Isaac B Cox, Sr

Isaac Cox (380) was born 25 June 1743 in Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., NJ, and died in 1838 in Lewis Co., VA. He supposedly settled in Fairfield, Greene Co., OH, but moved back to VA. However, he is said to have been buried in Fairfield, OH. He first married Nancy Gray in 1760 in Somerset Co., NJ. She was born about 1743. He married second Sarah Sutton about 1761. She was born about 1745 in NJ, died in 1828 in Osborne, Greene Co., OH, and was buried in Cox Cem., Osborne, OH. (R‑71)

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He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He served in Formen's N. J. Militia. Isaac was born on 25 June 1743 in Somerset County, New Jersey, the son of Phillip & Johanna Trembley Cox. Isaac married Sarah Sutton (1747-1828) in New Jersey and they raised a family of (at least) 5 children. Isaac and his oldest son, Phillip, both saw service in the Rev. War. After the war, the family moved into the land that is now part of Hackers Creek, West Virginia. They stayed there for some time, then the parents and some of the children moved to Greene County, Ohio. While there, Sarah Sutton Cox died and is buried on land that is now part of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (Other family members, including their son, Judge John Cox, and his family are also buried in this Cox Cemetery.)

According to family tradition, Isaac was homesick for the hills of (West) Virginia after losing his wife and moved back East. He lived with his son, Phillip, and his family in the area which is now Slab Creek, Ritchie County, WV, then Isaac moved back to the Hackers Creek area, where he was living when he died in 1838. This biographical information was provided by Fran Miller--daughter of Bob Shuman (a Korean War & Vietnam War vet.), granddaughter of Hallie Cox Shuman, great-granddaughter of Evan Carmack Cox, great-great granddaughter of Philip Cox (a Civil War vet.), great-great-great granddaughter of Isaac Cox, Jr. (a War of 1812 vet.) and great-great-great-great granddaughter of Isaac Cox, Sr. (a Rev. War vet.).

"History of Ritchie County" written by Minnie Kendall Lowther, and published in 1910.

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ChapterXXIII

Slab Creek Settled

The Coxes have a distinguished ancestral line, which they trace back to Dr. Daniel Cox, of London, who was the Royal family's physician when Queen Anne was on the throne (from 1702-1714), he being a cousin of the Queen.

Dr. Daniel Cox had three sons, Isaac, John, and Daniel, junior, who came to the New Jersey colony at a very early day, and from these three brothers, nearly all of the Coxes in the united States are said to be descended. From Isaac, the Ritchie county line comes; but the generations from him to the Isaac that came to Harrison county, are about six or seven, and the heads of the line down are alternately "Isaac" and "Phillip", and it is quite difficult to make the matter clear. However, Isaac Cox, the Harrison county pioneer, was born in New Jersey in 1731. He was the son of Phillip and Hannah Trembly Cox-- the youngest and only son that lived to rear a family.

Isaac Cox, the first, in making a disposition of his property, had willed all his immense fortune to his eldest son, Phillip, thus setting a precedent that was adhered to for seven generations. But Isaac Cox, the Harrison county Pioneer (being the youngest of the family as above stated), became the legatee of the property, owing to the fact that he was the only survivor of the family. His brothers, having gone some distance from home to make an improvement, in advance of the settlement, and raise a crop, pitched their tent near a fine spring from which they got water for constant use, and in a short time, they all sickened and died; and upon investigation, it was found that the water came from a copper-mine, and thus was poisonous. Isaac being but a lad, and drinking here and there where he chanced to be herding the stock, escaped death.

Isaac Cox married Miss Sarah Sutton, of New Jersey, and after the Revolution, perhaps, near 1790, came to Harrison county, and settled at the mouth of Kincheloe's creek. He died in 1838, at the age of one hundred seven years, and in the "Broad Run Cemetery" in Lewis county, beside his wife, he lies at rest. His father died in New Jersey, in 1797 at the age of one hundred twelve years.

They (Isaac and Sarah) were the parents of five children;

1. Phillip, who sleeps in Ritchie County;
2. John and
3. Mrs. Sarah (John) Tingley, Ohio;
4. Mrs. Hannah (Joseph) Smith, Harrison county;
5. and Isaac, of Chestnut Grove, Calhoun county.

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also given:

Individual: Isaac Cox

Parental family: Philip Cox and Hannah Trembly

Marital or other families:

Isaac Cox and Sarah Sutton

Sex: Male

Birth:

Date: 1731

Place: New Jersey

Source: History of Ritchie County

Page: p. 333

Death:

Date: 1838

Source: History of Ritchie County

Page: p. 333

Burial:

Place: Broad Run Bapt Ch Cem, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV

Source: History of Ritchie County

Page: p. 333

Residence:

Date: MOVED ABT 1790

Place: Harrison Co, (W)VA

Source: History of Ritchie County

Page: p. 333

Residence:

Date: UNTIL ABT 1790

Place: New Jersey

Source: History of Ritchie County

Page: p. 333

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Isaac Cox (380) was born 25 June 1743 in Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., NJ, and died in 1838 in Lewis Co., VA. He supposedly settled in Fairfield, Greene Co., OH, but moved back to VA. However, he is said to have been buried in Fairfield, OH. He first married Nancy Gray in 1760 in Somerset Co., NJ. She was born about 1743. He married second Sarah Sutton about 1761. She was born about 1745 in NJ, died in 1828 in Osborne, Greene Co., OH, and was buried in Cox Cem., Osborne, OH. (R‑71)

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Children Mary Elizabeth Cox Mercer 1762–1812

Photo Philip Cox 1763–1854

Hannah Cox Smith 1772–1821

Photo John Cox 1774–1821

Photo Sarah Cox Tingley 1775–1851

Photo Isaac B. Cox 1792–1875

• Notes:

                           Birth date:  1743Birth place:  Somerset, New JerseyDeath date:  1838Death place:  Lewis, VirginiaResidence date:Residence place:  United States

• Reference: GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - SmartCopy: Jul 4 2023, 19:57:06 UTC