Nancy Cox

		Mr. Callums
Nancy Callums
		Lucy Cox

Spouse

John Root (family)

Lee Co., Virginia

Data

Birth

Abt. 1781

Virginia

Death

Feb 1850

Clay Co., Kentucky

Notes

Nancy Cox is important as, together with her brother, John Cox, she helps to confirm the identity of their parents. Her son, Daniel Root, Sr. was well known as having some special relationship with the Cox family. His family often lived in the vicinity of the family of Daniel Root Cox (son of John Cox) as they moved around. Daniel Root Cox is also expected to have been named after Daniel Root.

When Daniel Root's mother (our Nancy Cox here) was identified as a Cox, it was expected that she would be tied into Daniel Root Cox's family somehow.

Thus, when William Cox's will mentions a daughter Nancy Root, it gives some weight to the assumption that William's son John is, in fact, our John Cox, father of Daniel Root Cox.

Sources

Book

History of Livingston County

Family Search

Record Found searching for Nancy Cox in Virginia with husband surnamed Root.

Will

Will of William Cox, Sr.

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  1850 U.S. Census - Clay county, Clay, Kentucky, page 114 of 118