John Cody (abt. 1761 - abt. 1830)

Born about 1761 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Died about 1830 at about age 69 in Pike County, Alabama, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Buford Wilson [send private message]

Biography

Descendant of James Archdekin of Cody I.

John Cody was a Virginia colonist.

John Cody migrated from North Carolina to Georgia.

John Cody is an American Patriot (War of 1812)

John Cody was an Alabamian.

John was born about 1761 in the Virginia Colony to James Cody III and Sarah Womack. He had at least 9 siblings: Ailsie, Edmund Cody Sr, Jesse, Jacob Sr, Michael, Richard, David, Alsey, and Sarah Womack.^{[1] [2] [3]} He was a first generation American. His father migrated from Ireland to America. His mother may have been born in the Virginia Colony.

He was about 17 years old when his father moved the family to Caswell County, North Carolina, about 1775.

He moved to Warren County, Georgia after the Revolutionary War. His parents moved to Warren County, Georgia in about 1792.

John married Miss James perhaps before 1800 in Georgia and they had five children together. Four of the five children married and reared families in Alabama and the fourth child, Abner, went to Texas in 1830.

1. John Francis Cody
2. Edmund Cody??
3. Unknown Cody
4. Abner Cody
5. Unknown Cody

He served in the War of 1812.

He is considered one of the early settlers of Alabama.

John passed away in Pike County, Alabama in 1830, at about the age of 69.

Research Notes

Not to be confused with John Codey/Coday, son of William Cody and Sinai Stacy, who migrated to Indiana and died in Missouri; married to Elizabeth Sumner.

Links

FamilySearch PID: LTR6-HVN

Sources

1. ↑ Womack Ancestors
2. ↑ Family Tree Maker: Cody Ancestors
3. ↑ Sarah D. Hubert's complete genealogy of the Cody family.

• "A History of Our Irish American Cody Family", by William Howard Wright Jr
• Memorial Record of Alabama, Vol 1, Personal Memoirs, 1893 page 773
• History of Warren County, Georgia, 1793-1974 (Wilhoit, Georgia, 1976), pages 39-44, record for James Cody and Sarah Womack.
• The Boaz Family/Ancestors and Descendants by Robert V. Boaz, 1999, pages 234-235.
• Womack Genealogy Archdeacon Cody Family
• Rand, Hale, Strong and allied families compiled by Nettie Hale Rand, page 121, entry for John Cody in the record of James Cody and Sarah Womack.
• Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Vol. I page 211. entry for John Cody in the record of James Cody.
• Cody-Rogers of Georgia by L.L. Cody, 1915.

Acknowledgement

Thank you to Buford Wilson for creating WikiTree profile Cody-705 through the import of 1468228[1].ged on 1 Aug 2016. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Buford and others.