GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANECDOTES

ANTECEDENTS AND DESCENDANTS
of
JOHN COX
(1 November 1727 - ABT 1804/05)

G0498A: Thomas COX I _[008]
Birth: BEF 1645, Herefordshire, England
Death: BEF 16 August 1681, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America

Marriage: 22 April 1665, Maspeth Kills (Newton), Long Island, New York, British North America
Spouse: Elizabeth BLASHFORD (BEF 1645 - AFT 1690/91, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America)

Child 1: Thomas COX II (11 February 1667/68, Long Island, New York, British North America - AFT 16 February 1722/23 and BEF 25 March 1723, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [M]: m. Mary WRIGHT (25 September 1679, at sea - AFT 6 August 1757 and BEF 29 July 1760, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America), ABT 1694, New Jersey, British North America

Child 2: John COX (ABT 1670, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT 9 April 1728 and BEF 22 October 1729, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [M]: m. Mary UNKNOWN, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America

Child 3: James COX (18 August 1672, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - 14 October 1750, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America: interment at Cox's Corners, Imlaystown, New Jersey) [M]: m1. Anne UNKNOWN (16 January 1672 - 25 November 1747, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America): m2. Rebecca STILLWELL (born ABT 1684, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, British North America - AFT 1757)

Child 4: Joseph COX (15 September 1679, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - BEF 17 November 1750, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [M]: m. Catherine SHEPHERD, BEF 1713, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America

Child 5: Unknown COX (BEF 9 September 1681, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT February 1688/89, New Jersey, British North America) [F]: m. Nathaniel ROBBINS, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America

Child 6: Unknown COX (BEF 9 September 1681, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT February 1688/89, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [F]

Note 1: In the Public Records Office in London, a Thomas COX was licensed, with 2 others, to pass to Virginia in 1650. The first definite record of Thomas COX I is his marriage license, dated 22 April 1665, issued in Newtown, Long Island. In the autumn of 1665, a colony settled at Middletown and Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Most of the settlers were Baptists and Quakers, however there are no records of Thomas COXes belonging to either church. He obtained land in Middletown, New Jersey by the Nicolls patent, but (unusual for the time) Thomas COX recognized the right of the Indians to their lands and paid them for his share of the patent. He was chosen an overseer of the fences in 1667, and registered an earmark for cattle on 4 January 1668 - "Thos Cocks his marke is the top of the right eare cutt off and a swallow taile and a hole in the left ear." Thomas COX served in a variety of public offices, including 'rate maker' of the town, constables' assistant, town deputy and town overseer. He initialled a document "Tc" on 8 November 1673. By 1676 he was chosen a deputy to meet the Governor and his council at Woodbridge. At his death, he is described as having left a widow and six children, two of them very small.

Note 2: Thomas COX I married Elisabeth BLASHFORD, at the head of Newton Creek, Long Island, by license dated 22 April 1665:

Inventory was taken on the estate of Thomas COX I of Middletown on 16 August 1681. It amounted to amounted to £20, real, and £45-17-0, personal estate.

After the death of Thomas COX I, Elisabeth BLASHFORD was married to Thomas INGRAHAM (died ABT 1690):

On 10 February 1686, Thomas INGRAHAM became the administrator of the estate of Thomas COX I:

Note 3: The Will of Thomas COX II:

Mary WRIGHT, the wife of Thomas COX II, appears to have been born at sea on 25 September 1679 as the daughter of Samuel WRIGHT and Mary STARKEY [See Burlington Quaker Monthly Meeting Records in Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey (Westminster, Maryland, Family Line Publications: 1994), 3 vols.] But, since the Will of Mary COX, the widow of Thomas COX II, was signed on 6 August 1757 and gives her age as "about 86," her date of birth has also been proposed as about 1671.

The Will of Mary COX:

A child of Thomas COX II and Mary WRIGHT was Thomas COX III (7 June 1700 [Julian Calendar] = 18 June 1700 [Gregorian Calendar], Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - 5 June 1783 [Gregorian Calendar], Cream Ridge, Monmouth County, New Jersey: interment at Yellow Meeting House cemetery, Cream Ridge, Monmouth County, Upper Freehold, New Jersey) who was first married to Hannah MORFORD and second married, about 1725, to Rebecca POTTS (1702, Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - 1754, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America).

The gravestone of Thomas COX III, at the Yellow Meeting House cemetery, reports that he died 5 June 1783 at the age of 82 years, 11 months, and 18 days. Reckoning his date of birth according to the Gregorian calendar yields the date 18 June 1700. This is equivalent, in the Julian Calendar, to 7 June 1700. Thomas COX III was born previous to the British Calendar Act of 1751 which specified that 2 September 1752, under the Gregorian calendar, would be followed by 14 September 1752, under the Gregorian calendar.

A child of Thomas COX III and Rebecca POTTS was Rebecca COX (ABT September 1733, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - 9 May 1814, Warren County, Georgia) who was first married to Unknown HARRISON and who, on 1 November 1760, was second married to Thomas ANSLEY (14 January 1736/37, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - 14 January 1809, Warren County, Georgia) in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. As of 1776, Thomas ANSLEY and Rebecca COX were residing in Warren County, Georgia and Thomas ANSLEY was serving in the Revolutionary War at the rank of Private in the Georgia troops.

A child of Rebecca COX and Thomas ANSLEY was Abel ANSLEY (ABT 1761, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - 1822 [Will proved 6 May 1822], Warren County, Georgia) who married Lydia Harrison MORRIS (ABT 1765, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - ABT 1838, Warren County, Georgia) on 30 January 1790 in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.

A child of Abel ANSLEY and Lydia MORRIS was Ann ANSLEY (ABT 1801, Warren County, Georgia - ABT 1848, Warren County, Georgia) who married James Wiley CARTER (ABT 1798, Schley County, Georgia - 4 March 1864, Schley County, Georgia) on 18 February 1821 in Warren County, Georgia. James Wiley CARTER was second married to Sarah ROSS.

A child of James Wiley CARTER and Ann ANSLEY was Littleberry Walker CARTER (1832, near Plains, Sumter County, Georgia - 1874, Georgia) who, on 5 January 1851, in Warren County, Georgia, married Mary Ann Diligent SEALS (1838, Sumter County, Georgia - 27 November 1873, Georgia).

A child of Littleberry Walker CARTER and Mary Ann Diligent SEALS was William Archibald CARTER (12 November 1858, Sumter County, Georgia - 3 September 1903, Georgia) who married Nina PRATT (5 December 1863, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina - 8 March 1939, Plains, Sumter County, Georgia) on 8 September 1885 in Abbeville County, South Carolina.

A child of William Archibald CARTER and Nina PRATT was James Earl CARTER, Sr. (12 September 1894, Arlington, Sumter County, Georgia - 22 July 1953, Plains, Sumter County, Georgia) who, on 27 September 1923, in Richland, Stewart County, Georgia, married Bessie Lillian GORDY (15 August 1898, Richland, Stewart County, Georgia - 30 October 1993, Americus, Sumter County, Georgia).

A child of James Earl CARTER, Sr. and Bessie Lillian GORDY was James ("Jimmy") Earl CARTER, Jr., born 1 October 1924 in Plains, Sumter County, Georgia. James ("Jimmy") Earl CARTER, Jr. was the 39th President of the United States.

Note 4: Rebecca STILLWELL, the daughter of John STILLWELL (18 May 1660, Gravesend, Long Island, Kings County, New York - 1724, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York) and Rebecca THROCKMORTON (died AFT 1724), was first married to Ebenezer SALTAR (died 1749) and second married to James COX whom she survived. About Ebenezer SALTAR, see below under G0496A: John COX, "the Cordwainer."

Note 5: The Will of James COX, Upper Freehold, Gentleman, signed 22 December 1747 and proved 7 November 1750, mentioned:

The inventory of James COX's personal estate amounted to £743-9-10½

Note 6: The tombstone of James COX, at Cox's Corners, Imlaystown, New Jersey, reads as follows: "Here lies the body of James _ox who departed this life ye 24th of October Anno Domini 1750 aged seventy-eight years _ow (= two) months and six days."

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G0497A: John COX _[007]
Birth: ABT 1670, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America
Death: AFT 9 April 1728 and BEF 22 October 1729, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America
Father: Thomas COX (BEF 1645, Herefordshire, England - BEF 16 August 1681, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America)
Mother: Elizabeth BLASHFORD (BEF 1645 - AFT 1690/91)

Marriage: Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America
Spouse: Mary UNKNOWN

Child 1: John COX, "the Cordwainer" (1696, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - 1768, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America: interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Cream Ridge, New Jersey) [M]: m1. Rachel UNKNOWN (ABT 1700 - 16 October 1750, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America: interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Cream Ridge, New Jersey), BY 1698, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America: m2. Elizabeth HOLMAN, 1 January 1768, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America

Child 2: Joseph COX (1698, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - ?) [M]

Child 3: Samuel COX (1700, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT 1737

Child 4: Elisabeth COX (ABT 1707, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [F]: m. Richard COMPTON (Jr.) (ABT 1698, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - BY 6 July 1782 [Will proven], Somerset County, New Jersey), 15 January 1727

Child 5: Rachel COX [F]

Child 6: Mary COX [F]: m. William ENELMAN, 1729

Child 7: Mercy COX [F]: m. Ephraim ROB(B)INS

Note 1: John COX signed his Will 9 April 1728. It was proved, in Monmouth County, 22 October 1729. The Will mentions wife Mary, children John, Joseph, Samuel, Elisabeth, Rachel, Mary, Alice, and Mercy, and brother James COX [Monmouth County Wills, Book B, p. 169]

Note 2: John COX belonged to the Baptist church in Middletown, along with his brothers. He figured prominently in the riots in Monmouth County, New Jersey in 1701. In the Court of Sessions 6 March 1701, John COX and other citizens were fined 10 shillings each for contempt and misbehavior before the court. A few days later, a mob seized the Governor and the Justices and held them as prisoners from the 25th to 29th of March.

Note 3: Joseph COX may have moved to Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Note 4: Richard COMPTON (Jr.), the husband of Elisabeth COX, was the son of Richard COMPTON (Sr.) (ABT 1672, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - ABT 1710, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, British North America) and Prudence Providence ISSELTON (ABT 1664, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America), who were married 13 December 1694, by the deed which, in Monmouth County, Justice of the peace Lewis Morris issued (See Marriage Deeds, Monmouth County, New Jersey: 1667 - 1697, p. 60). The Will of Richard COMPTON (Jr.) was proved, in Somerset County, 6 July 1782 [interim administrator: James Castner, cordwainer; fellowbondsman: Zebulon COMPTON, both of Somerset County. New Jersey Colonial Documents, vol. 35, p. 88]. Jacob Vosseller and Philip V. Arsdalen inventoried the estate of Richard COMPTON (Jr.) on 9 August 1782 and assessed its value at £77.17.4. [Lib. M, p. 130] Zebulon COMPTON (ABT 1730, <Somerset County>, New Jersey, British North America - BEF 1824, <Somerset County>, New Jersey) was the son of Richard COMPTON (Jr.) and Elisabeth COX.

Note 5: Map of Monmouth County, New Jersey (1895):

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G0496A: John COX, "the Cordwainer" _[006]
Birth: 1696, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America
Death: 1768, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America
Interment: Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Cream Ridge, New Jersey
Father: John COX (ABT 1670, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT 9 April 1728 and BEF 22 October 1729)
Mother: Mary UNKNOWN (died AFT 22 October 1729)

Marriage: ABT 1725
Spouse: Rachel UNKNOWN (ABT 1700 - 16 October 1750, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America: interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Cream Ridge, New Jersey)

Child 1: Mary COX (ABT 1725, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - 1786/87, North Carolina) [F]: m. John LEAMING (LIMING or LEMING) (ABT 1716, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - ABT 1792, Pennsylvania), 4 November 1740, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America

Child 2: John COX (1 November 1727, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - ABT 1804/05, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina) [M]: m1. Margaret MORRIS (1 October 1732, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 15 August 1799, Lincoln County, North Carolina), by license dated 29 October 17<50>, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America [See G0495A: Margaret MORRIS in Descendants of Andrew Morris (ABT 1685 - 1728).]: m2. Mary CARPENTER, 27 July 1800, Lincoln County, North Carolina

Child 3: Rebecca COX (1734, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT 15 August 1750): m. Joseph NORCROSS (ABT 1725, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT 15 August 1750), 1 August 1748, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America

Other Marriage: 1 January 1768, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America
Spouse: Elizabeth HOLMAN

Note 1: For the construction of this family-group, the following paragraphs constitute an argument:

On 11 February 1762, Richard SALTAR, Jr., the son of Richard SALTAR (died AFT 1728) and Sarah BOWNE (27 November 1669, Gravesend, Long Island, New York - AFT 1714), signed his Will. The document was recorded at Trenton, Middlesex County, New Jersey and was proved 17 November 1762. From the Will, the following can be extracted:

Of these siblings of Richard SALTAR, Jr., Thomas SALTAR who, in a deed of 5 March 1716/17, is called a "yeoman of Freehold" is of particular interest. He is not mentioned in the deed of trust of Capt. John BOWNE (died 13 March 1715/16, at the age of 52, and interred in Presbyterian Burying Ground, Monmouth County, New Jersey), the brother of Sarah BOWNE and, therefore, by marriage the uncle of Richard SALTAR, Jr. and Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman:

Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman, however, was mentioned in the Will of Capt. John BOWNE and, for that reason, can be said to have attained his majority by 14 September 1714:

All of this is of interest for understanding the place, in the system of kinship of the family SALTAR, of the Thomas SALTAR who was the nephew of Richard SALTAR, Jr. and who was a maritime merchant of Philadelphia. Thomas SALTAR the Merchant was the owner or part owner of a number of commercial sailing vessels which plied the Atlantic coast of North America. It seems that, on an island at the mouth of the Savannah River and as of 1741, he - or a person of the same name - owned a brickyard. This island, which came to be the site of Fort Jackson, has been known ever since as "Salter’s Island." A Thomas R. SALTAR is known to have resided in Charleston, South Carolina from 1816 to 1828.

Detail of Nicholas Scull's survey of Philadelphia, published by James Clarkson and Mary Biddle in 1762.

In 1785, Captain John MacPherson compiled a directory for the city of Philadelphia and, in the process, was the first to assign numbers to its houses. He identified "Thomas SALTER, merchant" as occupying a property at 348 Front Street, very near the intersection with Margaretta Street, and as occupying another property at 109 Water Street, near the intersection with Callowhill Street. In the map of Philadelphia which was made by Nicholas Scull, the Surveyor General, and which, after his death, James Clarkson and Mary Biddle published in 1762, Water Street is shown as the narrow artery running parallel to, and immediately to the east of, Front Street. Water Street, not included in the original plan of Philadelphia, was laid out by the merchants whose wharves and houses of commerce fronted the Delaware River. More recently, Water Street has been all but obliterated by the construction of Columbus Boulevard (Delaware Avenue) and Interstate Highway 95. Both of the addresses shown for Thomas SALTAR the Merchant were located in the District of Northern Liberties the southern boundary of which was at Vine Street. His address at 109 Water Street is likely to have been adjacent to, or at, the wharf designated on Scull's map as "Allen & SALTER'S" and is undoubtedly the location at which he kept office. The wharf was located on Water Street about 200 feet north of the intersection with Callowhill. In contemporary Philadelphia (2003), that site is occupied by Pier 24N. SALTAR's address at 348 Front Street, perhaps immediately north of what was Margaretta Street, must have been his place of residence. Thomas SALTAR the Merchant's partnership in the wharf is likely to have been with Chamless Allen, the merchant who kept office at 221 Water Street, near Chestnut Street, and whose residence appears to have been at 281 Market Street, on the north side, between Fourth and Fifth Streets. Chamless Allen, who must have been somewhat younger than Thomas SALTAR the Merchant, appears to have been the son of Jedediah (Judiah) Allen, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America, and Mary Chamless of Salem County, New Jersey, British North America. Thomas SALTAR the Merchant (as "Thomas SALTER of Philadelphia"), on 5 December 1764, obtained a Mediterranean Pass, number 2879, for the sloop Africa, displacing 15 tons, of which he was the owner and of which Leonard Hammond was the master. The destination of the sloop was given generically as "Africa." Because the pass furnished SALTAR, under the flag of Great Britain, with entry to the Mediterranean, the destination of the Africa must have been some one or another of the Barbary States of North Africa, that is, Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, or Tripoli. Because most of the slaves imported from Africa and Madagascar were carried in sloops outfitted for the slave-trade and because slaves were the major stock in trade of the Barbary States of Islamic North Africa, it may certainly be deduced that Thomas SALTAR the Merchant obtained some profit by the traffic in slaves. [See Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, published under the direction of Matthew S. Quay, Secretary of the Commonwealth, edited by John B. Linn and William. H. Egle, MD, Vol II, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, B. F. Meyers, State Printer, 1876, page 627.]

