John Oxford

Accompanied his brother Samuel and his father Samuel Oxford Sr to North Carolina about 1747 John married Mary Ann and had a number of children. John died in 1777 or 1778 just as the Burke County land office was being established and his land grant entry was discontinued in 1778 before a grant could be issued. His widow Mary Ann Oxford registered their land in 1778 on Lower Little River in what was then Burke Co NC (and is now in Iredell Co NC).

Those Oxfords of western NC assumed to be children of John Oxford and Mary Ann are as follows:

• 1. Jemina b. about 1761. Married James Morrison on 18 Feb 1768 in Rowan Co NC
• 2. Elizabeth b. about 1763. Married Daniel Ponder and lived in York Co SC
• 3. Katrin b. about 1764. Married David Adams on 29 Sep 1784 in Lincoln Co NC
• 4. John Jr b. about 1765. d. 26 Jul 1826. Married Sarah Horton and moved to Ohio. (Rev. Isaac in his “History of the Oxford Family” written in 1899 considers John to be a child of Samuel and Bathsheba, but John is not listed in Samuel’s Will and is probably the son of John and Mary Ann.)
• 5. Sarah b. 16 Jul 1768. Married William Davis and lived in Burke Co NC
• 6. David b. about 1770. Moved to Kentucky and died at age 19 unmarried.
• 7. William b. about 1771. Married (1) Barbara Ichard on 19 Nov 1790 ing Lincoln Co NC, married (2) Sarah in Kentucky in 1792, and married (3) Sarah Campbell in 1805 in Union County Illinois.
• 8. Samuel b. about 1772. Moved to Logan Co KY and then to Union Co Illinois.

After John died in 1777 many of the children moved into the household of Samuel Oxford and the 1790 Lincoln Co NC census shows these increased numbers in the household. John Jr by 1790 is listed as a separate head of household in Burke Co NC.