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     Jeremiah Cox was born in 1845.^1,2

           Jerry W. Cox married Amanda Otelia Starnes.¹
     Jerry W. Cox was born on Nov 17, 1882 at Scott, Virginia, US.¹
     Jerry W. Cox died on Sep 17, 1952 at Scott, Virginia, US, at age 69.¹

           Jester Cox married Polly (?)¹

           Jimmy Ray Cox married Norma (?)¹

     Joab Watson Cox was born on Oct 20, 1843 at Scott, Virginia, US.^5,3,6,2
     He served in the Confederate army. Scott County, Virginia Regiment.⁷
     Joab was a farmer in 1868 at Scott, Virginia, US.³
     Joab Watson Cox married Rebecca Gilliam, daughter of James H Gilliam and Elizabeth J. Matney, on Dec 28, 1868 at Scott, Virginia, US, service performed by James Stallard.^3,6,8
     Joab Watson Cox died on Jan 29, 1899 at Fort Blackmore, Scott, Virginia, US, at age 55.^9,2
     Joab was buried at Cox Cemetery, Fort Blackmore, Scott, Virginia, US.^6,10

           Job C. Cox married Margaret (?)¹

           John Cox married Servina Lawson, daughter of William Lawson II and Nancy Baker.

     John Cox was born in 1760 at Fort Chiswell, Botetort, Virginia, US; Could be Montgomery County Va.^1,4,5
     John Cox was born circa 1761 at Pennsylvania, US.²
     John Cox served extensivly in the Revolution. The following accounts describe his service.

John COX. R 2404 personally appeared age 76 - Virginia, 1832. States that in 1774-75 or 76, his father was drafted in a Detachment commanded by Col. LEWIS to serve on the Northern Frontier of VA, against the Indians and this declarant, quite a youth, volunteered as a substitute for his father and, this declarant, then resided in Montgomery Co., VA and joined there under Capt. James THOMPSON, but joined the main army commanded by Col. LEWIS. At his death, the declarant and the company to which he was attached was put under command of Capt. DICKINSON. See "Virginia Genealogies and County Records, Vol V-VI" by A. W. Burns, Wash D.C.: 1942

Served as a spy in S. W. Virginia, head of Clinch, in Company commanded by Captain John PRESTON, son of Col. William PRESTON.
Affidavits of James Donalson, and Rev. John Strong.

From the "Gate City Herald" undated and no authors name:

Cox is the man who stood guard at Ransome Mills during the terrible winter of 1779---known to this day as the coldest and rainiest winter in the annals of this territory. While here many of his comrades deserted, others died and at one time he was left almost alone. The legendary story goes that many men in full vigor one morning would be dead by the next, such was the smallpox ravage which extended from the Mason Dixon Line to Charleston. He lived in spite of the treachery of the Tories and Indians, the poor clothing of the Continentals, and the great smallpox epidemic which almost completely depleted the Continental Army in the south.

John Cox did possibly as valiant a service for Scott County in the Revolutionary Days as any man in the whole Southwest. John seemed to have somewhat distinguished himself in his unerring method of bumping off Indians and getting rid of redcoats. In his Revolutionary record at Washington it is stated that on the Guyandott River he saved his Captain's life and in the hand to hand encounter with the big Indian chief, who killed Major Moore, which lasted for some time---sometimes the Indian had the best of it and then sometimes John was winning until finally John gave the Indian the death blow with his hunting knife. Here, he states he killed three other Indians outright and recaptured a white prisoner.

The following is extracted from a story in the "Gate City Herald," dated 23 September 1937 and written by C.V. Compton:

