1. SAMUEL FOX of Amherst and Nelson Counties, Virginia, died in 1808. He left a will in
which he named his wife, Elizabeth, and nine children (1).
... WILLIAM FOX
... Joseph Fox
... Susanna Fox
... Samuel Fox
... John Fox
... Richard Fox
... Bartlett Fox
... Sarah Fox
... Anne Fox
2. WILLIAM FOX married ELIZABETH DURHAM, daughter of David Durham (4). William and his
family moved to Greenbrier County, Virginia, before the 1815 tax list (2). His will, which
was proved in Greenbrier County in October of 1845, named his wife Elizabeth, and seven
children (2).
... William Fox
... Joseph Fox
... Samuel Fox
... DAVID FOX
... Mary Fox
... Jane Fox
... Ruth Fox
3. DAVID FOX married JANE BALLENGEE (3). David's estate was administered early in the year
1881 in Summers (formerly Greenbrier) County, West Virginia (9). The censuses of 1840
through 1880 show twelve children (9).
... William Fox
... Elizabeth Fox
... Samuel Fox
... BENJAMIN FOX
... Elando Fox
... Charles Fox
... Susan Fox
... David Fox
... Mary Fox
... James Fox
... John Fox
... Joseph Fox
4. BENJAMIN F. FOX, son of David and Jane Fox, was born about 1839; in the 1860 Greenbrier
census he is listed as a 21-year-old farmer in the household of David Fox (9). Benjamin was
a soldier in the Civil War (5). He married VIRGINIA BOGGS in 1866 in Braxton County, West
Virginia (6). In the 1850 Braxton County, West Virginia, census, she is listed as age one,
in the household of Benjamin L. and Jane Boggs (10). Benjamin Fox was named as an heir of
David Fox, deceased, in a 1915 Summers County, West Virginia, court case (3). He resided
about 1919 near Frametown, West Virginia (8). The Braxton County census of 1920 shows
Benjamin, aged 80, and his wife Virginia, aged 71 (7). Some children of Benjamin and Virginia
Fox, as shown in census records (7):
... Henry Fox
... William Fox
... Mary Fox
... LUCY CAROLINE FOX was born about 1876 near Frametown, West Virginia. She married George
Richmond Rose. They lived at Rosedale, Braxton County, West Virginia.
... Rebecca Fox
... Charles Fox
REFERENCES:
(1) Webpage of Lyle LeMasters FOX
(2) Webpage of Lyle LeMasters Fox
(3) Summers Co., WV Circuit Court, 1915; Bill of Complaint of J. A. Graham, Summers County,
(4) LDS Va Marriages Early to 1800 in Albemarle Co. VA. Post 28 Sep 2000 by J. L. Oldham to Marriages
(5) "American Civil War Soldiers". Post 25 Apr 2000 by Terry (Fox) Latey to Soldiers
(6) Braxton Co WV Marriages, from AGLLMF 0092002. Post 29 Nov 1997 by Sharon Bryant to Newsletter - BOGGS
(7) Webpage of Lyle LeMasters FOX
(8) From "History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia" by John Davison Sutton,
1919. Posted 14 Mar 1999 by Richard R. Bradley to History
(9) Webpage of Lyle LeMasters (See #1)
(10) USGenWeb Archives Braxton Census
