Elizabeth COTTON 1
- Marriage (1): William HAMILTON on 21 Feb 1805 in Wayne County, Kentucky 1
- Marriage (2): John EDWARDS on 10 Aug 1813 in Wayne County, Kentucky 2
 Another name for Elizabeth was Betsy.1
Noted events in her life were:
1. Tax List: 1806-1807, Wayne County, Kentucky. 3
1806: Hamilton, Elizabeth; 1 horse/mare
1807: Hambleton, Betsy; 1 horse/mare
2. Census: 1810, Wayne County, Kentucky. 4
Elizabeth Hamilton: 00000-00200
This census data suggests William and Elizabeth had no children, or at least no children who survived infancy.
Elizabeth married William HAMILTON, son of Charles HAMILTON and Hannah HENRY, on 21 Feb 1805 in Wayne County, Kentucky.1 (William HAMILTON was born about 1779 in Lincoln County, North Carolina 5 and died between 21 Feb 1805 and 27 Jun 1806 in Wayne County, Kentucky 1 3.)
Marriage Notes:
"Hamilton, William and Eliza "Betsy" Cotton (Whitecotton?). Surety, Samuel Allen. Married 21 Feb 1805 by Nicholas Loyd."
[It is unknown why Bork raised the possibility Elizabeth's surname was Whitecotton. There is neither a Cotton family nor a Whitecotton family in the 1810 census for Wayne Co., KY.] 1
Elizabeth next married John EDWARDS on 10 Aug 1813 in Wayne County, Kentucky.2
Marriage Notes:
"Edwards, John and Elizabeth Hamilton, Widow. Surety, Abraham Van Winkle. Married 10 Aug 1813 by John Smith." 2
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Sources
1
June Baldwin Bork, Wayne County, Kentucky, Marriages and Vital Records, Volume One, Marriages A-J, 1801-1860 (Compiled and Published by June Baldwin Bork, Apple Valley, California, 1972), Page 130.
2
June Baldwin Bork, Wayne County, Kentucky, Marriages and Vital Records, Volume One, Marriages A-J, 1801-1860 (Compiled and Published by June Baldwin Bork, Apple Valley, California, 1972), Page 100.
3
Tax Lists, 1801-1825, Wayne County, Kentucky, FHL Film No. 8,269.
4
June Baldwin Bork, Wayne County, Kentucky 1810 Census (Compiled and Published by June Baldwin Bork, Apple Valley, California, 1991), Page 371.
5
June Baldwin Bork, Wayne County, Kentucky, Marriages and Vital Records, Volume Two, Marriages K-Z, 1801-1860 (Compiled and Published by June Baldwin Bork, 1973), Page 479 (Deposition of Joseph Hamilton in connection with Pension Application of Hannah Hamilton).