No man in the whole region of the Clinch had wider range of knowledge than John Cox as to the intent of the Tories and Indians. He had volunteered long before the Revolutionary War to fight against the Shawnees in Northwest Virginia and then he saw service at the Battle of Point Pleasant under Captain Lewis. His father had a large family and was drafted to do military duty against the Indians but his stalwart son John dutifully took his father's place and became an outstanding Indian fighter. John Cox, though a taciturn man made strong friendships and maintained the warmest affection for men with whom he associated. He was a typical frontiersman of the highest order. The perils of Indian wars were exactly suited to his ….tal and imperturbable nature. Cox enlisted and served his enlistments out more often than any other man in the whole Clinch region. If the records are to be relied upon, he enlisted five times and each time received an honorable discharge during these Revolutionary Days. He was the man who volunteered to relieve Samuel Stallard of Revolutionary duties when he became ill on the march to Ransome Mills at Point Saplings (Bristol). ……………. that he took Raliegh Stallard's place but due to the statement being made in 1832, it is the writer's opinion that Samuel Stallard's name should have been given instead of Raliegh Stallard. The only Raliegh we have been able to find any record of was only seven years of age at this time and the son of Samuel. This John Cox saw service at Ransome Mills, guarding this port of entry to the Lead Mines from the Tories and the Cherokees of East Tennessee and North Carolina. Later he chased the Redcoats down thru the Carolinas even to the swamps of the Charleston region and in turn he was chased by them. He never overlooked an opportunity to demonstrate his unerring ability wherever and whenever an Indian or a Tory appeared.

This man Cox claimed the hills of Scott County as his homeland. He died in Scott County and left many descendants, who still live in that region.⁵
     John Cox Individual: From the "Virginia Genealogies and County Records, Vol V-VI" by A. W. Burns, Wash D.C.: 1942, that says: John Cox. R 2404 personally appeared age 76 - Virginia 1832. States that in 1774-75 or 76, his father was drafted in a Detachment commanded by Col Lewis to serve on the Northern Frontier of Va, against the Indians and this declarant quite a youth volunteered as a substitute for his father and this declarant then resided in Montgomery Co., Va and joined there under Capt James Thompson, but joined the main army commanded by Col Lewis. At his death, the declarant and the company to which he was attached was put under command of Capt. Dickinson. Served as spy in S. W. Virginia head of Clinch in Company commanded by Captain John Preston, son of Col. William Preston. Affidavits of James donalson, and Rev. John Strong.

Census information follows:

1820 Scott County, Virginia
Cox, John Sr.
one male 10-16, one male 45 and up, one female 10-16, one female 45 and up

1830 Scott County, Virginia
Cox, John
two males 20-30, one male 60-70, one female 50-60.³
     John Cox married Rebecca Dunn on Jul 28, 1780 at Tinker Creek / Glade Creek / Great Lick, Botetourt, Virginia, US, Surety William Cox. (See Kegley's Virginia Frontier by Fredrick Bittle Kegley 1938 p 539.)^1,6,7,8,9,2
     The first record of land owned by Francis STURGILL is a grant for 500 acres on New River, dated 1797. From 1782 through 1789, he paid taxes on 100 acres in Montgomery Co., Va., but no deed for that land has been located. His grant of 500 acres was made on two Treasury Warrents, which were given for military service, but such warrents were negotiable and could be bought and sold on the open market. Francis sold this land to John Cox in 1802 for $1,000, a very large sum for that time, when land still sold for a few cents per acre, which indicates that this was a well developed farm in 1802.⁵
     John Cox died in 1840 at Virginia, US.^1,4
     John Cox died in 1851 at Alleghany, Virginia, US.²

           John Cox married Celia (?)²
     John Cox was born in 1802 at Virginia, US.^1,3

           John Cox married Polly (?) Marriage assumed from census data.¹
     John Cox was born in 1829.¹

           John Cox married Margaret (?)¹

     John Cox was born on Jan 6, 1774 at Summerset, New Jersey, US.¹
     John Cox married Sarah Clark on Aug 31, 1794.¹
     John Cox died on Apr 24, 1821 at Osborn, Ohio, US, at age 47.¹

