Vincent Cox Sr. (1742 - 1808)

Born 1742 in Westmoreland, Virginia

Ancestors

Died 1808 at about age 66 in Lincolnton Township, Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Vincent Cox was born in 1742, in Westmoreland county, Virginia, a son of George Cox and Eleanor Lamkin. In 1765, Vincent married Lucinda Abernathy, a daughter of Robert and Sarah Abernathy. Children of Vincent and Lucinda include:

• Vincent Cox, Jr. named as bondsman for his sister, Lucinda's marriage to Patrick Downey on March 2, 1802

• Lucinda "Lucy" Cox, born 1783, in Lincoln county, North Carolina, died in November, 1865, in Harrison Township, Knox county, Indiana, married Patrick Downey, on March 2, 1802, in Lincoln county, North Carolina. ^[1]

• James Cox, born circa 1790, died after 1850, in Perry county, Missouri, married Sally Cobb, on June 3, 1815, in Lincoln county, named as Bondsman for marriage of Isabella Cox and Walter Cobb.

• Isabella Cox, born 1794, in North Carolina, died Bollinger county, Missouri, married Walter Cobb ^[2]

Vincent Cox died in 1808, in Lincolnton Township, Lincoln county, North Carolina and is buried in the Robert Abernathy Plantation Cemetery. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFS4-Q9H : 9 March 2021), Patrick Downey and Lucey Cox, 02 Mar 1802; citing Lincoln, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 1,760,462
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Y-TLM : accessed 20 June 2022), Newton Cox, Falmouth, Stafford, Virginia, United States; citing p. 139, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 71; FHL microfilm 181,431
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226054377/vincent-cox

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-YWD : accessed 27 January 2021), Vincent Cox, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 846, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.

• "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRW4-V42 : 29 January 2020), Vincent Cox in entry for Polly N. Jett, 1876.