Asher & Elizabeth Cox Union County Kentucky Plantation

Date: 1820 to 1860
Location: Union, Kentucky, United States
Surnames/tags: Cox Davis

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Slaves 3 1850 Census 4 1860 Census 5 Tax Records 6 Probate Court Records 7 Sources

Introduction

Asher and Elizabeth Cox had a plantation in Union County, Kentucky. No land deeds were found for Asher and Elizabeth, however, Elizabeth inherited land from her father. The plantation may have been located on this land.

Slaves

• Famer^[1]
• Harraphus^[1]
• Jacob^[1]
• James^[2]
• Joshua^[3]
• Kessiah^[1]
• Manerva^[1]
• other unnamed slaves

1850 Census

Elizabeth Cox owned 7 slaves in 1850.^[4]

Name	Sex	Age	Birth Year	Comments
.	M	24	1826	.
.	F	20	1830	.
.	M	18	1832	.
.	F	14	1836	.
.	F	5	1845	.
.	M	3	1847	.
.	M	2	1848	.

1860 Census

Elizabeth Cox owned 8 slaves in 1860.^[5]

Name	Sex	Age	Birth Year	Comments
.	M	28	1832	.
.	F	23	1837	.
.	F	15	1845	.
.	M	13	1847	.
.	M	11	1849	.
Joshua	M	7	1853	.
.	F	6	1854	.
.	F	3	1857	.

Tax Records

Summary of slaves owned by Asher and Elizabeth Cox in Union County, Kentucky.^[6]

Owner	No. of Slaves over age 16	No. of Slaves under age 16	Year	Link
Asher Cox	2	2	1840	[6]
Asher Cox	2	2	1841	[7]
Asher Cox	2	2	1842	[8]
Asher Cox	2	2	1843	[9]
Asher Cox	2	2	1844	[10]
Asher Cox	2	2	1846	[11]
Elizabeth Cox	2	4	1848	[12]
Elizabeth Cox	3	3	1849	[13]
Elizabeth Cox	3	4	1850	[14]
Elizabeth Cox	3	4	1851	[15]
Elizabeth Cox	3	4	1852	[16]
Elizabeth Cox	3	3	1853	[17]
Elizabeth Cox	3	4	1854	[18]
Elizabeth Cox	3	5	1855	[19]
Elizabeth Cox	3	6	1856	[20]
Elizabeth Cox	3	6	1857	[21]
Elizabeth Cox	2	6	1858	[22]
Elizabeth Cox	2	0	1859	[23]
Elizabeth Cox	2	6	1860	[24]
Elizabeth Cox	2	7	1861	[25]
Elizabeth Cox	2	7	1862	[26]
Elizabeth Cox	2	7	1863	[27]

Probate Court Records

John D. Davis Will: 6th I will and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Cox the other half of the Allison survey on the North East side of Cypress creek (as by a figure represented below) equal in quantity & quality as to value with the other half that I have named to her sister Mary Ann Hedges & that my daughter Elizabeth Cox shall lay out of her part of the Allison tract one hundred acres to my Grand daughter Ann Collins where said Ann now lives so as to suit her mothers own wishes & to be for the use and benefit of the said Ann & her heirs, also other tract supposed to be one hundred & forty acres lying on both sides of Cypress creek being part of the Trumbo tract, also one negro woman named Famer, one boy named Harraphus, one woman named Manerva, one boy named Jacob, one girl named Kessiah, also one hundred dollars to make her properly equal with the other two so far as I have named. It is my will that the bequeathes that I have made to my daughter Elizabeth Cox wife of Abner Cox is for the use & benefit of my said daughter Elizabeth Cox during her natural life & to the heirs of her own body thereafter. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} 1844 John D. Davis Will. Kentucky, Union County, County Clerk, Wills, Vol. B, p. 359, 3 July 1844, digital image 193 of 570, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 12 January 2023)
2. ↑ 1855 slave James Birth. Kentucky, Union County, p. 3, Birth Register, , slave James, 14 July 1855, digital image 26 of 538, FamilySearch.org ([2]: accessed 13 January 2023)
   • James, black, male, born 14-Jul-1855 in Union County, Kentucky, son of Minerva, slave of Eliza Cox.
3. ↑ 1854 slave Joshua Birth. Kentucky, Union County, p. 3, Birth Register, , slave Joshua, 15 September 1854, digital image 20 of 538, FamilySearch.org ([3]: accessed 13 January 2023)
   • Joshua, black, male, slave of Elizabeth Cox, born 15-Sep-1854 in Union Co., Kentucky.
4. ↑ 1850 U.S. Slave Census, Union County, Kentucky, slave schedule, District 2, unpaginated, slaves in the Elizabeth Cox household, digital image 115 of 162, FamilySearch.org ([4]: accessed 12 January 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 228
5. ↑ 1860 U.S. Slave Census, Union County, Kentucky, slave schedule, location not stated, p. 413 (stamped), slaves in the Elizab Cox household, digital image 27 of 32 FamilySearch.org ([5]: accessed 12 January 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 406
6. ↑ 1853-1864 Tax Book Entries. Kentucky, Union County “Tax Books, 1853-1864”, Tax Assessor, Elizabeth Cox, scanned images, images 39, 95, 117, 183, 242, 294, 357, 422, 495, 557 and 632 of 709, FamilySearch.org