born:   28 December 1845 in Daviston, Tallapoosa County, Alabama
died:  21 March 1922 in Daviston 

1900 Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Census  (Daviston): Listed with William A. Cotney and sons A.D. and Otis L. 
1910 Tallapoosa County, Alabama, Census (Daviston): William A. Cotney 65, Louisiana A. 64, mother of 9 children, 5 living; Dante A. 25, Odis L. 23, Ola E. 22, daughter-in-law; Fay 3, granddaughter, O. L. 1/12 or 3/12, grandson. Lee Hunt, 23 year old black servant, and Henry Weaver, 19 year old black servant, are also in the household. 

Father:  Coleman Pendleton Motley
Mother: Hester Ann Perkins

Spouse: John H. Floyd
married: 22 December 1864
May be the son of Goodwin or Goodman Floyd and Sarah //, listed in the 1860 Tallapoosa County (Daviston), Alabama Census, age 12. I believe Martha Floyd, age 13 in this household in 1860, is Mattie A. Floyd who married John D. Motley, Louisiana's brother. Goodwin is 62, b North Carolina, Sarah 47, Sarah J. 20, Benjamin 19, Joseph 17, Martha 13, John 12, William 10, Vacheal 9 (son), and Luarna or Luanna?, 3. John H. Floyd may have died in the war or of natural causes. 

Spouse:  Baron DeKalb Williams
married:  3 August 1868

Children:
1.  Lydia Antinette Williams (m. Jim D. Laney)
2.  Hester Ann Minerva Williams
3.  Pendleton Williams (m. Betty Fenney)
4.  Baron DeKalb Williams, Jr. (m. Ella Harper)

Spouse:  William Arnold ("Billy") Cotney
married:  5 November 1883

Children:
1.  Arnold Dante Cotney (m Lula Drake)
2.  Otis Lovelace Cotney  (m Ola Elizabeth Gay)