Thomas SALTAR the Merchant, who died AFT 21 May 1790 and BEF 7 June 1790, was first the spouse of Susannah ULRICH (died AFT 4 October 1785 and BEF 21 May 1790) and second the spouse of Sarah STEWART. By both marriages, he was without issue.

From the indenture which he made to John COX (1 November 1727, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey - 1804/05, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina), on 23 April 1782, and from his Will, which was proved 7 June 1790 (see Thomas Saltar (d. 1790) and John Cox (1727 - 1804/05): The Indenture of 1782 and the Testament of 1785), it may certainly be deduced that Thomas SALTAR the Merchant was the half-brother of John COX (1727), that he was the uncle, in some sense, of Rachel WOOLMAN, and that he was the brother, in some sense, of Mary LEAMING (LIMING).

Rachel WOOLMAN was born Rachel NORCROSS (15 August 1750, Burlington County, New Jersey - 15 February 1796, Burlington County, New Jersey) and was married to Asher WOOLMAN (27 June 1722, Rancocas, Burlington County, New Jersey - 15 February 1796, Burlington County, New Jersey). She was the daughter of Joseph NORCROSS (ABT 1725, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey - AFT 15 August 1750) and Rebecca COX (1734, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey - AFT 15 August 1750), who were married 1 August 1748 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Rebecca COX, therefore, was full sister to John COX (1727) and half-sister to Thomas SALTAR the Merchant.

In the Will of John LIMING (LEAMING), the son of Mary COX(E) (ABT 1725, Monmouth County, New Jersey - 1786/87, North Carolina) and John LIMING (LEAMING) (ABT 1716, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey - ABT 1792, Pennsylvania), dated 25 February 1799 at Nottingham Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, reference is made to the legacy from Thomas SALTAR the Merchant:

And, in the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 19 (January 1944), p. 24, the following was extracted from the marriage bond of Mary COX(E) and the elder John LIMING (LEAMING):

Mary COX, therefore, was full sister to John (1727) and Rebecca COX and was the half-sister of Thomas SALTAR the Merchant. Furthermore, on the basis of this report of the marriage of Mary COX and John LIMING, it is demonstrably true that John COX the Cordwainer, of Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, was the father of John (1727), Rebecca, and Mary COX.

Because Thomas SALTAR the Merchant was half-brother to John (1727), Rebecca, and Mary COX, they must all have had a mother in common.

By 25 April 1723, Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman was deceased, leaving Rachel UNKNOWN as his widow. During the 1720s, there was a John COX (1696 - 1768), in Monmouth County, New Jersey, who had attained his majority by 1717, who was the son of John COX (ABT 1670, Monmouth County, New Jersey - AFT 9 April 1728 and BEF 22 October 1729, Monmouth County, New Jersey) and Mary UNKNOWN (died AFT 22 October 1729), and who was himself first married to a Rachel UNKNOWN (died BEF 1 January 1768) and second married to Elizabeth HOLMAN.

From the marriage bond which was obtained for his second marriage, it seems that the first marriage of John COX (1696) may have been respectably long and that his second was disappointingly brief:

Elizabeth HOLMAN, the second wife of John COX the Cordwainer, is most likely to have been the same person as Elizabeth GIBERSON who was born about 1734 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey and who was first married to Unknown HOLMAN. Elizabeth GIBERSON was the daughter of Guisbert GUISBERTSON, Sr. (ABT 1710 - BY 19 May 1766, Allenstown, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) and Hannah PARENT (ABT 1710 - BY 3 January 1767, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America. Her siblings were: John GIBERSON (ABT 1730, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - BY 13 April 1758, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [M]: m. Margaret ROBBINS, 29 October 1750, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America; William ("Loyalist") GIBERSON (1733, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT 1816, <York County>, New Brunswick, British North America [M]: m. Unknown UNKNOWN, ABT 1760, New Jersey, British North America; Esther GIBERSON (born ABT 1735, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [F]; Hannah GIBERSON (born ABT 1736, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [F]: m1. John EVERINGHAM, 11 July 1761, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America: m2. Lewis CHAPMAN, 16 April 1777, Burlington County, New Jersey; Helena GIBERSON (born ABT 1737, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [F]; Meribah GIBERSON (born ABT 1738, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [F]: m. Thomas ROBBINS, 9 October 1758, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America; Lydia GIBERSON (born ABT 1738, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [F]; Mary GIBERSON (born ABT 1739, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America) [F]: m. John HARRISON, 21 September 1759, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America; and Captain Guisbert ("Loyalist") GIBERSON, Jr. (22 September 1752, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - 21 December 1843, at the age of 91 years, 2 months, 29 days, Monmouth County, New Jersey: interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Cream Ridge, New Jersey) [M]: m. Rachel STILLE (March 1753 - 23 June 1833, Monmouth County, New Jersey: interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Cream Ridge, New Jersey).

The Will of Guisbert GUISBERTSON, Sr. is dated 13 April 1750 and was proved in Monmouth County, New Jersey on 19 May 1766:

About Captain Guisbert "Loyalist" GIBERSON, Jr.:

The surname GUISBERTSON is Dutch, that is, as GYSBERTSZEN.

Guisbert GUISBERTSON, Sr. died in 1766 and Captain Guisbert "Loyalist" GIBERSON, Jr. was born in 1752. And there was a Guisbert GIBERSON, born about 1751 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey and died about 1791 in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, who was the son of John GIBERSON and Margaret ROBBINS. As a result, the identity of the Guisbert GIBERSON who stood bond for the marriage of John COX the Cordwainer and Elizabeth HOLMAN in 1768 is unclear. He was perhaps an untraced nephew of Guisbert GUISBERTSON, Sr.

If the Rachels UNKNOWN, who were the spouses of Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman and John COX (1696), were the same person then, with regard to familial association with Thomas SALTAR the Merchant, John COX the Cordwainer should perhaps be identified with John COX (1696) who was married to Rachel UNKNOWN. That the Rachel UNKNOWN who first married Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman and who second married John COX the Cordwainer was indeed one and the same person is proven by the deed which Thomas SALTAR signed on 30 May 1787 and which was recorded in Lincoln County, North Carolina in January 1789. In this document, SALTAR says very plainly that he and John COX were brothers "on the mother’s side." The abstract of this deed is reproduced below in G0495A: John Cox, note 7.

That John COX (1696) and John COX the Cordwainer were - in fact - the same person is indicated by the Records of the Baptist Church (Yellow Meeting House), Middletown, New Jersey. The extracts below refer to John COX (1696), who is known to have resided at Lane’s End:

Since, in these records of the Baptist Church, John COX (1696) is said to be a "shumaker" (shoemaker), he can only be identified with John COX the Cordwainer, a "cordwainer" being a worker in leather goods (that is, in cordovan) who was - in the colonial era - invariably a cobbler.

During the pastorate of John Coward, the Baptist Church in this locale was congregated in the Yellow Meeting House the land for which was donated, in fact, by Thomas (the Yeoman) and Rachel SALTAR in 1720. John SALTAR, the brother of Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman, lies buried in the church cemetery. John SALTAR’s gravestone, which is the earliest dated stone in the cemetery, shows him to have died 29 August 1723, aged 28 years, 10 months, and 7 days. The father of John COX the Cordwainer was a member, as noted above, of this congregation of Baptists.

It may, therefore, be granted as proven (1) that Thomas SALTAR the Merchant was engendered by Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman and Rachel UNKNOWN and (2) that John (1727), Rebecca, and Mary COX were engendered by John COX the Cordwainer (1696) and the same Rachel UNKNOWN. For showing the mother in common for Thomas SALTAR the Merchant and John (1727), Rebecca, and Mary COX, an alternative configuration of credibly related persons has not yet been found. Rachel UNKNOWN, the widow of Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman and the spouse of John COX the Cordwainer, lies buried in the Yellow Meeting House Churchyard. To see a complete list of COX interments in this cemetery, see The Family Cox: Yellow Meeting House.

That Thomas SALTAR the Merchant could have been the son of Ebenezer SALTAR and Rebecca STILLWELL, as some researchers claim, is logically possible but not at all probable in a manner that allows for kinship with John (1727), Rebecca, and Mary COX. That John COX (1727) could have been the son of James COX (18 August 1672, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey - 24 October 1750, Monmouth County, New Jersey) and Rebecca STILLWELL, as many of these same investigators report, is absolutely implausible.

In support of the argument that John COX the Cordwainer was the father of the John COX (1727) who married Margaret MORRIS, the following is cited from Rev. Henry Miller Cox, The Cox Family in America (New York: 1912), p. 164:

The date of 1769 which Henry Miller Cox gives for the marriage of John COX (1727) and Margaret MORRIS is incorrect and was based on an incorrect inference. See Note 2 under G0495A: John COX.

For further details, see Thomas Saltar (d. 1790) and John Cox (1727 - 1804/05): The Indenture of 1782 and the Testament of 1785, especially Note 6.

John LEAMING (LIMING or LEMING), the husband of Mary COX, was the son of John LEMING (LIMING, LYMING, LEAMING) (ABT 1683, Monmouth County, New Jersey - December 1757, Monmouth County, New Jersey) and Dinah DEWILDE (ABT 1694, Lambeth County Surrey, England - AFT 1 August 1760 and BEF 6 November 1773, Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey), the daughter of John DEWILDE (died AFT 30 November 1708 and BEF 28 February 1709) and Unknown UNKNOWN. John LEMING and Dianah DEWILDE were married, ABT 1714, in New Jersey. It is worth mentioning that Dinah DEWILDE, by her father's Will, was the ward of Richard SALTAR (died AFT 1728):

Note 2: Rebecca COX and Joseph NORCROSS were the parents of Rachel NORCROSS (15 August 1750, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - 21 February 1812, Burlington County, New Jersey). Rachel NORCROSS was married to Asher WOOLMAN (27 June 1722, Rancocas, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - 12 February 1796, Burlington County, New Jersey) BET 15 February and 13 December 1769 in Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America. Their children were: (1) Beulah WOOLMAN (20 September 1770, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT 10 March 1801) [F]: m. Joseph BUZBY, 16 April 1794, Ancocas Meeting House, Burlington County; (2) Rebecca WOOLMAN (29 January 1772, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - 1844, St. Joseph County, Indiana) [F]; (3) Granville WOOLMAN (1 January 1774, Burlington, Burlington, County, New Jersey, British North America - 7 October 1854) [M]: m. Hannah STOKES (1775, British North America - 27 January 1868), 11 February 1795, Ancocas Meeting House, Burlington County, New Jersey; (4) Edith WOOLMAN (20 May 1776, Northampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - 18 November 1850, Rancocas, Burlington County, New Jersey) [F]: m. George HAINES (4 November 1769, Northampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - 27 September 1844, Northampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey), 13 April 1796, Ancocas Meeting House, Burlington County, New Jersey; (5) Ann WOOLMAN (21 April 1778, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey - 27 May 1796, Burlington County, New Jersey) [F]; (6) Elizabeth WOOLMAN (30 March 1780, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey - ?) [F]; (7) Rachel Wilson WOOLMAN (Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, 18 August 1782 - 30 November 1848, Long Beach, New Jersey) [F]: m. Hudson BUZBY (2 January 1777, Burlington County, New Jersey - ?); (8) Abigail WOOLMAN (8 June 1784, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey - 1787) [F]; (9) Hannah WOOLMAN (1 December 1786, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey - 1792) [F]; (10) Abigail WOOLMAN (10 October 1789, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey - 25 February 1859) [F]; (11) Samuel WOOLMAN (3 November 1793, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey - 23 May 1834) [M]; (12) Asher WOOLMAN (7 October 1795, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey - 2 January 1866, Rancocas, Burlington County, New Jersey) [M].

Asher WOOLMAN (1722), it should be noted, was the brother of the celebrated John WOOLMAN (19 October 1720, Northhampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - 7 October 1772, York, Yorkshire, England), progenitor of Abolitionism and, therefore, the patriarch of the civil-rights movement. Both were the sons of Samuel WOOLMAN (14 March 1689, Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - 31 August 1750, Mansfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America) and Elizabeth Hudson BURR (1695, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America - 8 September 1773, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America). Samuel WOOLMAN was the grandson of William WOOLMAN (1632, Painswick, Gloucestershire, England - 1692, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, British North America).

Of the self-effacing John WOOLMAN, no portrait was ever made.

Joseph BUZBY and Hudson BUZBY were the sons of Amos BUZBY and Patience SPRINGER.

For the COX-SALTAR-NORCROSS-WOOLMAN connections, see Thomas Saltar (d. 1790) and John Cox (1727 - 1804/05): The Indenture of 1782 and the Testament of 1785.

Note 3: It is possible that Rachel UNKNOWN, first the spouse of Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman and second the spouse of John COX the Cordwainer, was born a ROBBINS. Whatever her maiden identity, the notes above establish that, by Thomas SALTAR the Yeoman (ABT 1695 - AFT 13 June 1722 and BEF 25 April 1723, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey), she was the mother of Hannah SALTAR (who married Thomas BRITTON), Deborah SALTAR, Richard SALTAR, Sarah SALTAR (who married Thomas LEAMING), Meribah SALTAR (who married Joseph ROBBINS); and that, by John COX the Cordwainer, she was the mother of Mary COX (who married John LEAMING), John COX of North Carolina (who first married Margaret MORRIS and then Mary CARPENTER), and Rebecca COX (who married Joseph NORCROSS). Also see Thomas Saltar (d. 1790) and John Cox (1727 - 1804/05): The Indenture of 1782 and the Testament of 1785.

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G0495A: John COX _[005]
Birth: 1 November 1727, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America
Death: ABT 1804/05, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
Interment: 4 1/2 miles north of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina, 1/4 mile to the left of the Morgantown Road, near small creek in a forest of large oaks
Father: John COX "the Cordwainer" (1696, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - 1768, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America: interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Cream Ridge, New Jersey)
Mother: Rachel UNKNOWN (ABT 1700 - 16 October 1750, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America: interment at Old Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Cream Ridge, New Jersey)

Marriage: by license dated 29 October 17<50>, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America
Spouse: Margaret MORRIS (1 October 1732, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 15 August 1799, Lincoln County, North Carolina) [See G0495A: Margaret MORRIS in Descendants of Andrew Morris (ABT 1685 - 1728).]

