PVT Cary Cox, Sr. - DAR

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ONE known wife and several DAR proved children.
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Cary Cox, Sr. (son of William Cox, Sr. and Martha Carey) was born Abt. 1736, and died March 24, 1814 in Putnam Co., GA.He married Mary Horn.

Includes NotesNotes for Cary Cox, Sr.: From a book compiled by Gail Bean: Page 9: He and his oldest son William served in the N.C. Line in the Revolutionary War where CARY had a finger shot off. Cary moved ca. 1788 to SC and was recorded in the Edgefield District in the 1790 Census. He moved to Warren Co., Ga., by 1795, and Putnam Co., Ga. in 1807. Cary Sr. was a primitive Baptist Minister, although no record has been found where he served any church. He and his wife were buried on the plantation of his son CARY JR. with whom they were living, which is now part of the Ocene National Forest. PAGE 12: The Baptist Church of Christ at Williams Creek was constituted Dec. 22, 1787 at the headwaters of Williams Creek of Little River in that section of Wilkes co., which became Warren Co., by the Act of 1793. It was associated with Powell's Creek Church (Powellton Baptist Church), Fulsom Creek Church (The Church of Horeb), and churches at Phillips Mill, Long Creek, and Whatley's Mills. Since minutes of the Powellton Church of 1793 include excommunication of members for "having broken communion with the General Baptist," it is assumed that all of these churches were under control of the "Particular Baptist" who had accepted Calvinist learning and became most prominent in the Carolinas in the latter half of the eighteenth century. The minutes of Williams Creek Church of Jan. 9, 1796 also included the admonition "... if any member of the church join the Free Masons he is to be excommunicated." TCreek Church. Jun. 12, 1795 - Ichabod Cox and Mary his wife were received by letter. An alphabetical list of members on page 25 obviously added to and crossed out for a number of years indicates that Catherine Cox was excommunicated. The following items relative to the Cox family was extracted from the minutes of the Baptist Church of Christ at Williams Creek: Feb. 7, 1795 - Received Carey Cox and Mary his wife by letter. May 9, 1795 - Carey Cox one of those appointed as helps to Powell's Notes by Dr. Lanier Ransom Jones: Listed in DAR PATRIOTSt. AUTHOR: Andrea Lenorado Carey Cox received land grant after the Revolution in the amount of 464 aches in Edgefield Co. 5 Sep 1791. AUTHOR: Julian Hart Robertson in THE COX FAMILY, THE BRADFORD FAMILY The first we know of Cary Cox is that he was living in Virginia in March 1761 with his wife where and when his first child William was born. This is based upon a prepared statement sworn to by William when he successfully applied for a pension as a Rev. War vet. on Nov. 27, 1845, Certificate 33083 Ga. Willima's mind appears very clear at that time even though he was to be "eighty-five years of age in March next ensuing," Submitted by Dr. R. Lanier Jones Cary Cox and his second wife, Mary Horne, are the earliest known ancestors of our Cox family who can be positively identified. The first we know of Cary Cox is that he was living in Virginia in March 1761 with his first wife where and when his first child William was born. This is based upon a prepared statement sworn to by William when he successfully applied for a pension as a Revolutionary War veteran on November 27, 1845, Certificate 33083 Georgia. William’s mind appears very clear at that time even though he was to be “eighty-five years of age in March next ensuing,” ergo born in March 1761. He stated he had no records but that he enlisted as a substitute on “April 15 or 16 in the year seventeen hundred seventy-six in the village of Halifax,” N.C., served in “Captain Caswel’s Company of the 5th Regiment,” and was “discharged in October or November 1778.” William’s younger half-brothers, Ichabod and Asa, attested to the accuracy of the application. Family historians believe that Cary Cox was born in Virginia because his first son was born there. We do not know the name of Cary’s first wife (the mother of William) nor do we know anything of Cary’s parents, brothers and/or sisters or of his life prior to William’s birth. The considerable reference to William here is because through him we have contemporary information about Cary. Cary, Jr., Cary’s fifth son, is our ancestor and the grandfather of Henry Clay Cox. Cary Cox, according to William’s pension application, moved to North Carolina soon after William was born. He first appears in the Court House records of Halifax County, North Carolina in February 1764 as witness to a will, Will Book 1, page 132. Thereafter until about 1788 his name often appears in deeds in Northampton, Halifax and Warren (the Butte) Counties. Cary Cox married Mary (Horne) Chappell between November 11, 1763 and May 14, 1765, probably in Northampton County, NC where she was living when Thomas Chappell’s will was probated in February 1764. Cary and Mary spent the long remainder of their lives together. No record of their marriage could be found. Cary Cox and “Mary his wife” sold 94 acres in Northampton Co., NC “the plantation whereon Cary Cox now lives” on May 14, 1765 to Thomas Wilburn for 32 pounds. The deed, Deed Book 3, page 371, refers to the “Right of said wife’s Dower in the Thomas Chappell Estate, Deceased.” This sequence of events is based upon available Court House records. It varies from the record in Cary Cox’s grandson Orren D. Cox’s bible as quoted on page 110 of Mary Head Burton’s Head-Cox and Allied Families 1615-1942 in the Georgia State Archives. Orren D. Cox was born in 1809 and the early entries probably were made decades later and based on legend. It states Cary Cox was born, about 1736 in Halifax Co. NC. The date is reasonable but most family genealogists, including Mrs. Burton, believe that he was born in Virginia. It states that he married Mary Horne in 1762, and that William was born in 1764 rather than March 1761 as William himself attested. In 1762 Mary Horne was the wife of Thomas Chappell. Had William been born in March 1764 he would have been barely twelve when he entered the Army in April 1776. It was common for boys of fourteen and fifteen to be enlisted to support combat troops and William’s affidavit indicates this is what he did during his service. Such differences are not surprising and should not discredit either Mrs. Burton’s book or Orren D. Cox’s bible records. Both have made essential contributions to Cox family history. Cary Cox’s children are listed below. All except William are by Mary Horne Cox and were born in Halifax Co., NC. 1 William (direct ancestor of Tim Cox) 1761 - 1848, m Mrs. Katy Roberts Arthur. 