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Naomi "Amy" Hussey, daughter of Christopher Hussey and Ann Garretson Hussey, was born 29th, 2nd month, 1742-43 in Warrington, Pennsylvania, according to Martha B. Hollingsworth, Hussey researcher.

Roberta McCormick Smith, a descendant, related an "Indian story" during a visit in 1960 about Naomi "Amy" Hussey:

"My grandmother told me a story that her grandmother told her about her grandmother Amy Cox. The Hussey home in Pennsylvania was a two-story house, and the girls' bedroom was upstairs. The girls had a chamberpot in their bedroom for nocturnal use, but they disdained to use it unless absolutely necessary because they had to clean it after every use. They had devised 'a better way' when they 'had to go.' They simply went out on the upstairs veranda, raised their gowns and watered the shrubbery below.

One night when the family was all asleep little five-year-old Amy 'had to go.' She was following routine procedure when a great commotion exploded in the bushes below, and she was startled to see an indignant, half-naked Indian run from his hiding place.

The little girl went flying down the stairs screaming, 'Mama, Mama, I peed on an Indian!"

It is assumed that the Indian chose other bushes for his skulking after that."

Naomi "Amy" Hussey was married about 1760 to Solomon Cox, the son of John Cox and the youngest of 15 children by family tradition. [Wayne D. Stout in "Our Pioneer Ancestors" states that Solomon Cox was "the fifteenth child of Solomon Cox who was born in 1703 and who was married to Ann Bright, daughter of Richard Bright."] Robert Allen McAlear, Hussey researcher of Nice, California, states that John Cox was married to Mary Harlan.

Alpheus H. Harlan stated in "History and Genealogy of the Harland Family" that Mary Harlan, first child of Moses Harlan and Margaret Ray Harlan was married to John Cox at London Grove Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1735.

Moses Harlan was born "12th month, 20th day 1683 in the Parish of Donnahlong, County of Down, in the Province of Ulster, Ireland. He was brought to America by his parents, George Harlan and Elizabeth Duck Harlan in 1687. James Harlan, the father of George Harlan, was born at "Bishoprick nigh Durham, England about the year 1625 and was reportedly the son of William Harlan."

Alpheus H. Harlan wrote:

"Mary Harlan Cox later went with her husband and her parents into what is now Adams County, Pennsylvania and probably died there, date unknown. She had at least four children whose identity can be established, among the many of the name Cox, who belonged to the Huntington Meeting in what is now York County, viz:

[1] Jacob Cox, who was disowned by that meeting [Huntington] for disobedience to his father. He is also named in the will of his grandfather, Moses Harlan.

[2] Amy Cox, who married John Wierman 6th month, 28th day, 1753 at Huntington Meeting. Her mother was deceased at that time.

[3] Dinah Cox, who married Finley McGrew in 1759, contrary to the usages of Friends. Her acknowledgment was accepted 6th month, 14th day, 1760, by that meeting for her marriage 'by a priest.' Finley was born 1st month, 13th day, 1735-36 and died April 9, 1812. They had issue; [a.] John McGrew, [b]. James McGrew, [c.] Mary McGrew, [d.] Nathan McGrew, [e.] Finley McGrew, [f.] Dinah McGrew, [g.] Rebecca McGrew and [h.] Jacob McGrew

[4] Rebecca Cox, disowned 10th month, 11th day, 1760 for 'accompanying her sister Dinah in her marriage out.'"

Finley McGrew and his wife and family removed about the year 1787 and settled in the 'Redstone Settlement,' now in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He was a son of James McGrew and his wife, Mary, who brought a certificate from Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Virginia to Warrangton Monthly Meeting in 1750, and is probably the same James McGrew who was a taxable in London Grove township, Chester, Pennsylvania in 1729-1734.

The following children of James McGrew married cousins to Dinah Cox McGrew, the wife of Finley McGrew: Nathan McGrew married Rachel Blackburn in 1767; Mary McGrew married Moses Blackburn, also in 1767."

John Cox had lived in Warrington during the early part of his life, but had removed with his family to Orange County, North Carolina. He had received a certificate from Warrington Monthly Meeting to remove to Cane Creek Meeting in Orange County for himself and three children, Thomas Cox, Ruth Cox and Solomon Cox. The minutes of Warrington Monthly Meeting record: "John Cox and three children being removed and settled within the verge of Cain Creek Mo. Mtg North Carolina, a certificate for them is signed 6-21-1755." Eldon E. Cox, Cox family researcher of Miami, Florida, states that the three children had preceded the certificate to Cane Creek Monthly Meeting.

"Many of the older brothers and sisters, including Benjamin Cox and Martha Garretson Cox, were already in North Carolina. Of these three younger children Thomas Cox married Martha Jenkins. I am descended from them. Ruth Cox married Solomon Cox, son of William Cox and Catharine Kinkey Cox. I am also descended from them. Solomon Cox married Amy Hussey."

Solomon Cox, probably, and Thomas Cox, probably, were received by Cane Creek Monthly Meeting 6th, 10th month, 1753 on a certificate issued by Newark Monthly Meeting, Kennett, Pennsylvania 5th, 5th month, 1753.

On August 11, 1759 Solomon Cox returned to Warrington Monthly Meeting on a certificate from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting dated June 2, 1759. On September 15, 1759 this certificate was endorsed back to Cane Creek Monthly Meeting. About the same time a certificate was granted to Christopher Hussey and family from Warrington Monthly Meeting to Cane Creek Monthly Meeting. Eldon E. Cox wrote to Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan April 5, 1970:

"It is my opinion that Solomon Cox returned to Warrington to marry Amy Hussey and returned to North Carolina with the Hussey family. The marriage could have occurred at either Warrington or at Cane Creek immediately after their arrival. Their first children (twins) were born in 1761. According to Quaker custom the fact that a certificate was issued to Solomon Cox from Cane Creek to Warrington would indicate either that he intended to move there permanently or that he had returned to marry. He could not marry in either meeting without a certificate. Then it was the custom to give a certificate to both husband and wife when they returned to the husband's home. No certificate has been found at either Warrington or Cane Creek for Amy Hussey. This might mean that she came on her father's certificate and that they were married in North Carolina shortly after their arrival. Neither is there a marriage certificate found for this couple at either Warrington or Cane Creek. It was not mandatory that the marriage certificate be recorded."

Solomon Cox appeared on a road assignment along with his father-in-law in August 1764, according to Orange County court records.

"Christopher Hussey settled on Mill Creek, not too far from William Cox and Katharine Kinkey Cox and lived on land adjoining Sarah Duskin, a widow, and my great-great-great-great-grandmother," writes Eldon E. Cox. Solomon Cox and Amy Hussey Cox settled on Richland Creek, some six or eight miles away to the south and next to Stephen Hussey, brother of Amy, and also next to his brother, Thomas Cox and Martha Jenkins Cox. Solomon Cox purchased this land July 20, 1765 from Benjamin Ellis."

Solomon Cox was disowned by Cane Creek Monthly Meeting February 7, 1767, according to the church records. He was appointed co-executor with William Moreman [or Wierman] in the will of his brother, Thomas Cox which was probated in November 1771, according to "Guilford County, North Carolina Will Abstracts" by Irene Webster.

