Thomas Harrison Cottrell, I

HOMAS HARRISON2 COTTRELL, SR**** (ANDREW COTTRELL(POSSIBLE1 FATHER)?) was born January 22, 1762 in George's Creek, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, and died Aft. August 1850 in Gilmer Co, Virginia. He married MARY CATHARINE "POLLY" O'BRIEN**** Abt. 1790 in Harrison Co, (W) Virginia, daughter of ADAM O'BRIEN/O'BRYAN and KATHARINE WESTBROOK(S). She was born 1770 in Harrison County, Virginia, and died Aft. August 1850 in Gilmer County, Virginia.

Notes for THOMAS HARRISON COTTRELL, SR****:

Thomas Cottrell/Cottrill/Cottrail Built first log cabin in 1778 in Harrison County,WVA and bought

300 acres of land.(He had to be of age to buy land,right?) !!!!!!

From Hardesty's History Books for West Virginia.

Thomas Cottrell also built first saw mill mill in 1780,and Donated land for first school house

in the state !!!

I have his application for Revoluntary War Pension. He received his pension for several

years before the Congress stared using excuses to cut their Indian scouts and frontier people

out of their pensions.

It is recorded in the "American History" from the 1950's about the people from the outskirts

of Ohio,West Virginia and Pennsylvania being cheated out of their money with any flimsy excuses,becaise they wanted to keep the money for their regular soldiers who fought on

the East Coast.

In fact the prosecutor for the Government was fired for making up lies and

presecuting the people for receiving and for filing for pensions as being faked !!!

And they could use the excess money left over for their own projects until the American

people put up a loud outcry about their soldiers being cheated !!!!!!!

" And they wanted to get re-elected again !!! " of course.

But by the time the bill was made void a lot of the scouts and old timers had passed away.

Thomas Cottrell was born in January 22,1762,in Fayette County at George's Creek,Pennsylvania.

If Thomas Cottrell built a log cabin in 1778,and built a saw mill 2 years later in 1780 and it was

recorded and bought 300 hundred acres of land,he had to be of age to buy land, and he had to

be a man Capable of building a saw mill and a log cabin.

If he was born in 1770,and Thomas would have been only 8 years old and 10 years when

they were built.!!!!!!

Were is "Common Sense" being used !!!!!! Would a small boy be able to do any of this kind

of work !!!!!!

Why would he have had a saw mill for over 80 yrs. in his family !!!!! and ran it the whole time.

He had to certainly had to have some special abilities to do all the different kinds of things,

he was supposed to have done.

More About THOMAS HARRISON COTTRELL, SR****:

Fact 1: Indian spy

Notes for MARY CATHARINE "POLLY" O'BRIEN****:

Death is after August 1850 Census Gilmer Co.,W(VA). Mary is still alive with Thomas Cottrail,Sr.

Also the following Children and Grandchildren are living down the same road are:

Thomas Cottrail,Jr and wife Polly nickname for Mary P. Parsons Cottrail/Cottrill.

Andrew Jackson Cottrail is listed as Jackson Cottrail with wife Fair Elgentine Jarvis

and one child daughter.

Children of THOMAS COTTRELL and MARY O'BRIEN**** are:

 i. MARGARET3 COTTRELL, b. Abt. 1787; d. November 24, 1880; m. JESSE CARPENTER, 1814.

2. ii. THOMAS HARRISON COTTRELL, JR****, b. 1794, Meigs County, Ohio; d. Aft. 1850, Calhoun County,WVA

                        (part of Lewis County at that time).

iii.ANDREW COTTRELL, b. 1796, Harrison Co, ( W)VA.; m. SARAH COTTRELL(COUSIN); b. Harrison Co, ( W)VA..

3. iv.JOHN L. "WHIG" COTTRILL****, b. 1801, Virginia, Census: divorced man? No divorce record ever found); d. Aft. 1880, Calhoun Co, Harrison County, West Virginia.

4. v. MARY "POLLY" COTTRELL, b. Abt. 1804, Calhoun or Harrison County,WVA.

5. vi.SILIAS AYRAS COTTRELL, b. February 1807, Mason or Ohio County,WVA

                        (information  from descendant of Silas' family,Larry Heffner); d. November 30, 1886, Oka,Calhoun County,WVA

( was a private in Union army & deserter also).
vii.WILLIAM COTTRELL, b. Bet. 1807 - 1814, not sure could be earlier; m. FRANCES UNKNOWN.

viii.SMITH COTTRELL, b. Abt. 1812, Listed in 1880 Harrison County Census for West Virginia; d. Believed to have been killed in a hunting accident??; m. MARY "POLLY" WHITE, May 05, 1844; b. Harrison Co, ( W)VA..

6. ix. BARBARA COTTRELL, b. Abt. 1815; d. Abt. 1851, Calhoun County,WVA.

x. UNKNOWN DAUGHTER COTTRELL, b. Abt. 1809.

xi. UNKNOWN COTTRELL, b. Bef. 1810.

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~stellacotrill/family/thomas-cottril...

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https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2404937...

Name: Thomas COTTRELL Given Name: Thomas Surname: Cottrell Sex: M Birth: Abt 1771 Death: Bef 1823

Father: Andrew COTTRILL b: Abt 1736 in Northumberland Co., PA(?) Mother: Nancy MOOR

Marriage 1 Catherine AKERTS

   Married: 30 Mar 1791

Marriage 2 Catherine AKERT b: 1775 in Bedford Co., PA

   Married: 30 Mar 1791 in Harrison County, (W)VA

Children

   Has No Children Samuel COTTRELL b: Abt 1794

Has No Children James COTTRELL b: Abt 1796
Has No Children Elijah COTTRELL b: Abt 1798
Has No Children Elizabeth COTTRELL b: Abt 1800
Has No Children Sarah "Sally" COTTRELL b: Abt 1800
Has No Children Thomas COTTRELL b: Abt 1802
Has No Children William COTTRELL b: Abt 1804
Has No Children Mary Polly COTTRELL b: Abt 1806
Has No Children Lowther COTTRELL b: Abt 1808

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 2 2018, 4:43:45 UTC

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