• David Cox Jr.
  • Lucy Reeves
  • Parents:
  • George Reeves Sr. &
    Jane Burton

David Cox, Jr.,
& Lucy Reeves

David Cox, Jr., son of David COX, Sr., & Margaret Ann MCGOWAN, was born abt. 1780 in Montgomery Co., VA, and died between 1856-1860 in Ashe (Alleghany) Co., NC. He married Lucy Reeves, daughter of George REEVES, Sr., & Jane BURTON. She was born abt. 1785 in Montgomery Co., VA, and died between 1850-1860 in Ashe (Alleghany) Co., NC.

Children of David Cox, Jr., & Lucy Reeves:

  1. Margaret "Peggy" Cox, b. Mar. 16, 1805, Grayson Co., VA; d. Mar. 14, 1887, Alleghany Co., NC; m. John GAMBILL, son of William GAMBILL & Cynthia COX (b. Oct. 12, 1802; d. Mar. 4, 1879). Children: Robert Cox Gambill (1834), John Gambill (1836), Elizabeth Gambill (c.1839).
  2. +Jane Cox, b. abt. 1807, Grayson Co., VA; d. aft. 1880; m. John A. CROUSE, son of Jacob CROUSE & Sarah EDWARDS, abt. 1825 (b. abt. 1800; d. 1874).
  3. +George Reeves Cox, Sr., b. July 5, 1809, Grayson Co., VA; d. Aug. 6, 1893, Alleghany Co., NC; m. Margaret TOLIVER, daughter of Solomon TOLIVER & Margaret Ann BLEVINS, abt. 1851 (b. June 20, 1829; d. Nov. 29, 1918); bur. George R. Cox Cemetery, Road 1409, Alleghany Co., NC.
  4. +John R. Cox, b. Jan. 20, 1821, Ashe Co., NC; d. June 3, 1898, Alleghany Co., NC; m. Mary "Polly" ANDREWS, daughter of James Carr ANDREWS & Elizabeth CROUSE, Nov. 27, 1853, Ashe Co., NC (b. Jan. 25, 1834; d. Jan. 13, 1913); bur. J.R. Cox Cemetery, Road 1411, Alleghany Co., NC.

Notes

David Cox, Jr., was born in the part of Montgomery County, VA, that became Wythe County in 1790, and Grayson County in 1799.  His family lived on the New River a few miles from the North Carolina state line.  David Cox, Jr. later moved across the state line into Ashe (later Alleghany) County, NC, and settled on Moccasin Creek and the Little River near the Cheek family.  According to The Cox Family in America (1912) by Henry Miller Cox, p.52, David Cox married a woman with the last name of REEVES.  A series of deeds from Grayson Co., VA, identify her as one of the daughters of George REEVES, Sr.  (See Grayson Co., VA, DB 3, pp.59, 89; DB 4, p.73; DB 6, p.468; and other deeds abstracted in Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 2 (June 1991).)

David Cox's 1857 will names four children: Pegga, wife of John GAMBILL; Jane, wife of John KROUSE (CROUSE); George R. COX; John R. COX; and a grandson, David Reid COX, son of George R. COX.

Records

1793 Personal Property Tax List, Wythe Co., VA:
JOHN & DAVID COX, 2 tithes, 3 blacks 16+, 7 horses

1800 Personal Property Tax List, Grayson Co., VA:
DAVID COX, JR., 1 w/m over 21, 2 horses

1805 Personal Property Tax List, Grayson Co., VA:
DAVID COX, JR., 1 white male 16+, 2 horses

Sept. 1811. John BLEVINS, William TERRELL & David COX, Jr., appointed to view the grounds proposed for an alteration in the public road from the ford of New River at James COXES to Crab Creek and make report thereof to court. (Grayson Co., VA, Court Order Book.)

Nov. 15, 1811. Heirs of George REEVES, Sr. (Jesse REEVES, Wm. REEVES, Joseph DOUGHTON & wife Polly, Bartholomew AUSTIN & wife Anne, William TOLIVER & wife SUSANNA, David COX & wife Lucy, Samuel PHIPPS & wife Elizabeth, Andrew COX & wife Prudence, Zachariah OSBORNE & wife Charity) to John REEVES, 384 acres in Grayson Co., VA, on west side of New River including the improvement whereon the said George REEVES Sr. formerly lived. Signed by all except Wm. TOLIVER. (Grayson Co., VA, DB 3, p.59.)

June 8, 1812. Heirs of George REEVES, Sr., to John REEVES, 100 acres on north side of New River. (Grayson Co., VA, DB 3, p.89.) Signed by same heirs as above.

Feb. 1812. A deed from Jesse REEVES, William REEVES, Bartholomew AUSTIN & wife Ann, Andrew COX & wife Prudence, Zachariah OSBORNE & wife Charity, Joseph DOUGHTON & wife Polly, Samuel PHIPPS & wife Elizabeth, David COX & wife Lucy, & Susannah TOLIVER, to John REEVES, was proven in Court by three subscribing witnesses and ordered to be recorded. (Grayson Co., VA, Court Order Book.)

June 1812. A deed from Rankin COX & wife Polly to Samuel COX was proven in court by David COX a subscribing witness. (Grayson Co., VA, Court Order Book.)

Aug. 1812. David COX, Jr., was fined for failing to attend jury service. (Grayson Co., VA, Court Order Book.)