On July 27, 1774 Solomon Cox sold his land in Guilford County, which had been formed from Orange County in 1771, according to Guilford County Deed Book 1, page 340. The deed read:

"27 July 1774. Solomon Cox and Naomi, his wife, of Guilford County, North Carolina convey to Walter Ashmore of Ashton County, North Carolina land in Guilford County on the fork of Richland Creek, the waters of Deep River joining to Stephen Hussey to the land that belonged to Thomas Cox, deceased, it being a part of the tract granted to Benjamin Ellis by the Earl of Granville December 25, 1761 and conveyed by Ellis to Solomon Cox 20 July 1765.
Solomon Cox
Naomi Cox"

Eldon E. Cox suggests that they might have removed to Grayson County, Virginia at this time, since their son, Thomas Cox was born in Virginia. It is possible that Solomon Cox anticipated the fierce revolutionary struggle that was about to take place in Guilford County and elected to remove his family to a safer location. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was shortly fought there between the forces of General Charles Cornwallis and General Nathaniel Greene. He writes:

"Whether they were living in North Carolina or Virginia, on December 5, 1778 Solomon Cox and family was granted a certificate from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting to Warrington Monthly Meeting. The minutes of Warrington of February 13, 1779 record that 'an inquiry to be made into the life and conversation of Solomon Cox since coming here.' Warrington delayed acceptance of the certificate until investigation revealed that his daughter, Martha Cox was married to her first cousin. Solomon Cox had taken 'the test' and had owned a slave which he sold prior to his application to Warrington. The certificate was returned to Cane Creek not accepted."

Rejection of Solomon Cox by Warrington Monthly Meeting nudged Cane Creek Monthly Meeting into action. On February 4, 1780 Martha Cox was disowned by Cane Creek Monthly Meeting for "marrying out of unity to her first cousin." On the same date Solomon Cox was disowned by Cane Creek Monthly Meeting for allowing his daughter to marry her cousin and for having owned a slave.

On March 4, 1780 Cane Creek Monthly Meeting granted a certificate to the remainder of the family to remove to Warrington Monthly Meeting. This apparently indicates a visit made by the family back to York County, Pennsylvania. The certificate apparently arrived at the hand of a third party. Warrington Monthly Meeting minutes record, "Solomon Cox's wife and children (except one) certificate from Cane Creek, 8-12-1780, but they being removed from us it is thought best to send it back to that mtg." Naomi "Amy" Hussey Cox, "wife of Solomon, and children" were granted a certificate January 6, 1781 to New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County by Cane Creek Monthly Meeting.

Eldon E. Cox writes, "New Garden was the meeting nearest to Grayson County, Virginia so Amy was still living at that time, contrary to usual reports." Children mentioned in the certificate include "Mary, Ann, Solomon, Absalom, Christopher, Thomas, Stephen and Amey." The family was received by New Garden Monthly Meeting June 30, 1781.

Two individuals by the name of Solomon Cox appeared in Montgomery County, Virginia, according to "Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-1787." It is believed that they were Solomon Cox and his nephew Solomon Cox. Both later appeared in Wythe County when it was formed from Montgomery County in 1789. Both reappeared in Grayson County when it was formed from Wythe County in 1792.

It is believed that Solomon Cox removed to Montgomery County about 1785 where he acquired land on the waters of Wilson Creek, a branch of New River. It is possible that the land was a bounty for military services. A survey record of the property, recorded in Montgomery County Plat Book D, page 157 reads:

"Surveyed for Solomon Cocks 58 acres of land by virtue of an entry made on the 27th day of April 1790 for a land office treasury warrant for 1000 acres No. 10,391 dated 25th December 1781 part of which is appointed to him by Philip Gaines appointee; Jesse Robinette appointee of Philip Pendleton lying in Montgomery County on a branch of Wilson Creek, beginning at a white oak on said Cock's line running thence N60 W66 to two white oaks, S40 W140 to a chestnut white oak, S40 E66 to a stake on Cock's line, N40 E164 poles to the beginning."

When Wythe County was formed from Montgomery County in 1789 Solomon Cox and Naomi "Amy" Hussey Cox found themselves in the new county. When Grayson County was formed from Wythe County in 1792 they again found themselves in a new county. On May 1, 1792 they conveyed their land to David Pugh, according to Wythe County Deed Book 1, page 103. Both signed the deed.

Solomon Cox bought 30 acres of land on Wilson Creek October 22, 1792, according to Wythe County Land Survey Book 1, page 131. Apparently Solomon Cox acquired additional land in Grayson County shortly afterwards, it being 540 acres on Cole Creek, a branch of Chestnut Creek which was a tributary of New River.

Apparently the attorney handling the deed to David Pugh in 1792 forgot to get a separate acknowledgement from Naomi "Amy" Hussey Cox on the transfer, and three years later a confirmation document was drawn up for her signature. The document read:

"Solomon Cox and wife to David Pugh: Whereas Solomon Cox and Neomi his wife by their indenture being date 1 May 1792 sold unto David Pugh 330 acres in the county of Grayson, formerly Wythe, and whereas the said Neomi cannot conveniently travel to our county court of Wythe to make her acknowledgement of said conveyance we do give you Gentlemen Justices of Grayson County power to receive the acknowledgement which the said Neomi shall be willing to make before you and we do therefore require you that you do go personally to the said Neomi and receive her acknowledgement and examine her privily and apart from the said Solomon Cox, her husband, whether she doeth the same freely voluntarily without his persuasion threats. 15 April 1795."

She signed the ratification document April 25, 1795, according to Wythe County Deed Book 1, page 352.

Solomon Cox sold additional land to David Pugh February 9, 1796, according to Wythe County Court Order Book 1, page 54. This was apparently done in preparation for a move to Knox County, Kentucky. Knox County tax Lists from 1800 to 1812 record "Solomon Cox" as a taxpayer there. Naomi Cox, daughter of Solomon Cox was married there September 8, 1800. A second Solomon Cox, believed to be, also appeared in the tax lists of Knox County from 1800 through 1804. Solomon Cox and Christopher Cox, believed to be his son appeared as tax delinquents in Knox County in 1805.

Other contemporary Cox individuals who appeared in Knox County records include Thomas Cox, [possibly Thomas Isaac Cox]; John Cox and Jess Cox.

It is believed that Solomon Cox removed to Ross County, Ohio about 1813. The new state, which had been admitted to the Union ten years earlier, was being rapidly populated. When Virginia ceded its claim to Ohio land to the Federal government in 1784 it reserved 4,250,000 acres between the Little Miami and the Scioto Rivers as bounty land to be awarded to its Revolutionary War veterans, and the area was settled primarily by Virginians and Kentuckians. Chillicothe, [Indian word for town] Ohio was organized in 1796 and was temporarily the capital.

The Revolutionary War was succeeded by a series of Indian uprisings all along the frontier. The Ohioans lost the first two wars to the Indians. General Josiah Harmar was soundly defeated by them, and General Arthur St. Clair failed in his campaign because of the military's ignorance of the Indians' fighting tactics. General Anthony Wayne became the hero of the Northwest Territory in 1794 when his dragoons decisively removed the Indian threat to Ohio in the Battle of the Fallen Timbers.

In 1818 Ross County and Athens County, Ohio gave up land to form Hocking County, Ohio. A Solomon Cox and a Jacob Cox appeared in the 1818 tax list of Hocking County, according to "Early Ohio Tax Records" by Esther Weygandt Powell. They reappeared in the 1821 tax list of Hardin County, Ohio.