Child 1: Morris COX (24 September 1751, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - 22 April 1804, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina) [M]: Catherine HUTCHINSON (11 February 1754/55 - 14 July 1796) 21 June 1773, New Jersey

Child 2: Rebecca COX (22 March 1755, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - ?) [F]: m. Absalom BONHAM (1739 - 1794), by license dated 8 April 1785, North Carolina

Child 3: Aaron COX, Sr. (2 October 1757, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - AFT 1840, Lincoln County, North Carolina) [M]: m. Olly BAKER (1760/65 - AFT 1840), by license dated 4 January 1787, Lincoln County, North Carolina

Child 4: Mary COX (14 October 1761, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - 15 December 1847, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina) [F]: m. James SULLIVAN (1754 - 27 August 1825) ABT 1790

Child 5: Paul COX (14 July 1763, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America - ?, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina) [M]

Child 6: Rachel COX (3 September 1765, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British North America- ?) [F]: m. Peter CARSON, by license dated 5 July 1786, North Carolina

Child 7: Nancy Ann(e) COX (19 August 1767, Monmouth or Middlesex County, New Jersey, British North America - 6 September 1847) [F]: m. Moses MOORE (29 November 1762 - 7 December 1832), by license dated 29 July 1785, North Carolina

Child 8: Elizabeth COX (16 February 1769, Monmouth or Middlesex County, New Jersey, British North America - 1844, Johnson County, Missouri) [F]: m. Moses Hiram FERGUSON (February 1762, Baltimore [aboard ship], Baltimore County, Maryland, British North America - 1845, Johnson County, Missouri: interment at Old Blackwater Cemetery, northeast of Holden, Johnson County, Missouri), 1785, North Carolina

Child 9: Elisha COX, Captain, (6 October 1771, Lincoln County, North Carolina, British North America - 26 January 1824, Lincoln County, North Carolina: interment at Olney Presbyterian Church Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina) [M]: m. Margaret HOLLAND (26 January 1774, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina - 31 January 1825, Gastonia, Lincoln [in 1846, Gaston] County, North Carolina: interment at Olney Presbyterian Church Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina), 19 December 1792 (Bible record) [See G0494A: Margaret HOLLAND in Antecedents and Descendants of Isaac Holland, Sr. (12 May 1745 - 10 September 1810 and see Gaston County, North Carolina: Cox and Holland Memorials.]

Child 10: Susannah COX (24 March 1773, Lincoln County, North Carolina, British North America - BET 1845 and 1850, Lincoln or Gaston County, North Carolina: interment at Big Gullies Cemetery, Gaston County near the Lincoln County line) [F]: m. "Hairy" Peter CARPENTER (ABT 1762 - 1845, Lincoln or Gaston County, North Carolina: interment at Big Gullies Cemetery, Gaston County near the Lincoln County line), ABT 1790, North Carolina

Child 11: Elijah COX (17 January 1775 - ?, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee) [M]: Jane HUGGIN, by license dated 8 December 1796, North Carolina

Other Marriage: 27 July 1800, Lincoln County, North Carolina
Spouse: Mary CARPENTER

Note 1: Concerning the parentage and juvenile relations of John COX, see Thomas Saltar (d. 1790) and John Cox (1727 - 1804/05): The Indenture of 1782 and the Testament of 1785. John COX had a sister, Rebecca (born 1734, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey; married 1 August 1748), who was the wife of Joseph NORCROSS (born ABT 1725, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey). Any account of the parentage of John COX must also explain that of Rebecca COX.

Note 2: Among the extracts which, in 1999, Patricia M. Bergener made from microfilmed copies of original marriage bonds in possession of the New Jersey Department of Education, Division of State Library Archives & History, and which were microfilmed in 1966, is the following:

Because this document was filed between bonds dated in October and December 1769, some investigators have been misled into thinking that this item should be dated 29 October 1769. Jonathan Belcher, however, was the governor of the New Jersey colony from 1747 to 1757, which would require that it be dated no later than 1757. On the assumption that this, indeed, is the marriage bond of the John COX who was born 1 November 1727 and Margaret MORRIS, who was born 1 October 1732, the date of their marriage seems likely to have been shortly after 29 October 1750.

In this context, the word "minor" need not suggest that John COX had not attained the age of majority. It may suggest that, in Monmouth County, there was another John COX of greater social prominence or that there was some other John COX, most likely a kinsman, in relation to whom this John COX was junior. It certainly does suggest that the senior John COX was alive at the time of the marriage which the bond of 29 October 1757 anticipates. In 1750, John COX (1696, Monmouth County, New Jersey - 1768, Monmouth County, New Jersey) who, in this account, is identified with John COX "the Cordwainer," the father of John COX "minor," was still living.

On the subject of Jonathan Belcher, as the founder of Princeton University, see the following:

Note 3: Margaret MORRIS, as was claimed by her grandson, Oliver Wiley COX, was the sister of Robert MORRIS, the financier of the American Revolution and the signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. Oliver Wiley COX, who would have obtained this account of his ancestry from his father, Elisha COX, was the state senator, in Georgia, for Henry County. For his own words, see his memorandum below.

Note 4: The evidence is that John COX and his family migrated from Trenton, Middlesex County, New Jersey, to Lincoln County, North Carolina, in 1770, to occupy lands then owned by Thomas SALTAR. That John COX had been a resident of Middlesex County is verified by Thomas SALTAR's Indenture of 1782. See Thomas Saltar (d. 1790) and John Cox (1727 - 1804/05): The Indenture of 1782 and the Testament of 1785.

Note 5: Thomas KIRBY, Elizabeth KIRBY, and William KIRBY: The Indenture of 19 May 1797

Thomas KIRBY &
Elizabeth his wife
To
William KIRBY

Deed Indented – This Indenture made this nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven Between Thomas KIRBY & Elizabeth his wife of the Township of Upper Freehold in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, Carpenter, of the one part and William KIRBY of the fame place yeoman of the other part Witnefseth that the faid Thomas KIRBY for and in confideration of the fum of five hundred pounds lawful money of New Jersey, to him in hand paid by the said William KIRBY, the receipt whereof the faid Thomas KIRBY doth hereby acknowledge and himself to be therewith fully satisfied contented and paid and him the said William KIRBY his heirs executors and adminiftrators from every part and parcel thereof doth fully acquit exonerate and discharge, Hath given, granted, bargained, fold, aliened, released, enfeoffed, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents doth give, grant, bargain sell alien release enfeoff convey and confirm unto him the said William KIRBY his heirs and afsigns forever All the following Tracts of Land fituate lying and being in the Township of Upper Freehold in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey aforefaid. The first Tract Beginning at a red oak fapling Lettered E.C. Standing on the Northfide of Afsunpink Brook on a fmall Island about thirty three Chains and a half above Thomas COX’s upper corner of the old tract on faid brook, which faid Tree is the upper corner of Land John TROUT bought of Joseph COX on said brook, thence running up Afsunpink brook about fifty six chains on a ftraight line to the corner of Thomas LIMINGs land thence South twenty six degrees East eighty chains and eighty three links to a chesnut stake corner thence north fifteen degrees and thirty minutes Weft sixty five chains acrofs the Neck to empty box brook, thence running down said brook about twenty eight chains and a half to John TROUTs corner, thence South five degrees Weft thirty three chains and fifty links along said TROUTs line to his corner thence South sixty three degrees East five chains and fifty links to a corner ftone planted thence South thirty six degrees and fifteen minutes Weft thirty six chains and seventy links to the Beginning containing two hundred and twelve acres Bounded Southerly by Afsunpink brook Easterly by the above named line acrofs the Neck Northerly on Empty box brook and Westerly by said John TROUTs land. Also Ten acres of meadow on Empty Box brook Beginning at the upper end of the ditch that did in the year 1728 part that and the land belonging to John GUISBERSON, thence running South twenty seven degrees and fifteen minutes Weft twelve chains and eighty links Thence North fifty degrees Weft nine chains and twenty five links, thence North thirteen degrees East to the ditch and up the ditch to the place of beginning which above described tracts were conveyed to the faid Thomas KIRBY from John COX Junr & Margaret his wife by deed bearing date the 12th October 1765. One other of them Beginning at the aforefaid red oak marked and lettered E.C. standing on the Northfide of Afsunpink brook as aforesaid (said tree being a corner of the first described Tract) thence down the old run of said Afsunpink the several courses thereof to a ftake or stone for a corner to Peter and John TROUTs Thence (2) along their division line North forty three degrees East forty three chains and eighty links to the line of the said first described tract thence (3) alongsaid line South five degrees Weft twenty chains to a corner thereof, Thence (4) South Sixty three degrees East along the fame line five chains and fifty links to a corner thence (5) along the fame line South thirty six degrees and one quarter Weft thirty six chains and twenty links to the Beginning containing thirty acres and nine perches. One other of them beginning at the aforesaid red oak lettered E.C. and running (1) up the several courfes of said Afsunpink brook to the mouth of a small run which is on a ftraight line South Sixty seven degrees Eaft six chains and twenty links, thence (2) up the several courses of said run about ten chains to a maple marked on two fides standing just on the Eaftfide of the run of water Thence (3) from faid maple South two degrees and a half, East nineteen chains to a stone corner thence (4) North fifty five degrees and one quarter weft twenty chains thence (5) North thirty six degrees East twenty five chains to the Beginning, both which last described Tracts contain one hundred and forty acres three roods and twenty Perches ftrict measure reference to the Map thereof will appear, and were conveyed to the faid Thomas KIRBY from John PANCOAFT and Sarah his wife by deed bearing date May 1st 1807. Together with the improvements privileges hereditaments and appurtenances to the fame belonging or in any wise appertaining And also all the estate right title intereft pofsefsion property claim and demand whatsoever of him the faid Thomas KIRBY of in and to the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances and of in an to every part and parcel thereof To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances unto him the faid William KIRBY his heirs and afsigns to the only proper ufe benefits and behoof of him the faid William KIRBY his heirs and afsigns forever And the faid Thomas KIRBY for himself his heirs executors and adminftrators doth covenant and grant to and with him the faid William KIRBY his heirs and afsigns, that he the faid Thomas KIRBY at the time of the ensealing and delivery of these prefents is lawfully seized of the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances in fee fimple and hath in himself good right full power and abfolute lawful authority to fell and convey the same in manner and forma as above, and further that he the said Thomas KIRBY his heirs executors and adminiftrators the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances unto him the said William KIRBY his heirs and afsigns from the lawful claim and demand of all persons claiming from by or under him the faid Thomas KIRBY fhall and will Warrant, and forever defend by these presents—In Witnefs whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and feals the day and year first above written.

Sealed & delivered in the prefence of Thomas KIRBY L.S.

Zeb’n CLAYTON – Margaret M –her mark- CLAYTON

Elizabeth KIRBY L.S.

Received the day of the Date of the within written Indenture of the within named KIRBY the full confideration money within mentioned

Witnefses to the signing

Thomas KIRBY

Zeb’n CLAYTON – Margaret M –her mark- CLAYTON

State of New Jersey Middlesexfs. Be it remembered that on the Seventh day of April Eighteen hundred and seven Before me Andrew ROWAN one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Please in faid County personally appeared Thomas KIRBY and Elizabeth his wife the within Grantors and did acknowledge that they signed sealed & delivered the within inftrument as their voluntary act and deed by them respectively signed sealed and delivered for the use and purposes therein mentioned and the faid Elizabeth KIRBY being privately examined apart from her hufband did acknowledge that she was acquainted with the tenor and effect of the faid inftrument of that she signed sealed & delivered the same as her voluntary act and deed freely without any fear threats or compulsions from her husband –Acknowledged before me— And’w ROWAN —

Received and recorded the twenty eighth day of April 1807

Middlesex County, New Jersey: Deed book Q, pp. 447-450

This Indenture seems to prove that John COX (1727) and his wife, Margaret, were residing in Monmouth County at least up to 12 October 1765.

Note 6: Morris COX: Among the extracts which, in 1999, Patricia M. Bergener made from microfilmed copies of original marriage bonds in possession of the New Jersey Department of Education, Division of State Library Archives & History, and which were microfilmed in 1966, is the following:

Note 7: Cox/Sullivan Cemetery
Lincoln County, North Carolina
By James Burton Wood
Q u i r u k @ m t a o n l i n e . n e t

At this burial site, the tombstone of John COX (1 November 1727, Middletown, New Jersey - ABT 1804/05, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina) has been broken off. The John COX whose tombstone is legible was the son of Morris COX and Catherine HUTCHINSON. This John COX was born 21 March 1777 and, therefore, died about the age of eight. Mary SULLIVAN (née COX) was the spouse of James SULLIVAN.

Note 8: Moses Hiram FERGUSON (Sr.), the husband of Elizabeth COX, was the son of Col. Robert FERGUSON (Jr.) (1722, Scotland - AFT 25 February 1805, Lincoln County, North Carolina) and Elizabeth WYLLEY (ABT 1726 - 1780, Lincoln County, North Carolina, at the hands of the Tories), who were married 5 October 1757 [marriage bond date], in New York City, at Trinity Presbyterian Church. The offspring of Moses Hiram FERGUSON and Elizabeth COX are said to have been: Polly FERGUSON (ABT 1787 - ?) [F]: m. John ALEXANDER, 1812; Samuel FERGUSON (25 December 1791, Lincoln County, North Carolina - 28 November 1857, Holden, Johnson County, Missouri) [M]: m. Sarah MOONEY (ABT 1796, North Carolina - ?), ABT 1815, North Carolina; Nancy FERGUSON (1792 - ?) [F]; Aaron FERGUSON (1794, Lincoln County, North Carolina - AFT 1865, Missouri or Kansas) [M]: m. Catherine BECK (ABT 1802, North Carolina - AFT 1865, Missouri or Kansas), 25 September 1821, Rhea County, Tennessee; William FERGUSON (1796, North Carolina - ABT 1875, Missouri) [M]: m. Margaret HENRY, 28 January 1822, Rhea County, Tennessee; John Cox FERGUSON (21 June 1799, Lincoln County, North Carolina - 10 August 1857, Johnson County, Missouri) [M]: m. Sarah FALLS (1798 - September 1861, Missouri), 18 September 1820, Lincoln County, North Carolina; Matilda FERGUSON [F]; Sarah? FERGUSON (1800 - AFT 1860, according to census) [F]; Margaret FERGUSON (1801, North Carolina - 1838, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri) [F]: m. Preston KNIGHT, BEF 1830; Martin FERGUSON [M]; Tolliver FERGUSON (ABT 1807, North Carolina - ?) [M]; Russell FERGUSON [M]; Moses FERGUSON (Jr.) (1809, Lincoln County, North Carolina - 1863, Johnson County, Missouri) [M]: m. Rebecca Ann SIMMERMAN (1822, Virginia - 5 March 1905, Missouri), 25 March 1841, Johnson County, Missouri; and Rachel? FERGUSON [F].

Sarah FALLS, the wife of John Cox FERGUSON, was the daughter of James FALLS (31 December 1769, Lincoln County, North Carolina, British North America - 22 November 1821, Lincoln County, North Carolina) and Mary J. FERGUSON (1770, Chester County, South Carolina, British North America - 3 August 1832, Lincoln County, North Carolina), who were married 12 August 1788, in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Mary J. FERGUSON was the daughter of Robert FERGUSON (Sr.) (ABT 1700, Scotland - December 1794, Lincoln County, North Carolina) and Sarah SIMS (1744, Pennsylvania, British North America - 7 June 1814, Lincoln County, North Carolina), who were married about 1760, in Pennsylvania. Because Robert FERGUSON (Sr.) and Sarah SIMS were the parents of Col. Robert FERGUSON (Jr.), Mary J. FERGUSON was the aunt of Moses Hiram FERGUSON.

Note 9: The following transactions in real estate and chattel pertain to the fortunes of John COX, Margaret MORRIS, and their family in North Carolina.

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G0494A: Elisha COX, Captain _[004]
Birth: 6 October 1771, Lincoln County, North Carolina, British North America
Death: 26 January 1824, Lincoln County, North Carolina
Interment: Olney Presbyterian Church Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina [See Gaston County, North Carolina: Cox and Holland Memorials.]
Father: John COX (1 November 1727, Middletown, New Jersey, British North America - ABT 1804/05, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina)
Mother: Margaret MORRIS (1 October 1732, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 15 August 1799, Lincoln County, North Carolina) [See G0495A: Margaret MORRIS in Descendants of Andrew Morris (ABT 1685 - 1728).]