July 23, 1818. Heirs of George REEVES, Sr., to Spencer ISOM, 191 acres in Grayson Co., VA, on Collins Branch of New River, for $140. Signed: Samuel & Elizabeth PHIPPS, Jesse & Mary REEVES, William & Anne REEVES, Joseph & Polly DOUGHTON, David Jr. & Lucy COX, Andrew & Prudence COX, Zach & Charity OSBORNE, John & Phebe REEVES, Bart & Ann AUSTIN, Jane REEVES, Sucky TOLLIVER. (Grayson Co., VA, DB 4, p.73.)

1815 Tax List, Ashe Co., NC: DAVID COX, JR., 530 acres, $125, no polls

1820 Census, Ashe Co., NC, p.28: DAVID COX
1 w/m under 102 w/f under 10
1 w/m 26-452 w/f 10-15
 1 w/f 26-45

Dec. 3, 1822. Heirs of George REEVES, Sr., to Susannah TOLIVER, 200 acres in Grayson Co., VA, on Bush Creek. Signed by William REEVES, Andrew COX, Prudence COX, B. AUSTIN, Ann AUSTIN, Polly DOUGHTON, Zacariah OSBORNE, Charity OSBORNE, Jane EDWARDS, Jesse REEVES, Samuel PHIPPS, Elizabeth (X) PHIPPS, David COX, Lucy COX. Wits: Andrew COX, Allen TOLIVER, Madison TOLIVER. (Grayson Co., VA, DB 6, p.468.)

1830 Census, Ashe Co., NC, p.30: DAVID COX, SR.
1 w/m under 51 w/f 10-14
1 w/m 20-292 w/f 15-19
1 w/m 50-591 w/f 20-29
 1 w/f 40-49

1840 Census, Ashe Co., NC, p.29: DAVID COX
1 w/m 5-91 w/f 20-29
2 w/m 20-291 w/f 60-69
1 w/m 60-69 

1850 Census, Ashe Co., NC, p.254 (HH#242):
DAVID COX, 70, farmer, $1000, VA
-- Lucy, 65, VA
-- Reves, 39, farmer, NC
-- John R., 25, farmer, NC
WATSON, Wm., 20, laborer, NC

Oct. 26, 1857. Will of David COX, dated Oct. 26, 1857, proved April term 1862, names daughter Pegga GAMBILL wife of John GAMBILL, daughter Jane KROWSE [CROUSE] wife of John KROWSE, son George R. COX, grandson David Reid COX son of George R. COX, and son John R. COX. Execs: son George R. COX & son-in-law John GAMBILL. Wits: George W. REEVES, T.C. DOUGLAS, Saml. COX. (Alleghany Co., NC, WB 1, p.8.)

Deed Abstracts

Feb. 10, 1853. David COX to George Reeves COX, 2 tracts of land on Mockison [Moccasin] Creek, for $300. 1st tract: 150 acres adj. a ridge. 2nd tract: 44 acres, part of an 80 acre tract, adj. John CROUSE & the old line. Signed: David COX. Wits: Jno GAMBILL, John R. COX. (Alleghany DB 1:102.)

Feb. 10, 1853. David COX to George Reeves COX, after the decease of David COX, 200 acres on headwaters of Crab Creek adj. the Virginia line & crossing the creek, for $400. Signed: David COX. Wits: Jno GAMBILL, John R. COX. (Alleghany DB 1:103.)

May 31, 1856. David COX to his son George R. COX, 300 acres on Maquson [Moccasin] Creek adj. Theophilus PETTY & Samuel COX, for $1 and the good will he has for his son. David COX to have the right & title to said land during his lifetime, then to belong to George R. COX, it being the land he now lives on. Signed: David COX. Wits: Saml. COX, Solomon TOLIVER. (Alleghany DB 1:101.)

Will of David Cox of Alleghany Co., NC

Dated Oct. 26, 1857, proved April term, 1862
Alleghany Co., NC, Will Book 1, p.8
Transcribed by R. Moon

In the name of God amen.  I David COX of the County of Ashe and state of North Carolina being very weak in body but of perfect mind [and] Memory thanks be given unto God calling unto mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that give it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting that at the general resurrection I shall receive that same again by the mighty power of God and touching such worldly estate where with it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give and devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form

Item first I make and appoint my son George R. COX and my son in law John GAMBILL to be my Executors and executrick of this my Last Will and Testament all my just debts to be paid in the first [??] and my estate to be divided as follows

1 Item I bequeath to my daughter Pegga GAMBILL wife of John GAMBILL a Negroe Woman named Rachel after my death and a large oven a pewter Basin and Dish

2 Item I bequeath to my daughter Jane KROUSE wife of John KROUSE a Negroe Woman named Vilet and one hundred dollars at my death to be paid fifty dollars to be paid by my son George R. COX and fifty dollars to be paid by my son in law John GAMBILL to be paid in one year after my death to be paid to Jane KROUSE

3 Item I bequeath to my son George R. COX a Negroe boy named Nat after my death two cows & calves 2 heifers one three years old the other going on two years my Cupboard and Clock my Black smyth tools my Table & little Trunk my Bed and furniture to my grandson David Reid COX son of George R. COX after my death

4 Item I bequeath to my son John R. COX one horse and cow and stear my big Kittle my geese[?] my Pot Racks and Pot Hooks my Pewter Plates and old Skillet & a old ewer[?]

And any of the Legatees be dissatisfyed with this my last Will they are not to have any more than what they have already got from me and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and every other from Testament & Wills legatees bequeaths and Executors by one and any wise before named Willed and bequeathed satisfying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto sit my hand and seal 26th day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eighteen Hundred and fifty seven

David COX {seal}

Signed sealed published [??] and declared by the said David COX as his last Will and Testament In the presence of us who in his presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses

Test
George W. REEVES
T.C. DOUGLAS
Saml. COX

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