     John Cox was born on Sep 16, 1800 at Virginia, US.¹

     John Cox was born in 1550.¹

     Captain John Cox was born on Jun 25, 1739 at McDowell's Mill, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.^1,2 He was; John was the youngest of 7 children of John Cox and Mary Rankin. He was born at McDowells Mill in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and died at his home near Scottville, North Carolina. He married Margaret Davis in 1762. They had 8 children, including James (1763-1842), Catherine (1768-1847), Mary Elizabeth "Polly" (1771-1820), Joshua (1773-1860), Anna Amanda (1775-1848), Sarah "Sally" (1777-1840), Jane (1777-1860), and Cynthia (1782-1864). In February 1756, when John was 17 years old, Delaware Indians attacked and burned the Cox home near McDowell's Mill, in what is now Franklin County, Pennsylvania, then part of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. John and older brother Richard were taken prisoners. John Craig, their brother-in-law, was also captured while trying to rescue John and Richard. All three escaped in Aug. 1756. The Coxes left Pennsylvania soon after this ordeal and traveled to Virginia. They arrived in the upper New River Valley region of southwest Virginia during the 1760's, which was then part of Botetourt County, VA. John was one of the three men named county commissioners at the creation of Ashe County, North Carolina, in 1799. During the Revolutionary War, John became captain of a militia group and commanded a fort on the New River. He led a militia company and was captured during the Tory insurrection in 1779. He acquired thirty-nine separate plots in Ashe County by 1815, embracing over 8,000 acres of land.³
     Captain John Cox married Margaret Davis, daughter of Richard Davis, circa 1762 at Fort Chiswell, Wythe, Virginia, US.²
     Captain John Cox died on Dec 24, 1818 at Scottville, Ashe, North Carolina, US, at age 79.²
     Captain John Cox was buried at Cox Cemetery, Scottville, Ashe, North Carolina, US.^2,3

     John Allen Cox was born on Oct 13, 1867 at Scott, Virginia, US.¹

     John Allen Cox was born on Oct 13, 1867 at Scott, Virginia, US.^1,2
     John Allen Cox married Cora Cantrell on Sep 4, 1892 at Morgan County, Kentucky, USA.²
     John Allen Cox died of apoplexy due to hypertensive heart disease on Jun 28, 1948 at Morgan County, Kentucky, USA, at age 80.²

           John D. Cox was a farmer at Scott, Virginia, US.¹
     John D. Cox was born in 1852 at Scott, Virginia, US.¹
     John D. Cox married Mary J. Osborne, daughter of Jonathan Osborne and Lucinda (?), on Nov 29, 1875 at Scott, Virginia, US, service performed by John M. Donalson.¹

     John David Cox was born on Sep 22, 1886 at Morgan County, Kentucky, USA.¹

     John F. Cox was born in Dec, 1897 at Scott, Virginia, US.¹

     John Frank Cox was also known as Frank Cox. He was also known as John F. Cox.²
     John Frank Cox was born on Oct 7, 1853 at Scott, Virginia, US.^4,1,5,3,6
     He was a farmer circa 1874 at Scott, Virginia, US.¹
     John Frank Cox married Flora Monith Carter, daughter of Charles Pinckney Carter and Nancy Egan, on Sep 17, 1874 at Scott, Virginia, US.^4,1,7
     He died on Dec 13, 1890 at age 37.^4,5,3
     John was buried at John Carter Cemetery on Stoney Creek, Fort Blackmore, Scott, Virginia, US.^4,5

     John George Cox was also known as John G. Cox Sr.⁵ He was also known as J. G. Cox.⁶ He was also known as George John Cox.⁴
     John George Cox was born on Jan 13, 1834.^2,3,7,8,9
     He was a farmer in 1856 at Scott, Virginia, US.^3,10,11
     John George Cox married Elizabeth Holdaway, daughter of Larkin Holdaway and Nancy Guthery, on Feb 19, 1856 at Scott, Virginia, US, service performed by Thomas Horton.^3,2,12
     John George Cox lost his wife Mary who died on Mar 17, 1916 at Scott, Virginia, US. She was accidently run over by a mule.^2,13
     John George Cox died from cancer of the face on Jan 8, 1920 at Floyd District, Scott, Virginia, US, at age 85.^2,9
     He was buried on Jan 9, 1920 at Cox Cem, Sinking Creek, Scott, Virginia, US.²

     John George Cox Jr was also known as "River John" Cox. He was also known as John G Cox Jr.
     John George Cox Jr was born on May 20, 1875 at Scott, Virginia, US.^3,1,5,6
     John George Cox Jr married Minerva Nevada Wolfe, daughter of Martin Van Buren Wolfe and Elizabeth Addington, on May 2, 1903 at Scott, Virginia, US.^3,2,7 Minerva Nevada Wolfe, John George Cox Jr's wife died on May 14, 1915 at Dungannon, Scott, Virginia, US.^8,3,9 He on Sep 12, 1918 at Scott, Virginia, US,registered for the draft. He was listed as tall with medium build, light blue eyes and black hair.¹⁰ He died from cirrhosis of the liver brought on by chronic alcoholism at 12:30 a.m. on Apr 24, 1936 at Scott, Virginia, US, at age 60.^11,1,5,9 He was buried on Apr 25, 1936 next to his son Emory at Fincastle Church Cemetery, Dungannon, Scott, Virginia, US. Servcies were handled by Huff Cook funeral home.^1,5,6