Marriage:19 December 1792 (Bible record)
Spouse: Margaret HOLLAND (26 January 1774, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina, British North America - 31 January 1825, Gastonia, Lincoln [in 1846, Gaston] County, North Carolina: interment at Olney Presbyterian Church Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina) [See G0494A: Margaret HOLLAND in Antecedents and Descendants of Isaac Holland, Sr. (12 May 1745 - 10 September 1810 and see Gaston County, North Carolina: Cox and Holland Memorials.]

Child 1: Isaac COX (28 October 1794, Lincoln County, North Carolina - ?) [M]

Child 2: John Morris COX (7 April 1794, Lincoln County, North Carolina - 23 April 1851, Cherokee County, Georgia) [M]: m1. Mary Blanton HAWKINS (2 April 1805 - 5 February 1849, Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia), 7 November 1821, Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia: m2. Irena JUNIOR (ABT 1821, Georgia - AFT 1870 and BEF 1880, Blount County, Alabama), 23 April 1849, Henry County, Georgia

Child 3: Peggy Mira (Myra) COX (8 August 1799, Lincoln County, North Carolina - 26 January, 1874, Henry County, Georgia) [F]: m. William BERRY (14 October 1791, North Carolina - 21 December 1879, Henry County, Georgia), 8 October 1818, Lincoln County, North Carolina

Child 4: Oliver Wiley COX, Colonel, (11 June 1802, Lincoln County, North Carolina - October 1852, Henry County, Georgia) [M]: m. Helen Marr HARVEY (July 1811, Butte County, Georgia - March 1881, Leon County, Texas: interment, under the same monument as Mary ["Mollie"] COX and James F. KENNEDY, at Jackson Cemetery, Leon County, Texas), 29 July 1830, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia [See G0493B: Helen Marr HARVEY in Antecedents and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16 September 1838).]

Child 5: Andrew Berry COX (1 February 1805, Lincoln County, North Carolina - 19 February 1859, Yell County, Arkansas) [M]: m. Elizabeth ("Betsy") IRBY (9 December 1800, York District, South Carolina - 5 January 1872, Yell County, Arkansas), 30 May 1828, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina

Child 6: Samuel Waller COX (7 June 1808, Lincoln County, North Carolina - 1837 [BY 13 November 1837], Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia) [M]: m. Amanda Melvina HARVEY (July 1811, Butte County, Georgia - 1861, Leon or Smith County, Texas, Confederate States of America), 7 February 1831, Henry County, Georgia [See G0493A: Amanda Melvina HARVEY. in Antecedents and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16 September 1838).]

Child 7: James Holland COX (6 April 1810, Lincoln County, North Carolina - ?, Memphis, Tennessee) [M]

Child 8: George Washington COX (11 January 1813, Lincoln County, North Carolina - ?, Texas) [M]

Child 9: Mary Salina COX (12 [or 20] February 1815, Lincoln County, North Carolina - 10 August 1876, Henry County, Georgia: interment at Dailey-Selfridge Family Cemetery, Henry County, Georgia) [F]: m. John DAILEY (Jr.) (16 August 1802, <Georgia> - 25 June 1861, Henry County, Georgia, Confederate States of America: interment at Dailey-Selfridge Family Cemetery, Henry County, Georgia), 11 March 1835, Henry County, Georgia

Note 1: Elisha COX, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, was commissioned as a Captain of the First Troop of Cavalry in the First Regiment of the militia of Lincoln, County, North Carolina. The commission is dated 27 July 1804. The commission was signed by James Turner, Governor, and by I. W. Guion whose title is not decipherable. Elisha COX's date of death, 26 January 1824, was preserved on his tombstone: "Capt. Elisha Cox Died Jan 26, 1824 in the 51st year of his life."

About the burial site of Elisha COX and Margaret HOLLAND, there is some controversy. In her genealogical memoir, Frances Lee Pyron DANCE claimed that, although there are markers for both Elisha COX and Margaret HOLLAND in the cemetery of the Olney Presbyterian Church, their site of burial is actually in what was the graveyard of the Goshen Presbyterian Church in Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina.

In 2002, to complicate matters further, in the Cramer Woods development, off New Hope Road (NC 279) near Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, a grave plot was discovered that was marked by a headstone inscribed as follows:

The grave has both a headstone and a footstone. Beside it , there appears to be two graves marked with headstones and footstones, none with any visible inscriptions. The plot is surrounded by stone with an old azalea bush growing out the top.

Since it has now (2005) been established, by means of electronic soundings, that no burial occurred at the site in the Cramer Woods development and that a burial did occur in the graveyard of the Olney Presbyterian Church, it seems well established that the interment of Margaret HOLLAND took place at the graveyard of Olney Presbyterian Church. The headstone in the Cramer Woods development appears to have been the original which was replaced by a newer monument at Olney Presbyterian Church.

The graveyard of Olney Presbyterian Church is located about 2.8 miles south of Garrison Boulevard, in Gastonia, North Carolina, and is about 1000 feet off the east side of Highway US-321. In it, there are two markers of interest:

The graveyard is not now owned by Olney Presbyterian Church.

See Gaston County, North Carolina: Cox and Holland Memorials.

Note 2: After the death of Mary Blanton HAWKINS, John Morris COX married a person to whom his children objected strenuously. Her name, seemingly to conceal scandal, was not given to Frances Lee Pyron DANCE, the principal genealogist of this line. But Frances Lee Pyron DANCE believed that, in his second marriage, John Morris COX had engendered a son, "Jack COX."

From the Will of John Morris COX, dated 21 April 1851 in Cherokee County, Georgia, it is possible to discover a few facts:

From the Will of John Morris COX, it is known that he called his second wife "Irena" and that, by her, he engendered Sarah Jane, Elisha, and Melissa COX.

By Mary Blanton HAWKINS (2 April 1805 - 5 February 1849, Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia), John Morris COX is known to have engendered (1) Elizabeth Ann COX (20 April 1823, Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia - 21 April 1910, Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia interment at Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia), female, who married James PYRON (8 September 1816, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia - 6 June 1867, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia interment at Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia) on 3 August 1842 in McDonough, Henry County, George; (2) Mary Martha COX, female, who married Unknown BANKS; and (3) John W. COX, male.

John W. COX is likely to be the "Jack COX" about whom Frances Lee Pyron DANCE reported - perhaps mistakenly - as the offspring of a second marriage.

After the death of Mary Blanton HAWKINS on 5 February 1849, John Morris COX was married to Irena JUNIOR on 23 April 1849 in Henry County, Georgia [Georgia Marriages to 1850 records the marriage of John M. COX to "Amery" JUNIOR in Henry County, Georgia on 23 April 1849. "Amery" is probably the mistranscription of what was written as "Arreny."]

By Irena JUNIOR (ABT 1821, Georgia - AFT 1870, Blount County, Alabama), John Morris COX is known to have engendered (1) Sarah Jane COX (ABT 1844, Cherokee County, Georgia - 11 September 1913, Blount County, Alabama: interment at Hood Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama) [F]: m. Christopher Colombus HELMS (11 January 1847 - 12 January 1903, Blount County, Alabama: interment at Hood Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama), 30 July 1869, Blount County, Alabama (Bondsman or performer: D. A. Hendricks); (2) Elisha Madison COX (25 May 1846, Cherokee County, Georgia - 28 August 1925, Blount County, Alabama interment at Hood Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama) [M]: m. Pheby (Phebe) A. SULLENS, 2 July 1868, Blount County, Alabama; and (3) Melissa COX (March 1850, Cherokee County, Georgia - ?) [F]. [See United States Census for 1850, Division 15, Cherokee County, Georgia, 12 August 1850, where the given name of Irena COX is written as "Aurinius." D. A. Hendricks, who stood either as bondsman or performer of the marriage of Sarah Jane COX to Christopher Colombus HELMS, is probably to be identified with Denmon Hendricks, born in Georgia, the son of Willis Hendricks, born about 1822, also in Georgia. In 1870, Denmon Hendricks was residing with his parents in Blount County, Alabama. In 1870, he was 25 years of age and his occupation was "school teacher." He could easily have been a lay preacher eligible to perform marriages. In the United States Census for Blount County, Alabama in 1870, there is no other person surnamed Hendricks whose given name begins with "D."]

The evidence seems to be that, previous to the death of Mary Blanton HAWKINS and previous to his second marriage, John Morris COX had already engendered Sarah Jane COX and Elisha Madison COX by Irena JUNIOR. This may have been the scandal which the grandchildren of John Morris COX and Mary Blanton HAWKINS were concealing from Frances Lee Pyron DANCE. Among the descendants of John Morris COX and Irena JUNIOR, the legend is that Irena JUNIOR was what today is called a "native American," possibly of Cherokee extraction.

According to Robert Scott Davis, The Georgia Black Book, vol. II, More Morbid, Macabre, and Sometimes Disgusting Records of Genealogical Value - Just When You Thought it Was Safe to Get Back Into Genealogy (1982, reprinted 1992), p. 38, John M. COX, about 1850, adopted his illegitimate children, Elisha and Sarah Jane, and changed their surnames from JUNER to COX. They are both reported as having been born in Henry County, Georgia.

After the death of Christopher Colombus HELMS, Sarah Jane COX married William H. LEE on 10 June 1912.

After the death of John Morris COX, Irena JUNIOR, as "Asena COX," was married to John P. (or T.) HONEA (ABT 1829, South Carolina - AFT 1880, Blount County, Alabama), in Cherokee County, Georgia, on 23 March 1852. [Cherokee County, Georgia, Marriage Book B]

By John P. (or T.) HONEA, Irena JUNIOR engendered: (1) John Albert HONEA (1854, Blount County, Alabama - 1937, Blount County, Alabama: interment at New Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama) [M]: m. Rebecca HOOD (1861, Blount County, Alabama - death reported 21 March 1929 in The Southern Democrat: interment at New Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama. The gravestone gives 1928 as the date of death.); (2) Dorothy Ann HONEA (ABT 1857, Blount County, Alabama - ?) [F]; and Martha E. HONEA (ABT 1859, Blount County, Alabama - ?) [F]. [See the United States Census for 1860, Eastern Subdivision, Blount County, Alabama, 12 June 1860, where the given name of Irena JUNIOR is written as "Arrena." The household of John P. HONEA does not appear in the Alabama State Census for 1866. See the United States Census of 1870 for Blountsville, Blount County (East Half), Alabama where the given name of Irena JUNIOR is written as something like "Armen" or "Aruna."]

In the United States Census of Blount County, Alabama for 1880, John Albert HONEA, age 25, reported his father's place of birth as South Carolina and his mother's place of birth as Georgia. His wife was Rebecca HOOD. They had a son, Ellis HONEA, who was born in 1879 and whose death was reported 4 October 1923 in The Southern Democrat. The death of the wife of Ellis HONEA was reported, in The Southern Democrat, 30 October 1910 at the age of 30. She was probably Nancy C. HONEA whose gravestone, at Mt. Joy Cemetery, Blount County, Alabama, states her to be the wife of D. E. HONEA, 24 July 1880 - 14 October 1910.

In the United States Census of Blount County, Alabama for 1880, John P. (or T.) HONEA, a widower, is shown residing in the household of John Albert HONEA. This means that Irena JUNIOR died between 1870 and 1880.

Elizabeth Ann COX, the daughter of John Morris COX and Mary Blanton HAWKINS, and James PYRON engendered: (1) Charles William PYRON (13 May 1844, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia - 25 April 1916) [M]: m. Elmira Parkerson COX (ABT 1846, Cherokee County, Georgia - ?), 17 October 1869; (2) Thomas Jefferson PYRON (11 February 1846, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia - 28 June 1906, Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia: interment at Liberty Hill Cemetery, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia) [M]: m. Sarah Martha BUCHANAN (5 January 1850, near Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia - 13 March 1918, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia), 10 May 1868, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia; (3) James Madison PYRON (25 November 1848, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia - 16 August 1896, Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia: interment at Kennesaw Cemetery, Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia) [M]: m. "Sadie" J. DOUGHERTY (10 January 1854, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia - 12 May 1936, Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia: interment at Kennesaw Cemetery, Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia), 12 December 1877, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; (4) Mary Ann PYRON (16 April 1850, Dalton County, Georgia - 28 March 1875) [F]: m. Fletcher A. NORTHCUTT (ABT 1846 - ?) , 12 January 1868; (5) Martha PYRON (11 October 1852, <Dalton> County, Georgia - April 1855) [F]; (6) John Wylie PYRON (11 July 1854, <Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia - 7 July 1928) [M]: m. Harriet Robinson FANNIN, 8 January 1888; (7) Stephen Johnson PYRON (3 October 1857, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia - 6 April 1925, Georgia) [M]; (8) Lucy Angeline PYRON (22 December 1859, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia - 13 October 1874) [F]; and (9) Henry Davis PYRON (8 October 1861, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia - 6 March 1883) [M].

Elmira Parkinson COX, the wife of Charles William PYRON, was the daughter of Joshua COX (ABT 1811, Alabama - ?), a millwright, and Sarah Evans MCCONNELL (ABT 1828, Georgia - ?). Her siblings were: Mary Ann COX (1846, Cherokee County, Georgia - ?) [F]; Theresa Bashaw COX [F]; and John W. COX (1 June 1848, Cherokee County, Georgia - 1 October 1908, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California: interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California) [M]: m. Olive E. BOONTON (21 November 1861, Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa - 5 December 1926, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California), 20 January 1876, Fremont County, Iowa. In the United States Census for 1850 for Division 15, Cherokee County, Georgia, Bennett Tuck, a millwright 28 years of age, is shown as a resident in the household of Joshua COX and Sarah Evans MCCONNELL. Some years previous to the War Between the States, Bennett Tuck disappeared while on a business-trip to Tennessee.

Thomas Jefferson PYRON and Sarah Martha BUCHANAN engendered: (1) Emma Ryals PYRON (9 April 1869, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia - 18 October 1910, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia: interment at Acworth Cemetery, Cobb County, Georgia) [F]: m. Noah Judson PUGH (21 February 1857, Virginia [now West Virginia] - 28 December 1943, Florida), 25 April 1901; (2) Sue Elizabeth PYRON (24 September 1871, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia - 19 May 1873, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia) [F]; (3) Mamie Lou PYRON (25 July 1874, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia - 4 December 1875, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia) [F]; (4) Frances Lee PYRON (22 August 1876, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia - 8 April 1960, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia) [F]: m. John Edwards DANCE (ABT 1870, Georgia - ?, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia), 17 February 1910, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia; (5) Cora Beatrice PYRON (15 June 1879, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia - 8 November 1886, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia) [F]; (6) James Thomas PYRON (16 February 1883, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia - 11 March 1954, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia: interment 13 March 1954 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia) [M]: m. Annie Beaura HUGGINS (29 July 1891, Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas - 27 October 1978, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia), 19 January 1918, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; and (7) Leonard McCall PYRON (19 November 1888, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia - 6 August 1938, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama: interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama) [M]: m. Alice Read DILLARD (28 June 1892, Tennessee - ?, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama: interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama), 12 June 1914.

Note 3: Elizabeth ("Betsy") IRBY, the wife of Andrew Berry COX, was the daughter of John IRBY (5 August 1761, Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia, British North America - 9 May 1843, Lincoln County, North Carolina) and Anne KENDRICK (1767, Halifax County, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1845), who were married 12 March 1788 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

Note 4: Mary Salina COX lies interred in the Dailey-Selfridge family cemetery in Henry County, Georgia. This cemetery, which is inactive, is located in Land Lot 7 of the 11th district of Henry County, McDonough, Georgia. To reach it, take I75S to Exit 72. Head east to GA Hwy. 42, then turn left. Go right on Campground Road, left on GA Hwy 15, and right on Knight Drive. The cemetery is on the left in a fenced-in area.