2 Jesse 1766 - 1834, m 1st Nancy Taylor, 2nd Nancy Hobbs. 3 Ichabod 1769 - 1861, m Mary Rowan 1775 - 1843. 4 Asa 1773 - 1864, m Mariah Roundtree 5 Clara 1775 - m Southall 6 Cary, Jr. 1778 - 1871 m Martha Roundtree 7 James 1779 m Eva Delaney Robertson 8 Bethany 1831, m James Dismukes. Cary Cox is considered to have been a soldier of the Revolution. His grave was so marked in 1929 and he is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Patriots Index. The DAR says it credits his military service solely to the depositions by his sons, Ichabod and Asa, in William’s pension application. They stated that Cary went to the Army with William, but being seven and three years old in 1776, they are not likely to remember accurately an event occurring sixty-nine years earlier. There is nothing in the accredited American Revolution Roster of the Fort Sullivan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Charleston, SC (which includes William’s service record), the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, or the National Archives to indicate that Cary was ever a soldier. Soldier or not he was a valuable citizen and he and his sons made a substantial contribution to the development of the Carolina's and Georgia. The Cox family, except William, left Halifax in 1788 or 1789 and headed south and west seeking better land. The 1790 Census listed them as residents of Edgefield District, South Carolina. About 1790 William, who probably had married by then, joined the family and after a few years he moved on to Pendleton District, South Carolina. Cary, Jr. married Martha Roundtree of Edgefield in January 1799 and Asa married her sister Mariah. In 1800 the Coxes began to sell their land in Edgefield. The next move was sixty miles west to Warren County, Georgia. The Warren County tax lists of 1805 report that Cary paid poll tax and Cary, Jr., then six years married, paid tax on two tracts of land and two slaves. By 1807 Cary and Cary, Jr. had again moved about fifty miles farther west to their final home and resting place at Stanfordville in the south-west corner of Putnam Co., Ga. about twelve miles from Eatonton. The record shows they began to acquire land there in 1807. Stanfordville was a thriving town in the 1830’s but it now is completely gone and difficult to locate. According to the Eatonton Messenger on July 26, 1960, prior to 1840 Stanfordville was also called Devils Half Acre, and was a place where gamblers, cock fighters, and drunkards, including Indians, came on weekends to drink, race, gamble and fight chickens and each other. Families like the Coxes were essential to the times and the places they lived. Cary was a pioneer-settler continually pushing out into less developed or new territory. Many of his descendants became leaders in Georgia and adjoining states. Cary Cox’s sons settled in Georgia counties: William in Habersham, Jesse in Jones, Ichabod in Talbot, Asa in Harris, Cary, Jr. in Putnam and James in Lee. They had many children. Probably Cary’s best known descendant is his great-grandson, John B. Gordon, Major General in the Confederate Army, Governor and U.St.Senator from Georgia. Cary Cox died at age seventy-eight on March 14, 1814 and was buried in Cox-Griggs Burying Ground, near his home, in the woods of the Oconee National Forest, where Mary was to follow him when she died, September 23, 1823. He was a Primitive Baptist Minister.
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CARY COX SR.16or 32(Care, Carey)DARNO. 157234 b. ca. 1636 Orange Co., Va.D. 3-24-1814 Putnam Co., Ga.M. ca 1761 in Va., MARY HORNE18b. ? Va.D. 9-2-1823 in Putnam Co., Ga. __ CARY SR. was born and married in Virginia.He moved his family to Halifax Co., N. C. ca. 1762.He and his oldest son William served in the N. C. Line in the Revolutionary War where CARY had a finger shot off.CARY moved ca. 1788 to St.C. and was recorded in the Edgefield District in the 1790 Census.He moved to Warren Co., Ga., by 1795 and Putnam Co., Ga. in 1807. CARY SR. was a Primative Baptist minister, although no record has been found where he served any church.He and his wife were received into Powell's Creek Baptist Church in Warren Co., on 2-7-1795.There was some dissension as minutes of the Church recorded some members "having broken communion with the General Baptist."CARY SR. was involved in the issue, as he was dismissed and later rejoined He and his wife were buried on the plantation of his son CARY JR with whom they were living, which is now part of the Ocene National Forest. SOURCES: A. CENSUS Census of Population-1790
South Carolina, Edgefield Co., District 96, page 63 Cary Cox:2 males over 16, 3 males under 16, 5 females. The males are probably CARY SR, Ichabod, James, Asa, Cary, Fr.The females are his wife, mother, and two daughters.The fifth female is unkown. B. Deeds Halifax, N. C. Reel, JB853 Vol. 12 p-122, Jan 3, 1772 Wm. Heath "of the one part and Cary Coxe of the other part" for 41 pounds of Va. Money "103 acres of land on East side of Rocky Swamp in Halifax Co.,beginning at a scrub white oak on James Davison’s corder, South 119 poles to senter of three oaks, west 76 poles to a red oak fence (note: supposed to be thence) South 60 poles to a small branch, thence down the branch to a small ash in the branch, thence North 170 poles to a dogwood and a hickery, thence East to first Station, part of tract belonging to Wm. Heath. Wit: Alexander L. Martin, Jurat Feb. 1772 Ct. Elinor Heath relinquished 1772 Ct. Feb Signed:William Heath Her Elinor(X)Mark Mark. C. REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE "Memoirs Georgia"Published by Southern Historical Association, Certified Extracts 1895Vol. 1, Page 1058. DAR NO. 157234Vol. 158, Page 74 Revolutionary Army Account.Comptrollers Acct. Book K., p. 222. N. C. Archives, Raleigh, N. C. PENSION STATEMENT BY ASA COX,16-5 SON OF CARY COX, SR.16 State of Georgia )SS: Harris County)
