Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTES:Gen. James Cox is given two different sets of birth and death dates in the family history below;


!REFERENCE:“This Old Monmouth of Ours” by William Hornor, 1932, pp. 93-96. The full book is on FamilySearch.org;

JOHN COX (23), son of James (5), was born in 1700, and died, 5-14-1778. His wife's given-name was Mary. She died 2-15-1798. The following children have been assigned to them (but there is some confusion here): Joshua (64), born 4-24-1747, died 11-26-1759; General James (87), born 10-17-1748, died 4-19-1805, grandfather of Samuel S, (sunset) Cox; and William (66), born 5-12-1749, died 2-15-1828, who married Elizabeth ____ born 7-8-1756, died 7-5-1811. The closeness of the birth-dates assigned to James and William here will be noticed. Another record gives General James Cox as being the son of Joseph (43), son of John (17), in which place he will be again considered.


!REFERENCE:“This Old Monmouth of Ours” by William Hornor, 1932, pp. 93-96. The full book is on FamilySearch.org;

JOSEPH COX (43), son of John (17), was born in 1713, and died 4-17-1801. His wife is supposed to have been named Mary, born in 1714, and died 11-24-1800, He is said by one authority, who mentions the names of no other children, to have been the father of General James Cox (87), who is made, by another record, to have been the son of John Cox (23). The writer has no present means of determining the merits of these conflicting claims, although the dates, as given, would seem to favor Joseph (43) as his father.


!REFERENCE:“This Old Monmouth of Ours” by William Hornor, 1932, pp. 93-96. The full book is on FamilySearch.org;

GENERAL JAMES COX, son of Joseph (43), or John (23), was born 10-16-1743, and died 9-12-1810. Ho married Ann whose last name has not been ascertained. He served in the Revolution. At a later period he removed to Kentucky, from which State he was a Representative in Congress. His children are said to have been: James (94), born 1-26-1782; William (95), born in 1776 and died 7-28-1803; Lewis (96), born in 1769 and died 6-24-1774: Aaron (97), born 5-4-1771 and died 4-4-18-4 (sic). There were three other children, but their names do not appear.

One of the above sons was the father of Samuel S. (Sunset) Cox, so long famous in Congress, and throughout the country. There is a statue of him in Astor Place, New York City. He was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Monmouth Battle-Monument at. Freehold, where he was seen by this writer (then a small boy), whose mother was, a few years later, a fellow-passenger with Representative Cox on a European trip. The impression he made was very- favorable. He was the author of several books.

!REFERENCE:“This Old Monmouth of Ours” by William Hornor, 1932, pp. 93-96. The full book is on FamilySearch.org;

GENERAL JAMES COX, son of Joseph (43), or John (23), was born 10-16-1743, and died 9-12-1810. Ho married Ann whose last name has not been ascertained. He served in the Revolution. At a later period he removed to Kentucky, from which State he was a Representative in Congress. His children are said to have been: James (94), born 1-26-1782; William (95), born in 1776 and died 7-28-1803; Lewis (96), born in 1769 and died 6-24-1774: Aaron (97), born 5-4-1771 and died 4-4-18-4 (sic). There were three other children, but their names do not appear.

One of the above sons was the father of Samuel S. (Sunset) Cox, so long famous in Congress, and throughout the country. There is a statue of him in Astor Place, New York City. He was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Monmouth Battle-Monument at. Freehold, where he was seen by this writer (then a small boy), whose mother was, a few years later, a fellow-passenger with Representative Cox on a European trip. The impression he made was very- favorable. He was the author of several books.

