Frank P. Cotton

Birth Date

1843-09-03

Death Date

1929-10-31

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Woodford County, Kentucky, student and soldier. Son of Charles Cotton and Sarah B. Puryear Cotton. Resident of Woodford County, Kentucky in 1850. Household owned eighteen enslaved persons in Woodford in 1850. Student in Woodford County in 1860. Household owned thirty-four enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from July 16, 1862 to January 23, 1865. Captured at Buffington, Meigs County, Ohio, on July 19, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Morton, Marion County, Indiana, from July 23, 1863 to August 22, 1863. Prisoner of War at Camp Douglas, Cook County, Illinois, from August 22, 1863 to January 23, 1865. Signed a loyalty oath to the Government of the United States on January 23, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District No. 1, p. 908.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District No. 1, p. 669.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, City/District, p. 930.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County p. 514A.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0033.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jessamine County Marriages, Film 000817875.
U.S. Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M598, War Department Collection of Confederate Records, p. 23.
"Frank P. Cotton (1843-1925)," Find A Grave, Memorial 65955611, accessed August 24, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65955611.

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