Mary D. Vernon

Mary Cox was born on July 3, 1773 in Surry (later Stokes) County, North Carolina, the daughter of Frederick Cox (1740-1781) and Mildred "Milly" Cox née Estes (c.1742-abt 1827). In 1791 Mary Cox married Jonathan Vernon, Jr., the son of Jonathan Vernon, Sr. and Rebecca Worth. In about 1816 the Vernon family moved from North Carolina to Jackson County, Ohio.

Children of JONATHAN VERNON and MARY COX are:

i. NANCY VERNON, b. Abt. 1792, Stokes County, North Carolina; d. May 1850, Jackson County, Ohio; m. FOSTER TILLEY, 30 October 1815, Stokes County, North Carolina; b. Bet. 1782 - 1788, North Carolina; d. 3 December 1870, Jackson County, Ohio.

ii. ELISHA VERNON, b. Abt. 1793, Stokes County, North Carolina; d. Jackson County, Ohio; m. ELIZABETH KINNISON, 25 July 1816, Jackson County, Ohio; b. 1 September 1802, Virginia.

iii. SARAH VERNON, b. 16 December 1796, North Carolina; d. 23 November 1888; m. MARTIN POOR, Bef. 1850.

iv. ELIZABETH VERNON, b. 6 December 1798, North Carolina; d. 25 October 1876, Jackson County, Ohio; m. SOLOMON BROWN, 5 June 1817, Jackson County, Ohio; b. 8 April 1780, Greenbrier County, Virginia; d. 25 September 1873, Jackson County, Ohio.

v. WILLIAM C. VERNON, b. Abt. 1800, North Carolina; m. JANE MARTIN, 26 July 1821, Jackson County, Ohio.

vi. JONATHAN EUSTES VERNON, b. 9 December 1802, North Carolina; d. 2 March 1897; m. (1) SARAH RADICAN, Gallia County, Ohio; m. (2) ELIZABETH LEVISAY, 9 December 1825; b. Abt. 1807, Virginia.

vii. MILDRED VERNON, b. 11 June 1805, North Carolina; d. 10 October 1878; m. JAMES CORN, Bef. 1850.

viii. MARY VERNON, b. 20 December 1807, Virginia; d. 10 October 1878; m. WILLIAM WARE, 1 December 1825, Jackson County, Ohio; b. 18 June 1805, Amherst County, Virginia; d. 15 November 1875, Ohio.

ix. AELSEY VERNON, b. Abt. 1809, Virginia; m. RICHARD P. HUNTLEY, 5 August 1829, Jackson County, Ohio.

x. SUSANNAH "SUSAN" VERNON, b. Abt. 1815, Stokes County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 4 June 1880, probably Clay County, Indiana; m. TERRY RUSSELL, 9 April 1835, Jackson County, Ohio; b. Abt. 1814, Ohio; d. 29 August 1862, Jackson County, Ohio.