In 1999, Linda S. Sanders recorded the following inscriptions:

John DAILEY, Sr. was born 4 October 1765 and died 29 February 1840 in Henry County, Georgia. His wife, Rachel CLARK, was born 8 October 1768 and died 17 June 1850 in Henry County, Georgia. They are both interred in the Dailey-Selfridge Family Cemetery, Henry County, Georgia.

John DAILEY, Jr. is known to have had a sister, Millie Terrell DAILEY (11 July 1806, Georgia - 24 September 1871, Henry County, Georgia: interment at the Dailey-Selfridge Family Cemetery, Henry County, Georgia) who, on 30 April 1828, was married to John SELFRIDGE (17 December 1788 - January 1856, Alabama) in Henry County, Georgia.

Note 5: Map of Lincoln County, North Carolina (1895):

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G0493A: Samuel Waller COX _[003]
Birth: 7 January 1808, Lincoln County, North Carolina
Death: 1837 (BY 13 November 1837), Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia
Father: Elisha COX, Captain (6 October 1771, Lincoln County, North Carolina, - 26 January 1824, Lincoln County, North Carolina: interment at Olney Presbyterian Church Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina)
Mother: Margaret HOLLAND (26 January 1774, Lincolnton, North Carolina - 31 January 1825, Gastonia, Lincoln [in 1846, Gaston] County, North Carolina: interment at Olney Presbyterian Church Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina) [See G0494A: Margaret HOLLAND in Antecedents and Descendants of Isaac Holland, Sr. (12 May 1745 - 10 September 1810 and see Gaston County, North Carolina: Cox and Holland Memorials.]

Marriage: 7 February 1831, Henry County, Georgia
Spouse: Amanda Melvina HARVEY (July 1811, Butte County, Georgia - 1861, Leon or Smith County, Texas, Confederate States of America) [See G0493A: Amanda Melvina HARVEY. in Antecedents and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16 September 1838).]

Child 1: Helen Marr COX (ABT 1832, <Henry County>, Georgia - BEF 1870) [F]: m. Jabez Marion BRASSELL (26 March 1824, Fayette County, Georgia - 2 September 1871, Scott County, Mississippi), ABT 1848, Fayette County, Georgia

Child 2: John Calhoun ("Little Black Jack," "Black Jack") COX (2 January 1836, Fayette County, Georgia - 19 February 1917, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas: interment at City Cemetery of Sweetwater [Alabama Street], Sloan Family Plot, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas) [M]: m1. Sarah ("Sallie") Elizabeth ALLEN (13 July 1847, Fayette County, Georgia - 17 April 1884, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas), 22 June 1864, Smith County, Texas, Confederate States of America [See G0492A: Sarah ("Sallie") Elizabeth ALLEN in Antecedents and Descendants of Whitmill Phillips Allen (6 November 1811 - January 1868).]: m2. Mary Eugenia BARRON (25 April 1847, Troup County, Georgia - 2 April 1916, Tyler, Smith County, Texas), 3 March 1887, Smith County, Texas [See below, Appendix: The System of Kinship of Mary Eugenia Barron (25 April 1847 - 2 April 1916).]

Child 3: Sarah COX (AFT 7 February 1831 and BEF 13 November 1837, Henry or Fayette County, Georgia - AFT 20 January 1841 and BEF 10 March 1841, Fayette County, Georgia) [F]

Child 4: Tabitha M(elvina?) COX (AFT 7 February 1831 and BEF 13 November 1837, Henry or Fayette County, Georgia - AFT 31 December 1841 and BEF 31 December 1842, Fayette County, Georgia) [F]

Note 1: The Estate and Succession of Samuel WALLER COX:

Note 2: Amanda Melvina HARVEY was the identical twin of Helen Marr HARVEY, who married Oliver Wiley COX, the brother of Samuel Waller COX. The parents of these twins were Rev. Isaac HARVEY, Sr. (1786, Wilkes County, Georgia - 16 September 1838, Wetumpka, Autauga [now Elmore] County, Alabama) and Sarah Garland NAPIER (23 January 1791, Elbert County, Georgia - AFT 17 February 1832), married in Putnam County, Georgia, 22 December 1808. It is from the testimony of Amanda Melvina HARVEY's step-grandson, John Dennis STELL (26 October 1847, Gwinnett County, Georgia - 28 February 1898, Centerville, Leon County, Texas: interment at Centerville Cemetery [Section D-4], Centerville, Leon County, Texas), published in Leon County Historical Collections, vol. 1 (Leon County Genealogical Society, Leon County, Texas: 1981; reprinted from The Lone Star State Memorial and Biographical Book: 1893), that she is known to have died in 1861. John Dennis STELL (26 October 1847, Gwinnett County, Georgia - 28 February 1898, Centerville, Leon County, Texas: interment at Centerville Cemetery [Section D-4], Centerville, Leon County, Texas), Mary Ella STELL (5 January 1846, Gwinnett County, Georgia - 23 May 1911, Centerville, Leon County, Texas: interment at Centerville Cemetery [Section B-6], Centerville, Leon County, Texas) the wife of William M. JOHNSTON (16 September 1836, Scotland - 25 December 1894, Centerville, Leon County, Texas: interment at Centerville Cemetery [Section B-6], Centerville, Leon County, Texas), an attorney in Centerville, Texas), and Emma J. STELL (29 August 1849, Gwinnett County, Georgia - AFT 15 April 1910, <Dallas, Dallas County, Texas>, the wife of David J. C. JOHNSTON [March 1844, Ireland - AFT 8 June 1900, <Corsicana, Navarro County>, Texas]) were the children of James Jones STELL (22 September 1824, Gwinnett County, Georgia - 29 October 1849, Fayette County, Georgia) and Elizabeth ("Renda") TRUITT (31 May 1825, Gwinnett County, Georgia - 24 August 1900, Centerville, Leon County, Texas: interment at Centerville Cemetery [Section B-2], Centerville, Leon County, Texas), who were married in 1845. About ten years after the death of James Jones STELL, Elizabeth ("Renda") TRUITT, the daughter of John TRUITT of Georgia, was married to John T. GRESHAM (4 June 1817, Virginia - 15 July 1870, Centerville, Leon County, Texas: interment at Centerville Cemetery [Section B-2], Centerville, Leon County, Texas), the widower of a Mrs. JOHNSTON, née Elizabeth CAULFIELD (1804, Ireland - 14 August 1857, Centerville, Leon County, Texas: interment at Centerville Cemetery [Section B-3], Centerville, Leon County, Texas), who died in 1857. About 1871, John Dennis STELL (26 October 1847, Gwinnett County, Georgia - 28 February 1898, Centerville, Leon County, Texas: interment at Centerville Cemetery [Section D-4], Centerville, Leon County, Texas) was married to Mary Alice COUSINS (12 May 1854, Alabama - 11 November 1933, Centerville, Leon County, Texas: interment at Centerville Cemetery [Section D-4], Centerville, Leon County, Texas), the daughter born in Alabama of a Dr. COUSINS who was native to Virginia. In the United States Census of 1850 for Choctaw County, Alabama, taken 30 September 1850, a James B. COUSINS, born in Virginia, is shown as a physician keeping office in Choctaw County. There is no other person surnamed "COUSINS" found in Alabama in the census of 1850 as a native of Virginia.

Contrary to popular intuition, Elizabeth CAULFIELD was at least ten years older than John T. GRESHAM. The United States Census of 1850 for Centerville, Leon County, Texas fixes her year of birth at 1804. William M. JOHNSTON and David J. C. JOHNSTON were the sons of Mrs. Isabella JOHNSTON, born 1808 in Ireland, who was a "school mistress" in Centerville, Leon County, Texas.

John Dennis STELL (26 October 1847, Gwinnett County, Georgia - 28 February 1898, Centerville, Leon County, Texas: interment at Centerville Cemetery [Section D-4], Centerville, Leon County, Texas), the step-grandson of Amanda Melvina HARVEY, should not be confused, as he often is, with John Dennis ("Doak") STELL (5 September 1848, Fayette County, Georgia - 8 April 1924, Scranton, Eastland County, Texas: interment at Scranton Cemetery, Eastland County, Texas), the natural son of Amanda Melvina HARVEY. On 9 December 1869, in Smith County, Texas, John Dennis ("Doak") STELL (5 September 1848, Fayette County, Georgia - 8 April 1924, Scranton, Eastland County, Texas: interment at Scranton Cemetery, Eastland County, Texas) was first married to Mary ("Mollie") A. ARTHUR (29 March 1851, Flat Lick, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 1 February 1898, near Lingleville, Erath County, Texas: interment at Lingleville Cemetery, Lingleville, Erath County, Texas), the daughter of Thomas Richard ARTHUR (1 January 1813, Georgia - 21 May 1873, Smith County, Texas: interment at Sandflat Cemetery, Smith County, Texas) and Rachel Dorcas LOFTIN (2 October 1818, South Carolina - 17 January 1874, Smith County, Texas: interment at Sandflat Cemetery, Smith County, Texas). After the death of Mary ("Mollie") A. ARTHUR, John Dennis ("Doak") STELL (5 September 1848, Fayette County, Georgia - 8 April 1924, Scranton, Eastland County, Texas: interment at Scranton Cemetery, Eastland County, Texas) was second married to Henrietta UNKNOWN; and, by 27 April 1910, he was residing with her in the Sixth Civil Precinct of Eastland County, Texas. He died in Scranton, Eastland County, Texas on 8 April 1924.

In the Centerville Cemetery, Centerville, Leon County, Texas, Ms. Cheryl Burks transcribed the date of birth from the headstone of John Dennis STELL (26 October 1847, Gwinnett County, Georgia - 28 February 1898, Centerville, Leon County, Texas: interment at Centerville Cemetery [Section D-4], Centerville, Leon County, Texas) as "Oct 26, 1857." The United States Census of 1880 for Centerville, Leon County, Texas, taken 13 June 1880, proves that the transcribed date is off by ten years.

Note 3: Jabez Marion BRASSELL, an attorney, was the son of William J. BRASSELL (24 March 1778, North Carolina - 16 June 1861, Fayette County, Georgia: interment at Alford Family Cemetery, Fayette County, Georgia) and Martha Ellen ("Patsy") HADDOX (7 April 1795, Edgefield District, South Carolina - 13 March 1836, Fayette County, Georgia: interment at Alford Family Cemetery, Fayette County, Georgia), who were married in Jones County, Georgia, 29 October 1809.

From Joel Dixon Wells and Harold R. Schultz, All Known Cemeteries in Fayette County, Georgia (Hampton, Georgia: 25 January 1980 and reprinted November 1980):

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G0493B: Oliver Wiley COX, Colonel
Birth: 11 June 1802, Lincoln County, North Carolina
Death: October 1852, Fulton County, Georgia
Interment: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Father: Elisha COX, Captain (6 October 1771, Lincoln County, North Carolina, - 26 January 1824, Lincoln County, North Carolina: interment at Olney Presbyterian Church Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina)
Mother: Margaret HOLLAND (26 January 1774, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina - 31 January 1825, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina: interment at Olney Presbyterian Church Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina) [See G0494A: Margaret HOLLAND in Antecedents and Descendants of Isaac Holland, Sr. (12 May 1745 - 10 September 1810 and see Gaston County, North Carolina: Cox and Holland Memorials.]

Marriage: 29 July 1830, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, by Rev. James Gamble
Spouse: Helen Marr HARVEY (July 1811, Butte County, Georgia - March 1881, Leon County, Texas: interment, under the same monument as Mary ["Mollie"] COX and James F. KENNEDY, at Jackson Cemetery, Leon County, Texas) [See G0493B: Helen Marr HARVEY, in Antecedents and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16 September 1838).]

Child 1: Thomas Nathan COX (14 May 1831, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia - 1 May 1859, Calhoun [now Cleburne] County, Alabama: interment at Chulafinnee Methodist Cemetery, Chulafinnee, near Anniston, Township 17, Range 9, Section 13, Calhoun [now Cleburne] County, Alabama) [M]

Child 2: Margaret Sara COX (21 December 1832, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia - 30 December 1911, <Clay County>, Alabama) [F]: m. William Columbus KENNEDY (2 May 1827, Randolph County, Alabama - 16 January 1895, <Clay County>, Alabama)

Child 3: Leonora COX (18 December 1834, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia - August 1851, Fulton County, Georgia: interment at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia) [F]

Child 4: Elisha Carson COX (9 December 1836, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia - AFT 9 June 1880, Garden Valley, Smith County, Texas) [M]: m. Mary Isabelle FINLEY (or FINDLAY) (1842, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia - August 1906), 5 February 1861, Georgia

Child 5: Martha ("Mattie") Varner COX (6 March 1838, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia - AFT 7 June 1880, <Wood County>, Texas) [F]: m. James D. ("Dorse") CAMPBELL (1834, Georgia - AFT 7 June 1880, <Wood County>, Texas), 15 August 1865, Henry County, Georgia

Child 6: Mary ("Molly") COX (December 1838, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia - December 1882, Leon County, Texas: interment at Jackson Cemetery, Leon County, Texas) [F]: m. James F. KENNEDY (1828, Franklin County, Georgia - December 1885, Leon County, Texas: interment at Jackson Cemetery, Leon County, Texas)

Child 7: Isaac Harvey COX (20 May 1843, Randolph County, Alabama - 16 May 1908, Leon County, Texas: interment at Gum Springs Cemetery, Flynn, Leon County, Texas) [M]: m. Sarah Elizabeth ("Bettie") BRADY (7 June 1840, Tennessee - 4 November 1918, Leon County, Texas: interment at Gum Springs Cemetery, Flynn, Leon County, Texas), 1866, Leon County, Texas

Child 8: Tabitha M. COX (19 February 1845, Randolph County, Alabama - December 1852, Fulton County, Georgia: interment at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia)

Note 1: Oliver Wiley COX was, in Georgia, the State Senator for Henry County in 1840. He arrived in Henry County, Georgia, early in the 1830s and resided, near McDonough, at his plantation called "White Chimneys." It is likely that it was Oliver Wiley COX who introduced Colonel John Dennis STELL (27 October 1804, Hancock County, Georgia - 28 October 1862, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, Confederate States of America) to the widow of Samuel Waller COX and that it was STELL who began the migration to Smith and Leon counties, Texas, in which so many of the children of these two brothers COX participated.

Of the marriage of Oliver Wiley COX and Helen Marr HARVEY, the Weekly Telegraph (Macon, Georgia) reported, on Saturday, 31 July 1830, as follows:

Georgia Marriages to 1850 shows the marriage, in Henry County, of Pleas W. COX and Helen M. HARVEY on 29 July 1830. There was a Pleasant W. COX flourishing in the area of Henry County, Georgia at this time; and it is possible that "Pleasant" was the nickname of Oliver Wiley COX.

The following paragraph appears in "History of McDonough," which was published by Scip Speer in 1921 on the occasion of the centenary of Henry County. The words, however, are those of Elizabeth C. Nolan as they appeared, in 1908, in the United Daughters of the Confederacy "edition of the Weekly:"

Miss Nolan also recorded that Mattie COX, in Henry County, was a school teacher.

In an anonymous account of the history of Henry County (http://www.nwittler.com/HenryCounty/history.html), the following paragraph occurs:

On Saturday, 14 January 1832, the Georgia Messenger reported, from the executive department of the State of Georgia, that Gov. Wilson Lumpkin had named Oliver W. COX, of Henry County, as one of his aides.

By 1843, Oliver Wiley COX and his family were residing in Randolph County, Alabama where - in what seems to indicate a reversal of his fortunes - he was employed as a blacksmith.

Note 2: After the death of Oliver Wiley COX, his widow resided with her son, Elisha Carson COX, until she went to Texas to live with Isaac Harvey COX.

