Toliver Cox (1738 - aft. 1810)

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Biography

There are many famiy trees on WorldConnect.com for Toliver, but none with documentation except for referrals to other family trees. Need original sources. Most trees examined say he was born 1735/38.

He is listed as Toliver in some family trees or in some cases, Taliferro Toliver Cox.

Toliver Cox was a witness for the will of James Wilson, Sr. of Henry County and Parish of Camden in Virginia, July 21, 1777.

Wit: Toliver Cox, Russell Cos, Joseph Goodwin.

"exhibited by Martha Wilson and Thomas and Moses Wilson who gave bond with John Blagg and Taliafero Cox, their securities." [HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA - WILL BOOK 1, ABSTRACTS; 1779-1799] ^[1]

Some of these family trees say Toliver was the son of William Cox (b. 1700, St. Thomas Parish, Orange Co., VA) and Martha Cary (b. ca 1704), also called Lady Martha Cary/Carey.

Some say Toliver Cox married Frances Davis or Davidson.

Many of the family trees list a son, John Toliver Cox (b. 1800; SC)^[2]

Other references include a son, Jerome, and a daughter, Sarah (Cox) Cook.

Toliver is listed in the 1790 census of Edgefield County, South Carolina with a number of other Cox heads-of-house.

1790 Edgefield County, South Carolina Census Index

All Saints Twp.

Cox,

John

William

William Junior

Location in county not stated

Cox,

Anabert

Edmund

Cary

Christopher

Solomon

James

Tolliver p. 513

Wm

Old Ninety Six District. Abbeville, S.C. May 7, 1809. Will of William Cox, Abbeville District. Box 106, Pack 2748. Wife: Margaret Cox. Executors: James Young, David Anderson. Witness: Albert Walker, “my said daughter’s son”. (See ABSTRACTS OF OLD NINETY SIX WILLS AND BONDS).

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1800 Edgefield County, South Carolina Census Index

Cox,

William

Henry Cox

William Sr Cox

Christopher Cox

Nancy Cox

William Cox

James Cox (almost illegible) A name written to the left of the name column looks like

Hetty (or Kitty?) Cox. Unclear why this name is there.

Jesse Cox

Where is Toliver in this census?

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1810 Edgefield County, South Carolina Census Index

Cox,

Cornelius p. 115 [There was a Cornelius Cox who died in Ninety Six District of SC in about 1790.

Related to this Cornelius?]

George p. 85

Leroy p. 102

Christopher J p. 103

Christopher p. 101

Mary p.98

Toliver p. 3

Solomon p. 98

Toliver p. 99

Are these two Tolivers father and son? Is one of them John Toliver?

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1820 Edgefield County, South Carolina Census Index

Cox,

Clement p. 129A

Toliver p. 127B

Bailey p. 126A

Mitchell p. 125B

William p. 125A

Leroy p. 111A

Bailey p. 110B

James p. 110A

Gabriel p. 97A

Christopher p. 95B

Solomon p. 89B

Has the older Toliver died by this census?

Notes

Is Tolliver Cox related to Richard Tolliver Hardin, son of Catherine (Cox) Hardin who died in Ashe County, North Carolina?

Cox yDNA Study

This looks like a good page for study--lots of documentation.

Sources

1. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/henry/wills/willbk01.txt
2. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=toltec&id=I10704

• "United States Census, 1790," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHKN-5PD : accessed 17 Nov 2014), Tolliver Cox, Not Stated, Edgefield, South Carolina; citing p. 513, NARA microfilm publication M637, roll 11, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 00332.