Below was copied from a digitized version (a .txt file) of a Cox history book, but not all of it. It's a little confusing to read the formatting but left as close as possible to what it was original.
Here are more details concerning Cox families and other related families, outside of our direct Cox line. I've bolded our direct line (note: this stops at Isaac Cox, b. 1805 who moved to GA). Ctl+f is helpful if you're trying to find a specific person -- although good luck with all the Williams and Isaacs!
>> Here's a descendant chart overview of early ancestors to help make sense as well.
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM1 COX was born (guessing) in 1730s location unknown, and died 1814 in South Carolina. 1814 Nov: Greenville Co SC court
Records Vol III" by James E Wooley
He married (1)ALSE. He married (2) MARY LANGFORD.
Notes for MARY LANGFORD:
Marriage and Death Notices from the Up-Country Of South Carolina as taken from Greenville
Newspapers 1826-1863: May 24, 1844:
Died at the residence of Abraham Cox, of this district, on Sunday, the 9th inst., Mrs. Mary Cox, aged
95 years. The deceased had long been a member of the Baptist Church....Her acquaintance was
unlimited, and she was esteemed by all who knew her.(ibid.)
This is William's second wife, and Abraham is William's son by first marriage to Alse Cox.
Children of WILLIAM COX and ALSE are:
2. i. ISAAC2 COX b.Abt. 1755, North Carolina; d. Bet. 1825 -
1830, Greenville County, South Carolina.
ii. RACHEL COX.
iii. SITHEY COX.
3. iv. WILLIAM COX.
v. HANNAH COX.
vi. KATHERINE COX.
vii. SARAH COX.
4. viii. REBECCA COX.
5. ix. ABRAHAM COX.
Generation No. 2
2. ISAAC2 COX (WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1755 in North Carolina, and died Bet. 1825 - 1830 in
Greenville County, South Carolina. He married ??.
Notes for ISAAC COX:
May 2, 1786- Isaac Cox received a land grant of 190 acres on Cox's Branch in Greenville County,
South Carolina.
1794:
100 acres north of Reedy River in Greenville County
More About ISAAC COX:
Burial: Standing Springs Baptist Church Cemetery (Simpsonville, South Carolina)
Children of ISAAC COX and ?? are:
6. i. JAMES3 COX b. 1778, North Carolina; d. May 29, 1853,
Greenville County, South Carolina.
ii. ELIZABETH COX b. 1780.
7. iii. ABRAHAM COX b. 1783.
iv. SARAH COX b. 1790.
v. FRANCES COX b. 1794.
8. vi. WILLIAM COX b. 1798.
vii. REBECCA COX.
viii. CITHIA COX.
ix. POLLY "MARY" COX.
3. WILLIAM2 COX (WILLIAM1) He married CONNIE BAKER.
Children of WILLIAM COX and CONNIE BAKER are:
9. i. THOMAS B.3 COX b. May 15, 1792.
ii. JANE COX.
iii. ABRAHAM COX b. Abt. 1790.
10. iv. WILLIAM COX.
4. REBECCA2 COX (WILLIAM1) She married GEORGE CROFT.
Children of REBECCA COX and GEORGE CROFT are:
i. JOHN W.3 CROFT.
ii. WILLIAM B. CROFT.
iii. DAVID D, CROFT.
iv. ELIZABETH CROFT
v. NANCY CROFT.
vi. AMANDA CROFT.
vii. LOUISA CROFT.
viii. ALICE CROFT.
ix. MARY CROFT.
5. ABRAHAM2 COX (WILLIAM1) He married NANCY PAYNE.
Child of ABRAHAM COX and NANCY PAYNE is:
11. i. ISAIAH3 COX.
Generation No. 3
6. JAMES3 COX (ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born 1778 in North Carolina, and died May 29, 1853 in
Greenville County, South Carolina. He married (1) UNKNOWN, (2) DIANAH BLACK. She was born 1784 in North
Carolina, and died January 07, 1865 in Greenville County, South Carolina.
