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Joseph Cox

b. 25 Dec 1766 · Cane Creek, Orange Co., North Carolina  |  d. 26 Nov 1851 · Flat Rock, Bartholomew Co., Indiana

Parents

Events

Birth
25 Dec 1766 · Cane Creek, Orange Co., North Carolina[1]
Death
26 Nov 1851 · Flat Rock, Bartholomew Co., Indiana
Residence
· Grayson Co., Virginia
Residence
ABOUT 1796 · Knox Co., Kentucky[1]
Residence
1814 · Jackson Co., Indiana
Residence
1819 · Haw Creek, Bartholomew Co., Indiana
Residence
1831 · Flat Rock Twp., Bartholomew Co., Indiana

Family

Spouse: Mary (1774–1846) · possibly, Ashe Co., North Carolina

Children:

  1. Thomas Cox (22 Oct 1791–8 Oct 1862)
    m. Martha Cox (25 Oct 1791–27 May 1849) · 2 Jul 1807 · Ohio, probably, Ross Co.
    Children: Joseph Cox (1811–1876); Elizabeth Betsy Cox (1813–1889); Mary Cox (1814–1888); Lucinda (twin) Cox (1816–); Malinda (twin) Cox (1816–); Martha Cox (1822–); William H. Cox (1827–1865); Eliza Cox (1829–1867); Cynthia Ann Cox (1831–)
  2. Joseph Cox (ABOUT 1792–BEFORE 1850)
    m. Polly Rains (ABOUT 1810–25 Oct 1879) · 27 Jul 1815 · Knox Co., Kentucky
    Children: Thomas Cox (1823–1872); Lavina Cox (1823–1856); Louisa Ann Cox (1823–1857); Lucinda Cox (1823–1866); Malinda Cox (1823–); Mary Jane Cox (1827–1860); Henry D. Cox (1831–); Andrew J. Cox (1833–1912); Eliza Cox (1834–); Permilia Cox (1838–1881); Martha A. Cox (1842–)
  3. William Cox (ABOUT 1793–)
    m. Elsie St. John
  4. John Cox (1795–ABOUT 1863)
    m. Sarah Stanfield (ABOUT 1802–) · 12 Aug 1818 · Jackson Co., Indiana
    Children: Samuel Stanfield Cox (1819–1900); Dianna Coffee Cox (1821–1894); Sarah Cox (1831–)
    m. Rachel Stewart · 19 Nov 1835 · Bartholomew Co., Indiana
    Children: Martin Cox (1835–); Washington Cox (1837–); Joseph Cox (1839–)
    m. Frances Jonecan · Missouri
  5. Amelia "Millie" Cox (1797–6 Jan 1894)
    m. Lewis Neil (1795/04–) · 20 Oct 1817 · Jackson Co., Indiana
    Children: William Neal (1815–1907); Mary Neal (1821–1888); Daniel Neal (1819–1892)
    m. John Raines (–(between 10 Aug 1848 and 9 July 1849)) · ABOUT 1829
    Children: Sarah Ann Raines (1827–1859); Thomas D. Raines (1828–1887); Joseph Raines (1833–); John Raines (1835–1887); Gideon B. Rains (1836–1887); Lucy Jane Raines (1839–1894)
    m. David Hadrick (1803/04–BEFORE 1880) · 17 Oct 1849 · Andrew Co., Missouri
  6. Jesse C. Cox (1799–1875)
    m. Polly Parker (1808–1881) · 16 Nov 1825 · Bartholomew Co., Indiana
    Children: Laditha Cox (1827–); William S. Cox (1829–); James Parker Cox (1831–); Mahala Cox (1832–1876); Lurinda Cox (1833–); Ann Eliza Cox (1837–); George H. Cox (1839–1908); Elizabeth Cox (1840–); Richard J. Cox (1843–); Joseph Columbus Cox (1845–); Elias Franklin Cox (1847–)
  7. Peter M. Cox (7 May 1802–13 Dec 1876)
    m. Jane Raines · 20 Jun 1820 · Jackson Co., Indiana
    Children: Peter Cox (1834–1863); Francis Cox
    m. Isabella Marlatt (ABOUT 1801–10 Aug 1851) · 25 Dec 1834 · Fountain Co., Indiana
    Children: William Cox (1848–)
    m. Emily Crabtree (8 Nov 1817–14 Jun 1881) · ABOUT 1853
    Children: Virginia Cox (1854–1864); Lucia J. Cox (1856–1872); H. Cox (1857–)
  8. Gideon Smith Cox (30 Jan 1806–17 Jan 1890)
    m. Susanna May Coffenberry (1 Jul 1808–1869) · 8 Feb 1827 · Fountain Co., Indiana
    Children: Marcilla Cox (1828–); John T. Cox (1829–1847); Jacob Cox (1830–1852); Jane Cox (1832–); Mary Cox (1834–); Diannah Cox (1835–); Joseph Cox (1837–); Permilla Cox (1839–1913); Elizabeth Cox (1840–); Tabitha Cox (1842–1852); Julia Cox (1843–); George Washington Cox (1844–); James K. Cox (1845–); Peter Jackson Cox (1846–); Margeline Cox (1848–); William Blackburn Cox (1850–)
    m. Fannie A. Barbee (13 May 1816–23 Mar 1884) · 17 Oct 1875 · House of H.M. Waller, Marion Co., Oregon
  9. Jacob Cox (–1869)
    m. Jane Gatliff · 28 Sep 1814 · Knox Co., Kentucky
    Children: Samantha J. Cox; Sarah Cox
  10. James Cox (23 Apr 1810–1 Dec 1864)
    m. Julatha Parker (13 Dec 1808–4 Jul 1866) · 25 Jun 1829 · Bartholomew Co., Indiana
    Children: Eliza Cox (1830–1864); Mary Cox (1832–1886); Lydia Ladetha Cox (1834–1886); Joseph Cox (1836–1910); Mahala Cox (1838–1850); Sarah Jane Cox (1840–); James William Cox (1842–1917); Matilda Cox (1846–1928); Jesse Cox (1848–1917); Louisa L. Cox (1850–1912)
  11. Elias Cox (14 Jul 1812–10 Feb 1882)
    m. Mary Ann Conner (ABOUT 1813/15–) · 6 Feb 1835 · Bartholomew Co., Indiana
    Children: Jesse Cox (1836–); Sarah Cox (1838–); Joseph Cox (1840–1909); Mary Cox (1842–); Eliza Cox (1843–); Mariah E. Cox (1845–); Jacob Cox (1849–)

Notes

"No better or more honest man ever lived than Joseph Cox" [Quote from Adam Cook, an 1825 settler of Bartholomew Co. from East Tennessee, from the Pence papers]. !Census 1810: Knox Co., Ky, 42210-10010-00, p. 82. !Census 1850: In household of Elias Cox, Bartholomew Co., IN, age 85 b. N.C. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The following history was written by Jay Cox, a great grandson of Joseph (a half-kin to the Chrisman/Neal lines). It was abridged somewhat in the Neal family history (as reproduced here) by Viola Moynihan: I can trace back only as far as my paternal great grandfather, Joseph Cox, who emmigrated from England when a mere boy, coming over as a steerage passenger in a sailing vessel about the year 1765. Even at that early period in our country's history the cry was "Westward Ho!" So young Joseph struck out across what was then our western border into the wilds of Kentucky that was known for many years as the "dark and bloody ground". There Joseph Cox settled and married a Mary Serginer. His wife's nativity is not known. They raised a large family, and lived and died in "Kentucky Country". -------------------------------------------------------------- "The Pence Papers" -- forwarded to me by Glenda <rcingo@foxcomm.net> Joseph planted the first orchard of the settlement [i.e., in Bartholomew Co., IN] and had good apples in 1826. He also entered two other [lots of] 80 trees just east of the first 80 trees over on Hawcreek. He floated down Hawcreek and driftwood to the mouth of the Muscatituck with his first grist to the mill of Colonel DePaww (or DePann). Cox built the first two mills in the new county -- one of them over on Hawcreek, on his land, and the second one on his land on Flatrock near the Highfill fond. The map of the survey of the Madison and Indianapolis State Road of 1823, on file at the Land Department of the Auditor of States Office, shows the location of Cox's mill at the point where the road crossed Flatrock. The site was but a few rods north westerly from the old Simeon L. Perry homestead -- now the county residence of Marshall Reeves. [I don't know the year this was written] Joseph Cox died and was buried on the "home-place", on the east side of the farm. The Shelbyville state road ran diagnonally through the farm -- later known as the Jake Cook farm, and the staet road was changed east to run on the section line. The new road, when opened, included the grave of Joseph Cox, when it was fenced on the west side of the road where it protrudes in the road. -------------------------------------------------------------- Dianna L. Whitmer's web page states that he was born 25 Dec 1766 in Fox, Elk Co., Pennsylvania, d. 26 Nov 1851 Bartholomew Co., IN, and that he m. Mary Pope 1790 in Ashe Co., NC. I believe a census entry for at least one of his children states his birthplace as North Carolina. This has to be reconfirmed. ---------------- 1821 Tax list of Bartholomew Co., Indiana lists Joseph Cox Sr., as well as Joseph, Thomas, Peter, John, Solomon and Jacob Cox. Land Grants: There is a series of land grants in 1821 in Bartholomew Co., Indiana, Township 9-N, to Joseph Cox of Jackson Co., Indiana. One is issued 3 Sep 1821, and about 7 others on 5 Dec 1821. Each is for 80 acres. Also in the same township on 5 Dec 1821 are grants to Thomas Cox of Jackson Co., IN. So this does appear to be our Joseph Cox. 1 feb 1828: Fountain Co., Indiana. Land deed: Joseph and Mary Cox to Frederick Trinkle. $150 for 80 acres. BURIAL: !Tombstone: Reads: "JOSEPH COX. Died Nov. 26 1851in the 85 yr of his age". Located along side Middle Rd at Joseph Cox Court.

Sources

  1. Web Page
  2. 1810 U.S. Federal Census