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Notes for Andrew Barnabus COTHRAN

ANDREW BARNABUS COTHRAN
by
Edgar L. Cothran
January 8, 1999

This is a partial history of my father's family (LISTON BARNABUS
COTHRAN). I am still collecting data and will pass this on when I can.

BACKGROUND: According to my grandfather, Andrew COTHRAN, The COTHRANS in
South Carolina usually worked as overseers on plantations or were
farmers. According to him, the EADDYS, in contrast, were wealthy land
owners who owned slaves and used indentured servants as laborers. They
fought against the British in the revolutionary war alongside Francis
Marion (the Swamp Fox) and against the Robeson County, North Carolina,
Scotch/Irish who were for the most part Tories (British Supporters). It
is interesting to know that my mother's relatives in North Carolina may
have fought my father's relatives during the war. However; there are no
records to indicate that the BRITTS in our line fought in the
revolution. One such battle took place at Moore's Creek, near
Elizabethtown, where my mother lives today.

ANDREW BARNABUS COTHRAN - born 13 Jun 1881 - died 4 Dec 1962.
Married GENEVA (NEVA) EADDY - 6 Dec 1880 - died 15 Aug 1923 - daughter of

JOHN PRESTON EADDY and BUELAH TIMMONS.
ANDREW and NEVA had two sons - LISTON BARNABUS COTHRAN and James Ira
COTHRAN.
Grandpa COTHRAN was a school teacher and overseer of a large farm between
Kingsburg and Hemmingway, South Carolina and later a tobacco buyer for a
tobacco company. He spent his later years living in Robeson County,
North Carolina with my father LISTON and then his son James when LISTON
died in 1943. Grandma NEVA died at an early age and the two boys were
raised by her parents the EADDYS. Grandpa COTHRAN was the direct
opposite of grandpa BRITT. He was not religious at all, drank alcohol
and was rumored to be a womanizer. He was well-educated and I remember
that he used big words when he spoke. The locals considered him
eccentric. He was a great story teller and nobody could embellish a tale
like grandpa COTHRAN. He would spin tales about the old days when his
ancestors oversaw large groups of black slaves on a rice plantation, but
I don't remember where it was located. He told me about a relative named
John (I can't remember if he was a COTHRAN or McILVEEN, who made a living
as a bare knuckle prize fighter. He would go from town to town and
challenge anyone to fight him for money, and according to grandpa
COTHRAN, seldom lost a fight. Even as a child, I was cognizant of
grandpa COTHRAN'S intelligence and education.

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