Brief Life History of Rowland Black
When Rowland Black Cox was born on 26 September 1813, in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, his father, James Cox, was 37 and his mother, Diana Priscilla Jackson Black, was 30. He married Minerva " Nervey" Mayfield on 26 July 1836, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1860 and Fairview, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 26 January 1895, in South Carolina, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Standing Springs Cemetery, Simpsonville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
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Sources (7)
- R Cox, "United States Census, 1860"
- M. Roland Cox in entry for D.P. Cox, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- Rowland Cox, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
1813–1895 Male
1816–1889 Female
Children (8)
1837–1893 Female
1839–1908 Female
1842–1911 Female
1845–1904 Male
1846– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1777–1853 Male
1784–1865 Female
Siblings (17)
1802–1870 Female
1803–1871 Male
1809– Male
1810– Female
1811–1861 Male
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 6
1822 · Slave Rebellion
Age 9
1835 · Angry Mob Seizes U-S Mail
Age 22
Name Meaning
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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