When Pharabie COX was born on July 12, 1836, in Knox County, Kentucky, her father, Elkanoah, was 44 and her mother, Nancy, was 34. She married Archibald LEGER in 1863 in Kentucky. They had two children during their marriage. She died on August 12, 1906, in Knox County, Kentucky, at the age of 70.
Marriage: "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002" Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1169 #4139396 (accessed 14 March 2023) Pheriby Cox marriage to Mark Cole on 4 Sep 1853 in Benton, Tennessee, USA.
1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census" Year: 1840; Census Place: Knox, Kentucky; Roll: 116; Page: 310; Family History Library Film: 0007828 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #1274554 (accessed 14 March 2023) Noah Cox in Knox, Kentucky.
Name Noah Cox
Home in 1840 (City, County, State) Knox, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 2
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19 2
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5 2
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture 5
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write 1
Free White Persons - Under 20 10
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 1
Total Free White Persons 12
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves 12
1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census" The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Knox, Kentucky; Roll: 209; Page: 355a; Line Number: 30 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #19437946 (accessed 14 March 2023) Ann Cox (49) in Knox, Kentucky, USA. Born in Virginia.
Noah Cox 58
Ann Cox 49
Eleanor Cox 18
Mariam Cox 16
Feriba Cox 14
Sarah A Cox 10
Tobitha J Cox 7
Death of daughter Bitha Jona Legere: "Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965" Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1222 #750985674 (accessed 14 March 2023) Phoeby Cox in death record for daughter Bitha Jona Legere, 25 Dec 1943, wife of Arch Legere, in Knox, Kentucky, USA.
Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900" Source number: 961.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 2 Ancestry Record 7836 #286119 (accessed 14 March 2023) Pharabie Cox marriage to Archibald Leger in of KY.
Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900" Source number: 961.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 2 Ancestry Record 7836 #286119 (accessed 14 March 2023) Pharabie Cox marriage to Archibald Leger in of KY.
"Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWNW-J4X : 4 March 2021), Pheriby Cox in entry for Mary E. Patten, 1875. * Potter
Mary E. Patten Daughter F Knox, Kentucky, United States * Potter
James Patten Husband M * Potter
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC8S-1G8 : 14 January 2022), Pharibee Potter in household of James Potter, Whitley, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 113, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
James Potter Husband M 45 Kentucky, United States
Martha J. Potter Daughter F 9 Kentucky, United States
Louisa Potter Daughter F 7 Kentucky, United States
Minerva Potter Daughter F 7 Kentucky, United States
Mary Ellen Potter Daughter F 4 Kentucky, United States
"Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H8-BFHY : 2 March 2021), , [1913] in entry for James Potter, 1913; citing Death, Knox, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,915,021.
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q6-KJM7 : 22 July 2021), Pheriba Leger in entry for John K. Lay and Tabieta J. Leger, 9 Dec 1915; citing Marriage, , Knox, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,904,185.
"Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS25-QYF : 2 March 2021), Ferbia Cox in entry for Manrva Patter, 1937; citing Death, Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,332.
"Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N98Y-SJM : 2 March 2021), Pherby Cox in entry for Bitha Jane Legere, 25 Dec 1943; citing Death, Knox, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,450.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900-Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
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