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Coxes of Cox Creek: Revolutionary War Footnotes and Findings

04 Sunday Oct 2026

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DNA Updates

  • BO, a distant cousin through Valentine Mattox. I haven’t done anything with this line yet, so I will tag and keep for later.

Coxes of Cox Creek Footnotes

40. Calendar of Virginia State Papers, II, p. 47. Found on Hathitrust, this letter from Colonel Jon Floyd dated April 16, 1781 to Thomas Jefferson, Governor of Virginia. Governor Jefferson requested a contingency of soldiers to fortify the Continental Line on behalf of the Commonwealth of Col. Floyd explained the treacherous conditions currently plaguing the inhabitants of Kentucky, making his request difficult to fulfill.

41. Ibid., II, p. 313. Also found on Hathitrust, this letter is from Lt Col. John Montgomery dated August 10 1781 to Governor Nelson of Virginia. This missive relayed the dire food situation at the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville). It also included a debriefing of a soldier who had been taken captive by the British and held at Detroit prior to his escape.

42. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, XXXII, p. 169. Again, this reference can be found on JSTOR. The article relates the events of the burning of Kinchloe’s Station in 1782. The original article referenced in this piece was published in The Bardstown Saturday Gazette by Major Thomas Speed, published on Saturday May 26, 1855. It included details that were relayed by the men who lived through this event as young children. The story has been retold in numerous family histories written about the families impacted.

43. Copy of General Clark’s payroll for officers of the Jefferson County Militia in 1782, Photostat in the Filson Club. As cited, this document is not accessible on the internet. It likely could be obtained in George Rogers Clark and His Men Military Records, 1778-1784 which is available on FamilySearch. There are a number of mentions of Cox men in this book, including Abraham, David, Isaac, James, Thomas and John.

  • Abraham
    • from July 1778 to May 1779 under Captain John Williams during the captures of Cahokia, Kaskaskia, and Vincennes.
    • from May 1779 to May 1780 under Captain John Williams.
    • from May 1780 to November 1781 under Captain Richard Brashears and Colonel John Montgomery.
    • He deserted on August 20, 1780
  • Isaac
    • June 1 to 16, 1781, Colonel Cox’s regiment guarded Squire Boone’s settlement in Shelby County, protecting twenty families.
    • October 20 to November 24, 1782, Colonel Cox led a battalion With Captain Richard Chenoweth And Captain Charles Polk.
  • David
    • October 20 to November 23, 1782, served under Captain Charles Polk and Colonel Isaac Cox.
  • James
    • August 8 to December 14 1778 under Captain Joseph Bowman
    • December 1778 to May 1779 under Captain Abraham Kellar
    • May 1779 to November 1781 under Captain Abraham Kellar in capturing Fort Sackville.
    • October to November 1782 under Captain Gabriel Madison.
    • November 1782 under Captain Thomas Moore
  • Thomas
    • Deserted March 10 1780 under Captain Edward Worthington

44. Calendar of Virginia State Papers, II, p. 47. see item 40 above. The letter mentions that Isaac Cox was a commissioned officer at that time.

AI Tasks

None this week.

Error Resolution

Per Ancestry’s Tree CheckerThis WeekLast Week
Total Errors50065011
Potential Duplicates511513
No Documentation40774080
Other Errors418418
  • TK, a distant cousin needs resources. Not a fan of the Public Records Index, but I’ll use it if I have to. Fixed her sibling while I was at it too.
  • AE, the husband of a distant cousin needs resources. I was able to find a marriage and divorce record for the couple.
  • Sarah Pea, a distant cousin needs resources. This one I will need to revisit once I return home and can review the data in the Catt Book. I’m not 100% convinced the person Ancestry is leading me to is the correct Sarah Pea. Unfortunately FamilySearch is not much help either since Knox County records are blocked except at an Affiliate Library.

Goals and progress
Beginning of Week: 28,028 people
End of Week: 28,028 people
Change = +0 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