Note 3: Thomas Nathan COX was, by profession, an attorney in Atlanta, Georgia. He had served in the Mexican War under General Zachary Taylor and, while doing so, contracted tuberculosis. He is said to have mastered four languages and to have written a tragicomedy called The Lombard King. The play was performed in a number of cities, with its author in the leading role, and is said to have been a success. Thomas Nathan COX acquired land in the vicinity of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and moved to that locale, presumably for his health. He died, however, in Calhoun County, Alabama.

Note 4: Elisha Carson COX moved to Smith County, Texas, about 1870.

Note 5: The identity of Mary ("Molly") COX's husband has not been previously remarked by investigators of this line. According to the written testimony of John Calhoun COX, she had married the brother of William Columbus KENNEDY, the husband of Margaret Sara COX. And, according to a letter from Margaret COX, born in Garden Valley, Texas, to Frances Pyron DANCE, dated 2 February 1940, Helen Marr COX (née HARVEY) died, in 1877 (sic), at the home of "Molly," "Mrs. Jim Kennedy," in Leon County, Texas.

Helen Marr COX (née HARVEY) is buried in Jackson Cemetery, Leon County, Texas, under the same monument as Mary ("Molly") COX and James F. KENNEDY. For her, the inscription reads "Helen C. Cox, wife of Col. O. W. Cox, born in Butte County, Georgia, July, 1813 - died March 1881." Because, in the United States Census for 1860, Amanda Melvina HARVEY, the twin sister of Helen Marr HARVEY, reported her age as 49, the year of birth as 1811 is here provisionally accepted for Helen Marr HARVEY.

The inscription, in the Jackson Cemetery, for James F. KENNEDY gives his place of birth as Franklin County, Georgia; and that for Mary ["Molly"] COX gives her place of birth as Henry County, Georgia.

The Jackson Cemetery is located east of Jewett, in Leon County, Texas. From Jewett, take US 79 approximately four miles, then left on a dirt road approximately 1.5 miles, then left on another dirt road for one mile. The cemetery is located 1500 feet east of what is known as Taylor Lake.

Frances Pyron DANCE, who was the principal genealogist of the Georgia branch of this line of Coxes and who documented the parentage and offspring of William Columbus KENNEDY, stated that she had no record of Mary COX's marriage. William Columbus KENNEDY and James F. KENNEDY were the sons of Joseph Marcus KENNEDY who emigrated from Henry County, Georgia to Randolph County, Alabama, in 1820. The elder KENNEDY lived among the Creek Indians until their expulsion in 1836.

Note 6: Isaac Harvey COX, who was known as "Dick" or "Harvey," moved to Leon County, Texas and there married Sarah Elizabeth ("Bettie") BRADY. The transcription of her gravestone, at Gum Springs Cemetery, Leon County, Texas, gives her date of birth as 11 June 1850. But since, in fact, she was three years older than Isaac Harvey COX, she was born 11 June 1840.

There is reason to believe that Rev. Isaac HARVEY, Sr. the maternal grandfather of Isaac Harvey COX, was similarly called "Dick". This has misled investigators into thinking that there was a "Richard" HARVEY who was the father of Helen Marr HARVEY and Amanda Melvina HARVEY. Isaac HARVEY is said to have been a backwoods Presbyterian (or Methodist) revivalist.

Note 7: The memorandum, reproduced below, of Oliver Wiley COX to his eldest son, Thomas Nathan COX, exists in several states. The state of the text, as it is given here, seems to be the earliest.

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G0492A: John ("Little Black Jack," "Black Jack") Calhoun COX, Sergeant, Company C, Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and Justice of the Peace, Smith County, Texas ("Judge Cox") _[002]
Birth: 2 January 1836, Fayette County, Georgia
Death: 19 February 1917, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas
Interment: City Cemetery of Sweetwater (Alabama Street), Sloan Family Plot, Sweetwater, Texas
Father: Samuel Waller COX (7 January 1808, Lincoln County, North Carolina - 1837 [BY 13 November 1837], Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia)
Mother: Amanda Melvina HARVEY (July 1811, Butte County, Georgia - 1861, Leon or Smith County, Texas, Confederate States of America) [See G0493A: Amanda Melvina HARVEY. in Antecedents and Descendants of Rev. Isaac Harvey, Sr. (1786 - 16 September 1838).]
Foster Father: John Dennis STELL, Colonel (27 October 1804, Hancock County, Georgia - 28 October 1862, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, Confederate States of America) [See G0493A: John Dennis STELL, Colonel in Antecedents and Descendants of Michael Stell (1683 - ABT 1706).]

Marriage: 22 June 1864, Smith County, Texas, Confederate States of America
Spouse: Sarah ("Sallie") Elizabeth ALLEN (13 July 1847, Fayette County, Georgia - 17 April 1884, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas) [See G0492A: Sarah ("Sallie") Elizabeth ALLEN in Antecedents and Descendants of Whitmill Phillips Allen (6 November 1811 - January 1868).]

Child 1: Della Amanda COX (26 September 1865, Smith County, Texas - 7 December 1925, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment at City Cemetery of Sweetwater [Alabama Street], Sloan Family Plot, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas) [F]: m. Joseph Dudley SLOAN (12 May 1852, Indianola, Calhoun County, Texas - 1 April 1921, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas: interment at City Cemetery of Sweetwater, Sloan Family Plot, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas), 13 July 1884, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas [See G0491A: Joseph Dudley SLOAN in Descendants of Archibald Sloan (BEF 1697 - BEF March 1764).]

Child 2: Helen Chloe COX (February 1868, Smith County, Texas - October 1871, Smith County, Texas) [F]

Child 3: John Carson COX (5 December 1869, Smith County, Texas - 22 October 1908, Smith County, Texas) [M]: m. Mattie Lee FERRELL (May 1875, Coweta County, Georgia - ?, Smith County, Texas), 8 November 1895, Smith County, Texas

Child 4: Mary ("Mattie") L. COX (29 September 1871, Smith County, Texas - 29 August 1902, Tyler, Smith County, Texas) [F]: m. Leslie E. BURKE (1869, Brownsville, Marshall Township, Saline County, Missouri - AFT December 1894 and BEF 18 June 1900, Dublin, Erath County, Texas ), 10 September 1890, Nolan County, Texas

Child 5: Whit Allen COX (23 October 1873, Leon County, Texas - 25 February 1925, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas) [M]: m. Ella ("Nell") Rives Moore WOODS (23 November 1876, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas - 23 December 1948, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas), 5 September 1910

Child 6: William Camp COX (8 January 1876, Leon County, Texas - AFT 4 July 1923, <Brownwood, Brown County>, Texas) [M]: m. Florence ("Florrie") A. WATKINS (October 1885, Tyler, Smith County, Texas - ?), 26 December 1906, Tyler, Smith County, Texas

Child 7: Unnamed daughter COX (died at birth, probably in 1877, Smith County, Texas) [F]

Child 8: Emmie Elizabeth COX (5 February 1878, Smith County, Texas - 18 May 1883, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas) [F]

Child 9: Sam Stell COX (8 November 1881, Mineola, Wood County, Texas - AFT 1925) [M]: m. Lily ("Lil") L. HARPER (February 1892, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas - AFT 25 November 1925), 10 July 1919, 8:45 PM, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Lily A. HARPER

Child 10: Unnamed daughter COX (died at birth, 1884, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas) [F]

Other Marriage: 3 March 1887, Smith County, Texas, solemnized by George P. Birdwell, Minister of the Gospel
Spouse: Mary Eugenia BARRON (25 April 1847, Troup County, Georgia - 2 April 1916, Tyler, Smith County, Texas) [See below, Appendix: The System of Kinship of Mary Eugenia Barron (25 April 1847 - 2 April 1916).]

Child 1: Sallie Maude COX (15 July 1889, Smith County, Texas - 27 May 1976, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas) [F]: m. Clayton J. NEWLIN (9 May 1885, Penn Township, Parke County, Indiana - 30 May 1959, <Normal, McLean County, Illinois>), 16 August 1911, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas

Note 1: In the annals of the Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade, which served both in the Army of Northern Virginia and in the Army of Tennessee, the name of John Calhoun COX has long been synonymous with courage. See John Calhoun Cox: Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade (1) and John Calhoun Cox: Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade (2).

In Texas, remaining true to his roots in Georgia, John Calhoun COX enjoyed raising peanuts.

Note 2: Colonel John Dennis STELL (27 October 1804, Hancock County, Georgia - 28 October 1862, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, Confederate States of America), after the death of Samuel Waller COX, was second married to Amanda Melvina HARVEY, in Fayette County, Georgia, on 2 January 1839. John Dennis STELL was a figure of some importance in the histories of both Georgia and Texas. See John Dennis Stell: Texas Secession Convention, John Calhoun Cox: Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade (1), and John Calhoun Cox: Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade (2). It is abundantly evident that John Calhoun COX regarded John Dennis STELL with perfect filial affection. John Dennis STELL's system of kinship can also be viewed at Penny's Southern Diggins'.

Note 3: Clayton J. NEWLIN was the son of John William NEWLIN (14 August 1841, Parke County, Indiana - 12 December 1927, Elwood, Vermilion County, Illinois) and Mary MERRIWETHER (19 March 1851, Parke County, Indiana - AFT 1 April 1930, Ridge Farm, Vermilion County, Illinois) who were married 1 January 1880 in Parke County, Indiana. From his marriage to Sallie Maude COX, three children were engendered: John Cox NEWLIN (14 June 1912, Tyler, Smith County, Texas - 26 July 1957, Illinois) who married Winifred FLETCHER (4 March 1914, Illinois - July 1986, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois), Robert Ervin NEWLIN (22 April 1916, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois - 9 June 1998, Ft. Myers, Lee County, Florida) who married Beatrice GUCK on 26 September 1942, and William Barron NEWLIN (born 1927 in Normal, McLean County, Illinois), who married Elena BUSTAMENTE.

Previous to his marriage to Mary MERRIWETHER, John William NEWLIN was married to Lydia E. MENDENHALL (7 December 1837, Hamilton County, Indiana - 15 August 1878, Indiana) on 10 December 1874 at Ridge Farm, Vermilion County, Illinois.

John Cox NEWLIN engendered Johnny Joe NEWLIN and Carol Jean NEWLIN. Robert Ervin NEWLIN engendered Mary Ann NEWLIN and Linda Lee NEWLIN.

About Clayton J. NEWLIN, the following promotional squib was published in Jacob L. Hasbrouck, History of McLean County, Illinois, two volumes (Histoical Publishing Company, Topeka and Indianapolis: 1924), vol. 2, pp. 1023 -1024:

Note 4: To see the Southern Cross of Honor with which John Calhoun COX was awarded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, go to John Calhoun Cox: Southern Cross of Honor.

Note 5: To see the United States Census report for the household of John Calhoun COX in Garden Valley, Smith County, Texas for 1870, go to John Calhoun Cox (2 January 1836 - 19 February 1917): United States Census of 1870.

Note 6: In Tyler, Smith County, Texas, during the court term of February 1867, Susan Tolaver, a "child of color" eight years of age, was apprenticed to John Calhoun COX by Judge Samuel D. Gibbs. The legal form of apprenticeship was consistent with the example furnished below:

Under the Apprentice Law, males were were expected to remain with their masters until they were 21, at which time they received a good horse, bridle, and saddle worth at least $100.

It seems to have been understood that apprentices were to "behave themselves discreetly unto the person apprenticed to and all his family."

Also during the court term of 1867, Hannah Tolaver, eight years of age, was apprenticed to Whitmill Phillips ALLEN by Judge Samuel D. Gibbs. It is possible to surmise that Susan and Hannah Tolaver were twins, that - with the termination of slavery - they had been orphaned, and that - under the regime of slavery - they had somehow been associated with the old Southern family of Taliaferro (pronounced "tolliver"). [See G0493A: Whitmill Phillips ALLEN in Antecedents and Descendants of Whitmill Phillips Allen (6 November 1811 - January 1868).]

Note 7: This is an example of scrip employed as currency in Tyler, Texas in 1865. Note the signature of Judge Samuel D. Gibbs:

Note 8: In his terminal illness, John Calhoun COX was attended by H. C. Scott, M. D., who last visited his patient at home (206 Bowie St., Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, the residence of Joseph Dudley SLOAN), on 18 February 1917 and who testified, on 14 March 1917, that the old soldier had died of "softning (sic) of the brain," a condition which, as the dutiful physician reported, had persisted for the previous six years. [See G0491A: Joseph Dudley SLOAN in Descendants of Archibald Sloan (BEF 1697 - BEF March 1764).]

Note 9: Map of Fayette County, Georgia (1895):

Note 10: Mattie Lee FERRELL was the daughter of Augustus Cicero FERRELL (18 August 1844, Coweta County, Georgia - 14 March 1912, Garden Valley, Smith County, Texas: interment at Dover baptist Church Cemetery, Smith County, Texas), a veteran of Company C, 63rd Georgia Infantry, Confederate States Army, and Mary M. HAMRICK (1851, Morgan County, Georgia - AFT March 1890 and BEF 7 December 1892, Smith County, Texas) who were married 15 November 1866 in Campbell County, Georgia. Augustus Cicero FERRELL was second married to Mary Elizabeth Florence WILBANKS (1856, Alabama - 10 August 1942, Smith County, Texas: interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas) on 7 December 1892 in Smith County, Texas. To the marriage of John Carson COX and Mattie Lee FERRELL, four children are known to have been born: Noveline (or Noviline or Novelina) COX who was born in Smith County, Texas in November 1896, Roy COX who was born in Smith County, Texas in August 1899, Helen COX who was probably born after 18 June 1900 and no later than July 1909 in Smith County, Texas, and Robert COX who was probably born after 18 June 1900 and no later than July 1909 in Smith County, Texas. John Carson COX and Mattie Lee FERRELL are both known to have died in Smith County, Texas. If their deaths were not actually simultaneous, neither seems to have much survived the other.

Note 11: Leslie E. BURKE was the son of William E. BURKE, a minister of the Gospel born in Missouri in 1842, and Mary Lilla UNKNOWN, born in Missouri in 1849. After the death of William E. BURKE, Mary Lilla UNKNOWN was married to John E. BOYNTON in Comanche County, Texas on 28 September 1898.

Mary ("Mattie") L. COX and Leslie E. BURKE are known to have had no more than two children, both daughters: Lilla BURKE and Louise BURKE. In the United States Census for Tyler, Ward 3, Smith County, Texas, taken 18 June 1900, "M. L. BURKE," a widow, is shown residing in the home of her father, John Calhoun COX, with her daughter, "L. L. BURKE." "L. L. BURKE" was Leslie L. BURKE who, in the United States Census for Dublin, Erath County, Texas, taken 21 April 1910, is shown residing in the home of her paternal grandmother, Mary L. BOYNTON, a widow. Whether Leslie L. BURKE should be identified with Lilla BURKE or with Louise BURKE is not known. But it seems that either Lilla BURKE or Louise BURKE did not survive to the year 1900.

It frequently happens that, when a daughter is named after her father, the father has died previous to his daughter's birth.

Note 12: Florence ("Florrie") A. WATKINS was the daughter of William WATKINS, born May 1858 in North Carolina, and Nannie M. UNKNOWN, born March 1861 in Texas. The marriage of William Camp COX and Florrie A. WATKINS was without issue. In Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, Florence Watkins COX was a member of the faculty at Daniel Baker College. She is pictured in The Trail for 1917, the yearbook of Daniel Baker College.

About Daniel Baker College, the following by Louann Atkins Temple is from the Handbook of Texas Online:

Note 13: Lily ("Lil") L. HARPER was the daughter of James O. HARPER, an attorney who was born February 1857 in Mississippi, and Lily A. UNKNOWN, who was born November 1870 in Alabama.