!REFERENCE:“This Old Monmouth of Ours” by William Hornor, 1932, pp. 93-96. The full book is on FamilySearch.org;

GENERAL JAMES COX, son of Joseph (43), or John (23), was born 10-16-1743, and died 9-12-1810. Ho married Ann whose last name has not been ascertained. He served in the Revolution. At a later period he removed to Kentucky, from which State he was a Representative in Congress. His children are said to have been: James (94), born 1-26-1782; William (95), born in 1776 and died 7-28-1803; Lewis (96), born in 1769 and died 6-24-1774: Aaron (97), born 5-4-1771 and died 4-4-18-4 (sic). There were three other children, but their names do not appear.

One of the above sons was the father of Samuel S. (Sunset) Cox, so long famous in Congress, and throughout the country. There is a statue of him in Astor Place, New York City. He was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Monmouth Battle-Monument at. Freehold, where he was seen by this writer (then a small boy), whose mother was, a few years later, a fellow-passenger with Representative Cox on a European trip. The impression he made was very- favorable. He was the author of several books.

!REFERENCE:“This Old Monmouth of Ours” by William Hornor, 1932, pp. 93-96. The full book is on FamilySearch.org;

GENERAL JAMES COX, son of Joseph (43), or John (23), was born 10-16-1743, and died 9-12-1810. Ho married Ann whose last name has not been ascertained. He served in the Revolution. At a later period he removed to Kentucky, from which State he was a Representative in Congress. His children are said to have been: James (94), born 1-26-1782; William (95), born in 1776 and died 7-28-1803; Lewis (96), born in 1769 and died 6-24-1774: Aaron (97), born 5-4-1771 and died 4-4-18-4 (sic). There were three other children, but their names do not appear.

One of the above sons was the father of Samuel S. (Sunset) Cox, so long famous in Congress, and throughout the country. There is a statue of him in Astor Place, New York City. He was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Monmouth Battle-Monument at. Freehold, where he was seen by this writer (then a small boy), whose mother was, a few years later, a fellow-passenger with Representative Cox on a European trip. The impression he made was very- favorable. He was the author of several books.

!REFERENCE:“This Old Monmouth of Ours” by William Hornor, 1932, pp. 93-96. The full book is on FamilySearch.org;

GENERAL JAMES COX, son of Joseph (43), or John (23), was born 10-16-1743, and died 9-12-1810. Ho married Ann whose last name has not been ascertained. He served in the Revolution. At a later period he removed to Kentucky, from which State he was a Representative in Congress. His children are said to have been: James (94), born 1-26-1782; William (95), born in 1776 and died 7-28-1803; Lewis (96), born in 1769 and died 6-24-1774: Aaron (97), born 5-4-1771 and died 4-4-18-4 (sic). There were three other children, but their names do not appear.

One of the above sons was the father of Samuel S. (Sunset) Cox, so long famous in Congress, and throughout the country. There is a statue of him in Astor Place, New York City. He was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Monmouth Battle-Monument at. Freehold, where he was seen by this writer (then a small boy), whose mother was, a few years later, a fellow-passenger with Representative Cox on a European trip. The impression he made was very- favorable. He was the author of several books.

!REFERENCE:“This Old Monmouth of Ours” by William Hornor, 1932, pp. 93-96. The full book is on FamilySearch.org;

GENERAL JAMES COX, son of Joseph (43), or John (23), was born 10-16-1743, and died 9-12-1810. Ho married Ann whose last name has not been ascertained. He served in the Revolution. At a later period he removed to Kentucky, from which State he was a Representative in Congress. His children are said to have been: James (94), born 1-26-1782; William (95), born in 1776 and died 7-28-1803; Lewis (96), born in 1769 and died 6-24-1774: Aaron (97), born 5-4-1771 and died 4-4-18-4 (sic). There were three other children, but their names do not appear.

One of the above sons was the father of Samuel S. (Sunset) Cox, so long famous in Congress, and throughout the country. There is a statue of him in Astor Place, New York City. He was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Monmouth Battle-Monument at. Freehold, where he was seen by this writer (then a small boy), whose mother was, a few years later, a fellow-passenger with Representative Cox on a European trip. The impression he made was very- favorable. He was the author of several books.