Solomon Cox wrote his will September 9, 1819 at Eagle township, according to Hocking County Deed Book A, page 1. The record, transcribed from Ross County Deed Book of 1818, read:

"In the name of God Amen. I, Solomon Cox, late of Hocking County and State of Ohio, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life being weak of body but sound and perfect mind and memory blessed by almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following: That is to say first I give and bequeath unto my eldest daughter Martha Cox the sum of one dollar which is her full share of my estate with what she hath already had. I also give and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary Cox and her heirs one dollar which is their full share of my estate with what she and they hath already had. I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Ann Perkins one dollar which is her full share with what she already hath. I also give and bequeath unto my son, Absolom Cox one dollar which is his full share of my estate with what he already hath. I also give and bequeath unto my son Christopher Cox one dollar which is his full share with what he hath already had. And I also give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Cox one dollar which is his full share with what he already had. I also give and bequeath unto my son Stephen Cox one dollar which is his full share with what he hath already had. I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Amy Mahan one dollar which is her full share with what she already hath. And as to all the residue and remainder of my estate, goods and chattels of what kind and nature soever it may be to be equally divided between my loving wife Amy Cox and my son Solomon Cox, share and share alike and what live stock there may be the same to keep or dispose of at their election. And lastly I do appoint my son Solomon Cox and William Dixon sole executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made.

In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal this ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

Solomon Cox appeared as the head of a household in Eagle township of Hocking County, page 66, in the 1820 census of the county.

Notations on the back of the will of Solomon Cox record that the will was probated July 3, 1820 by Solomon Cox and William Dixon. The will was proved by "oaths of Cox and Ratliff, the subscribing witnesses."

Robert Allen McAlear, a descendant of Nice, California, wrote in February 1978 that Solomon Cox died in Hocking County in 1820 and that legal notice regarding the probate of his will appeared in the August 3, 1820 edition of "Scioto Gazette." He also suggested that Solomon Cox had not reaffiliated with the Quaker church since his will began with "In the name of God . . ", a form that Quakers disdained to use in their wills.

The will of Solomon Cox was probated in Hocking County in July 1820, according to county records. The probate read:

"To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Know ye that John Thompson, president and Benj. Beadle and Abraham Bitcher, Esquires, associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at the Courthouse at Logan, in session on the 3rd day of July, AD 1820. The last will testament of Solomon Cox, late of said County, deceased, was proved by Nicholas Cox and Alexander Graves, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto, and is now proved and approved by us, and the said deceased, while living, and at his death, was possessed of goods and chattels and credits within this State by means whereof the proving and registering the same will and granting administration of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits, and also the auditing and allowing and finally adjusting the accounts, the administration of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of said deceased, any way concerning his will is granted unto Solomon Cox and William Dixon named in said will, they being first so sworn, will and faithfully to administer the same by first paying the debts and then the legacy contained in said will so far as the property will thereunto extend, or Law direct, and make a true inventory of all the said goods, chattels and make a true account thereof when so required.

In testimony hereof, we on the day and year aforementioned, have caused the Seal of our said Court to be hereunto affixed and order these presents to be attested.

In witness hereof, I, Royal Converse, Clerk of said Court, have set my hand this 3rd day of July AD 1820.
Royal Converse, Clerk"

"An inventory of the goods and chattels of Solomon Cox, deceased, late of Eagle Township and County of Hocking taken by us, John Ratcliff, Jesse Ratcliff and Ezekiel Ratcliff, appraisers, appointed by the Court of Common Pleas, Hocking County:

Item Appraised                 Dollars & Cents       Item Appraised Dollars & Cents
==============       ===============    ==============        ===============
1 Bay mare                                                40            1 Sorrel colt                    15
1 Red steer, 3 yrs. old                               12          1 Steer, 4 yrs. old               15
1 Steer, 2 yrs. old                                        7          1 Heifer, 2 yrs. old           6    50
1 Yearling heifer       3    1 Cow and young calf   16
1 Red brindled steer    15   1 Red cow      12
1 Red cow       13   50   1 Red bull calf          2
1 White blanket           1    12.5      1 Striped blanket         2
1 Black blue blanket     1    75        1 Quilt                         75
1 Flesh fork                   25        2 Iron ladles                   37.5
1 Earthen dish                 18.75     1 Pair saddle bags        1
1 Sickle                       25        1 Can                           75
3 Chairs                  1    25        1 Check reel                    37.5
1 Spinning reel           2    75        3 Crocks                        18.75
1 Earthen pitcher               6.25     1 Pigin                         50
1 Smawl pigin                  25        1 Churn                         75
1 Kettle                  3              1 Fier shovel             1     25
1 Axe                     1    25        1 Stake and hamer               62.5
1 Hackel [comb]           1              1 Bell                          75
1 Curri come                   25        1 Copers axe                    50
1 Log chain                1    75       1 Butten box              2
1 Spy glass                2             2 Hoe harowteeth                50
1 Frog                          50       1 Washing tub             1
1 Weeding hoe                   62.5     1 Specled calf            1     50
5 Head hogs, $2 each     10              1 Hog                           50
4 Yearling hogs           6              1 Sow and pigs            3
20 Head Sheap            36              1 Plow                    4
1 Pair harnes             1     50       1 Hoe                           37.5
2 Hoes                          25       1 Mattock                       50
1 Saddle                  1              1 Side saddle             1
1 Shovel                  1              1 Iron wedge                    62.5
1 Pair fier tongs         1     50       1 Pot trumble             1     25
1 Duck sithe              1     50       1 Broken sithe                  75
1 Broken sithe                  75       1 Candle mole             1     75
2 Pair sheep shears             75       1 Pair cotten cards             50
1 Box iron                1              1 Coffy mill                    75
1 Pitch fork                    50       1 Pewter bason                  75
1 Pewter dish             1     25       1 Broken pewter dish            75
3 Pewter plates           1              2 Earthen plates                25
4 Spoons                        50       1 Large spoon                   25
1 Set knives forks            75        5 Tin cups                      50
1 Large bible             2              1 George Fox's Jurnel     2
1 David's book                  18.67    1 Seven Wise Mistresses          6.14
2 Smawl historys                 6.14    1 Pilgrim's Progress            25
1 The Death of Able             25       1 The Whole Duty of Woman       32.5
1 The History of Buchanus       32.5     1 The History of Fortunatus     60
1 Pair of cumpases              25       1 Pocket cumpas                 37.5
1 Two foot rule                 50       1 Inch augur                    50
1 3/4 inch augur                37.5     1 Gauge                         25
1 Han saw                       50       1 Cross cut saw           4
1 Earthen bowl                  12.5     1 Earthen dish                   6
2 Branding irons                62.5     1 Taper bit                     12.5
1 Jack plain                    25       1 Smooth gun powder horn 15
1 Pair cart wheels        5              1 Browd axe               1     75
1 Kitchen axe                   75       1 Razor and case                62.5
1 Mordel, in shave        1                                   ======    =====
                                           Total                $318     62.5

Given under our hands the 15th day of July AD 1820.

Jesse Ratcliff Ezekiel Ratcliff John Ratcliff, appraisers

The amount of debts due and owing to the Estate of Solomon Cox, deceased, which is as followeth:

Joshua Pickins One due bill Executed to Solomon Cox, deceased.........$44.00
                Interest on the same................................... 3.00 John Clark      One note of hand due as above.......................... 4.00 Christopher Cox and William Wilkinson, Open account.................... 12.50 Cash on hand at the death of the deceased.............................. 33.00
                                                                       ======
                                                                       $96.50 Total amount of Estate......................$415 / 2 / 5
Given under our hand this 22nd of July, 1820.

Solomon Cox William Dixon, Executors of Solomon Cox, deceased."

[Photostatic copies of the above documents were furnished to Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan, Cox researcher of Aspermont, Texas, by Common Pleas Court, Hocking County Probate and Juvenile Division, Logan, Ohio.]

