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Obedience BROWN

F, b. 23 June 1798, d. 17 September 1878
Obedience BROWN|b. 23 Jun 1798\nd. 17 Sep 1878|p177.htm|Jesse Anderson BROWN|b. 8 Aug 1769\nd. 3 May 1833|p124.htm|Obedience LEGGETT|b. 1761\nd. a 1850|p125.htm|Edmund BROWN|b. c 1743\nd. 24 Jul 1821|p181.htm|Nancy ANDERSON|b. c 1750\nd. 27 Nov 1824|p182.htm|William LEGGETT|b. 1730\nd. 1810||Patience Sherrod|b. 1735||
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2nd great-grandaunt of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
     Obedience BROWN was born on 23 June 1798 in Marlboro County, South Carolina, daughter of Jesse Anderson BROWN and Obedience LEGGETT.1
     Obedience BROWN appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1800, in the household of Jesse Anderson BROWN in Marlboro County, South Carolina.2
     Obedience married John H. COTTINGHAM, son of Elisha COTTINGHAM Sr., in 1814 in Humphreys County, Tennessee.
     Obedience BROWN and John H. COTTINGHAM appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 14 November 1850 in Lowndes County, Alabama. The household was listed as John Cottingham, a 58 year old planter and his wife Obedience, age 51. Both were born in South Carolina. With them were Frances E. Cottingham, age 19; Martha Cottingham, age 17; Rumisha P. Cottingham, age 12(f); Silas L. Cottingham, age 16; Mary Cottingham, age 12; and Harvy W. Cottingham, age 8. All of the children were born in Alabama. Also, there was Rebecca Pitts, age 11, who was born in Alabama. Living nearby was his son and daughter-in-law, C. W. and Lucinda Cottingham, and their children.3,4
     Obedience BROWN and John H. COTTINGHAM appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1860 in Lowndes County, Alabama. The household was listed as John Cottingham, a 68-year-old planter born in North Carolina and his wife, Obedience Cottingham, age 60 and born in South Carolina. Living with them were Frances Cottingham, age 25; Martha Cottingham, a teacher, age 23; Parlee Cottingham, age 19; M. A. Pitts(f), age 19; H. W. [Harvey] Pitts, age 17; J. R. A. Cottingham(m), age 8; C. W. Cottingham(m), age 6; and M. C. Cottingham(f), age 4. All of the later were born in Alabama.5
     Obedience BROWN died on 17 September 1878 in Crenshaw County, Alabama, at age 80.6,3

Last Edited=10 Mar 2007

Children of Obedience BROWN and John H. COTTINGHAM

Citations

  1. [S119] Jesse Brown Family Bible (copied by Miss Dovie Casey in 1964), "Brown" surname file Birmingham Public Library-- Tutwiler Collection.
  2. [S221] 1800 U. S. Census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, Jesse Brown household, pg. 51.
  3. [S212] Lyn Moore, "Brown-Cottingham Family," e-mail to John K. Brown, 17 June 1998.
  4. [S528] 1850 U. S. Census, Lowndes County, Alabama, John Cottingham, household No. 685, pg. 147-B.
  5. [S529] 1860 U. S. Census, Lowndes County, Alabama, John Cottingham household 579, pg. 78.
  6. [S184] Pauline Jones Gandrud, Alabama Soldiers: Revolution, War of 1812, and Indian Wars, Pension records of John W. Cottingham (War of 1812).
  7. [S212] Lyn Moore, "Brown-Cottingham Family," e-mail to John K. Brown, 17 June 1878.

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