More About JAMES COX:
Burial: Standing Springs Baptist Church Cemetery (Simpsonville, South Carolina)
More About DIANAH BLACK:
Burial: Standing Springs Baptist Church Cemetery (Simpsonville, South Carolina)
Children of JAMES COX and DIANAH BLACK are:
12. i. JOHN WASHINGTON4 COX b. May 31, 1803, Greenville
County, South Carolina; d. May 22, 1871, Provo, Arkansas.
ii. REBECCA COX b. 1802.
iii. MARY COX b. 1810.
iv. ELIZABETH COX.
v. IRENA COX b. 1813.
vi. ROWLAND COX, m. MANERVA MAYFIELD.
vii. WILLIAM J. COX b. 1824; m. NANCY STOKES.
viii. LOUISA J. COX b. 1816.
7. ABRAHAM3 COX (ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born 1783. He married JANE.
Children of ABRAHAM COX and JANE are:
i. SALLY4 COX.
ii. MARY "POLLY" COX b. Abt. 1814.
iii. NANCY COX b. September 03, 1819.
iv. MINERVA COX b. Abt. 1822.
v. CERILDA COX b. 1824.
vi. ISAAC COX b. 1805.
vii. SAMUEL COX.
viii. WILLIAM COX b. 1812.
ix. JAMES COX b. 1817.
8. WILLIAM3 COX (ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born 1798. He married ELIZA.
Children of WILLIAM COX and ELIZA are:
i. JOHN4 COX b. Abt. 1824.
ii. MARY COX b. Abt. 1825.
13. iii. THOMAS MANNING COX b. June 13, 1828.
14. iv. ABRAM COX b. Abt. 1831.
v. JANE COX b. 1831.
vi. NANCY COX b. 1834.
vii. ELIZABETH COX.
9. THOMAS B.3 COX (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born May 15, 1792. He married MARY
HENDERSON.
Children of THOMAS COX and MARY HENDERSON are:
i. REBECCA4 COX b 1813.
15. ii. WILLIAM J. COX b. January 15, 1815.
iii. HARVEY COX b. March 19, 1817.
iv. SARAH COX b. June 01, 1819.
v. ELIZABETH A. COX b. December 27, 1821.
vi. MARGARET ANN COX b. May 21, 1823.
16. vii. THOMAS MANLY COX b. September 15, 1826.
viii. ISAAC COX b. October 12, 1828.
ix. HENRY COX b. December 13, 1831.
x. JAMES PERRY COX b. May 21, 1833.
xi. MARY CAROLINA COX b. September 21, 1835.
xii. JEFFERSON COX b. 1837.
10. WILLIAM3 COX (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
Child of WILLIAM COX is:
17. i. WILFORD4 COX b. 1815.
11. ISAIAH3 COX (ABRAHAM2, WILLIAM1) He married NANCY KELLY MACHEN, daughter of
HENRY MACHEN and FRANCES BALLENGER. She was born 1798.
Children of ISAIAH COX and NANCY MACHEN are:
i. WILSON C.4 COX, b. Abt. 1823.
ii. MARY ANN COX, b. Abt. 1826.
iii. HENRY M. COX, b. Abt. 1826.
iv. FRANCES M. COX.
v. TABITHA C. COX.
vi. HANNAH E. COX, b. May 29, 1835.
vii. JOSEPHINE COX.
Generation No. 4
12. JOHN WASHINGTON4 COX (JAMES3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born May 31, 1803 in
Greenville County, South Carolina, and died May 22, 1871 in Provo, Arkansas. He married (1) HANNAH N.
GRIFFITH, daughter of WILLIAM GRIFFITH and CATHERINE. She died November 04, 1848 in
Greenville County, South Carolina. He married (2) HARRIETT ANN LEAGUE Abt. 1849 in
Greenville
County, South Carolina, daughter of JOEL LEAGUE and MARY HOLT. She was born August 22,
1821,
and died September 22, 1902.
More About JOHN WASHINGTON COX:
Burial: McHorse Cemetery, Sevier County Arkansas
Notes for HANNAH N. GRIFFITH:
Marriage and Death Notices from the Up-Country of South Carolina as taken from Greenville
Newspapers 1826-1863
"Departed this life on the 4th inst., at her residence in this district after an illness of four weeks, Mrs.
Hannah Cox, the wife of Mr. John Cox. The deceased had been a member of the Church of Christ for
some ten years....In her departure those who knew her best have lost a true friend and an obliging
neighbor. She has left behind a kind husband, five children, parents, sisters, brothers, with numerous
relatives to mourn their loss. (ibid.)
