"A Whole Lot Of Cotton" is a genealogy and family history of Joab Cotton and of his daughter Dorcus Ann Cotton who married John Campbell Mangum of Chesterfield County, South Carolina. This genealogy traces the ancestors of Joab Cotton back to England to about 1000AD. The Family has many ministers, lawyers, educators and writers. I proudly present to you "A Whole Lot Of Cotton --- Deep Roots In Chesterfield County, South Carolina." This work is one of series for "Deep Roots In Chesterfield County." Other works are for the Key, Plyler and Threatt Families of Chesterfield County, South Carolina.