| Birth | 1790 | VA |
| Death | Jan 1853 | Grayson Co., VA |
| Mentioned | 8 Jan 1818 | Grayson Co., VA |
| Mentioned in his father's will dated 8 Jan 1818 | ||
| Buyer | 29 Jun 1819 | Grayson Co., VA |
| Richard Cox was a buyer at his father's estate sale on 29 Jun 1819 | ||
| Oral History | ||
| ``Richard Cox lived in Mexico several years; though small in statures, was considered a bull; fought a number to times but was never whipped; fought a duel with a Mexican much above his size the weapons chosen being bowie knives; both combatants seriously but not fatally wounded; returned to Virginia and died later at the home of his brother Samuel, unmarried'' | ||
| Not on Census | 1840 | |
| [not on census 1840 --mss] | ||
| Not on Census | 1850 | Grayson Co., VA |
| Not found in page by page of 1850 Grayson Co, VA | ||
| Jane Cox and Benjamin Ward family http://www.wisecomp.com/ccl/BWardJCoxCh.htm http://www.wisecomp.com/ccl/JCoxNWardCh.htm http://www.wisecomp.com/ccl/CoxFamGraysonVA.htm found: 20 Aug 2000 Bushy Hartman <mihartman@InfoAve> |
| Cox family http://genforum.genealogy.com/mcelwee/messages/30.html dated: 29 Jan 1999 found: 21 Aug 2000 Becky Gardner <boppinbeck@cwix.com> |
| Grayson County Will Book I & 2 and index to books 1-13 microfilm copy of original |
| Grayson co VA Will Book 1 -- 1796-1839 James L. Douthat |
| The Fox Family in America Rev. Henry Miller Cox |
| MSS Mickie Sheppard |
| How to cite this page as a source | |
| author: | Michael Sheppard < sheppard@cs.unm.edu > |
| title: | Genealogical events for Richard COX |
| url: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shep/shep/I2200.html |
| updated: | 25 Mar 2005 |