Children born to Solomon Cox and Naomi "Amy" Hussey Cox include:

Martha Cox (twin)                born about 1761
Solomon Cox (twin)              born about 1761
Rutha Cox                            born about 1763
Mary Cox                              born in 1769
Ann Cox                                  born about 1771
Christopher Cox                     born in 1773
Thomas Isaac Cox                 born December 5, 1775
Absalom Cox                          born in 1777
Stephen Cox (twin)                born in 1779
Naomi "Amy" Cox (twin)    born in 1779

Martha Cox, twin daughter of Solomon Cox and Naomi "Amy" Hussey Cox, was born "29th day of January, 5th day of the week, AD1761" in Orange County, North Carolina, according to the family bible. She was married about 1778 to her first cousin, Samuel Cox, who was born in 1754 to Samuel Cox and Hannah Wierman Cox. On February 4, 1780 Martha Cox Cox was disowned by Cane Creek Monthly Meeting for "marrying out of unity to her first cousin" and her father was disowned at the same time for allowing it to happen. They protested unsuccessfully to the Quakers that they were not pure first cousins since they had different maternal grandmothers.

Apparently they joined her parents in moving to Virginia where all of their children were born, probably in Grayson County on the North Carolina border. Samuel Cox, believed to be, served as a Revolutionary soldier for three years in the Third Virginia Regiment and the Seventh Virginia Regiment during the conflict, according to a letter written September 29, 1939 by R. A. Lancaster, Jr, Secretary, Virginia Historical Society. His military record should be available from the Adjutant General, Washington, D.C. He received Military Land Warrant No. 2616 for 100 acres of Kentucky land February 24, 1784.

He took out 100 acres of land on Naked Fork in Knox County, Kentucky under the military warrant April 25, 1797, according to research done in 1938 by Elmer Decker, an attorney of Barbourville, Kentucky, for John Wesley Perkins, Williamsburg, Kentucky, a descendant of Solomon Cox and Naomi "Amy" Hussey Cox.

About 1805 they removed to Knox County, Kentucky along with other members of the Cox family. In the census of 1810 there were 19 Cox heads of families in Knox County including Samuel Cox.

Apparently Samuel Cox [or his son Samuel Cox,] made a trip back to Grayson County, Virginia in the summer of 1810 in an attempt to sell his property there. John Cox gave him power of attorney to collect payment on the sale of his property there also, according to Knox County Deed Book B, page 112:

"Know all men by the presents that I, John Cox, of Knox County and State of Kentucky have made, ordained, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, ordain, constitute and appoint Samuel Cox, Junr., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, but for my use to do, perform and transact all my business in the State of Virginia to make a deed of conveyance to a certain tract of land lying in Grayson County in the State of Virginia, it being the same which Robert Still sold as agent for me to a certain William Byers, to collect all money or moneys which may be due me and to transact any other business which may be necessary for my welfare and well standing in the State of Virginia, and what ever lawful act my said attorney may do or cause to be done for me and in my name I do hereby by these presents ratify and confirm, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 28th day of August, 1810.

John Cox
Teste: Nathan Cox
Richard Cox"

On November 10, 1910 Samuel Cox and Martha Cox Cox sold their property in Grayson County, Virginia, according to Knox County Deed Book B, page 118:

"This indenture, made this 10th day of November in the year 1810 between Samuel Cox of the County of Knox and State of Kentucky and Martha Cox, wife of said Samuel Cox, of the one part, and John Wisman, of the County of Wythe and State of Virginia, of the other part, Witnesseth, that for and in consideration of five hundred dollars in hand paid to the said Samuel Cox and Martha, his wife, by said John Wisman the receipt whereof the said Cox and his wife doth hereby acknowledge he the said Cox and Martha, his wife, have given, granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, convey and confirm unto the said Wisman one certain tract or parcel of land containing one hundred and fifty acres, lying and being in the County of Grayson on the waters of Fox Creek in the State of Virginia . . ."

Samuel Cox, probably took out a certificate for 10 acres of land on the Cumberland River in Knox County January 14, 1811. They found themselves in Whitley County when it was formed in 1818 from Knox County. Martha Cox Cox was mentioned in the will of her father written in 1819.

Samuel Cox and Martha Cox Cox sold 20 acres of their farm December 20, 1819 to provide a townsite for Williamsburg, Kentucky, proposed county seat for the new county, and received a premium price of $50 per acre, according to Whitley County Deed Book 1, page 14:

"This indenture made and entered into the 20th day of December 1819, between Samuel Cox, Esquire, and Martha, his wife and Nathan Cox and Nathan Cox's wife, all of the Town of Williamsburgh, Whitley County and State of Kentucky, of the one part and Milton Eve, Walter R. Hunt, John Sharpe, Benjamin S. Parsons and John Stringer, Trustees of the town of Williamsburgh and their successors of the other part, Witnesseth that the said Samuel, Martha, Nathan and Lucy Cox have for and in consideration of the sum of One Thousand Dollars to us in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath this day granted, bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien and confirm unto the said Trustees Twenty acres of land situate in the County aforesaid lying and being on Cumberland River, the same having been laid off in a town and the lots sold by us the said vendors express agreement, and bounded as follows: to wit:

Beginning at a stake at the lower end of said town on the river running 45 E 75 poles to a stake above Samuel Cox's dwelling house on the River S 54 W 57 poles to a stake, Thence N 45 W 57 poles to a stake N 54 E 57 poles to the beginning. To have and to hold the same with all and singularly the appurtenances thereunto belonging to convey them to the persons who purchased lots therein or to any other person or persons to whom titles may and ought to go which we warrant and forever defend from all manner of persons claiming under through or by us and from all manner of persons whatsoever in testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seals the date first written.

         Samuel Cox
         Martha Cox
         Nathan Cox
         Lucy Cox"

"Whitley Co. Sct.

I, John G. Crump, Deputy Clerk of the aforesaid County do hereby certify that the foregoing Indenture of Bargain and Sale from Samuel Cox et al., to the Trustees of the Town of Williamsburgh, before me on the day of the date hereof by the parties to be their act and deed for the purpose herein mentioned. Given under my hand this 24th day of December 1819 and in the year of the Commonwealth the 28th.

John G. Crump, D. Clerk"

Other legal references to Samuel Cox copied by Olivia Perkins Brisbin, daughter of John Wesley Perkins, were cited by her in a letter dated September 3, 1963:

"Order Book 1, pg. 83: March Term, 1826. Samuel Cox appointed Constable.
Order Book 1, pg. 91: June Term, 1826. Samuel Cox, Jr. appointed to divide
   land.
Order Book 1, pg. 140: November 6, 1827. Samuel Cox recommended to the Gov-
   ernor for the office of Sheriff.
Order Book 1, pg. 184: June Term, 1828. Samuel Cox appointed Sheriff of
   Whitley County.
Deed Book 1, pg. 83: Reference is made to Levi Cox, son of Samuel Cox, Senr.
   and wife, Martha.
Deed Book 1, page 85: Mentions Rytha Cox, [(Ruth Cox (C5/1.8)] daughter of
   Samuel Cox.
Deed Book 1, page 86: Mentions Sarah Cox, daughter of Samuel Cox.
Deed Book 1, page 85: Mentions William Cox, son of Samuel Cox.

I found the above records in an old notebook, but apparently I did not have time to copy the complete records since they are not in this notebook."

Samuel Cox appeared as the head of a household in the 1830 census of Whitley County. The family was listed as:

"Cox, Samuel, Sr.    white male 70-80
                                     white female 60-70
                                      white male 20-30
                                      white female 20-30"

Samuel Cox died July 29, 1832 in Whitley County at age 76, according to the family bible. He was survived by his widow and six children. When several of their first children died at young age the parents may have pondered the prudence of the Quaker ban on the marriage of cousins.

