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Col. Phineas COX

Col. Phineas COX

Male 1764 - 1842  (77 years)


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  • Name Phineas COX  [1] 
    Prefix Col. 
    Birth 10 Oct 1764  Halifax, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    MilitaryService 1779  [2] 
    MilitaryService 
    Name Phineas Cox  [3] 
    Residence 1810  Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1820  Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    _FSFTID LD2L-PHW 
    _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LD2L-PHW 
    _UID 14F676232ED04AFEBB4CB89714D9884E0237 
    Death 18 May 1842  Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Abt 21 May 1842  Cox Family Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I594779953  Carney Wehofer July 2025
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2024 

    Father Samuel COX,   b. 1 Jan 1729, Newton Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1828, Warren, Albemarle, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Mother Sarah,   b. 1726   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 31 May 1764  Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F536733703  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbara "Barbary" STUMP, Stumpf,   b. 4 Jan 1762, Fredericksburg, Crawford, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1856, Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 1783  Fort Nashboro, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. William W. COX,   b. 25 Sep 1784, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1860, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     2. John Stump COX,   b. 1786, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. James Frederick COX,   b. 30 Jan 1789, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1847, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     4. Samuel COX,   b. 1790, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1880, Benton Township, Cedar, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     5. Nancy Elizabeth COX,   b. 12 Oct 1793, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1812, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
     6. Dorcas Covington COX,   b. 8 May 1795, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Nov 1863, St Clair, Franklin, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     7. Winnaford T. COX,   b. 5 Mar 1798, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1874, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     8. Rosanna COX,   b. 14 Jan 1800, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1833, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
     9. Narcissa COX,   b. 1801, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1860 (Age 58 years)
     10. Christopher Greenup COX,   b. 1803, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1833, Brazoria, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     11. Elizabeth COX,   b. 7 Oct 1806, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1850, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     12. Sarah Stump COX,   b. 28 Jul 1809, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1877, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F536733300  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2024 

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    Phineas Cox    		Phineas Cox

  • Notes 
    • Biography

      Phineas Cox was born in October 1764. Phineas is a close yDNA match to Samuel Cox (b. 1770) of Halifax County, Virginia. Phineas passed away in 1842. [1]

      His father is Samuel Cox and mother is Sarah Coleman whom his father married in May 1764.

      Phineas Cox, per his Revolutionary War Pension papers, was born in Halifax County, Virginia on October 10, 1764. Phineas states in his affidavit the birth date was recorded in his father's bible, which Phineas believed to be in the possession of his brother "out west".

      Phineas joined the American forces while long hunting on the Holstein. He was a resident of Henry County, Virginia at the time of enlistment and traveled by boat to Illinois, serving at O Post, caring for the pack horses. Phineas was about 14 years old when he joined with George Rogers Clark in March 1779, and served until 1780.

      Shortly after discharge, Phineas moved to Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, where he had been granted 640 acres for his service. Unfortunately, Phineas was too young to claim this land. However, it was here that Phineas meet Barbara Stump, daughter of prominent citizen and founder of Nashville, Frederick Stump, and per Barbara's Revolutionary War Widow's pension application, the two were married about 1783, at Fort Nashboro, "before there was much government" leaving no record of the marriage.

      By 1791, Phineas and John Cox, a believed brother to Phineas, are surveyors for E. M. Covington, and are now residing in Logan/Warren County, Kentucky. Phineas owns land on Chism Creek and can be found on tax lists and census records.

      Phineas was elected to the Kentucky State legislature in 1804 from Warren County and served under Governor Christopher Greenup, naming one of his sons after the Governor.

      It was here that Phineas and Barbara raised their family of 12 children, 5 sons and 7 daughters, and helped shape the Warren County, Kentucky area.

      Phineas died May 18, 1842, leaving no will, but an extensive estate record has been found, 230 plus pages.

      Barbary Stump Cox was granted an additional 160 acres as her Widow's Pension. Barbary died September 7, 1856, and she and Phineas are buried together on the Chism Creek Property, Warren County, Kentucky.

      Y-DNA from 14 separate individuals have linked Phineas 1764-1742, John 1758-1832, Samuel, Jr. 1760-1824, Fulker 1759-1840, and descendants of Jacob Cox 1723/1725-1809, to Phillip Cox 1677-1736 and Dorcas Hull 1685-1753. We believe Phineas' father may have been Samuel Cox 1725/1729-?. This Samuel is most likely a brother to Jacob Cox 1723/1725-1809, and both the sons of John Cox 1703-1767 and Mary (Taylor) 1705-?. John Cox 1703-1767, the son of Phillip Cox and Dorcas Hull, per a family Bible belonging to Dorcas' mother Jerusha Hitchcock.

      At the time of his death, Phineas estate was worth in excess of $10,000.00, much of which were slaves. His son (James) Frederick Cox was named administrator.
      Sources

      ? "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-XTG1 : 29 November 2018), James Barnett and Nancy Cox, ; citing Marriage, Warren, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 164,030.

      Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
      Ancestry Record 60525 #74178210 (accessed 9 February 2022)
      Pvt Phineas Cox burial (died on 18 May 1842) in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, United States of America.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 7 Nov 2024), entry for John Cox, person ID LCXH-KDQ. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Dec 2024), entry for Phineas Cox, person ID LD2L-PHW. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 10 Dec 2024), entry for Phineas Cox, person ID LD2L-PHW. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 10 Dec 2024), entry for Samuel Cox, person ID LKVX-DM5. (Reliability: 3).



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