Jr, from a nearby plantation, in 1885. They were both 26 at the nuptials. The couple would have two sons: Mercer Oates (1887-1918) and Jack Oates (1890).
Within 10 years of her marriage, Kate's father died, and her mother, having no sons, was unable to manage the plantation, so she sold the Cotton farm to her son-in-law, John O. Oates Jr. John later inherited his father's plantation as well. The Oates did not work the farm, but did reap profits from them. John Oates and his family lived in Tarboro where he was a merchant.
In a 1897, the couple purchased a plot of land on Main Street, Tarboro running from Bridgers Street ("Pippen House") to the Jewish Synagogue. They immediately divided the lot, giving half to Kate's younger sister and brother-in-law, Annie Cotton & Luther Vernon Hart. The Oates built their house on half the lot, and the Hart's built theirs next door. Kate's mother, her younger sister Mary, and nephew (Andrew Oates) would live with them and the "family complex" was closely integrated for the next decade.
John Oates Jr. died young in 1908, one month after his 48th birthday. His wife never remarried and survived him another 39 years, passing in 1947 at age 88.
Although Kate remained in Tarboro, she sold the now historic Oates-Jenkins house by 1910 to John Latham Jenkins and his wife Mary May Green, whose family retained title to the house for the next 77 years.
As for her children, eldest son, Mercer, married married Laura Carter in 1914; but he died 4 years later at age 31, leaving no heirs. Son, Jack Cotton Oates, removed to Tennessee where he married Louise J. Gaines and had children. Kate died at his home in 1947 at about age 88.
Kate was granddaughter of Alexander Spotswood Cotton & Martha "Patsy" Wilkins; and gr-granddaughter of Col. William Cotton & Ann Kirvin of Edgecombe. She is a direct descendant of Sir. John Cotton Sr. of England & Anne Hutcheson, who settled in Nansemond, VA ca. 1657. Through their son, John "Bertie" Cotton (1658-1728) & wife, Martha Godwin, this branch of the North Carolina Cotton's family and wealth was founded.
Kate married John O. Oates, Jr, from a nearby plantation, in 1885. They were both 26 at the nuptials. The couple would have two sons: Mercer Oates (1887-1918) and Jack Oates (1890).
Within 10 years of her marriage, Kate's father died, and her mother, having no sons, was unable to manage the plantation, so she sold the Cotton farm to her son-in-law, John O. Oates Jr. John later inherited his father's plantation as well. The Oates did not work the farm, but did reap profits from them. John Oates and his family lived in Tarboro where he was a merchant.
In a 1897, the couple purchased a plot of land on Main Street, Tarboro running from Bridgers Street ("Pippen House") to the Jewish Synagogue. They immediately divided the lot, giving half to Kate's younger sister and brother-in-law, Annie Cotton & Luther Vernon Hart. The Oates built their house on half the lot, and the Hart's built theirs next door. Kate's mother, her younger sister Mary, and nephew (Andrew Oates) would live with them and the "family complex" was closely integrated for the next decade.
John Oates Jr. died young in 1908, one month after his 48th birthday. His wife never remarried and survived him another 39 years, passing in 1947 at age 88.
Although Kate remained in Tarboro, she sold the now historic Oates-Jenkins house by 1910 to John Latham Jenkins and his wife Mary May Green, whose family retained title to the house for the next 77 years.
As for her children, eldest son, Mercer, married married Laura Carter in 1914; but he died 4 years later at age 31, leaving no heirs. Son, Jack Cotton Oates, removed to Tennessee where he married Louise J. Gaines and had children. Kate died at his home in 1947 at about age 88.
Kate Cotton was born 1859 on her father's plantation in Edgecombe County, the 3rd of 7 known daughters born to Andrew Jackson "A. J." Cotten/Cotton and his (2nd) wife, Mary Elizabeth Jenkins. The family surname is found both as Cotton and Cotten.