Martha Cox Cox joined her son Nathan Cox in a move to Livingston County, Missouri about 1842 and died there March 19, 1845 "10 minutes before 2 o'clock, age 84." She was buried in Liggett Cemetery near Chillicothe, Missouri.

Children born to them, according to the old family bible which was printed in 1810 and was later owned by Nathan Cox, include:

Anna Cox                born April 9, 1779
Sarah Cox               born August 20, 1781
Zachariah Cox        born January 28, 1784
Mary Cox                  born March 7, 1786
Anna Cox                 born March 12, 1788
Samuel Cox             born October 25, 1790
Nathan Cox             born April 7, 1793
Ruth Cox                  born November 25, 1795
Zachariah Cox         born February 25, 1798
Levi Cox                   born September 30, 1800
John William Cox    born May 29, 1803

Anna Cox, daughter of Samuel Cox and Martha Cox Cox, was born "9th day of 4th month and the sixth day of the week AD1779," according to the family bible. She died before 1788.

Sarah Cox, daughter of Samuel Cox and Martha Cox Cox, was born "20th of 8th month, AD1781" in Virginia. She was mentioned as "daughter of Samuel Cox" in Whitley County Deed Book 1, page 86 recorded about 1824. She may have remained unmarried.

Zachariah Cox, son of Samuel Cox and Martha Cox Cox, was born January 28, 1784 in Virginia. He died before 1798.

Mary Cox, daughter of Samuel Cox and Martha Cox Cox, was born March 7, 1786 in Virginia. She died April 7, 1823 at age 37, according to the family bible.

Anna Cox, daughter of Samuel Cox and Martha Cox Cox, was born March 12, 1788 in Virginia. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Samuel Cox, son of Samuel Cox and Martha Cox Cox, was born October 25, 1790 in Virginia. "Samuel Cox, Jr." purchased land in Knox County from his father August 10, 1810 apparently in preparation for his impending marriage. He purchased additional land on the following day from John Cox.

He may have been the individual who received power of attorney August 28, 1810 from John Cox to collect money due him on the sale of his property in Grayson County, Virginia. He was married about that time to Jane McClure [her name appeared as Jana McCluer in the family bible] who was born May 12, 1790. He appeared as "Samuel Cox, Jr," the head of a household in the 1820 census of Whitley County which was created in 1818 with land from Knox County.

He may have been the individual who appeared as constable in Williamsburg in March 1826, and he may have been the one who was appointed sheriff of Whitley County in June 1828.

He reappeared as the head of a household in the 1830 census of Whitley County as:

"Cox, Samuel, Jr.   white male 30-40
                                    white female 40-50
                                    white male 15-20
                                    white male 10-15
                                    white female 5-10
                                    white female 0-5"

They sold land to Jesse Beams December 21, 1840 and to Isham Jones April 26, 1841, according to Whitley County deed records. It is believed that he died shortly afterwards.

Jane McClure Cox appeared in the 1850 census of Harrison County, Missouri, District 27, as the head of Household 190-205. The family was rendered as:

"Cox, Jane 59, born in Virginia, $1,500 real estate
Samuel G. 19, born in Kentucky, farmer, attending school
Nathan B. H. 17, born in Kentucky, farmer, attending school
William H. 13, born in Kentucky, idiotic"

In an adjoining Household 189-204 appeared the family of her daughter Sarah "Sally" Cox Cox and her husband Jarvis P. Cox. Also in an adjacent location was the family of her daughter Martha Jane Cox Cox who was married about a year earlier to a cousin Solomon Benjamin Cox. The whereabouts of Jane McClure Cox after this date is unknown.

Children born to Samuel Cox and Jane McClure Cox include:

Fleming Trigg Cox            born November 24, 1811
Quarles Hampton Cox      born April 6, 1813
Andrew McClure Cox       born July 12, 1816
Sarah "Sally" Cox             born about 1823
Gregg Cox                         born about 1826
Martha Jane Cox               born in 1829
Samuel G. Cox                   born in 1831
Nathan B. H. Cox              born in 1833
William H. Cox                   born in 1837

Fleming Trigg Cox, son of Samuel Cox and Jane McClure Cox, was born November 24, 1811 in Whitley County. The name "Fleming Trigg" which has been handed down for many generations in the Cox family was a "political compliment," according to Emma Normand, foremost authority on the history of the Bell County Coxes, who wrote:

"It is well known that after the American Revolution soldiers were paid for their services during the war in grants of land in the western reaches of some of the original states. These regions were later cut off and organized into new states. Our Fleming Trigg Cox was born in the heart of such a region. Fleming and Trigg were two men who had something to do with those land grants. I do not know their subsequent careers, but they must have become well known locally while acting as land commissioners. Fleming and Trigg had married sisters, 'the Christian girls,' whose brother, a Mr. Christian, was a member of the Virginia Assembly."

Fleming Trigg Cox was married about 1829 to Mary "Polly" Guinevere Leigh [pronounced Lay] who was born in November 1815 and who was related to the Hampton family, according to Emma Normand. She wrote, "There is a tombstone for an old man by the name of Hampton in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery lot of Samuel Hampton Cox. Hiram Reynolds Cox, his grandson, told me the old man was a kinsman of his great-grandmother Polly Cox. The presence of Quarles Hampton Cox in the family of Samuel and Jane McClure Cox shows that there might have been some connection between the Cox and Hampton families before Mary G. Leigh married Fleming Trigg Cox. They were all in Whitley County."

He appeared as the head of a household in the 1830 census of Whitley County listed as:

"Cox, Flemmon white male 20-30
white female 15-20"

In 1835 he joined Daniel Cox in purchasing 100 acres on Tacket Creek, according to Whitley County deed records. Shortly afterwards he removed to Missouri. "Fleming Cox, born 1810-20," believed to be, appeared as the head of a household in the 1840 census of Jackson County, Missouri. One report shows him in Harrison County, Missouri in the middle 1840s.

Fleming Trigg Cox arrived in Bell County, Texas about 1855. On December 18, 1856 he received a Third Class Patent from the State of Texas to 320 acres of land, according to Texas Land Commission Book 208, survey 15. The land was originally in Falls County, Texas, but his area was transferred to Bell County by the Sixth Texas Legislature, according to Bell County Deed Books 60 and 84. His preemption certificate, signed by Gov. J. E. M. Pease, located the land "in Milam District, Bell County, on Noland's Creek, 8
He appeared there as the head of a household in the 1860 census. The family was composed of:

"Cox, Fleming Trigg 45, born Kentucky
             Mary Leigh   44
             Martha J.    16
             Hannah    14
             Mary     11
            John     8
            George W.   6
           Sara     3
            Naomi     5/12"

Fleming Trigg Cox received a deed June 2, 1869 to 140 acres, "out of the S. H. Cox survey of 184 acres, being the west half" from his son Samuel Hampton Cox and Nica Jane Cox Cox for $500, according to Bell County Deed Book M, page 448. Although the deed was properly recorded, the county clerk could not locate the record, and a confirmation deed was executed January 9, 1883 to "140 acres located 10
Fleming Trigg Cox died in 1904, and Mary "Polly" Guinevere Leigh Cox survived him for a few years. "I have a wonderful group picture made in the early 1900s of Mary G. Leigh Cox and the seven children who were living at that time; four sons and three daughters," wrote Emma Normand.