More About HARRIETT ANN LEAGUE:
Burial: Old Union Cemetery, Sevier County, Arkansas
Children of JOHN COX and HANNAH GRIFFITH are:
18. i. WILLIAM J.5 COX, b. May 18, 1830, Greenville County,
South Carolina; d. November 26, 1906, Provo, Arkansas.
ii. DIANNA COX, b. Abt. 1836.
iii. JAMES COX, b. 1839.
iv. SARAH "SALLIE" COX, b. 1840. died 1891
v. JOHN WASHINGTON COX, b. May 11, 1842.
Children of JOHN COX and HARRIETT LEAGUE are:
vi. MARY "MOLLIE"5 COX, b. Abt. 1850.
vii. JOEL ANDERSON COX, b. August 30, 1853.
viii. MISSOURI ELLEN COX, b. December 02, 1857.
ix. ROLAND M. COX, b. Abt. 1869.
13. THOMAS MANNING4 COX (WILLIAM3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born June 13, 1828. He
married
ELIZA.
Children of THOMAS COX and ELIZA are:
i. PERRY F.5 COX, b. October 15, 1854.
ii. ALEXANDER J. COX, b. 1856.
iii. JOHN ANDREW COX, b. 1858.
iv. WILLIAM L. COX, b. September 12, 1860.
v. GIDDIE COX, b. 1859.
vi. ROXANNE COX, b. 1866.
vii. MANNING COX, b. 1867.
viii. FLORENCE ELIZABETH COX, b. 1870.
14. ABRAM4 COX (WILLIAM3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1831. He married
LEMENTINE
OWENS.
Children of ABRAM COX and LEMENTINE OWENS are:
i. JOHN W.5 COX, b. October 11, 1854.
ii. AMANDA EMELIZA COX, b. August 24, 1856.
iii. HARLEY W. COX, b. 1858.
iv. THOMAS MANNING COX, >. 1861.
v. ABRAM FRANKLIN COX, b. 1865.
vi. HARRIETT COX, b. 1869.
15. WILLIAM J.4 COX (THOMAS B.3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born January 15, 1815. He
married
GILLY COOK.
Children of WILLIAM COX and GILLY COOK are:
i. MARY JANE5 COX, b. June 19, 1842.
ii. HENRIETTA ELVIRA COX, b. August 26, 1844.
iii. ALLEN JACKSON COX, b. 1846.
19. iv. TOLLIVER WASHINGTON COX, b. September 14, 1849.
v. NANCY C. COX, b. 1854.
16. THOMAS MANLY4 COX (THOMAS B.3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born September 15,
1826. He
married SARAH ELYDIA DACUS.
Children of THOMAS COX and SARAH DACUS are:
i. CRITIA5 COX.
ii. MARY C. COX, b. October 04, 1851.
iii. JULIA ANN COX, b. November 20, 1853.
20. iv. AUGUSTUS COX, b. July 24, 1856.
v. LOUISA JANE COX, b. January 17, 1859.
vi. HENRY MARION COX, b. July 22, 1861.
vii. JAMES PERRY COX, b. June 08, 1864.
viii. ELEANOR COX, b. May 19, 1866.
ix. WILLIAM THOMAS DECATUR COX, b. April 11, 1869.
x. EVA COX, b. December 1871.
xi. MARCUS LAFAYETTE COX, b. July 03, 1875.
17. WILFORD4 COX (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1815. He married
MARTHA
ADKINS.
Children of WILFORD COX and MARTHA ADKINS are:
i. ISAAC N.5 COX, b. 1838.
ii. HENRY C. COX, b. March 1841.
iii. RILEY COX.
iv. FLETCHER COX.
Generation No. 5
18. WILLIAM J.5 COX (JOHN WASHINGTON4, JAMES3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born May
18, 1830 in
Greenville County, South Carolina, and died November 26, 1906 in Provo, Arkansas. He married
HARRIETT HOWARD Abt. 1850 in Greenville County, South Carolina.