Sam Stell COX and Lily ("Lil") L. HARPER engendered a son, Samuel Stell COX, Jr. (2 October 1920, Mexia, Limestone County, Texas - 29 August 1990, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas) and a daughter, Martha Ann COX, born 25 November 1925 in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.

Note 14: Ella ("Nell") Rives Moore WOODS, the wife of Whit Allen COX, was the daughter of Col. Peter Cavanaugh WOODS, M. D.(30 December 1819, Shelbyville, Franklin County, Tennessee - 27 January 1898, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas) and Ella Rives OGLETREE (12 January 1845, <Newberry District>, South Carolina - 4 July 1932, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas), married in 1874. The first wife of Col. Peter Cavanaugh WOODS, M. D. was Georgia Virginia LAWSHE, married in 1850. The offspring of Whit Allen COX (Sr.) and Ella Rives WOODS were: Ella Rives COX (4 November 1912, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas - 23 December 1979, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas) and Whit Allen COX (Jr.) (2 November 1914, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas - 9 January 1961, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas).

[Image credit: Mr. and Mrs. William David Hill]

[Image credit: Mr. and Mrs. William David Hill]

[Image credit: Mr. and Mrs. William David Hill]

From: Handbook of Texas Online:

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G0491A: Della Amanda COX _[001]
Birth: 26 September 1865, Smith County, Texas
Death: 7 December 1925, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Interment: City Cemetery of Sweetwater (Alabama Street), Sloan Family Plot, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas
Father: John Calhoun ("Little Black Jack," "Black Jack") COX (2 January 1836, Fayette County, Georgia - 19 February 1917, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas)
Mother: Sarah ("Sallie") Elizabeth ALLEN (13 July 1847, Fayette County, Georgia - 17 April 1884, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas) [See G0492A: Sarah ("Sallie") Elizabeth ALLEN in Antecedents and Descendants of Whitmill Phillips Allen (6 November 1811 - January 1868).]
Interment: City Cemetery of Sweetwater (Alabama Street), Sloan Family Plot, Sweetwater, Texas

Marriage: 13 July 1884, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, by Rev. Bennet Hatcher (Baptist Church), in the presence of W. D. Johnson, Miss Minta West, S. B. Johnson, and Miss Mamie Winship
Spouse: Joseph Dudley SLOAN (12 May 1852, Indianola, Calhoun County, Texas - 1 April 1921, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas). [See G0491A: Joseph Dudley SLOAN in Descendants of Archibald Sloan (BEF 1697 - BEF March 1764).]

Child 1: Unnamed infant SLOAN, born and died 14 April 1885 [F]

Child 2: Ida May SLOAN (4:00 AM, 4 June 1887, Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas - 2:20 AM, 12 September 1964, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: interment 14 September 1964 at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana) [F]: m. Charner Augustus SCAIFE (14 June 1884, Gibsland, Bienville Parish, Louisiana - 11 September 1944, Nocona, Montague County, Texas: interment at Orange Grove - Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana), 25 September 1910, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas. [See G0490A: Charner Augustus SCAIFE (Jr.) in Descendants of Robert Scaife I of Winton (ABT 1515 - 11 January 1591).]

Child 3: Joseph Calhoun SLOAN, Sr. (11:00 PM, 1 September 1889, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas - 5 October 1953, St. Paul Hospital, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas: interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas) [M]: m1. Hazel MILLER, 8 January 1914, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas: m2. Gladys REED (28 July 1898 - 9 May 1978, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas), 4 July 1926, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Child 4: Samuella Eliza SLOAN (8:00 AM, 12 June 1891, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas - 2:40 PM, 12 April 1907, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas: interment at City Cemetery of Sweetwater [Alabama Street], Sloan Family Plot, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas) [F]

Child 5: Allie Nora SLOAN (2:00 AM, 12 August 1893, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas - 28 November 1985, Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, Texas: interment at Restland Memorial Park [mausoleum], Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas) [F]: m1. Edward S. FISHER (died 9:35 PM, 17 April 1914: interment at City Cemetery of Sweetwater [Alabama Street], Sloan Family Plot, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas), 7 December 1913, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, officiated by Rev. H. C. Compton: m2. Ferd HAMILTON (born February 1886 in Texas), 29 June 1920, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, officiated by Rev. T. Y. Adams

Child 6: Winnie "Lucille" SLOAN (7:00 AM, 15 December 1895, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas - 26 January 1986, Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, Texas: interment at City Cemetery of Sweetwater [Alabama Street], Sloan Family Plot, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas) [F]: m. John Maburn MARTIN (Sr.) (8 September 1892, Texas - 14 December 1974, Crowley, Tarrant County, Texas), 31 December 1919, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, officiated by Rev. T. Y. Adams

Note 1: Samuella Eliza SLOAN died in hospital in Abilene, after confinement for about a year.

Note 2: Joseph Calhoun SLOAN, Sr. was District Passenger Agent for the Texas & Pacific Railroad, with offices in Dallas, Texas atthe Adolphus Hotel. In this capacity, he was personally acquainted with Sion Wilson MARLER. [See G0490A: Sion Wilson MARLER in Antecedents and Descendants of Richard Marler (10 August 1823 - 23 May 1903).]

Joseph Calhoun SLOAN, Sr. and Hazel MILLER engendered one son: Joseph Calhoun SLOAN, Jr. (1:45 PM, 6 July 1919, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas - 30 December 1946, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas: interment at Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas). Joseph Calhoun SLOAN, Jr. was married to Louise LEWIS on 28 August 1943. He weighed 9¾ pounds at birth. His demise was caused by the complications of diabetes.

Note 3: Edward S. FISHER, the first husband of Allie Nora SLOAN, died in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas in the aftermath of minor surgery on his nose. He was a hemophiliac.

Note 4: Winnie SLOAN, in her young adulthood, awarded herself the middle name "Lucille." She graduated from the University of Texas in 1917.

Note 5: Map Of Smith County, Texas (1895):

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APPENDIX:
THE SYSTEM OF KINSHIP OF MARY EUGENIA BARRON
(25 April 1847 - 2 April 1916)

G0496A: William BARRON
Birth: 1738/42, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Death: BET 14 and 18 September 1780, Richmond County, Georgia, at the Battle of Augusta
Interment: Richmond County, Georgia

Marriage: ABT1760
Spouse: Prudence DAVIS (1738/42, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina - AFT 1783, Georgia)

Child 1: John BARRON (1763, North Carolina or Georgia - ABT 1823, Jones County, Georgia) [M]: m. Frances GARRARD (ABT 1764, South Carolina - AFT 1788, Jones County, Georgia), 1788, Georgia

Child 2: Mary Elizabeth BARRON (25 October 1765, North Carolina or Georgia - February 1827, Putnam County, Georgia) [F]: Jacob GARRARD (4 September 1763, Wilkes County, Georgia - 1823, Putnam County, Georgia), 22 June 1786, Wilkes County, Georgia

Child 3: Samuel BARRON (28 August 1767, Georgia, British North America - 16 December 1801, Hancock County, Georgia) [M]: m. Jane MILLER, 8 July 1790

Child 4: William BARRON (May 1769, St. Paul’s Parish, Warren County, Georgia, British North America - November 1848, Butts County, Georgia) [M]: m. Martha ("Patty") SMITH (14 March 1770, Warren County, Georgia, British North America - AFT 1850, Warren County, Georgia), BY 1791

Child 5: Prudence (?) BARRON (died ABT 1810) [F]: m. John SMITH, BEF 1793

Note 1: Jacob and Frances GARRARD were siblings, the children of John GARRARD (1725, England - March 1811, Wilkes County, Georgia) and of his first wife, Mary BOLT (ABT 1740, South Carolina - 1806, Jones County, Georgia)

Note 2: William BARRON was a military officer of the United States during the American Revolution. He was killed, between 14 and 18 September 1780, at the Battle of Augusta and is said to have been decapitated by the Cherokees who were allied with the British. It is also said that, in the aftermath, his head was exhibited on a pole.

Note 3: According to Leon Darrell Johnson, "There were two William BARRONs in the Georgia area at the time and probably both at Augusta. One was a Captain in the Georgia Militia. He received, as a result of his service in the Revolution, several hundred acres of land primarily in Washington County. He died in Richmond County in 1789 and his wife died in Warren County in 1815. The other was the husband of Prudence Davis Barron and they both were born in Craven County, North Carolina, between 1738-1742. He is the one who died at the Battle of Augusta (most likely); at least Prudy is a widow on 250 acres in Wilkes County, Georgia, by the end of the war. As to immigration from Ireland, there is overwhelming proof that he did not come from Ireland and that his grandfather William came to North Carolina from London on board the 'Carolina' in 1698."

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G0495A: William BARRON
Birth: May 1769, St. Paul’s Parish, Warren County, Georgia, British North America
Death: November 1848, Butts County, Georgia
Father: William BARRON (1738/42, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, British North America - BET 14 and 18 September 1780, Richmond County, Georgia, at the Battle of Augusta)
Mother: Prudence DAVIS (1738/42, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, British North America - AFT 1783, Georgia)

Marriage: BY 1791, <Warren County>, Georgia
Spouse: Martha ("Patty") SMITH (14 March 1770, Warren County, Georgia, British North America - AFT 1850, Warren County, Georgia)

Child 1: James S. BARRON (29 November 1791, Wilkes County, Georgia - 18 January 1856, Meriwether County, Georgia: interment at Barron Cemetery, Gay, Meriwether County, Georgia) [M]: m1. Mary DOSS (or DAUS) (interment at Barron Cemetery, Gay, Meriwether County, Georgia), 10 December 1812, Putnam County, Georgia: m2. Sarah H. MARTIN, 14 November 1841

Child 2: Thomas BARRON, Reverend (27 October 1793, Wilkes County, Georgia - AFT 1 June 1858 and BEF 6 August 1858, Pike County, Alabama) [M]: m. Elizabeth DOSS, 2 January 1817, Putnam County, Georgia

Child 3: Mary Elizabeth ("Polly") BARRON (6 September 1796, Wilkes County, Georgia - 25 December 1854, Newton County, Georgia: interment at Carmel Cemetery, Mansfield, Newton County, Georgia) [F]: m. John ROQUEMORE (interment at Carmel Cemetery, Mansfield, Newton County, Georgia), 5 August 1813, Putnam County, Georgia

Child 4: Henry BARRON (8 November 1801, Hancock County, Georgia - 12 August 1880, Butts County, Georgia) [M]: m1. Elizabeth STRICKLAND, 21 June 1821, Jasper County, Georgia: m2. Penelope EIDSON, 19 November 1843 in Butts County, Georgia

Child 5: Joseph BARRON (October 1803, Hancock County Georgia - 27 July 1839, Troup County, Georgia) [M]: m. Sarah Graham HAYS (8 November 1804, South Carolina - 1878, Smith County, Texas: interment at New Harmony Cemetery, New Harmony, Smith County, Texas), 30 July 1822, Newton County, Georgia

Child 6: Smith BARRON (August 1805, Putnam County, Georgia - 1868, Pike County, Georgia) [M]: m1. Lucy N. REEVES (ABT 1805,
Wilkes County, Georgia - 1847, Troup County, Georgia), 6 April 1824, Jasper County, Georgia: m2. Sarah Graham HAYS (8 November 1804, South Carolina - 1878, Smith County, Texas: interment at New Harmony Cemetery, New Harmony, Smith County, Texas), 1847

Child 7: John Davis BARRON (5 March 1810, Jefferson County, Georgia - November 1830) [M]: m. Susan FARR, 20 September 1827, Newton County, Georgia

Note 1: Record of this family group was preserved among the descendants of James SMITH (ABT 1725 - 1799) who seems to have migrated from Craven County, North Carolina to Wilkes County, Georgia.

From all of these documents, it is clear that Patty SMITH, the daughter of James SMITH and Mary UNKNOWN, was the wife of William BARRON. In some records, she is referred to as Patty FARR. A family headed by John FARR was settled in Warren County, Georgia, in the last quarter of the 18th century; and it is only remotely possible that Patty SMITH may have been previously and briefly married to a person associated with it. Her son, John Davis BARRON, was marrried to a Susan FARR.

Note 2: Sarah Graham HAYS, the daughter of George Newton HAYS and Sarah GRAHAM, was first married to Joseph BARRON and, after his death, to Smith BARRON. By both marriages, she produced offspring.

Note 3: About Sarah H. MARTIN, the second wife of James S. BARRON:

Note 4: From Margeret Pace Farmer, "Hephzibah Baptist Church," and notes taken by James Wilkins in June 1964 from the original minute book in Troy, Alabama:

Note 5: The estate of Rev. Thomas BARRON, Baptist minister:

Note 6: The family Bible of William BARRON lists Mary Elizabeth ("Polly") BARRON's birth date as 6 September 1796; but her gravestone gives it as 10 June 1792. The date of 10 June 1792 does not allow enough time for gestation after James S. BARRON's date of birth on 29 November 1791.

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G0494A: Joseph BARRON
Birth: October 1803, Hancock County Georgia
Death: 27 July 1839, Troup County, Georgia
Father: William BARRON (May1769, St. Paul’s Parish, Warren County, Georgia - November 1848, Butts County, Georgia)
Mother: Prudence DAVIS (1738/42, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina - AFT 1783, Georgia)

Marriage: 30 July 1822, Newton County, Georgia
Spouse: Sarah Graham HAYS (8 November 1804, South Carolina - 1878, Smith County, Texas: interment at New Harmony Cemetery, New Harmony, Smith County, Texas)

Child 1: Mary ("Polly") Sarah BARRON (26 April 1823, Georgia- 17 March 1901, New Harmony, Smith County, Texas: interment at New Harmony Cemetery, New Harmony, Smith County, Texas) [F]: m. William M. STANLEY (21 July 1825 - 20 July 1864, Battle of Peachtree Creek, Fulton County, Georgia, Confederate States of America: interment at the battlefield of Peachtree Creek, Fulton County, Georgia), 7 December 1843, Troup County, Georgia

Child 2: William Thomas BARRON (25 January 1826 [or 1824], Walton County, Georgia - 11 February 1901, Tyler, Smith County, Texas: interment at Barron Cemetery, Copeland Community, Smith County, Texas) [M]: m. Maria Louise FRAZIER (12 February 1829, Wilkes County, Georgia - 22 September 1902, Tyler, Smith County, Texas: interment at Barron Cemetery, Copeland Community, Smith County, Texas)

Child 3: George W. BARRON (1 March 1828, Troup County, Georgia - AFT 1849) [M]

Child 4: Joseph Alfred BARRON (20 Februry 1830, Troup County, Georgia - Winter of 1873/74, Hogansville, Troup County, Georgia) [M]: m. Georgia S. KELLUM (15 September 1846, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia - 20 October 1872, Hogansville, Troup County, Georgia)

Child 5: Nancy Ann BARRON (10 June 1832, Troup County, Georgia - 15 May 1901, Eenezer, Columbia County, Arkansas) [F]: m. John F. ROGERS

Child 6: Susan Jane BARRON (10 July 1834, Troup County, Georgia - 14 August 1902, Mt. Sylvan, Smith County, Texas: interment at Mt. Sylvan Cemetery, Mt. Sylvan, Smith County, Texas) [F]: m. William W. CROSS (23 September 1830 - 27 September 1880, Smith County, Texas: interment at Mt. Sylvan Cemetery, Mt. Sylvan, Smith County, Texas), 22 December 1852, Coosa County, Alabama

Child 7: Isaac Newton BARRON (7 September 1836, Troup County, Georgia - 12 August 1915, Tyler, Smith County, Texas: interment at New Harmony Cemetery, Tyler, New Harmony, Smith County, Texas) [M]: m. Georgia Ann WRIGHT (21 April 1845, Chambers, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama - 15 May 1922, New Harmony, Smith County, Texas: interment at New Harmony Cemetery, New Harmony, Smith County, Texas)

Child 8: James S. BARRON (7 August 1838, Troup County, Georgia - BY 1840, Troup County, Georgia) [M]

Note 1: Sarah Graham HAYS, the wife of Joseph BARRON, was the daughter of George Newton HAYS.