Children born to Fleming Trigg Cox and Mary "Polly" Guinevere Leigh Cox include:

Samuel Hampton Cox         born September 3, 1831
Andrew Peace Cox              born about 1833
David Cox                           born about 1836
Martha J. Cox                      born in 1844
Hannah Cox                         born in 1846
Mary A. Cox                         born in 1849
John Fleming Trigg Cox    born February 18, 1852
George Washington Cox    born November 1, 1854
Sara Cox                               born February 16, 1857
Naomi Cox                            born in 1860

Samuel Hampton Cox, son of Fleming Trigg Cox and Mary "Polly" Guinevere Leigh Cox, was born in Whitley County September 3, 1831, according to the research of Emma Normand. He may have preceded his father to Texas and may have influenced him to move there. A "Samuel Cox," possibly appeared in the 1850 census of Bexar County. This individual was employed by the U.S. Army as a "waggoner, Quartermaster Depot, out on a haul, age & place of birth unavailable."

He was married January 14, 1853, according to Bell County Marriage Book A, page 25, to his second cousin once-removed, Nica Jane Cox, daughter of Joseph Cox and Ama "Amy" Baker Cox who was born July 12, 1834 in Missouri.

Emma Normand wrote July 30, 1983:

"The story goes that Joseph Cox cavorted when Jane married her cousin Samuel H. Cox. Aunt Jane in her old age told my mother that for a time after her marriage if she wished to see her mother, she was careful to choose a time when her father was not at home. But he became reconciled to the marriage and wrote a letter about four years later in which he boasted, 'Jane Cox has a fine son.'

The Samuel Hampton Coxes were our closest neighbors for nine years. Our place was a small part of the original Joseph Cox place; only Post Oak Branch separated it from the place of Samuel Hampton Cox and Jane Cox (Uncle Sam and Aunt Jane to us). The Samuel Hampton Cox place was a part of the Fleming Trigg Cox homestead. Fleming Trigg Cox had died in 1904 before we came to that community, and his youngest son, George Washington Cox, was living near the original homesite and a fine spring. Mary Genevera Cox was living with a daughter, Mary Cox Middleton, a little nearer Nolanville, but also on a place that had originally been part of the Fleming Trigg Cox land. When my mother first met Mrs. F. T. Cox, she said, 'You can call me Aunt Polly; everybody else does.'

The Pleasant Hill Cemetery was also carved out of the Fleming Trigg Cox holding. The original owners of the site are buried near the gate of the old part of the cemetery."

Samuel Hampton Cox received Preemption Certificate No. 34 issued by Bell County Court December 17, 1856. He received a patent from the State of Texas signed by Gov. H. R. Runnels January 3, 1858 for 283 acres located "on the north side of Noland's Creek, 8 miles northwest of Belton," according to Bell County Deed Book H, page 428. They deeded the west half of this land to his father June 2, 1869.

Samuel Hampton Cox deeded a lot to the Farm Council for $5 November 17, 1877, perhaps for an office or meeting hall, according to Bell County Deed Book 29, page 46. The plot was located on "South Nolen Creek, part of the Fleming Cox survey."

He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Bell County, Enumeration District 7, page 18, precinct 7:

"Cox, Sam             48, born in Kentucky
             Jane            46, born in Missouri
           William M. 25, born in Texas
           Martha M. 20, born in Texas
            Fleming T. 18, born in Texas
            David          16, born in Texas
            Columbus   12, born in Texas
            Stockton    10, born in Texas
           Hannah J.    8, born in Texas
            Perry            5, born in Texas
           Elizabeth      3, born in Texas
           Lem              1, born in Texas"

Samuel Hampton Cox received a deed to 50 acres in the Hughes survey January 30, 1882 from "A. P. Cox" believed to be his brother Andrew Peace Cox and his wife "F. M. Cox" for $500, according to Bell County Deed Book 39, page 424. The deed exempted "two acres reserved for graveyard, now the property of G. W. Cox [George Washington Cox].

Samuel Hampton Cox and Nica Jane Cox Cox reappeared in the 1900 census of Bell County, Enumeration District 34, page 7, precinct 7:

"Cox, Sam H. 68, born in September 1831 in Kentucky
Jane 65, born in July 1834 in Missouri"

Nica Jane Cox Cox died April 19, 1916, and he died March 3, 1918. Both were buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Children born to Samuel Hampton Cox and Nica Jane Cox Cox include:

William Marion Cox      born October 30, 1854
Andrew Hampton Cox born in August 1856
Martha Malinda Cox     born in 1858
Mary Cox                        born about 1860
Fleming Trigg Cox         born in October 1862
Samuel David Cox          born December 20, 1864
John E. Cox                      born November 7, 1866
Christopher C. L. Cox     born February 13, 1869
D. Stockton Cox               born February 6, 1871
Hannah Jane Cox            born December 21, 1872
Perry Sterling A. Cox      born July 17, 1875
Elizabeth L. B. Cox         born July 15, 1877
J. L. "Lem" Cox             born July 10, 1879

William Marion Cox, son of Samuel Hampton Cox and Nica Jane Cox Cox, was born in Bell County October 30, 1854, according to his death certificate. He was married February 24, 1884 to Nancy Woods who was born March 9, 1867 in Comanche County, Texas.

They appeared as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Bell County, Enumeration District 33, page 20, precinct 7:

"Cox, William M. 45, born in Missouri in October          1854
             Nancey    33, born in Texas in March 1867
             Dora V.    15, born in Texas in December          1884
            Cora     13, born in Texas in December          1886
            Ida M.     10, born in Texas in February          1890
           Clara B.    8, born in Texas in December          1891
           Gertrude F.   5, born in Texas in March 1895
           William H.   1, born in Texas in August 1898
           Nancy O.    8/12, born in Texas in October          1899"

She died January 22, 1937, and he died October 24, 1947 of carcinoma at the age of "92 years, 11 months, 25 days, according to Bell County Death Book 8, page 573. Horace William Cox, his son was the informant. Both were buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Children born to William Marion Cox and Nancy Woods Cox nclude:

Dora Viola Cox              born December 24, 1884
Cora Jane Cox                born December 2, 1886
Mary Ida Cox                  born February 23, 1889
Clara Beatrice Cox         born December 17, 1892
Uriel Gertie Flora Cox    born March 28, 1895
Horace William Cox        born August 19, 1898
Ettie Nancy Overa Cox   born October 6, 1900
Bettie Cathren Cox          born June 30, 1902
Ruth Inona Cox                 born September 7, 1904

Dora Viola Cox, daughter of William Marion Cox and Nancy Woods Cox, was born December 24, 1884. She was married October 29, 1911 to Clyde Polk.

Children born to them include:

Neta Polk         born September 4, 1912
Viola Polk        born September 8, 1914
Clyden Polk     born June 28, 1916
Nelson Polk      born March 18, 1918
Louise Polk       born April 12, 1920
Patricia Polk     born March 14, 1922
Cordelia Polk    born February 8, 1924

Cora Jane Cox, daughter of William Marion Cox and Nancy Woods Cox, was born December 2, 1886 in Bell County. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Mary Ida Cox, daughter of William Marion Cox and Nancy Woods Cox, was born February 23, 1889 in Bell County. She was married June 16, 1912 to Minus Grant Biles who was born October 11, 1890, according to Bell County Marriage Book T, page 89. They were living in Nolanville, Texas in 1955. He died December 16, 1969.

Children born to them include:

Melvin Biles            born August 24, 1913
Luzell Biles             born June 16, 1916
J. W. Biles               born October 31, 1919
Jack Grant Biles    born December 31, 1923
Earl Lee Biles         born August 21, 1925

Clara Beatrice Cox, daughter of William Marion Cox and Nancy Woods Cox, was born December 17, 1892 in Bell County. According to Bell County Marriage Book W, page 118 she was married February 12, 1919 to Dewey Biles who was born September 3, 1900. He died May 5, 1971.