     John Henry Cox was born on Oct 28, 1912 at Scott, Virginia, US,information for his birth certificate came from the family bible.^3,4,5,2,6,7
     John Henry Cox married Flo Kilgore, daughter of Sevier A Kilgore and Hannah E Porter, on Aug 13, 1930 at Scott, Virginia, US.^3,1,8,4,7
     John Henry Cox was with the Virginia Highway Department.^9,3
     John Henry Coxregistered for the draft on Oct 16, 1940 at Scott County, Virginia, USA. He was described as weight - 140, complexion - ruddy, eye color - blue, hair color - brown, height - 5' 8."⁷
     John Henry Cox lost his parent John W. Cox on Jul 19, 1947 at Jonesboro, Washington, Tennessee, US; the death certificate indicates that his normal residence was in Nickelsville Virginia and that his death was sudden, he was found in his bed.^{9,10,11,12,13} John Henry Cox lost his wife Flo Cox who died on Apr 24, 1951 at Lebanon Hospital, Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, US; from heart failure relating to high blood pressure.¹⁴
     John Henry Cox married Mattie Allene Breeden, daughter of Frank Breeden and Edna Hartsock, on Aug 2, 1958 at Scott, Virginia, US, this was John Henry's second marriage.⁶
     John Henry Cox and Mattie Allene Cox were divorced before 1968.¹⁵
     John Henry Cox married Alpha Osborne, daughter of James Osborne and Nina Cheek, on Jul 10, 1968 at Scott, Virginia, US, this was John Henry's third marriage and her second.⁶
     John Henry Cox held the office of Mayor proudly serving Weber City for 12 years. in 1982 at Weber City, Scott, Virginia, US.³
     John Henry Cox married Edith Nell Haynes, daughter of James Kelly Haynes and Delphia Pierson, on May 23, 1985 at Scott, Virginia, US, this was John Henry's fourth marriage.^3,16,12,6
     John Henry Cox died on Feb 21, 2012 at Scott, Virginia, US, at age 99
     John Henry Cox, 99, of Weber City was promoted to Glory on Tuesday afternoon (February 21, 2012).

He was born on Fall Creek in Dungannon, Virginia and was a lifelong resident of Scott County. In his early years, he was a farmer assisting several families in his community. At the age of 33, John went to work for VDOT where he retired as superintendent with over 32 years of service. He was a member of the Nickelsville Ruritan for over 50 years along with being a member of the Fincastle Masonic Lodge # 173 for over 50 years. Mr. Cox was very instrumental in bringing in Dr. Jerry Miller to the Nickelsville community. Following retirement, he served on Town Council for the town of Weber City. He was elected Mayor in 1982 proudly serving Weber City for 12 years. He attended First Baptist Church Weber City for many years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, “Fall Creek” John W. Cox and Sarah Cox; an infant son, Harlan Cox; daughter, Sue Cox; step-son, Mike Cox; his first wife, Flo Kilgore Cox along with 3 brothers and 6 sisters.

John is survived by his loving wife, Edith Haynes Cox; his step-children, Jim Cox and wife, Glenda; Sandra Greenwell and husband, Terry; Patti Kestner and husband, Danny; 9 grandchildren, Steven Cox, Jonathan Cox, Nathan Cox, Lori Templeton, Michael Cox, Patrick Cox, Marina Cox, Anna Greene, and Melanie Deel; 12 great grandchildren, Kaden, McKenzie, Kamryn, Karlie, Korbin, Katelyn, Ethan, Matthew, Jackson, Lori, Travis, and Hannah along with several nieces and nephews.

A visitation will be held on Friday (February 24, 2012) from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Scott County Funeral Home or friends may also call anytime at the residence.

A funeral service will be conducted on Saturday (February 25, 2012) at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with his step-son, Jim Cox and Rev. Paul Blessing officiating. His granddaughter, Lori Templeton will also participate in the service.

A graveside service will follow the funeral at Holston View Cemetery with family and friends serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be employees of VDOT.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Gate City United Methodist Church Chainsaw Ministry, 255 Walnut Street, Gate City, VA 24251 or to Morning Light Community Church, 1504 Virginia Street, Johnson City, TN 37601 or to SO REAL Ministries, P.O. Box 7185, Kingsport, TN 37664.

Scott County Funeral Home is serving the Cox family.^5,17
     He was buried at Holston View Cemetery, Scott, Virginia, US.¹⁸

     To truly understand the American republic, you have to spend some time learning about America before it was a republic – that is, when it consisted of a few fledgling British colonies along the eastern seaboard of North America.

The 168 years of colonial history between the first settlement at Jamestown and the outbreak of the American Revolution offer a vast array of compelling stories, momentous trends, and cultural insights. For anyone interested in studying the period – and looking for connections between the colonial past and America’s present and future – there’s no better place to start than by reading David Hackett Fisher’s seminal work, Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America.

Fisher describes four major waves of immigration to America, and how their origins, beliefs, and practices helped to create distinct regional cultures as well as conflicting definitions of human freedom and social order.

The first one was the Great Migration of Puritans, which brought some 21,000 immigrants from the east of Old England to the shores of New England during the 1630s. Next was a 1642-1675 wave of about 45,000 English Cavaliers and their servants from the south and west of England to tidewater Virginia. The third wave, from about 1675 to 1715, involved some 23,000 Quakers and related settlers who immigrated to Pennsylvania and its neighboring colonies, mostly from the English Midlands as well as parts of Germany and the Low Countries.

The final big wave of British immigration to America, and by far the largest, brought some 250,000 people from Scotland, Northern England, and Northern Ireland to America, usually through the port of Philadelphia. These folks – who have been variously called Scotch-Irish, Scots-Irish, Anglo-Irish, or Ulster Scots – quickly moved from the coast into the backcountry of Pennsylvania, and then on to parts of New England, Virginia, the Carolinas, and North Georgia.

Many are used to thinking about the Scotch-Irish as consisting of hardscrabble farmers, Presbyterian dissenters, and, well, basically a bunch of hard-drinking, hard-fighting border folk. Such groups were certainly well represented among the immigrants. But also in this amalgam of what would become a large chunk of the American population were representatives of the nobility and gentry of Scotland, Ireland, and parts of England.

What’s remarkable is how all these folks mixed and mingled once they arrived in America. Consider the very different stories of two Scotch-Irish families: the Rankins and the Coxes.

Alexander Rankin was born in 1635 in Ayrshire, Scotland, a county near the border with England. His family was poor. He and his wife Maria lived in Ayrshire until around 1665, when their son William Rankin was born. The family then moved to Ulster in the north of Ireland. They were among the many Scots of modest means who were relocated to Ulster during the 1600s to strengthen Protestant rule and work the land. In 1687 William Rankin married an Ulster Protestant named Dorothy Black. They had a son, John Rankin, in 1690.

In the early 1700s, the Rankins decided to abandon Ulster for a more inviting locale. They sailed to Philadelphia and made their way into central Pennsylvania. The patriarch, Alexander Rankin, died soon afterward. In 1705, his grandson John Rankin married another young immigrant from Northern Ireland, Margaret Jane McElwee, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They soon produced a daughter, Mary Catherine Rankin.

The Rankins offer the stereotypical Scotch-Irish story of 1) humble origins in the Scottish lowlands, 2) relocation to Northern Ireland in the 1600s, and 3) subsequent immigration to Pennsylvania in the 1700s.

The Cox family followed a very different path to America. The original Richard Cox lived from 1500 to 1581. He was a famous English clergyman and chaplain to King Henry VIII who was imprisoned twice in his life for heresy. He later served as Dean of Westminster, Bishop of Ely, and Chancellor of Oxford University.

His grandson, Michael Cox, came to Northern Ireland around 1600 as an “adventurer,” according to one source. That means he might well have been among the earliest English founders of the Ulster plantation. One of his sons, Captain Richard Cox, fought for King Charles during the early stages of the English Civil War but later joined the army of Oliver Cromwell to subdue Ireland in 1649.

Two years later, Captain Cox was walking near the Irish town of Bandon with a fellow officer, a Captain Norton, who apparently had some kind of grudge against him. Norton suddenly turned on Captain Cox and stabbed him to death. The unfortunate Cox left behind a pregnant wife, Katherine, who soon gave birth to Richard Cox Jr. and then died herself.

The orphaned Richard grew up with his mother’s family in County Cork, Ireland. After obtaining a legal education in London, he held several offices in Ireland as part of the Protestant ruling class. Richard and his wife Mary had several children, including a son, Joshua Cox, who would later immigrate to Pennsylvania.