More About WILLIAM J. COX:
Burial: McHorse Cemetery, Sevier County Arkansas
Children of WILLIAM COX and HARRIETT HOWARD are:
21. i. NEWTON ALONZO6 COX, b. November 25, 1850, Provo,
Sevier County, Arkansas; d. February 22, 1899, Provo,
Arkansas.
ii. ALLEN P. "BUD" COX, b. October 13, 1853.
iii. HANNAH MALISSA "SIS" COX, b. November 25, 1854.
iv. NATHAN BUCHANON "BUCK" COX, b. April 17, 1858.
v. MARY LOU COX, b. October 05, 1859.
vi. EMER COX, b. November 03, 1865.
vii. MARTHA A. COX, b. October 13, 1866.
viii. JOHN MACE COX, b. June 21, 1869.
ix. DUDLEY A. "DUD" COX, b. November 21, 1872.
x. WILLIAM EDWARD "BILL" COX, b. May 24, 1874.
19. TOLLIVER WASHINGTON5 COX (WILLIAM J.4, THOMAS B.3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born
September 14, 1849. He married CHARITY LINDLEY.
Children of TOLLIVER COX and CHARITY LINDLEY are:
i. CALVIN C.6 COX, b. July 10, 1886.
ii. GILLIE COX, b. February 29, 1888.
iii. JANIE MAE COX, b. June 18, 1893.
iv. LUTHER PEARSON COX, b. May 13, 1898.
v. GERATIA ARADIA COX, b. September 29, 1902.
vi. ANNIE LAURA COX, b. December 19, 1905.
20. AUGUSTUS5 COX (THOMAS MANLY4, THOMAS B.3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
July 24,
1856. He married AMANDA E. COX.
Children of AUGUSTUS COX and AMANDA COX are:
i. MANLY JOHN BREAKER6 COX, b. August 24, 1879.
ii. MINNIE L. COX, b. June 16, 1887.
Generation No. 6
21. NEWTON ALONZO6 COX (WILLIAM J.5, JOHN WASHINGTON4, JAMES3, ISAAC2,
WILLIAM1) was
born November 25, 1850 in Provo, Sevier County, Arkansas, and died February 22, 1899 in Provo,
Arkansas. He married SARAH AMANDA FULMER August 03, 1873 in Arkansas. She was born May
15,
1853, and died June 26, 1931.
More About NEWTON ALONZO COX:
Burial: Wright's Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Arkansas
More About SARAH AMANDA FULMER:
Burial: Wright's Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Arkansas
Children of NEWTON COX and SARAH FULMER are:
22. i. HARRIETT7 COX, b. February 15, 1883.
ii. ALEX ALONZO COX, b. November 11, 1874.
iii. EDWIN COX, b. March 18, 1877.
iv. WILLIAM COX, b. July 26, 1878.
v. NEWTON COX, b. September 1880.
vi. CLEMENTINE COX, b. August 27, 1884.
vii. TELLA COX, b. December 06, 1886.
viii. MARTIN V. COX, b. May 25, 1890.
ix. THOMAS JEFFERSON COX, b. June 1892.
x. PHILLIP SHERIDAN "ERD" COX, b. May 1894.
xi. EULA COX, b. October 21, 1896.
Generation No. 7
22. HARRIETT7 COX (NEWTON ALONZO6, WILLIAM J.5, JOHN WASHINGTON4, JAMES3,
ISAAC2,
WILLIAM1) was born February 15, 1883. She married EARNEST LUTHER BARRETT.
Child of HARRIETT COX and EARNEST BARRETT is:
23. i. LELA8 BARRETT.
Generation No. 8
23. LELA8 BARRETT (HARRIETT7 COX, NEWTON ALONZO6, WILLIAM J.5, JOHN
WASHINGTON4,
JAMES3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) She married CLARENCE SUTTON.
Child of LELA BARRETT and CLARENCE SUTTON is:
24. i. JAMES EARL9 SUTTON.
Generation No. 9
4. JAMES EARL9 SUTTON (LELA8 BARRETT, HARRIETT7 COX, NEWTON ALONZO6,
WILLIAM J.5,
JOHN WASHINGTON4, JAMES3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) He married MARY HELEN ALBEY.
Child of JAMES SUTTON and MARY ALBEY is:
i. TERRI10 SUTTON, m. MARK AARON BUSTER.