Sally's great-great-great-great-Grandparents:

Godwin Cotten 3 Feb 1761 - 5 June 1830 |  his parents
& 1778/79 Sarah Brown 1762 - 1833  |  her parents
of Mulberry Grove, Hertford County, North Carolina

    Sarah Brown, the daughter of John Brown and Sarah.  I also think Sarah, wife of John Brown, is the daughter of John Brittle who died in NH Co, NC in 1780 leaving Sarah Brown a bequest of 100 pounds VA money, bed, and furniture etc. [Perhaps Dr. G C Moore misunderstood his grandmother when she told him her grandparents were Brittles and thought she had said Brickles.]  I do not think she was daughter of Col Matt Brickel, his oldest Marinia  was   born 6 Sept 1749-died  8 Jan 1762. (The Brickels made no notice of a marriage or of a child being born in their Bible just Marina's death.) Winborne wrote Godwin Cotten of Hertford married Sarah Brown, the daughter of Maj. Jno. Brown, and granddaughter of Colonel Brickle. Maj. John Brown and his wife Sarah were also the grandparents of the late. . . 

from the Edenton Gazette Thursday, 15 July 1830
" Died in Hertford County on the 5th ultimo, Godwin Cotton, Esq.  In the 70th year of his age."   - NCGSJ May 1997

Will of Godwin Cotten Hertford County NC
In the name of God Amen I Godwin Cotten calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing it is appointed for man to die and being of a sound mind and desposing memory have ordained and Constituted this my last will & Testament.
I give my body to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor & my soul to God who gave it believing in the Resurrection Son Jesus Christ will raise my body again at the Last day
Item. I lend unto my beloved wife Sally Cotten during her life the following negroes Willis Tom & Peter also two work horses one yoke of Oxen one cart & wheels three Cows & calves four sows & pigs five Ewes & Lambs three feather Beds & furniture one dozen Setting chairs my same plantation whereon I now live during her life
Item I give my wife Sally Cotten one half of my farming utensils such as ploughs & axes also one half of my crop of corn fodder & wheat also half of my kitchen furniture such as pots tubs pans &c
Item I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Moore one negro woman named Charlott with her three children widow Mary dau of Mary and all the issue of Charlott from the date of this will to her and her heirs forever.
Item I lend unto my daughter Elizabeth Moore one negro boy named Robbin also one negro girl named Sylvia during her life
Item I lend unto my Daughter Elizabeth Moore two negro named Abbe & Lidia also one negro man named Isaac during her life
Item I give unto Sally Ann Johnston after her Mother's death the two negro women Sylvia & Malvina to her & her heirs forever.
Item I give unto Samuel I Johnston after his Mother's death the negro man named Isaac to him and his heirs forever also one boy named Robbin
Item I give unto my Daughter Esther Jones one negro woman ----- to her & her heirs forever also one tract of Land Called C. . . . . . ..
Item I give unto my Grandson Godwin C Moore after his Grandmother's death the land upon where on I now live with the negro Sam also one desk & book case standing in the front room also two looking glasses in Mid Room to him and his heirs forever it is my will & desire that Godwin C Moore live with his Grandmother work the Land & support her while she lives
Item I give unto my Granddaughter Emeline Fletcher one negro man Dempar to her & her heirs forever
Item I give unto my Granddaughter Sally Matilda Moore after her Grandmother's death the negro named Willis to her & her heirs forever
Item I give unto my grandchildren the Moores & the Johnstons all the money that appears to be owing to me for schooling & except a note in books given by Godwin C Moore to James Atkinson two hundred dollars
Item it is my will & desire that all the remainder of my Estate that I have not given away or lent be sold that my negroes Ben Ally Cate and after my just debts is paid if there should be any remainder that the money be equally divided between my wife & my two daughters Elizabeth Moore & Esther Jones
Item I nominate and appoint my two Grandsons Godwin C Moore & Samuel I Johnson my Executors to this my last will & Testament given under my hand & seal this 18th day of Febr 1829.
witness: Godwin Cotten (seal)
Benj A Parker, Godwin Cotten Junr, John Brown

Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions State of North Carolina November Term 1830 Hertford County
This last will & Testament of Godwin Cotten decd was in open Court proved by the oath of Benj A Parker & John Brown two of the subscribing Witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded At the same time Godwin C Moore & Samuel I Johnson the Executors appointed were duly qualified as such and . . .. . .

