hmtl5 Samuel "Big Sam" Cox b. 6 Mar 1773 Virginia d. 8 Nov 1865: Robinson Genealogy
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  • Name Samuel "Big Sam" Cox 
    Born 6 Mar 1773  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Died 8 Nov 1865  [1] 
    Buried Little Sam Cox Cemetery, Peach Bottom, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I2131  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 Rebecca Osborne,   b. 22 Apr 1783, Independence, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1870, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 16 Apr 1912  Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2025 
    Family ID F927  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Mar 1773 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Grayson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Grayson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Little Sam Cox Cemetery, Peach Bottom, Grayson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Apr 1912 - Grayson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Note on Find a Grave:
      Sheriff Sam Cox

      Son of Margaret Ann "Peggy" McGowan and David Cox Sr. Married Rebecca Osborne 16 April 1812.
      Samuel was also known as Squire and Sheriff Sam Cox.

      Samuel Cox lived for a few years in North Carolina and was elected High Sheriff of Ashe County, which at the time comprised the three present counties of Ashe, Alleghany, and Watauga; later, he returned to Virginia and became Sheriff of Grayson County.

      Samuel Cox was one of eleven sons of David Cox and his wife, "Miss McGowan" of Grayson County, VA.

      Two of his daughters married brothers: John Blevins and Samuel Blevins.
      Three of his sons married sisters: Alexander married Polly Osborne: Calloway married Nancy Osborne; Samuel, Jr., married Phoeba Osborne.
      [1]
    • Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application
      Name Samuel Cox Sr
      Birth Date 6 Mar 1773
      Death Date 8 Sep 1864
      SAR Membership 71623
      Role Ancestor
      Application Date 6 Feb 1950
      Father: David Cox
      Mother: Margaret Ann McGowan
      Spouse: Rebecca Osborne
      Children: Samuel Cox
      [2]
    • Virginia Deaths and Burials Index
      Name Samuel Cox
      Birth Date abt 1772
      Birth Place Grayson County
      Death Date 8 Nov 1864
      Death Place Grayson County, Virginia
      Death Age 92
      Occupation Farmer
      Race White
      Gender Male
      Father Name David Cox
      Mother Name Anna Cox
      FHL Film Number 31758
      [4]
    • 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]

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Find a Grave.

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

    3. [S11] census record.

    4. [S36] death record.

    5. [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.

    6. [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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