Cox, Troy

Summary

Father: Andrew Cox
Mother: Prudence Reeves

Birth: 1819, Ashe County, North Carolina
Birth Source: Census

Death: about 1856, Lawrence County, Indiana
Death Source: Wife remarried by census of 1860

Spouse1: Nancy Toliver, m. 19 Dec 1837

Narrative

Children of Troy Cox and Nancy Toliver:

1. Levi Cox, b. 1838
2. Madison Cox, b. 1840
3. Jane Cox, b. 1841
4. Susan Cox, b. 1843
5. David Cox, b. 1846
6. Ellen Cox, b. 1849
7. Allen Cox, b. 1850
8. Frances Cox, b. 1851
9. Catherine Cox, b. 1854

Troy Cox appears to have died around 1855 for the last child of Troy and Nancy Toliver Cox was born in 1854. By the 1860 census, Nancy had married Joseph Childers and was living in Spice Valley, Lawrence County where they recorded along with her youngest children.

Research Notes

Sources

Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993 online database at Ancestry.com
1840 Census - Lawrence County, Indiana
1850 Census - Spice Valley, Lawrence County, Indiana
1860 Census - Spice Valley, Lawrence County, Indiana (HOH - Joseph Childers)