On this 24th day of June A. D. 1852 before me a Justice of the Interior Court of said county personally appearEd Asa Cox aged seventy six (76) years passed, a resident of the county and state aforesaid, who after being duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following statements.That at the time of his earliest recollection he was living in Halifax County, North Carolina.That this was in time of the Revolutionary War.That his father Cary Cox, and his brother, William Cox, were engaged in said war.That he has no recollection of the time when his father and said brother went into the service, but he remembers distinctly that his father got wounded and came home and that when his mother talked a great deal about his said brother William who still remained in service after the return of his father as stated above, and he remembers his mother said that his brother was fighting for liberty, against the Tories and British.That he does not know what officers his said brother served under nor what time he went into service, but that he continued in service until peace was made.That he remembers clearly when his said brother came home.That he talked much about the hardships that he and his fellow soldiers had endured.And deponant further states that about the year 1788 himself and his fathers family moved from North Carolina to Edgefield District South Carolina that about two or three years after this his said brother William Cox also moved from n. Carolina to said District South Carolina, where he lived a few years and moved to Pendleton District in said State, where he remained until about the year 1822 when he moved to Habersham County, Georgia where he remained until his death which occurred on the 21st day of March 1848, as he had been credibly informed and verily believed.
And he swares that he is a disinterested witness. (Signed) P. T. TrammellJ. P. (possible spelling as unclear) D. CHURCH RECORDS: BAPTIST CHURCH WILKES CO., AND WARREN CO., GA.
The Baptist Church of Christ at Williams Creek was constituted Dec. 22, 1787 at the headwaters of Williams Creek at Little River in that section of Wilkes Co., which became Warren Co., by the Act of 1793.It was associated with Powell’s Creek Church (Powellton Baptist Church), Fulsom Creek Church (The Church of Horeb), and churches at Phillips Mill, Long Creek, and Whatley’s Mills.Since the minutes of the Powellton Church of 1793 include excommunications of members for "having broken communion with the General Baptist", it is assumed that all of these churches were under control of the "Particular Baptist" who had acceptedCalvinist learnings and became most prominent in the Carolinas in the latter half of the eighteenth century.The minutes of Williams Creek Church for Jan. 9, 1796 also included the administration"….if any member of the church join the Free Masons he is to be excommunicated."
The following items relative to the Cox family was extracted from the minutes ofthe Baptist Church of Christ at Williams Creek. Feb. 7, 1795 - Received Carey Cox and Mary his wife by letter May 9, 1795 - Carey Cox one of those appointed as helps to Powell’s Creek Church. June 12, 1795 - Ichabod Cox and Mary his wife were received by letter. An alphabetical list of members on page 25 obviously added to and crossed out for a number of years indicates that Catherine Cox was excommunicated. Jan. 7, 1797 - A matter between brother Cox and James Henderson laid over until next conference, and William Lovel requested to attend as a witness. March 11, 1797- Brother Cox matter laid over until our next conference. April 8, 1797 - Ditto above. May 13, 1797- Brother Cox came forward and made satisfaction respecting the charge laid against him by James Henderson and was restored to fellowship. Jan. 1800- Ordered that Brother Williams cite Brother Cox to attend our next conference. Feb. 22, 1800- After Brother Cox and Sister Cox were cited to attend, they made choice of certain brothren to attend at a convenient place and hear them both, which they did, and after hearing the nature of the case difference, We Judge them both to be very much to blame, and that Sister Cox’s complaint established.A report being made to the church, the church declares an unfellowship with them in such a standing. Jan 23, 1802- Sister Cox restored to fellowship. June 25, 1802- Some of the members being dissatisfied with the restoration of Sister Cox, and as such have no fellowship with her in her present standing and is hereby ordered out of our fellowship.
May 21, 1803- Received a charge against Brother Heflin for being seen at a certain time drunk at Asa Cox’s. March 15, 1806- Mary Cox restored to fellowship after she made acknowledgment which satisfied the church. Dec. 20, 1806- Brother Cox, his wife and mother requested to be dismissed. August 15, 1807 - Brother Carey Cox came forward and made acknowledgement to the church respecting his former conduct with his wife and was restored to fellowship and granted a letter of dismission. Baptist Church at Long Creek.List of members for period 1799 - 1812 includes #156 Martha Cox, with the notation that she died. CARY COX SR. seemed to have a considerable difference of opinion with the members of the Baptist Church of Christ at Williams Creek.The nature of his transgressions are unknown, however, it is family tradition that he was far minded and very tolerant, especially for a PrimativeBaptist Minister. Also mentioned were his brother, Asa Cox, wife MARY HORNE Cox, and mother, MARTHACOX. More About Cary Cox, Sr.: Census: 1790, Edgefield District, SC. Deed: January 3, 1772 Military service: Revolutionary War. Occupation: Primitive Baptist Minister. Children of Cary Cox, Sr. and Mary Horn are:+Asa Cox, b. 1773, Halifax Co., NC, d. Aft. August 28, 1857.

