Rebecca Osborne b. 22 Apr 1783 Independence, Grayson County, Virginia d. 20 Jun 1870 Grayson County, Virginia: Robinson Genealogy

1783 - 1870 (87 years)

Name	Rebecca Osborne
Born	22 Apr 1783	Independence, Grayson County, Virginia [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Female
Died	20 Jun 1870	Grayson County, Virginia [1, 2]
Buried	Little Sam Cox Cemetery, Peach Bottom, Grayson County, Virginia [2]
	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55341738/rebecca_cox
Person ID	I2116	Robinson
Last Modified	14 Feb 2025

Father	Enoch Osborne, b. 1741, Yadkin, Rowan County, North Carolina , d. Sep 1818, Independence, Grayson County, Virginia (Age 77 years)
Mother	Jane Hash, b. Abt 1745, Grayson County, Virginia , d. 12 Apr 1822, Independence, Grayson County, Virginia (Age 77 years)
Married	1764 [4]
Family ID	F695	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Samuel "Big Sam" Cox, b. 6 Mar 1773, Virginia , d. 8 Nov 1865 (Age 92 years)
Married	16 Apr 1912	Grayson County, Virginia [2]
Last Modified	4 Feb 2025
Family ID	F927	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 22 Apr 1783 - Independence, Grayson County, Virginia
	Died - 20 Jun 1870 - Grayson County, Virginia
	Buried - - Little Sam Cox Cemetery, Peach Bottom, Grayson County, Virginia
	Married - 16 Apr 1912 - Grayson County, Virginia

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Notes

Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application
Name
[Rebecca Osborne]
Birth Date 22 Apr 1783
Death Date 20 Jun 1870
SAR Membership 71623
Role Ancestor
Application Date 6 Feb 1950
Spouse: Samuel Cox
Children: Samuel Cox
[1]
Note on Find a Grave:
Married Samuel Cox Senior (Sheriff Sam Cox) 16 April 1812, Grayson Co, VA
[2]
Children of David Cox and ___McGowan, his wife
iv. Samuel (2) Cox, - lived for a few years in North Carolina; while there, was elected High Sheriff of Ashe County, Which comprised the three present counties of Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga; later, returned to Virginia and became Sheriff of Grayson County; married Rebecca, daughter of Enoch Osborne.

The Cox Family in America, page 53.
[5]
One of these sons, Samuel, known as Sheriff Sam Cox, married Rebecca Osborne, and reared a large family on the New River farm. Two of his daughters married brothers, John Blevins and Samuel Blevins. Three of his sons married sisters, Alexander married Miss Polly Osborn; Calloway married Miss Nancy Osborn; Samuel, Jr., married Miss Phoeba Osborn, and lives at the old homestead where Samuel Cox, Sr., lived. They, and their families, live in the same neighborhood, near the mouth of Little River; they are true types of their patriotic ancestors.

Pioneer settlers of Grayson County, Virginia. Page 168
[6]

[S29] Sons of the American Revolution membership application.
[S3] Find a Grave.
[S11] census record.
[S23] Marriage record.
[S45] The Cox Family in America, Henry Miller Cox, (Printed for the author by the Unionist-Gazette Assoc., Somerville, N.J., 1912), https://archive.org/details/coxfamilyinameri00coxh/page/n87/mode/2up.
[S50] Pioneer settlers of Grayson County, Virginia, Benjamin Floyd Nuckolls, (King Printing Co., Bristol, Tennessee, 1914), https://archive.org/details/pioneersettlerso00nuck_0.

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