Note 2: William M. STANLEY, the husband of Mary ("Polly") Sarah BARRON, was the son of William STANLEY and Lucinda HOLCOMB. The monument to him which is in the New Harmony Cemetery, Smith County, Texas, is inscribed as follows:

The gravestone, in the New Harmony Cemetery, Smith County, Texas, for Mary ("Polly") Sarah BARRON, is inscribed as follows:

Her date of death, as stated on the gravestone, is incorrect. She died 27 March 1901.

The obituary of Mary ("Polly") STANLEY, published in a Tyler, Texas newspaper:

Note 3: Obituary of Georgia S. KELLUM, the wife of Joseph Alfred BARRON:

Georgia S. KELLUM died in the aftermath of the birth of her son, Charles Joseph BARRON who was born 15 February 1872 in Hogansville, Troup County, Georgia. Charles Joseph BARRON died 1 September 1951 in Newnan (variantly called "Newman" or "Bullsboro"), Coweta County, Georgia.

Note 4: Letter from W. S. Cato, postmaster in Hogansville, Georgia, dated 16 December 1874, to Mary Sarah Barron STANLEY telling of the death of her brother, Joseph Alfred BARRON:

Note 5: John F. ROGERS, the husband of Nancy Ann BARRON, served the Confederacy in Company B, 33rd Regiment (Colonel Grinstead's Regiment), Arkansas Infantry, from 1862 to 1865.

Note 6: William W. CROSS, the husband of Susan Jane BARRON, served the Confederacy, from March 1862, in Company B, 46th Alabama Infantry,enlisting at Brooksville, Alabama.

Note 7: Isaac Newton BARRON enlisted for the Confederacy at Montgomery, Alabama on 5 May 1861 in Company D of the 6th Alabama Infantry. He transferred to Company A of the 20th Batallion, Alabama Light Artillery and served throughout the War Between the States. He was at Vicksburg at its surrender.

The gravestone of Isaac Newton BARRON is inscribed thus: "Alabama - Private Company B 20 BN Alabama Light Artillery 7 September 1836 -12 August 1914." But the gravestone itself gives his date of death as 12 August 1915.

About Isaac Newton BARRON, according to Cecille Maxwell Reynolds, Summary of the Smith and Joseph Barron Families:

Tyler Daily Courier-Times, 12 August 1914, p. 8:

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G0493A: William Thomas BARRON
Birth: 25 January 1826 [or 1824], Walton County, Georgia
Death: 11 February 1901, Tyler, Smith County, Texas
Interment: Barron Cemetery, Copeland Community, Smith County, Texas
Father: Joseph BARRON (October 1803, Jefferson County Georgia - 27 July 1839, Troup County, Georgia)
Mother: Sarah Graham HAYS (8 November 1804, South Carolina - October 1878, Smith County, Texas: interment at New Harmony Cemetery, New Harmony, Smith County, Texas)

Marriage: 25 November 1845, Troup County, Georgia, solemnized by Rev. James Rainwater
Spouse: Maria Louise FRAZIER (12 February 1829, Wilkes County, Georgia - 22 September 1902, Tyler, Smith County, Texas: interment at Barron Cemetery, Copeland Community, Smith County, Texas)

Child 1: Mary Eugenia BARRON (25 April 1847, Carroll or Troup County, Georgia - 2 April 1916, Tyler, Smith County, Texas) [F]: m. John Calhoun COX (2 January 1836, Fayette County, Georgia - 19 February 1917, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas), 3 March 1887, Smith County, Texas, solemnized by George P. Birdwell, Minister of the Gospel

Child 2: William Judson BARRON (24 May 1850, Carroll or Troup County, Georgia - 17 December 1885, Texas: interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Smith County, Texas) [M]: m1. Lucie P. DESHONG (died in 1875), 28 December 1871, Smith County, Texas, solemnized by J. H. Barton, Minister of the Gospel: m2. Callie WILEY, 9 December 1884

Child 3: Joseph Alfred BARRON (17 February 1853, Carroll or Troup County, Georgia - 19 January 1928, Smith County, Texas: interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas) [M]: m1. Estelle Eolin BINFORD (27 March 1852 - 1 January 1896: interment at Barron Cemetery, Copeland Community, Smith County, Texas), 28 December 1873, Smith County, Texas: m2. Laura ALSTON, 1908, Smith County, Texas

Child 4: Howell Frazier BARRON (29 March 1855, Troup County, Georgia - 27 November 1925, Smith County, Texas: interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas) [M]: m. Hannah Elvira ("Vira") LANIER (1857 - 1939: interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas), 22 November 1880, Smith County, Texas, solemnized by W. H. Hendrix, Minister of the Gospel

Child 5: Young Robert BARRON (11 October 1857, Georgia - 27 February 1921, Tyler, Smith County, Texas: interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas) [M]: m. Mary Ann FULLER (1861 - 1936: interment at McDowell Cemetery, Belton, Bell County, Texas), 22 December 1881, Smith County, Texas, solemnized by Reddin Andrews, Minister of the Gospel

Child 6: Virgil Newton BARRON (21 December 1859, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia - 22 October 1939, Smith County, Texas: interment at Meador Cemetery, Smith County, Texas) [M]: m. Orsenia Fidelia FUNDERBURG (27 July 1863 - 10 March 1920: interment at Meador Cemetery, Smith County, Texas), 18 October 1883, solemnized by Reddin Andrews, Minister of the Gospel

Child 7: Willie G. BARRON (30 October 1862, near Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, Confederate States of America - 8 May 1863, Alabama) [M]

Child 8: Carrie A. BARRON (19 July 1864, near Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, Confederate States of America - 30 August 1943, Smith County, Texas: interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas) [F]

Child 9: Anna Lee BARRON (2 February 1867, near Auburn, Lee County, Alabama - 25 August 1925, Smith County, Texas: interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas) [M]: m. George Perry VERNER (18 January 1854 - 26 January 1930: interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas), 11 January 1893, Smith County, Texas, solemnized by George P. Birdwell, Minister of the Gospel

Child 10: Arthur T(homas?) BARRON (11 March 1870, Garden Valley, Smith County, Texas - 6 February 1931, Smith County, Texas: interment at New Harmony Cemetery, Smith County, Texas) [F]: m. Mattie CROOK (9 January 1871 - 23 March 1945: interment at New Harmony Cemetery, Smith County, Texas), 20 November 1910, Smith County, Texas, solemnized by J. L. MORRISON.

Note 1: In the census for Smith County, Texas, 1870, William Thomas BARRON was residing in the vicinity of Garden Valley, where the family - and extended family - of John Calhoun COX had settled. William Thomas BARRON listed his occupation as " farm laborer” and stated that his net worth was $775. It seems evident that he, in the aftermath of the War Betwen the States, migrated from Georgia, first to Alabama and then to Texas. In this same census, Virgil Newton BARRON’s sex is mistakenly given as "female.”

Note 2: From Cecille Maxwell Reynolds:

An article appearing in a Tyler, Texas newspaper in 1901, reporting the BARRON family reunion at the William Thomas BARRON home, written by Bertha BARRON: "He (William Thomas BARRON) was born in Walton County, Georgia on January 25, 1826 and moved from Walton to Jackson County, Georgia where he lived til almost grown; from Jackson he moved to Troup County, northeast of LaGrange, where he was married to Miss Mariah L. FRAZIER . . . . Eight years of his married life were spent in Carroll County. Becoming disheartened with Georgia, he moved to Alabama where he spent nine years near Auburn; while in Alabama, he went to where he served four years of hardships under Generals Johnston and Hood. On December 25, 1869, he landed in Tyler, Texas where he has lived thirty-one years, with eight children around him, and all of them attended the reunion . . . ." Not long after this family reunion, William Thomas BARRON died (February 11, 1901) and was followed in death by his wife on 22 September 1902. Both are buried 8 miles south of Tyler in the "Barron-Smyre" Cemetery. William served in the Confederacy in Company H of the 1st Regiment, Alabama Volunteers. Grandfather William BARRON's Bible states birth date as 1/25/1824.

Note 3: Letter from Sarah Graham BARRON (née HAYS), living in Smith County, Texas, to her daughter, Mary Sarah STANLEY (née BARRON), in Pike County, Alabama:

"Judson BARRON" was William Judson BARRON. His ailing wife was Lucie P. DESHONG who was dead by the end of 1875. This couple had two children: Horace Judson BARRON (1873 - 1942, Commerce, Texas) [M]: m. Helen Bell MCCOOL, 19 November 1902, Smith County, Texas, solemnized by James D. McClean, Minister of the Gospel; and Lula M. BARRON (1875 -1959, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas) [F]: m. Charles Mathis MOORE, 23 July 1902, Smith County, Texas, solemnized by J. H. Gambrell.

Lucie P. DESHONG, the first wife of William Judson BARRON, was the daughter of A. M. DESHONG.

Note 5: Obituary recorded in the Cherokee Baptist Association minutes of the annual session held in October 1886 (p. 13):

Note 6: Estelle Eolin BINFORD, the first wife of Joseph Alfred BARRON, was the daughter of John BINFORD and Amanda DISMUKE.

Note 7: Hannah Elvira LANIER, the wife of Howell Frazier BARRON, was the daughter of William LANIER and Nancy HANKS.

Howell Frazier ALLEN and Hannah Elvira ("Vira") LANIER engendered one daughter, Bertha Eulalia BARRON (7 July 1882, Smith County, Texas - 12 July 1964, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas), who married Luther Allen COX, 8 November 1903, Smith County, Texas, solemnized by J. H. Gambrell.

Regarding Luther Allen COX, the following gravesites in the Dover Baptist Church Cemetery, Smith County, Texas are of interest:

Note 8: Mary Ann FULLER, the wife of Young Robert BARRON, was the daughter of Leonidas FULLER and Martha COLVIN.

Note 9: Orsenia Fidelia FUNDERBURG, the wife of Virgil Newton BARRON, was the daughter of Walter FUNDERBURH and Sarah WILSON.

That Virgil Newton BARRON was born in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia is shown by the inscription on his gravestone.

Note 10: George Perry VERNER, the husband of Anna Lee BARRON, was the son of Charles VERNER and Sarah WHITWORTH.

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G0492A: Mary Eugenia BARRON
Birth: 25 April 1847, Carroll or Troup County, Georgia
Death: 2 April 1916, Tyler, Smith County, Texas
Father: William Thomas BARRON (25 January 1826 [or 1824], Walton County, Georgia - 11 February 1901, Tyler, Smith County, Texas)
Mother: Maria Louise FRAZIER (12 February 1829, Wilkes County, Georgia - 22 September 1902, Tyler, Smith County, Texas)

Marriage: 3 March 1887, Smith County, Texas, solemnized by George P. Birdwell, Minister of the Gospel
Spouse: John ("Little Black Jack," "Black Jack") Calhoun COX, Sergeant, Company C, Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and Justice of the Peace, Smith County, Texas ("Judge Cox") (2 January 1836, Fayette County, Georgia - 19 February 1917, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas: interment at City Cemetery of Sweetwater [Alabama Street], Sloan Family Plot, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas) [See G0492A: John ("Little Black Jack," "Black Jack") Calhoun COX, Sergeant, Company C, Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and Justice of the Peace, Smith County, Texas ("Judge Cox") in Antecedents and Descendants of John Cox (1 November 1727 - ABT 1804/05).]

Child 1: Sallie Maude COX (15 July 1889, Smith County, Texas - 27 May 1976, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas) [F]: m. Clayton J. NEWLIN (9 May 1885, Penn Township, Parke County, Indiana - 30 May 1959, <Normal, McLean County, Illinois>), 16 August 1911, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas

Note 1: Clayton J. NEWLIN was the son of John William NEWLIN (14 August 1841, Parke County, Indiana - 12 December 1927, Elwood, Vermilion County, Illinois) and Mary MERRIWETHER (19 March 1851, Parke County, Indiana - AFT 1 April 1930, Ridge Farm, Vermilion County, Illinois) who were married 1 January 1880 in Parke County, Indiana. From his marriage to Sallie Maude COX, three children were engendered: John Cox NEWLIN (14 June 1912, Tyler, Smith County, Texas - 26 July 1957, Illinois) who married Winifred FLETCHER (4 March 1914, Illinois - July 1986, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois), Robert Ervin NEWLIN (22 April 1916, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois - 9 June 1998, Ft. Myers, Lee County, Florida) who married Beatrice GUCK on 26 September 1942, and William Barron NEWLIN (born 1927 in Normal, McLean County, Illinois), who married Elena BUSTAMENTE.

Previous to his marriage to Mary MERRIWETHER, John William NEWLIN was married to Lydia E. MENDENHALL (7 December 1837, Hamilton County, Indiana - 15 August 1878, Indiana) on 10 December 1874 at Ridge Farm, Vermilion County, Illinois.

John Cox NEWLIN engendered Johnny Joe NEWLIN and Carol Jean NEWLIN. Robert Ervin NEWLIN engendered Mary Ann NEWLIN and Linda Lee NEWLIN.

About Clayton J. NEWLIN, the following promotional squib was published in Jacob L. Hasbrouck, History of McLean County, Illinois, two volumes (Histoical Publishing Company, Topeka and Indianapolis: 1924), vol. 2, pp. 1023 -1024:

For information concerning the family COX, the author of this Web site has relied upon the notes and memoranda of Oliver Wiley COX, John Calhoun COX, William Camp COX, Della Amanda Cox SLOAN, and Frances Pyron DANCE. Valuable information has been contributed to this Web site by Mrs. Mickie Hill, Mrs. Rebecca Ann Bates Harris, and Mrs. Lois Wessel. With the help of Mrs. Wessel, the author of this web page was able to demonstrate the paternity of John COX (1 November 1727, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey - ABT 1804/05, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina) and Thomas SALTAR (died 1790).

Although the author of this web site does not agree with all of her conclusions, the most valuable record of the family COX, as recounted here, has been left by Frances Lee Pyron Dance (Mrs. John Edwards Dance) (22 August 1876, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia - 8 April 1960, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia). Her papers, which are voluminous, were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1986. The microfilm, in four reels, is on file at the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. This material, at the Family History Library, has been catalogued as follows:

For information concerning the family BARRON, the author of this web page has relied heavily upon the researches of Mrs. Vicki Barron Kruschwitz who also contributed much to understanding the family STELL in Smith County, Texas. The work of Mrs. Kruschwitz is absolutely first-rate. She is the author of
The William and Martha Smith Barron Family of Georgia, Alabama, and Texas
[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/r/u/Vicki-Barron-Kruschwitz/index.html].

Persons contributing to this web page are not responsible for the use which its author has made of their information or points of view. All such errors as may be found herein are entirely the fault of the author of this web page.

Also see: Marty Grant's Cox Genealogy, Emphasis on Western North Carolina

Also see: The William and Martha Smith Barron Family of Georgia, Alabama, and Texas

 
Thomas Saltar (d. 1790) and John Cox (1727 - 1804/05): The Indenture of 1782 and the Testament of 1785

The Family Cox: Yellow Meeting House [complete list of Cox burials]

Gaston County, North Carolina: Cox and Holland Memorials

John Calhoun Cox (2 January 1836 - 19 February 1917) Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade (1)

John Calhoun Cox (2 January 1836 - 19 February 1917) Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade (2)

John Calhoun Cox: Battle Flag of the Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade

John Calhoun Cox: Texas Star

John Calhoun Cox: Southern Cross of Honor

John Calhoun Cox (2 January 1836 - 19 February 1917): United States Census of 1870

John Dennis Stell: The Texas Secession Convention

John Dennis Stell: Texas Ordinance of Secession

John Dennis Stell: Address to the People of Texas

Major David M. Whaley: Fifth Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade

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