hmtl5 Joshua McGowen Cox b. 20 Jan 1766 Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia d. 20 Dec 1820 Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia: Robinson Genealogy
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  • Name Joshua McGowen Cox 
    Born 20 Jan 1766  Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Dec 1820  Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Lt. David Cox Cemetery, Baywood, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I2122  Robinson
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2025 

    Father David Cox,   b. 1735, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1818, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Margaret Ann “Peggy” McGowen,   b. 1 Dec 1744, Augusta County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1811, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F931  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Osborne,   b. 26 Dec 1779, Nelson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1851, Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Hannah Cox,   b. 1802, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1876, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F918  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Jan 1766 - Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Dec 1820 - Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Lt. David Cox Cemetery, Baywood, Grayson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Note on Find a Grave:
      cenotaph.
      Family monument in Row 2 of Bridle Creek Methodist Cemetery states burial location is here in THIS family cemetery

      First son of Lieut. David Cox and Margaret Ann "Peggy" McGowen
      Married Ruth Osborne about 1787 at Grayson County, Virginia.
      Father of six sons and three daughters.
      ___________
      Joshua Cox lived below the Fields place; his land joined Fields. He had a family of five noted sons and three daughters: Hardin, David, John, Samuel, and Isom; Jennie, his oldest daughter, married Charles Doughton; Hannah married Solomon Osborne: Ruth,? [Jane "Jennie" Cox] married Ben Ward. ** 1922 Reminiscenses by C. Phipps

      Gravesite Details
      Family monument in Row 2 of Bridle Creek Methodist Cemetery states burial location is here in this family cemetery.
      [1]
    • Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application
      Name Joshua Cox
      Birth Date 20 Jan 1766
      Birth Place Nelson, Virginia
      Death Date 19 Dec 1820
      Death Place Grayson, Virginia
      SAR Membership 96255
      Role Ancestor
      Application Date: 30 Oct 1967
      Father: David Cox
      Mother: Margaret McGowan
      Spouse: Ruth Osborne
      Children: Hardin Cox
      [2]
    • Children of David Cox and ___McGowan, his wife
      i. Joshua (2) Cox (David), - born January 20, 1866; married about 1788, Ruth, born December 26, 1880, daughter of Enoch Osborne who lived on New River, near the mouth of Saddle Creek, where John Osborne now lives; lived on Bridle Creek.

      The Cox Family in America, page 53.
      [3]
    • Another son of David Cox and wife, Miss McGowan, Joshua Cox, married Miss Ruth Osborne, and settled on Bridle Creek, in a rich and fertile valley, which industry and enterprise have developed into fine farming lands. Joshua Cox was a good citizen, and did much towards advancing the best interest of his neighborhood. They reared five sons, John, David, Harden, Samuel, and Isom; also three daughters, Hannah, Jennie, and Margaret. John Cox married Miss Nellie Ward; Esquire David married Miss Jane Doughton, and lived on New River; his daughter, Mary, married Warner Hale. Harden Cox married Miss Nancy Reeves, a zealous Christian, and active worker in the Methodist Church.
      . . .
      Joshua McGowan Cox and family ived at the old family residence, near Independence.

      Pioneer settlers of Grayson County, Virginia. Page [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Find a Grave.

    2. [S29] Sons of the American Revolution membership application.

    3. [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.

    4. [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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