When the Catholic James II became king in 1785, Richard Cox Jr. lost his position in Ireland. He briefly left public service to practice law in Bristol, England and write a noted history of Ireland from an English standpoint, entitled Hibernia Anglicana.

In 1688, William of Orange deposed James II in the Glorious Revolution. The deposed king fled to Ireland and organized Irish Catholics in an attempt to reclaim his throne. The new king William followed, and defeated the army of James II in 1690 at the Battle of the Boyne in eastern Ireland.

Richard Cox Jr. was there, fighting for William. In return for his service, the new king knighted Richard. A few years later, in 1703, William named Sir Richard Cox as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Richard headed the government of the island for four years, during which he was also made a baronet. Later, he served as the chief justice of Ireland’s high court.

Could there be a greater contrast between the lives of Alexander Rankin, a poor Scottish farmer who became an Ulster settler, and Sir Richard Cox, a lawyer who become Lord Chancellor and chief justice of Ireland? Yet both fathered children who joined the Scotch-Irish immigration to America. In 1724, Alexander Rankin’s great-granddaughter, Mary Catherine Rankin, married Joshua Cox, the son of Sir Richard Cox.

Only in America.

Joshua and Mary Cox made their home in the Pennsylvania backcountry. Their children included a son, John Cox. During the French and Indian War, an Indian raiding party attacked the Cox home and burned to the ground. They held young John Cox in captivity for six months. He escaped the Indian camp, moved to northwestern North Carolina, commanded militia during the Revolutionary War, and in the 1790s became one of the first three commissioners of Ashe County, N.C.

He was my 5th great-grandfather – and his family story is a telling reminder that America has always been a land of reinvention, recombination, and rejuvenation.

John Hood http://www.carolinajournal.com/articles/display_story.html?id=8075. John Joshua Cox was; Children:
Samuel Cox b. About 1724 in McDowell's Mill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Richard Cox b. 1725 in McDowell's Mill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Mary Cox b. 1728 in McDowell's Mill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Joshua Cox II b. 1730 in McDowell's Mill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Lieutenant David Cox b. 1737 in McDowell's Mill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Captain John Cox b. 25 Jun 1739 in McDowell's Mill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
William Cox b. About 1732 in Greencastle, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.¹ He emigrated to the Greencastle area of Pennsylvania.
Joshua Cox and his wife were among the thousands of poor Scotch-Irish immigrants who came to Pennsylvania in the early 1700's. The Scotch-Irish (called "Ulster Scots" in the U.K.) are the descendants of Scottish Protestants, mostly Presbyterians, who settled in Northern Ireland beginning around 1605. This was part of a plan begun by King James I to subdue Ireland and, at the same time, remove the troublesome Presbyterians from Scotland. Presbyterianism was firey religious movement that got tangled up with Scottish nationalism and became a constant thorn in the side of England. The Scots hoped to find religious freedom in Ireland, but instead their lives were plagued by grinding poverty and endless conflict. They were squeezed by absentee landlords, constantly threatened by the native Irish, and at the mercy of the ever-changing political winds blowing from England. By 1776, an estimated quarter-million Scotch-Irish had abandoned Ireland to seek greener pastures in America.^1,3
     John Joshua Cox was born on Apr 22, 1694 at Dunmanway, Ireland.^1,4
     John Joshua Cox married Mary Catherine Rankin, daughter of John Rankin and Mary Craig, circa 1724 at Ireland.^1,5,4
     John Joshua Cox died in Jun, 1747 Jun 1747 in McDowell's Mill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania at Lanchaster, Pennsylvania, US, at age 53.¹ His estate was probated on Aug 6, 1747 at Lanchaster, Pennsylvania, US; His will was probated in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 8 June 1747.

