When John Taliaferra(Tolliver) Cox was born in 1803 in South Carolina, his father, Tolliver, was 29 and his mother, Frances, was 23. He died in 27 May 1860 in Bodega, California, at the age of 57, and was buried in Sebastopol, California. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51164806
"John T Cox (b. 1800 SC - d. 1860 CA) was in Hall Co, GA by 1829 and is on the 1830 Census with his wife and 4 daughters. In 1832 he was awarded land in "The 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery of Georgia". But by 1840 he was in Carroll Co, AR.[1]
"John T Cox named his children, Edna B, Nancy Terresse, Mary Adeline, Sarah R, William Josiah, John T, James Caspar, Thomas Calvin, and Louisa E.[2]
"Others have his parents as Tolliver Cox and Frances Davidson, but for various reasons I feel this is an error."[3]
Found this, but it doesn't give a source for the middle name:
Rev John Toliver Cox Methodist was born in SC and died in 1860 in CA Sonoma County at age 60.[4]
John's Find A Grave memorial page lists his wife, Mary Powers, and his children:
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John T. Cox
1840 Sugar Loaf Township, Carroll County, Arkansas Census
According to a FamilySearch.org Pedigree Chart, John was living in Williamson County, Texas during the 1850 census. A FamilySearch.org census search didn't locate him. This same pedigree chart stated he left Texas in 1852 and wound up in the 1852 Mariposa County, California census.
Will of John Cox: 30 April 1860, Stocton, San Joaquin Co., Calif.
John is buried at Macedonia Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery in Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California.
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
Name: John T Cox [John Toliver Cox] Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800 Birth Place: South Carolina Age: 60 Death Date: May 1860 Cause of Death: Dropsy Census Year: 1860 Census Place: Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, USA LINE: 6
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