When James Cox was born about 1777, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Cox II, was 52 and his mother, Juliatha Carr, was 45. He married Diana Black on 22 May 1801, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Greenville, South Carolina, United States for about 20 years and Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1850. He died on 22 May 1853, in Simpsonville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Standing Springs Cemetery, Simpsonville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
North Carolina is the 12th state.
"In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."
English: variant of Cocke and Cook , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish (Ulster): mistranslation of Mac Con Coille (‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’), as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.
Dutch and Flemish: genitivized patronymic from the personal name Cock, a vernacular short form of Cornelius .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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