WILL OF JOHN COX
The last will and testament of JOSHUA COCKS, of Rathmullan Township, in Lancaster County and Provance of Pensalvania is as followeth
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, being at present under some indipossion of Body but in perfect use of my Reason and Knowing it is appointed for all men to die I do make this my Last Will and Testament first then I Leave my Soul to God who gave it and my Body to be buried where my friends Think fitt and as for my worldie goods I do Dispose of them in the mannore and form following
After pay my just debts and Funerall Charges first then I bequeath and leave to my Loving Wife the bed whereon we have ly on and her saddle her cloths and a young mare of three year old of a Grey Colour and the third of all my other goods The other two thirds of my Estate and goods I Leave and Bequeath to my Chieldren to be Equackely Devided among them and if it be so ordered in Providance that any of whom dy then that ones Share shall be Equally devided among the Rest I do appoint that soon after my Death that all my goods and Estate be Rizd and the account taken and kept If my wife shall think fitt to marry again that before she Mary that what I have Left to my Cheldren be secured for them There is a gun now in my house which was given to my son JOHN in way of a Gift which I acknowledge doth properly belong to him there is also a young black mare of three years old given by MR. CROCHAN to my Daughter MARY that doth properly belong to her I do appoint my beloved wife and my son RITCHARD to be my executors to perform this my last Will and Testament, I do appoint my Neighbor JOHN HOLLIDAY and my brother -in--law, WILLIAM RANKIN to oversee and assist my wife as to this my last will.

JOHN COX (seal)

This 22 of April, 1747. Signed and sealed in the presence of MEMORANDAM before the signing and Sealing I do Order and appoint that while my wife Remains a widdow that She and the Childeren be maintained of the whole and as they come to the age of sixteen that then they be put to Trades by the advice of their Mother and the overseers above named and when any of the Childeren is bound out to a trade that then what portion falls to it shall be put to the best advantage for its own proper use.
ANDREW DAP
ROBERT JORDAN

Lancaster Rathmulan Township to wit June 8. 1747
Then personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peas for this County ROBERT JORDAN & ANDREW DONLOP Two of the Witneses to the within Will & on there oath Decleared they were present and saw & heard JOSU COX the Testator within neamed Sign Seall Publish and Declare the sayd within writen to be his last Will and Testement And that at the Doing thereof he was of sound and disposing mind and Memory to the best of there Knolage.
Will: Maxwell.^1,3,4

     John Cox Jr. was; 1820 Scott County, Virginia
Cox, John Jr.
one male 16-16, one female 16-26

1830 Scott County, Virginia
Cox, John Jr.
two males under 5, one male 20-30, one female under 5, two females 5-10, one
female 20-30

1840 Scott County, Virginia
Cox, John
two males 10-15, one male 30-40, one female under 5, two females 5-10, two females 10-15, one female 40-50

1850 Western District, Scott County, Virginia
1485/1485
John Cox, 48, m, no occ, 1500, b Va
Celia, 51, f, b Va
Polly, 24, f, b Va
Nancy, 19, f, b Va
Harrison, 8, m, b Va
Sarah A., 3, f, b Va
John Cox, Jr., 21, m, farmer, b Va
Polly, 19, f, b Va

1860 Estelleville, Scott County, Virginia
758/758
John Cox Jr., 58, m, farmer, 4000, 1000, b Va
Sealy, 61, f, b Va

Children
Children:
Unknown F Cox b. Bet 1820 and 1825
Unknown M Cox b. Bet 1825 and 1830
Unknown F Cox b. Bet 1825 and 1830
Polly Cox b. About 1826 in Virginia
John R. Cox b. About 1829 in Virginia
Unknown F Cox b. Bet 1830 and 1835
Nancy Cox b. About 1831 in Virginia
Unknown F Cox b. Bet 1835 and 1840
Harrison Cox b. About 1842 in Virginia
Sarah A. Cox b. About 1847 in Virginia.²



     John Cox Jr. married Celia (?)²
     John Cox Jr. was born between 1794 and 1804 at Scott, Virginia, US.³

           John M. Cox was a farmer at Scott, Virginia, US.²
     John M. Cox was born on Apr 9, 1815 at Scott, Virginia, US.^1,2,3
     John M. Cox was born on Apr 10, 1815.⁴
     John M. Cox married Lynnd Lawson, daughter of William Lawson II and Nancy Baker, on Mar 4, 1845 at Scott, Virginia, US.^5,6,3,7,4
     John M. Cox married Cassie Riner, daughter of Jacob Riner and Loren (?), on Nov 8, 1884 at Scott, Virginia, US, both were widowed. Service was performed by J. W. Pannell.^2,8,9
     John M. Cox died on Mar 14, 1898 at age 82.^3,4

           John Rhuben Cox married Mary Brickey.^1,2
     John Rhuben Cox was born on May 19, 1888.
     John Rhuben Cox died on Apr 24, 1967 at age 78.^1,2