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Genealogy Progress Report: Coxes of Cox Creek and DNA Leads

27 Sunday Sep 2026

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DNA Updates

  • LB, a distant cousin connected through John Coppock. Since I don’t have any of her line built out, I will tag her for another day.
  • NP, a distant cousin connected through potential ancestor Sarah Reed. I haven’t done any work on this line, so I’ll tag and leave for later.
  • AM, a distant cousin also connected through Sarah Reed. Again, I’ll have to defer until later.

Coxes of Cox Creek Footnotes

37. John H. Spencer, A History of Kentucky Baptists (1885), I, p. 22. This two volume set can be found on Internet Archive. This particular reference was only to quote a description of the settler’s clothing. The description was part of the early history of four churches in the area that formed an association in 1785. The minutes from the association indicate that the Baptist church established at Cox’s Creek started in April 1785 and there were 26 members. (p. 20).

38. Willard R. Jillson, ed. Filson’s Kentucke, The Filson Club Publications: No. 35 (1929), p. 32. This reference can be found on Hathitrust. It contains descriptions of the natural resources that were available to the early pioneers of the area, include sulfur and salt springs, limestone, and herds of buffalo.

39. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, XXXII, p. 169. This article can be found on JSTOR. It is a reprint of an article from The Bardstown Saturday Gazette by Major Thomas Speed, published on Saturday May 26, 1855. Interwoven with Major Speed’s narrative are additional references to court depositions and land records that are relevant to inhabitants of the area. Unfortunately, the May 26th issue of the newspaper is not available on newspapers.com.

Hughes op cit, Plate No. 38, facing p. 182. This is a sketched map of the area near Cox’s Station showing how the various settlers were located for best protection.

AI Tasks

None this week.

Error Resolution

Per Ancestry’s Tree CheckerThis WeekLast Week
Total Errors50115013
Potential Duplicates513513
No Documentation40804079
Other Errors418421
  • The wife of Charles DeMoss, who is a potential 6th great-granduncle, did not have any references. I did not have a name for her, only a supposed date of marriage. The Demoss Family in America by Edith Caughron (1952) gave her a name. Without seeing the letter Mrs. Caughron mentions as her source, it is difficult to evaluate the validity of this information.
  • Edith H, a distant cousin is marked as a potential duplicate. This one is a bit unique. Edith’s middle name is Thomas. In the 1895 Kansas State Census, there is a Thomas listed who is about the same age as Edith, but Edith is not. This child is marked as a male. There is no other mention of a male child in this family by the name of Thomas. The 1900 Census also states that the mother of this family had birthed twelve children and nine were still living. Nine children were accounted for in 1895 and in 1900. I have to agree that Edith and Thomas are most likely the same person.
  • SS, a distant cousin has no source records attached. I was able to find a Kentucky birth record and a census record. I was also able to update her family members with the census data.

Goals and progress
Beginning of Week: 28,025 people
End of Week: 28,028 people
Change = +3 persons
Tasks for coming week:

  • Continue research on Isaac Cox, “The Immigrant” and his wife Susannah Tomlinson.
  • Review Coxes of Cox Creek
  • Run newspaper search, especially for articles recounting local history
  • Review the Cox package of information from Sweden
  • Look for documents in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky

Coxes of Cox Creek: DNA Status, Source Fixes, and Next Steps

20 Sunday Sep 2026

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DNA Updates

  • No DNA matches with common ancestors for the past two weeks.

Coxes of Cox Creek Footnotes

35. The Filson Club History Quarterly, XI, p. 129. – The Quarterly has been digitized and is available online at the Club’s website. It does include a pdf list of all articles published in each volume. This particular reference happens to be incorrect. The correct citation is The Filson Club History Quarterly, volume 2, p. 129. This article by John D Wickliffe of Bardstown is titled “Pioneer Stations in Nelson County”. The source of this article was a Colonel W D Huston (1818-1895), who supposedly was a descendant of the Polk family. The article mentions that Cox’s Station was the first station established in Nelson County in 1775 and the Polk Station was the second. There was a contingent of 17 people who made the first trip down the Ohio to establish a land holding.

James Hughes, A Report of the Causes determined by the late Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky and by the Court of Appeals (1803), Lexington, pp. 183-189. This reference can be found at Hathitrust. These pages are contained in the report associated with the appeal of Carter v Oldham (May 1800). This case was originally held in Chancery Court regarding a land dispute dating back to 1780. The report contains information from multiple depositions describing when Isaac Cox, Thomas Polke and others came to Nelson County and made improvements to the land. Thomas Polke’s deposition is on page 188. Several deposers mentioned that Isaac Cox and company were in Nelson County making land improvements in the spring of 1776.

36. Temple Bodley, History of Kentucky, “Fleming’s Journal” (1928), I, p. 322. This book can be found on Hathitrust. This citation refers to quoted passages from Colonel William Fleming’s Journal as he traveled across Kentucky. In January 1783, Col Fleming visited Cox’s Station and interacted with Col. Isaac Cox.

AI Tasks

None this week.

