I9812: Mack BARNEY (ABT 1890

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Some loose Cox grouped here for Research purposes - relationship of kids on this card to each other is not determined yet, but each ones descendants are. please write [email protected]. Children on this card for research purposes not proven relationshhip. All input appreciated. josie

(Virginia Military Institute) noticed a Henry Winston Cox for the class of 1855. I knew that name rang a bell and after a quick e-mail request, they were very accommodating, sent me his information and in his info is this copy of a page of a book, "Hist. of Va. (1924) Vol. 5, p 101" and is says the following:

The Cox Family came from Ireland to Virginia, William Cox having come over in 1610 in the ship Godspeed, settling first in Elizabeth City County. The great-great-grandfather of Henry Winston Cox was from the portion of Henrico County, which is now Chesterfield, and was a descendant of that John Cox who was a planter at Harrahaddox, Henrico County, Virginia, and who died in 1696. Henry Cox's wife bore the given name of Judith. The great-grandfather of Henry Winston Cox, Captain Henry Cox, was born May 3, 1737, in Henrico County, now Chesterfield County, VA., was a planter by vocation, owning lands in Chesterfield and Dinwiddie counties, served as a private a portion of the time in the Regular Army during the Rev. War, and, later, became captain of a militia company, taking part in the battle of Guilford Court-House. He died Aug. 8, 1817, in Chesterfield County. He married Elizabeth Chappell, of Amelia County, VA. July 31, 1775. She was born in Amelia County, March 23, 1750, and died in Chesterfield County, April 19, 1825. She was a daughter of James and Susannah (Hudson) Chappell.
The grandfather of Henry Winston Cox, Captain Henry Cox was born in Chesterfield County, VA. March 23, 1778, and died at Sappony, that county, Jan. 4, 1856. He spent his life at Clover hill and Sappony, in which neighbourhoods he was an extensive planter, and served as a captain during the War of 1812. On Nov. 21, 1805, he married Mary Traylor, daughter of Archer and Judith (Markham) Traylor, the later of whom was the daughter of John Markham and Catherine (Matthews) Markham, of Chesterfield County. His wife, Catherine Matthews, was a daughter of one of the governors of the colony of New York, to which John Markham first came in 1720 from England. Archer Traylor was a descendant of George Archer, an old settler in the colony of Virginia. It continues on with more information on Henry Winston Cox's father, Judge James Henry and siblings..

Annette E Wetzel
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The recent posts about Dale Parish caused me to look at Rev. A. B. Tizzard's "Dale Parish Register. Among the funeral services he preached, he listed the following:

Cox, Joseph E., Dr. buried Jan 20, 1857; of Petersburg; at his plantation in Chesterfield; victim of snowstorm, Jan 18, 1857

Traylor, Robert A., Mr. buried Jan 30, 1857; of Petersburg; at the residence of Dr. R. P. Grymes in Chesterfield; victim of snowstorm, Jan, 18 1857.

Quoting from "Chesterfield County Early Architecture and Historic Sites," by Jeff O'Dell, pub. by County of Chesterfield, VA, c. 1983, page 213:

"In January, 1857, during one of the greatest recorded snowstorms in Virginia history - thereafter referred to as "Cox's Snow" - Dr. Edwin Cox, former mayor of Petersburg and brother of Judge James H. Cox, froze to death at the entrance to Clover Hill. Accompanied by Archer Traylor, a young kinsman, Cox was stranded in the snow while returning to his home plantation north of Clover Hill after calling on a patient in Petersburg.
At the gate to Clover Hill, both men were overcome by the cold. According to Kate Cox Logan: 'The next morning...at the gate to the lane leading to the residence of Judge James H. Cox, seven hundred yards from the house, were discovered covered by a snowdrift, the frozen body of Dr. Cox; the horse frozen to death; the buggy in which Dr. Cox had been driving and in it the unconscious form of Mr. Traylor. Though alive when found, he never regained consciousness, and died at Judge Cox's residence. Eight mules were required to break a path to carry the notice of the death of Dr. Cox to Petersburg, and although the start was made in the morning early, it was late in the afternoon before the news reached there.'"
[Note: Clover Hill was the plantation of Judge James H. Cox (1810-1877), on which coal reserves were discovered in 1837, and is located in the Winterpock area of Chesterfield County, VA. Judge Cox was the son of Henry Cox (1777-1856), who lived at Sappony, a plantation about five miles west of Clover Hill. Kate Cox was the daughter of Judge Cox. After the War Between the States, Kate Cox married Gen. Thomas M. Logan of South Carolina. She kept a diary which was edited and published in the 1930's by her daughter, Lilly Logan as "My Confederate Girlhood."] Hope this helps! Annette Elam Wetzel

Coxes Meeting House located a few miles northwest of where the Bethlehem Baptist Church is now located on Midlothian Turnpike. Meetings were conducted there as early as May, 1789. Land for the church was purchased from John Cox for two shillings. An abandoned cemetery still marks the location of the Meeting House. (There is good historical information on the Baptist churches of Chesterfield Co. VA at http://www.mdba.org/index.htm)

In May 1813, Higgason and Elizabeth Cox sold an acre of their land on Courthouse Road for $6.00 to erect a new church named the Bethlehem Meeting House which was used until 1897. Trustees of the church in 1813 were Daniel Trabue, George Hancock, Peter M. Cary (who was married to Higgason's sister, Rhoda) and Matthew Winfree. Witnesses to the deed were Benjamin Watkins, John Ferguson, Henry Burton and Green Hancock. The church later moved to its present location on Midlothian Turnpike. Jerry McClure [email protected]

Virginia County Records, VI Caroline County Marriage Bonds. (Contributed by Dr. Jos. Lyon Miller.) Marriage Date: 05 Mar 1788 Spouse: John Cox Spouse: Patty Bush.

My Southern Family

Mack BARNEY

ABT 1890 - ____

ID Number: I9812

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(RESEARCH QUERY) COX of VA

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ID Number: I24343

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FOWLER

MARGARET HEREFORD

1610 - ____

ID Number: I55802

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Robert RHEA

ABT 1759 - 21 Oct 1834

ID Number: I72322

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Julia Edna RUCKER

6 Mar 1868 - 9 Oct 1905

ID Number: I68406

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Gracie R. SANDIDGE

ABT 1870 - ____

ID Number: I40264

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My Southern Family

Mack BARNEY

ABT 1890 - ____

ID Number: I9812

Sources

(RESEARCH QUERY) COX of VA

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ID Number: I24343

Notes

Sources

FOWLER

MARGARET HEREFORD

1610 - ____

ID Number: I55802

Sources

Robert RHEA

ABT 1759 - 21 Oct 1834

ID Number: I72322

Notes

Sources

Julia Edna RUCKER

6 Mar 1868 - 9 Oct 1905

ID Number: I68406

Sources

Gracie R. SANDIDGE

ABT 1870 - ____

ID Number: I40264

Sources

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