Kate was granddaughter of Alexander Spotswood Cotton & Martha "Patsy" Wilkins; and gr-granddaughter of Col. William Cotton & Ann Kirvin of Edgecombe. She is a direct descendant of Sir. John Cotton Sr. of England & Anne Hutcheson, who settled in Nansemond, VA ca. 1657. Through their son, John "Bertie" Cotton (1658-1728) & wife, Martha Godwin, this branch of the North Carolina Cotton's family and wealth was founded.
Kate married John O. Oates, Jr, from a nearby plantation, in 1885. They were both 26 at the nuptials. The couple would have two sons: Mercer Oates (1887-1918) and Jack Oates (1890).
Within 10 years of her marriage, Kate's father died, and her mother, having no sons, was unable to manage the plantation, so she sold the Cotton farm to her son-in-law, John O. Oates Jr. John later inherited his father's plantation as well. The Oates did not work the farm, but did reap profits from them. John Oates and his family lived in Tarboro where he was a merchant.
In a 1897, the couple purchased a plot of land on Main Street, Tarboro running from Bridgers Street ("Pippen House") to the Jewish Synagogue. They immediately divided the lot, giving half to Kate's younger sister and brother-in-law, Annie Cotton & Luther Vernon Hart. The Oates built their house on half the lot, and the Hart's built theirs next door. Kate's mother, her younger sister Mary, and nephew (Andrew Oates) would live with them and the "family complex" was closely integrated for the next decade.
John Oates Jr. died young in 1908, one month after his 48th birthday. His wife never remarried and survived him another 39 years, passing in 1947 at age 88.
Although Kate remained in Tarboro, she sold the now historic Oates-Jenkins house by 1910 to John Latham Jenkins and his wife Mary May Green, whose family retained title to the house for the next 77 years.
As for her children, eldest son, Mercer, married married Laura Carter in 1914; but he died 4 years later at age 31, leaving no heirs. Son, Jack Cotton Oates, removed to Tennessee where he married Louise J. Gaines and had children. Kate died at his home in 1947 at about age 88.
Kate was granddaughter of Alexander Spotswood Cotton & Martha "Patsy" Wilkins; and gr-granddaughter of Col. William Cotton & Ann Kirvin of Edgecombe. She is a direct descendant of Sir. John Cotton Sr. of England & Anne Hutcheson, who settled in Nansemond, VA ca. 1657. Through their son, John "Bertie" Cotton (1658-1728) & wife, Martha Godwin, this branch of the North Carolina Cotton's family and wealth was founded.
Kate married John O. Oates, Jr, from a nearby plantation, in 1885. They were both 26 at the nuptials. The couple would have two sons: Mercer Oates (1887-1918) and Jack Oates (1890).
Within 10 years of her marriage, Kate's father died, and her mother, having no sons, was unable to manage the plantation, so she sold the Cotton farm to her son-in-law, John O. Oates Jr. John later inherited his father's plantation as well. The Oates did not work the farm, but did reap profits from them. John Oates and his family lived in Tarboro where he was a merchant.
In a 1897, the couple purchased a plot of land on Main Street, Tarboro running from Bridgers Street ("Pippen House") to the Jewish Synagogue. They immediately divided the lot, giving half to Kate's younger sister and brother-in-law, Annie Cotton & Luther Vernon Hart. The Oates built their house on half the lot, and the Hart's built theirs next door. Kate's mother, her younger sister Mary, and nephew (Andrew Oates) would live with them and the "family complex" was closely integrated for the next decade.
John Oates Jr. died young in 1908, one month after his 48th birthday. His wife never remarried and survived him another 39 years, passing in 1947 at age 88.
Although Kate remained in Tarboro, she sold the now historic Oates-Jenkins house by 1910 to John Latham Jenkins and his wife Mary May Green, whose family retained title to the house for the next 77 years.
As for her children, eldest son, Mercer, married married Laura Carter in 1914; but he died 4 years later at age 31, leaving no heirs. Son, Jack Cotton Oates, removed to Tennessee where he married Louise J. Gaines and had children. Kate died at his home in 1947 at about age 88.
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