Children born to them include:

Elwanda Biles born November 15, 1921
Maxine Biles born April 18, 1924

Uriel Gertie Flora Cox, daughter of William Marion Cox and Nancy Woods Cox, was born March 28, 1895 in Bell County. She was married July 1, 1923 to Robert Boyer, according to Bell County Marriage Book Y, page 356..

Children born to them include:

Robert Lynn Boyer     born April 14, 1924
Bettie Lee Boyer          born May 20, 1925
Raymond E. Boyer       born May 14, 1927

Horace William Cox, son of William Marion Cox and Nancy Woods Cox, was born August 19, 1898 in Bell County. According to Bell County Marriage Book W, page 396 he was married January 4, 1920 to Annalene Ray, daughter of Donathan Tankersley Ray and Dovie Anna Furnace Ray, who was born February 19, 1901 in Falls County, Texas. In 1920 he farmed at Nolanville. In 1955 they lived in Houston, Texas.

Children born to Horace William Cox and Annalene Ray Cox include:

Horace William Cox, Jr.    born December 6, 1920
Joseph Ray Cox                  born May 25, 1922
Wallace Martin Cox           born January 12, 1929
Caroline Cox                        born September 23, 1930
Carl Blohm Cox                  born October 14, 1933
Patricia Ann Cox                born January 5, 1940
Hal Evans Cox                    born November 24, 1941
Linda Kay Cox                  born October 9, 1947

Horace William Cox, Jr., son of Horace William Cox and Annalene Ray Cox, was born December 6, 1920, according to Bell County Birth Book 4, page 147. He was married April 12, 1942 to Elsie Wiedman.

Children born to Horace William Cox, Jr. and Elsie Wiedman Cox include:

Horace William Cox III born June 23, 1943

Horace William Cox III, son of Horace William Cox, Jr. and Elsie Wiedman Cox, was born June 23, 1943. He was married August 3, 1965 to Mary Ann Icke.

Children born to Horace William Cox III and Mary Ann Icke Cox include:

Keith Alan Cox born September 12, 1966

Joseph Ray Cox, son of Horace William Cox and Annalene Ray Cox, was born May 25, 1922, according to Bell County Birth Book 4, page 454. According to Bell County Marriage Book 34, page 160 he was married August 12, 1942 to Edna Elizabeth Huggins who was born December 23, 1922. In 1943 he was serving in the U. S. Army.

Children born to Joseph Ray Cox and Edna Elizabeth Huggins Cox include:

Elizabeth Ann Cox     born May 20, 1943
Dianna Ray Cox          born April 9, 1947
Bettie Jean Cox           born November 3, 1950

Elizabeth Ann Cox, daughter of Joseph Ray Cox and Edna Elizabeth Huggins Cox, was born May 20, 1943, according to Bell County Birth Book 17, page 486.. She was married about 1961 to Dee Sloan.

Children born to them include:

Karen Sloan born November 2, 1962
Lisa Ann Sloan born January 11, 1964

Dianna Ray Cox, daughter of Joseph Ray Cox and Edna Elizabeth Huggins Cox, was born April 9, 1947. She was married about 1967 to Mitch Awana.

Children born to them include:

Brent Awana born December 31, 1968
Clint Awana born January 4, 1971

Bettie Jean Cox, daughter of Joseph Ray Cox and Edna Elizabeth Huggins Cox, was born November 3, 1950. She was married about 1970 to Gary Childs.

Wallace Martin Cox, son of Horace William Cox and Annalene Ray Cox, was born January 12, 1929. He was married April 3, 1949 to Lila Merle Smith who was born September 20, 1929.

Children born to Wallace Martin Cox and Lila Merle Smith Cox include:

Rebecca Suzanne Cox born April 24, 1953
Marian Cox born January 17, 1955

Rebecca Suzanne Cox, daughter of Wallace Martin Cox and Lila Merle Smith Cox, was born April 24, 1953. She was married about 1973 to Martin Paul Vtycail.

Caroline Cox, daughter of Horace William Cox and Annalene Ray Cox, was born September 23, 1930. She was married February 14, 1949 to Fredrick Dana Magoon who was born March 19, 1921.

Children born to them include:

Terry Eileen Magoon     born January 31, 1953
Ricky Magoon                 born November 28, 1955
Sandra Magoon               born April 13, 1970

Carl Blohm Cox, son of Horace William Cox and Annalene Ray Cox, was born October 14, 1933, according to Bell County Birth Book 7, page 375. He was married about 1960 to Pat Mckinzey who was born January 5, 1940.

Children born to Carl Blohm Cox and Pat Mckinzey Cox include:

Donald Allen Cox      born February 17, 1958
Melissa Cox                born August 24, 1962
Kenneth Cox              born December 8, 1966

Patricia Ann Cox, daughter of Horace William Cox and Annalene Ray Cox, was born January 5, 1940, according to Bell County Birth Book 10, page 475. She was married August 24, 1959 to Donald Andrew Williams who was born August 6, 1936.

Children born to them include:

Cindy Williams born September 10, 1960
Laura Williams born December 7, 1965

Hal Evans Cox, son of Horace William Cox and Annalene Ray Cox, was born November 24, 1941, according to Bell County Birth Book 14, page 205. He was married about 1961 to Nancy Schelper who was born July 2, 1941.

Children born to Hal Evans Cox and Nancy Schelper Cox include:

Sean Cox      born January 7, 1963
Carl Cox       born December 5, 1964
Todd Cox      born December 18, 1966
Jack Cox       born August 19, 1972

Linda Kay Cox, daughter of Horace William Cox and Annalene Ray Cox, was born October 9, 1947.

Ettie Nancy Overa Cox, daughter of William Marion Cox and Nancy Woods Cox, was born October 6, 1900. She was married June 17, 1921 to Elmer David Sutton, according to Bell County Marriage Book X, page 356. He died July 18, 1950.

Children born to them include:

Barbra Sue Sutton         born March 11, 1923
Douglas Sutton             born August 23, 1925
Nancy Nell Sutton          born July 6, 1928
Mary Jane Sutton           born February 23, 1931
Evelyn Louise Sutton     born March 9, 1935
Lester Earl Sutton          born January 6, 1937
Gary Lynn Sutton           born March 11, 1943

Gary Lynn Sutton, son of Elmer David Sutton and Ettie Nancy Overa Cox Sutton, was born March 11, 1943. He was married September 9, 1961 to Alice Joeen Johnson who was born January 11, 1943.

Gary Lynn Sutton, an accomplished genealogist, has thoroughly researched the history of his branch of the Cox family. He co-authored the second edition of "Joseph Cox, Ancestors and Descendants" in 1975 with Stanley Medford Cox who produced the first edition in 1955. In 1975 they lived in Garland, Texas.

Children born to them include:

Mark Edward Sutton born December 2, 1961
Karen Kay Sutton born September 12, 1967

Bettie Cathren Cox, daughter of William Marion Cox and Nancy Woods Cox, was born June 30, 1902. She was married October 8, 1930 to Fred Carl Blohm, Jr., according to Bell County Marriage Book 29, page 114. He died July 1, 1961.

Ruth Inona Cox, daughter of William Marion Cox and Nancy Woods Cox, was born September 7, 1904, according to Bell County Marriage Book 11, page 480. According to Bell County Marriage Book 33, page 593 she was married October 25, 1941 to Alfred "Hy" Smith who was born August 19, 1900.

Children born to them include:

Portia Smith born September 24, 1942

Andrew Hampton Cox, son of Samuel Hampton Cox and Nica Jane Cox Cox, was born in Bell County in August 1856. According to Bell County Marriage Book F, page 371 he was married in May 1879 to Mary M. Hayes who was born November 4, 1859 in Alabama.

