Person:Axton Whitecotton (2)

American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 6, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Whitecotton, Axton - born 2/3/1742 old style, Stafford County, Virginia; entered service 1775 in Fauquier County, Virginia, where resided in Virginia Battalion; served at Battles of Great Bridge & Guilford Courthouse; granted Pension in Henry County, Virginia in 1832; Reverend Arnold Walker & Joseph Edwards made affidavit there then, per County Court Clerk Anthony M. Dupuy; Thomas Marshall made affidavit then in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, he entered service 1775 with soldier in same unit, per County Justice of the Peace Benjamin Watkins; query letter in file in 1926 from descendant Daisy Whitecotton Proctor of Kansas City, Missouri, who was also a descendant of Revolutionary soldiers George Proctor & William Hail, both of Surry County, Virginia. F-S6361, R2561.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3488298/person/-525062157?ssrc=&ml_rpos=23
   Note: there are several Ancestry Member trees listing Axton Whitecotton as a son of George Whitecotton, Jr. and his wife Mary Harris, but George Whitecotton, Jr. was only abt. 11-13 years old when Axton was born, which dis-proves that possibility. Axton appears to be a younger brother of George, Jr., and son of George Whitecotton, Sr. and his wife Bridget.