This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: medlock,cotton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ea.2ADI/154.158 Message Board Post: THERE WAS A JILES/GILES COTTON, MY GGGGRANDDAD, SILAS GILES COTTON,BORN KENTUCY IN THE EARLY 1800S,MULLATO SLAVE,DIED IN TEXAS ROBERTSON COUNTY LATE 1870'S NEAR HAMMOND. SERVED ON THE 12TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE 1870,REPRESENTING HIS COUNTY. RUMORED BY SLAVES TO BE THE HALF BROTHER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. MAYBE NO RELATION BUT THOUGHT I SHARE THIS WITH YOU SINCE THE NAME IS SIMILAR/SAME MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS [email protected]