Dr. John J. Dickey Diary, Fleming County, Ky.  Recorded in the 1870's and
beyond.  Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, No 3 - August, 1995,
p. 85.  By permission.  Laurel County.

Mrs. Martha Cottongin Roat.  Goose Creek, Ky., June 9, 1898, Manchester.
   I was born in Laurel County, Ky., in 1817.  My mother was Tamsey Campling
of Madison Co., Ky.  My father was William Cottongin, was born in North
Carolina.  His mother was a widow when they came to Kentucky.  There were
four sons and two daughters.  They came with Darling and Robert Jones and
their families, and located near Bush, Laurel County.  They were William,
Pearcy, Daniel and Dillon.  Pearcy married Widow Lucas, mother of Col. John
Lucas.  My father went to Madison Co. and married.  He was not grown when
he came to Kentucky.  I have heard my father say that when he came to
Laurel County there were only three families in it.  (I suppose that was
all in the neighborhood where they settled -- J.J. Dickey.)  Reed Cottongin
of Perry Co., is my brother.  Rev. William Cottongin of this county is the
son of Pearcy Cottongin.  I do not know what the nationality of the
Cottongins is.  They were large, robust people.  I was married to William
Roat when I was a young woman.  We have lived together over fifty years.

Cottongin Roat Campling Jones Lucas
=
Madison-KY NC Perry-KY

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