John Washington Cox Jr. (1734 - 1789)

Born 8 Dec 1734 in Granville County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Vaughn) Cox — married 1755 in Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1789 at age 54 in Pendleton District, South Carolina

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Biography

John Cox Jr. was a North Carolina colonist.

From Abstracts of Early Records of Laurens Co., SC, 1785-1820 by Sarah M. Nash Page 22 31 August 1787 Deed Book B page 246 Recorded 5 January 1788 John AND ELIZABETH COX sell for 42 pounds to Charles Henderson, 150 acres on Warriors Creek, bounded by William Vaughn, original grant to said Cox in Berkley Co. 4 December 1771. Wit: Thomas Henderson, Wm. Dodd Colonial Plats South Carolina Volume 10 page 240 gives the layout of a 200 acre grant. It is dated 1768 but may be the 1771 grant mentioned. In 1769 a 100 acre grant was given to John Cox on South side of Enoree River as mentioned in a deed from Laurens Co. Book C, page 47 and mentions John (Jr.) and Sarah selling this. It says John and Sarah Cox of Indian Creek. John also buys 250 acres on 26 mile Creek in Old Pendleton District as recorded in Book H pages 454 and 455 in 1789 and then in 1794 he buys 304 acres, Book C-D pages 425-426. From this land William Cannon buys 134 acres, part of the 1789 grant (deed says he bought) Book E pg. 261 Laurens Co. then William sells to Edward Cox 72 acres part of this 134, Book E, page 262 and then the next month Edward sells the 72 acres Book H pages 416-418 in Old Pendleton District. In 1798 John Sr. gives 150 acres to his son Beverly Cox, the plantation where I now live. Deed Book F, page 201, Old Pendleton District. This is the land on 26 mile Creek. These items are included here as they were labeled and put together in the same packet and box in the county courthouse of John, Jr. Box 3, #103 but are Administration papers of this John. On the 22 of December 1798 in Pendleton District (Now Anderson and Pickens) South Carolina, Elizabeth Cox and Henry Cox made application to the clerk of the county for letters of administration of the goods chattels, rights, and credits of John Cox, late of this county, deceased, and which belong to him at the time of his death. Book C pages 167 and 172, 15 April, 1799 and 24 June, 1799 respectively. (Box 3 #103 SC Archives) Elizabeth Cox, Henry Cox, John C. Griffin and John W. Grissom make bond for $1000.00 Being authorized by the Court of Pendleton County did repair to the Plantation of John Cox, deceased, and there did appraise the goods, chattels, of said deceased and hath made a perfect inventory of the same, agreeable to our best skill and ability. Total goods inventoried worth $286.37. 1 horse, 16 cattle, 1 ox, 5 sheep, 21 pigs, various tools, 2 saddles, table, 7 pewter plates, iron, 2 pewter basins, 9 spoons, churn, 7 knives, 10 forks and 1 ladle, 5 pt. tins, 1 qt. tin, ditch oven, spinning wheel, 2 Delft plates, pepper box, 4 spelling books, 1 testament, 1 primer, 3 beds and furniture. Certified this 1st day of March 1799 by Andrew Liddle, Berry Dickson, and Lewis Cobb. Personal property of John Cox deceased was exposed to public sale 1 May, 1799. Buyers were Elizabeth Cox, Henry Cox, Capt. George Rewes, Fereby Cox, Beverly Cox, Hollingsworth Vandiver and Thomas Davis.ohn Cox was born about 1734 in Granville County, North Carolina.^[1]

He married Elizabeth Vaughn, daughter of William Vaughn and Barbary Brewton, about 1753.^[1]

John died in 1799 in Pendleton District, South Carolina.^[1]

DNA

1) We have shared DNA with two children of John Beverl(e)y and Margaret Early, John Beverly, Jr. and my ancestor Sarah Beverly who married John Cox 1705. Don Giddens, Greenville, TX 12/18/18. 2) Don Giddens and J.R. (managed by gibbs419) are 8th cousins and have a Shared DNA: 9.2 cM. The triangulation is as follows: 1) JR is the 6th great-granddaughter of John Early. 2) Don is the 6th great-grandson of Margaret Early Beverley. Margaret and John were children of William and Eleanor Early.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Donald Louis Giddens Ten Thousand Coxes: Volume 2 of 2

Acknowledgements

• Entry by Sherry Nickles, Wednesday, February 12, 2014.