Perhaps the most important documentation of Cottrell family history comes from primary source records filed to mark births, deaths , marriages and other important milestones. I am very grateful for all the research assistance provided over the years and I am more then happy to return the favor to others in the Cottrell family. If you are researching your Darke County Ohio Cottrell family history and descend from the Cottrell family set forth below you may be interested in my copies of available primary source Cottrell family history documents.
Access to these items will require a password which I will be happy to email you. Simply send me an email at mark@capeflier.com with your relation to the family and I will send you the password.
Documents include:
Birth records
Source: Wright State University Archives
Probate files (Asher Cottrell), 13.MB pdf 26 pages Source: Wright State University Archives
Death records
(John B.M. Cottrell 1903, Source: Wright State University Archives
Marriage certificates
(William Cottrell and Myrtle Gibson 1896) Source: Wright State University Archives
John B.M. Cottrell and Sarah Spillers Source Civil War Pension File National Archives
John B.M Cottrell and Cecil Emick
Lemuel Cottrell and Catherine Reaves Source: Wright State University Archives
Asher Cottrell and Sarah Shaner Source: Wright State University Archives
Plat maps of family homesteads (William Cottrell 1910 Source National Archives
and John B.M. Cottrell 1888). Source National Archives
Civil War Pension file John B M Cottrell 12.8 MB pdf 120 pages Source National Archives. This is a wonderful document full of affidavits from people that knew John B M Cottrell, it really brings family history alive.
Affidavit by John B.M. Cottrell regarding names and birth dates of living children as of 1898. Source Civil War Pension File National Archives