"A. H. Cox of Travis County, Texas" deeded half interest in Lot 1, Block 39 in Lampasas, Texas on Main Street to D. A. Fields for $70 in gold, according to Lampasas County Deed Book A, page 58. At the same time he deeded Lot 2, Block 39 to H. G. Stokes for $140.

On June 25, 1880 he was enumerated as the head of a household in the census of Bell County:

"Cox, Andy H. 23, born in Texas, farmer
Polly 20, born in Alabama
Babe 6/12, born in Texas in January"

In 1887 they were living at Nolanville.

In 1900 they were enumerated in Comanche County, Texas, Enumeration District 30, page 11, precinct 3:

"Cox, Andrew H. 43, born in Texas in August 1856
Mary M. 40, born in Texas in November 1859, wife
Nallie 18, born in Texas in September 1881, son"

Children born to Andrew Hampton Cox and Mary M. Hayes Cox include:

Hettie Cox   born January 29, 1880
Ella Cox       born August 27, 1882
Nallie Cox    born September 29, 1887

Hettie Cox, daughter of Andrew Hampton Cox and Mary M. Hayes Cox, was born January 29, 1880. She was married August 23, 1896 to Ernest Franklin Hamilton who was born January 21, 1875. She was remarried April 22, 1924 to George Elbern Harris. Ernest Franklin Hamilton died May 2, 1935. George Elbern Harris died in October 1938. In 1956 she lived in Yucaipa, California.

Children born to them include:

Ezra Hamilton             born August 5, 1897
Doyle                              born June 24, 1898
Octa Mae Hamilton      born September 13, 1901
Terrell D. Hamilton       born January 28, 1905
Cecil Victor Hamilton born January 21, 1910

Ella Cox, daughter of Andrew Hampton Cox and Mary M. Hayes Cox, was born August 27, 1882. She died July 27, 1883.

Nallie Cox, son of Andrew Hampton Cox and Mary M. Hayes Cox, was born September 29, 1887. He was married November 23, 1912 to Ruth Gray. In 1956 they lived in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Children born to Nallie Cox and Ruth Gray Cox include:

Mary Loutitia Cox born September 5, 1913
Emma Ruth Cox born April 23, 1921

Mary Loutitia Cox, daughter of Nallie Cox and Ruth Gray Cox, was born born September 5, 1913. She was married to Louis Armstrong January 31, 1933.

Children born to them include:

Malinda Jane Armstrong born June 17, 1944
Andy Armstrong born January 12, 1952

Emma Ruth Cox, daughter of Nallie Cox and Ruth Gray Cox, was born April 23, 1921. She was married in Dallas, Texas May 28, 1942 to Elmer W. Finley.

Children born to them include:

Marsha Lou Finley          born June 10, 1944
Ronald Lewis Finley       born June 1, 1947
Randolph Nallie Finley    born April 24, 1951

Martha Malinda Cox, daughter of Samuel Hampton Cox and Nica Jane Cox Cox, was born in 1858 in Bell County. According to Bell County Marriage Book G, page 55, she was married in 1882 to B. L. Hicks who was born in 1861. He died in 1920, and she died in 1947. Both were buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Children born to them include:

Samuel E. Hicks           born October 19, 1882
Mittie Jane Hicks           born September 10, 1884
Luvenia Hicks               born December 16, 1885
Perry Sterling Hicks     born March 3, 1888
Effie Mae Hicks             born January 3, 1890
Aubery Hicks                  born April 16, 1891
George W. Hicks            born March 19, 1893
David G. Hicks                born October 12, 1895
Brace L. Hicks                born July 11, 1897
Mary Emma Hicks         born December 13, 1898
Ellis Hicks                        born July 16, 1900
Earl Hicks                        born July 1902

Mary Cox, daughter of Samuel Hampton Cox and Nica Jane Cox Cox, was born about 1860 in Bell County. She was married in 1879 to John Hodges, according to Bell County Marriage Book F, page 419. They removed to Joplin, Missouri.

Children born to them include:

Mary Hodges         born about 1882
Franklin Hodges    born about 1884
Arthur Hodges        born about 1886
Earl Hodges             born about 1889

Fleming Trigg Cox, son of Samuel Hampton Cox and Nica Jane Cox Cox, was born in Bell County in October 1862. He was married about 1883 to Margaret Rachel Jones, daughter of Jasper M. Jones and Margaret Jones, who was born in May 1863. He gave a deed of trust as trustee for L. S. Box August 1, 1881, according to Bell County Deed Book 36, page 243.

They were enumerated in the 1900 census of Bell County, Enumeration District 34, page 6, precinct 7:

"Cox, Triggs    37, born in Texas in August 1862
            Rachal   37, born in Texas in May 1863
              Hiram   8, born in Texas in April 1892
              Milly    5, born in Texas in May 1895
              Katie   3, born in Texas in March 1897"

She died about 1902, and he died March 30, 1918. They were buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Children born to Fleming Trigg Cox and Margaret Rachel Jones Cox include:

Ollie Stockton Cox        born October 28, 1883
Trigg Arthur Cox           born in 1884
Winnie Cox                     born in 1886
Johnny Cox                    born in 1889
Hiram Reynolds Cox    born April 20, 1892
Millie Cecil Cox             born May 25, 1895
Katy Cox                         born March 18, 1897
Ervin Cox                        born about 1899

Ollie Stockton Cox, son of Fleming Trigg Cox and Margaret Rachel Jones Cox, was born October 28, 1883. He was enumerated as a 16-year-old farmhand living in the home of L. F. Condran in the 1900 census of Bell County. He was married in 1908 to Meely L. Stauffer who was born January 17, 1893. In 1910 he was a laborer at Killeen. He was listed as a butcher there in 1914. He died April 29, 1949 of a coronary attack, according to Bell County Death Book 9, page 185.h

Children born to Ollie S. Cox and Meely L. Stauffer Cox include:

Edna Violet Cox      born February 18, 1910
Debbie Cox               born about 1912
Fine Henry Cox        born September 9, 1914
Jewel E. Cox             born June 17, 1919
Lucille Cox                born January 21, 1922
Nelda F. Cox             born April 18, 1928

Edna Violet Cox, daughter of Ollie Stockton Cox and Meely L. Stauffer Cox, was born February 18, 1910. She was married in 1926 to Law M. Smith, according to Bell County Marriage Book Z, page 557.

Children born to them include:

Jack Smith born about 1936

Debbie Cox, daughter of Ollie Stockton Cox and Meely L. Stauffer Cox, was born about 1912. She was married about 1937 to Jack Smyth.

Children born to them include:

Raymond Smyth        born about 1939
Cecil Smyth                 born about 1941
Debbie Jean Smyth    born about 1943
Patsy Smyth                 born about 1946

Fine Henry Cox, son of Ollie Stockton Cox and Meely L. Stauffer Cox, was born September 9, 1914, according to Bell County Birth Book 13, page 609 about 1916. He was married in 1936 to Jackie Rosalie Cowan, according to Bell County Marriage Book 31, page 438.

Children born to Fine Henry Cox and Jackie Rosalie Cowan Cox include:

Henry Wayne Cox born about 1940
Judith Cox born about 1943

Lucille Cox, daughter of Ollie Stockton Cox and Meely L. Stauffer Cox, was born January 21, 1922. She was married about 1942 to J. Fergson who was born September 29, 1921.

Children born to them include:

Gerald J. Fergson born March 16, 1943
Kenneth Fergson born June 29, 1947

Nelda F. Cox, daughter of Ollie Stockton Cox and Meely L. Stauffer Cox, was born April 18, 1928. She was married about 1948 to Alvis Farrell Bailey who was born September 28, 1923.