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Son of William & Martha Cox
Please remember that the Rev Cary Cox, Jr. is a son of Cary Cox, Sr. They are not one and the same.
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U.S. & International Marriage Records 1560-1900
Name: Cary Cox Sr
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1736
Spouse Name: Mary Horn
Birth Place: VA
Marriage Year: 1762
Number Pages: 2

Cary Cox Sr in the U.S.Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name: Cary Cox Sr
SAR Membership:76753
Birth Date: 1744
Birth Place: Hallifax, North Carolina
Death Date: 24 Mar 1814
Death Place: Putnam, Georgia
Father: William Cox
Mother: Martha Cary
Spouse: Mary Horn
Children: Cary Cox, Jr.

Millennium File
Name: Carey Cox
Gender: Male
Birth Date: Oct 1736
Birth Place: Orange, Virginia, USA
Death Date: 24 Mar 1814
Mother: Martha
Spouse: Mary Horne
Children: William, Jesse, Ichabod, James M., Asa Chappell, Bethney, Clara, and Cary Cox, Jr

1820 Census of Capt John Tomlinsons District, Putnam, Georgia
Name: Reverend Cary Cox
Cemetery: Cox Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Stanfordville, Putnam Co., GA

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Sources.
Millennium File
1790 Census Edgefield, SC NARA Film M637 Roll 11 pg.510

1820 Census of Capt John Tomlinsons Dist, Putnam Co, GA.

Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799* Reference: [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68886509/cary-cox Find A Grave Memorial] - [https://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''Aug 6 2022, 17:05:29 UTC''

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