An Inventory of the Estate of Godwin Cotten decd
Sold by the Executors on the 25th of October
and on the 20th December 1830
Given in on oath at the February Term of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions 1831
3 Negro Slaves Ben, Ally & Cate;
thirty five Bbls of Corn;
6 Stacks Fodder;
2 Oat Stacks;
25 Bus Wheat;
50 Bus of Potatoes;
2 Work Horses;
26 Head Cattle;
23 Head Sheep;
Eight Thousand three Hundred and forty nine pounds of Pork;
10 year-old Hogs;
1 sow & 6 Shoats;
7 sows & 25 pigs;
Farming Utensils Consisting of 8 old plows--various in Kind with a quanity of acoutrements for the same,
5 Axes, 2 Iron wedges, 1 Cross Cut Saw, I Hand Saw, 4 Weeding Hoes, 2 grubing Hoes, 1 log chain, 1 trace, 2 sythes old Irons of various descriptions, 1 brace & bit;
8 brandy Barrells;
20 Cipress Cyder Bbls;
26 Oak Cyder Bbls;
2 Cider Hhds;
3 kegs;
1 old stand;
1 Cowpers adze;
1 Cart & wheels;
1 old Gig wheel; 1 pr old Wheels; 2 grind stones; 1 Barrell Still; 1 Hand mill; 1 pr of Steelyards
1 Loom;
Household & Kitchen Furniture Consisting of 5 Beds Steads & furniture; 1 Desk, 3 Walnut Tables, 1 Dressing Table, 6 Splint Chairs; 1 arm Chair; 2 looking glasses; 1 Case Bottles; Knives; forks &c; waiters; plates; Dishes; glasses &c. Books of various Kinds; 1 Tea Kettle; 3 pots; 1 oven; 1 Tray Pail; 1 Linen wheel; 2 Benches;
One old Gig & Harness;
1 Dutch Fan.
A quanity of leather;
3 bus of Flax Seed;
20 Dollars in Cash found in the house;
two notes against Mrs E Moore--1 of 110 Dlls given 1st June 1826 with Interest from dates, Crredited April 15th 1828 by 100 Dlls another of $188.30 given the 5th day of March 1827 then on demand, Credited March 6th 1827 by 100 Dlls.
Also against Mrs Nancy Brown dated the 19th June 1816 on demand two days after date for 42.75 --this may be Considered as desperate.
G C Moore Exor.

Will of Sally Cotten Hertford County NC
In the name of God Amen I Sally Cotten knowing that I shall in the course of time die but being at this time of a sound and disposing mind do make publish and declare this to bo my last Will & Testament.
Item 1st I Give and bequeath to my grandson Godwin C Moore all of my goods chattles negroes and the Growing Crop except such as I shall hereafter despose of.
Item 2nd I Give and bequeath to my grand daughter Sally M Moore one Bed and its furniture and one Cow and Calf.
Item 3rd I Give and bequeath to my Grandson Samuel Iredell Johnston and bed and its furniture and a cow & calf.
Item 4th I do hereby constitute and appoint my Grandson Godwin C Moore My Sole executor. Witness my hand and seal this the 5th of May 1832 Sally Cotten
Mary Eliza Brown Martha Wootton

State of North Carolina Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Hertford County February Term 1833
The within Last Will & Testament of Sarah Cotten dec was exhibited in open Court and proved by the oath of Mary Eliza Brown one of the subscribing Witnesses there to & ordered to be Recorded At the Same time Godwin C Moore the Executor therein was duly . . .

Sally's 4 great aunt

 Elizabeth Cotten called Betsy was born ca 1780 the first child of Godwin Cotten & Sarah Brown of Mulberry Grove. She married twice. She married first John Scrymoure Johnston of Bertie Co, a nephew of Governor Sam. Johnston. John S Johnston died at Mulberry Grove in 1807 leaving two children Sallie Ann & Samuel Iredell Johnston.
Betsy married second Cornelius Moore of Rich Square, NC. There were two more children twins Cornelius & Cornelia (Cornelia died young when she was about eight).  
Harriett Moore and Isaac Carter Moore were Cornelius’s children by his first wife.

It was with this family that the Yankees left the old horse "Clem Jim" after they took him from Mulberry Grove. "Clem Jim" was only used by the women to drive to and from Rich Square to visit their cousins and when he got to their cousins' house, Clem Jim had just refused to go any further. The next week the cousins drove out to Mulberry Grove to check on the family with the only horse they had. Uncle Will spotted them first; he went running to his mother yelling, "Ma, Ma, come quick! Here comes Cousin Harriet and she's driving old Clem Jim!"

There is a second "Clem Jim" story that always followed that one. One day soon afterwards Uncle Will was bragging as boys will about far he could throw. "Why I can throw as far as old Clem Jim standing there!" and with that he let sail a stone and sure enough, it reached old Clem Jim---hit him right smack in the middle of the forehead; and the old horse just rolled over--dead as a door knob.

Elizabeth Cotten & John Scrymoure Johnston had:
1. Rev. Samuel Iredell Johnston 28 Dec 1806 - 12 Aug 1865 (grad. UNC 1826)

Rev. Samuel Iredell Johnston 1806 - 1865

           
Samuel Iredell Johnston was Rector of St. Paul's at Edenton for "fifty years"
                         I do think this is a slight exaggeration - smk

      married 23 Sept 1829 Margaret A Burgwin 1 Nov 1811 - 16 Oct 1886
            daughter of George William Bush Bergwin

2. Sallie Ann Johnston 9 Sept 1808 - 6 Nov 1848  no children
     Sallie was buried in the "Hayes Cemetery" Edenton - her stone reads

Sacred
to the memory of
Sallie Annie
consort of James D Wynn
and daughter of
John and Elizabeth Johnston
born Sept 9 1808
died Nov 6 1848
"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
from henceforth yea saith the spirit that
they may rest from their labors."

      married  Gen. James  Dean  Wynns ca 1803 - aft 1860 of Edenton 
                        (son of Benjamin Wynns III of Hert. Co)

Elizabeth Cotten & Cornelius Moore had:
3. Dr. Cornelius Godwin Cotten Moore 8 Jan 1819 - 15 June 1888 Jackson, NC  
     married Phila. 1 Dec 1841 Ellen Matilda Britton 25 Jan 1817 PA - 4 Feb 1893 NC
             he  was a graduate of UP medical school