Error Resolution

Per Ancestry’s Tree CheckerThis Week2 Weeks Ago
Total Errors50135024
Potential Duplicates513511
No Documentation40794091
Other Errors421422
  • AS, a descendant of the Bunnell line, needs references. There is very little on this cousin except a mention in his father’s obituary for him and his two brothers.
  • RC, a DNA match from the Fielden line, needs references. Was able to update him and other family members with several doucments.
  • RH, husband of a distant cousin, needs records. As it turns out, the distant cousin was the stepdaughter of a distant cousin and should be deleted. I was able to update some facts for members of the family.
  • RM, a distant cousin, has a birth date after the attached mother died. After a little investigation, this cousin and her sister were attributed to the wrong wife of their father. It is unclear how exactly this error was made.
  • LB, a distant cousin, needs sources. I happened to go to high school with this cousin. Found several sources to shore up her record and found some interesting information on her siblings.
  • JG, a distant cousin who is a DNA match, needs sources. I found a marriage record for her and other records for some of her family members.

Goals and progress
Beginning of Week: 28,009 people
End of Week: 28,025 people
Change = +14 persons
Tasks for coming week:

  • Continue research on Isaac Cox, “The Immigrant” and his wife Susannah Tomlinson.
  • Review Coxes of Cox Creek
  • Run newspaper search, especially for articles recounting local history
  • Review the Cox package of information from Sweden
  • Look for documents in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky

Uncovering the Cox Family History

06 Sunday Sep 2026

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  • KB, a potential 6th cousin through Joseph Coppock and Jane Wilson. He’s one of my Revolutionary War Patriots. I only have the one child attached for them. I’ll need time to research and prove the line to KB.
  • LA, a potential 5th or 6th cousin through Nicholaus Sievers and Gesina Brake. I have part of her line proven, but not much time this weekend to dive in and complete. The surnames are very familiar names I grew up with. I’ll need to tag for later.

Coxes of Cox Creek Footnotes

32. Calendar of Virginia State Papers, III, p. 633; IV, p. 8. I found both volumes on Hathitrust. In Volume III, Gabriel Cox and others, as military officers of Yohogania County, Virginia, fronted money for the War effort. When they asked for reimbursement in 1781, they were residing in the area that had been relinquished to Pennsylvania and apparently Pennsylvania was denying reimbursement because they acted on behalf of Virginia.

In Volume IV, there is reference to a judgement levied against Gabriel and the others for costs and damages associated with the war effort. The judgement was handed down in Washington County, PA.

33. Deposition of David Cox in Deposition Book, Nelson County, Kentucky, Courthouse, B, p. 677. There is a deposition book for Nelson County, Kentucky, but it does not have a page 677. The name David Cox does not populate when searched. It may be that book B has not been digitized.

34. Draper MSS., typed copy of 9ZZ96-102, in the Filson Club. I will add this to my list of Draper copies to request.

35. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, XXI, p. 302; XXXII, p. 174. The Register can be found on JSTOR.

Volume XXI – Land certificate records issued for Nelson County, Kentucky for the following individuals: David Cox, Isaac Cox, Jacob Decker, James McDonald, and Benjamin Cox.

Volume XXXII – This article provides quotations from various entries in the Nelson County Deposition books, including the one cited in footnote 33 above. Unfortunately, it is not clear who the “he” David is referring to in his deposition. The relevance of the citation, however, is that David Cox was present at Cox’s Station in April 1780.

AI Tasks

None this week.

Error Resolution

Per Ancestry’s Tree CheckerThis WeekLast Week
Total Errors50245032
Potential Duplicates511515
No Documentation40914095
Other Errors422422
  • YD, a distant cousin who has a residency reference attached that is before her birth. She was born about 1939. When I added the 1940 census information, it also added a residency for 1935 which I should not have accepted. It has been removed.
  • SB, the father in law of a distant cousin. Since I am not keeping inlaws of distant family, I will be removing him and his wife.
  • William Polk, is identified as the grandfather of the wife of a distant cousin. He was married to Elizabeth Spratt. Since the Polks are a bloodline of mine and they intermarried with several other lines of mine over the years, I am going to keep him. After reviewing information in my Polk books, I believe William to be the son of William and Margaret Taylor Polk. Elizabeth Spratt’s sister Susan married William and Margaret’s son Thomas. It was rather common during the 1700s for siblings to marry siblings, especially in frontier areas found in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. In a biographical sketch for Headley Polk found in Polk Family and Kinsmen, William is attributed to the elder William and Margaret. Another family genealogy entitled The McLendons of Anson County makes mention of a William Polk who married Pricilla Roberts. This will all need to be sorted out at a later date. Also to be considered is the family genealogy entitled The Shelby Family by Gwen Platt.

Goals and progress
Beginning of Week: 28,004 people
End of Week: 28,009 people
Change = +5 persons
Tasks for coming week:

  • Continue research on Isaac Cox, “The Immigrant” and his wife Susannah Tomlinson.
  • Review Coxes of Cox Creek
  • Run newspaper search, especially for articles recounting local history
  • Review the Cox package of information from Sweden
  • Look for documents in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky