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John Milton Cotton (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 2nd Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.)

b. 1835-04-18 d. 1918-02-23

Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Madison County, Kentucky native. Son of William Cotton and Elizabeth Cotton. Married to Minerva Salle Cotton in Madison County, Kentucky, on March 21, 1854. Father of Sarah Cotton, Martha Cotton, William Cotton, Mary Cotton, and Hannah E. Cotton. Attended school in Madison County in 1850. Farmer in Garrard County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from September 22, 1862 to July 12, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 3, p. 317A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, p. 720.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Buckeye, p. 382B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994047, Madison County Marriages.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 272.

"John Milton Cotton (1835-1918)," Find A Grave, Memorial 7879071, accessed May 24, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7879071.

Citation

Cotton, John Milton. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214320 (November 12, 2026).

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