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- Note on Find a Grave:
Son of Joshua "John" Cox of New Castle, Delaware and Mary Katherine Rankin of Pennsylvania.
Born near McDowell's Mill, which was located at what was known as Greencastle borough, now Franklin, then Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
David removed to Lexington, Virginia in the company of his brother, Captain John Cox and their mother. It is believed their sister, Mary "Mollie" Cox, came with them. Land records reflect that David later moved to Grayson County, Virginia.
The Cox family probably entered the Grayson area with the Bakers, the Hashes and the Osbornes during the 1760s.
Mary Rankin Cox, a widow, arrived with sons John, David, and possibly another son named Joshua. Her husband is believed to be John Joshua Cox who died in Lancaster County (now Franklin County, PA) in the Cumberland Valley.
Sister Mary Cox probably traveled with her husband, John Craig, and two or three small sons.
A militia unit in Montgomery County, Virginia was headed by Captain John Cox and Lieutenant David Cox was also listed. It is believed that David Cox married Margaret Ann "Peggy" McGowan after reaching Virginia. He was father to eight sons and four daughters.
The Cox families had land on New River and Bridle Creek according to the 1815 property tax list. John and David Cox were prominent leaders in what was known as the "New River Settlement". They had large landholdings, both with properties extending across the state line into North Carolina. David Cox's will, which bequeathed to his eight sons several parcels of land, money, slaves, and personal property such as books, etc. indicated substantial wealth.
He is the namesake of the Lt. David Cox Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, which serves the greater Galax and Independence areas of southwest Virginia.
Inscription
"Erected to sacred memory of LT David Cox and his wife Margarett Ann McGowan. Was born in Lancaster Co., Penn. in 1740. Moved to Lexington, Va. with brother CAPT John Cox and sister Mary Cox. Later moved to Christiansburg, Va. and in 1765 moved to Grayson County 10 miles east of old courthouse at Old Town, Virginia. Served in two battles of Revolution under CAPT John Cox in Battles of Point Pleasant and King Mountain. Was son of Joshuay Cox and Mary Rankin. Moved to Grayson County 1765. He died in 1818."
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- Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application
Name David Cox
Birth Date 1737
Birth Place Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Death Date 1819
Death Place Grayson, Virginia
SAR Membership 80293
Role Ancestor
Application Date 2 Aug 1956
Father: John Cox
Mother: Rankin
Spouse: Margaret McCown
Children: Andrew Cox
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- Family of David Cox
First Generation
David (1) Cox, - emigrated from Scotland in 1740; settle on New River, in Grayson County, where he died and was buried; married ____ McGowan.
Children: i. Joshua, ii. John, iii. David, iv. Samuel, v. Richard, vi. Rankin, vii Andrew, viii. Andrew, ix. Margaret, x. Mary, xi. Katharine, xii. Annie.
The Cox Family in America, page 53.
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- In the time of the early settlement of this country, there were, of course, few families, and they so inter-married one into the other that it is hard to write of them separately, so I will, in this chapter, give these families together.
About the year, 1740, David Cox and John Cox, two brothers, came from Scotland to Virginia. They both located in what is now Grayson county, on New River, about ten miles west of Grayson Old Court House.
John Cox was captain of the Home Guard, or Regulators, during the Revolutionary war. He built a fort on a ridge at the mouth of Peach Bottom Creek, overlooking New River; supplies for the Fort were packed on horses from the Lead Mines in Wythe county.
It is said that there is yet a tree marked at a point on New River, near the mouth of Meadow Creek, showing the Old Trail from the Fort to the Lead Mines. This is on the farm of John Austin, who is a descendant of John Cox. After the Revolutionary war, Capt. John Cox moved up the river to the mouth of Cranberry Creek, on the South Fork of New River, opened up a large farm there, and is buried there in the family graveyard. Most of his family settled in Ashe county, N. C.; he had two sons, James and Joshua, and five daughters.
David Cox, brother of Captain John Cox, moved his family and located on the river near where his brother first settled, near what is now Cox's Ford, ten miles west of Grayson Old C. H. David Cox's wife was a Miss McGowan; they had eleven sons and three daughters.
Pioneer settlers of Grayson County, Virginia. Page 167.
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