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Formed from Pittsylvania County in 1777.

This is a county where William Cox lived during the late 1700's.

Smith River and Philpott Lake

The Smith River is shown on the Map of Virginia published in 1770, but not named as such. It appears as the Irvine River on this map, and was named thus after Alexander Irwin an early surveyor of the area. (The Mayo River a little further west was named after William Mayo, another early surveyor of the area.)^[1]^[2] It can be found below 37 and at about 30-3. The path of the Smith River is currently broken by Philpott Lake, which is a reservoir created with the construction of the Philpott Dam between 1948 and 1952. Review of various maps shows what appears to be significant inconsistencies in the path of the Smith River. Some investigation should be pursued to identify whether the path of the river has changed significantly over the course of the last 200 years.

See:

Smith River (Virginia) - Wikipedia
Philpott Lake - Wikipedia
Philpott Dam - Wikipedia
Philpott Lake - U.S. Army Corp of Engineers: Wilmington District

Land Records

Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Northern Neck Grants and Surveys, Patents No.31 1751-1756 (VOL.1 & VOL.2), pages 634, 635

See:

Henry County, Virginia - Zillow
GIS Maps - Henry County, Virginia

Abstract of Henry County, Virginia vol. 1

Found in the Family History Library in Salt Lake, City

US/Canada Books 975.5692 R28a

This transaction, along with a few others, connect William Cox with Smith River in Henry County, where another Cox family was located.

p. 51

Deed pgs 283, 284
28 October 1779
WILLIAM COX and JEMIMAH COX his wife of the county of Henry to CARR BAILEY of the same for the sum of fifty pounds sells land, etc as may more fully appear in the pattent granted DAVID HALEY in the year 1755 10th September. This land on the south side of Smith River and contains 40 acres.

WILLIAM COX
JEMIMAH COX

Supplemental Information

From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bh342&id=I06371
- David Haley is reported to have sold his 40 acre parcel on the south side of the Smith river to John Turner on 20 Jan 1757. Presumably this is the same John Turner who's daughter, Jemima Turner married William Cox, which would explain how William Cox, with Jemima, is found to be selling the land to Carr Bailey in 1779.
Records can be sought through the Library of Virginia
- The patent granted DAVID HALEY in the year 1755 10th September, appears to be available in the Library of Virginia, though, their website gave an error when I tried to download the record.
- Based on other land grant records associated with David Haley, it would appear that William Cox's land was located on the south side of the Smith River where Town Creek branches off.

Resources

Map of Virginia published in 1770. Henry County was formed in the area of the south-eastern half of what is here labeled the Irvin River, but which came to be called the Smith River.
R. P. Stephen Davis, Jr., Jane Eastman, Thomas O. Maher, and Richard P. Gravely, Jr., "ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE PHILPOTT SITE, HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA", Research Laboratories of Archaeology: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998
Architectural Survey of Henry County, Virginia, 2009

Map - Google Maps
Henry County, Virginia - Topozone
Henry County, Virginia - Wikipedia
Ancestry.com. A history of Henry County, Virginia : with biographical sketches of its most prominent citizens and genealogical histories of half a hundred of its oldest families. [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Hill, Judith Parks America.. A history of Henry County, Virginia : with biographical sketches of its most prominent citizens and genealogical histories of half a hundred of its oldest families. unknown: unknown, 1925.]

References

↑ "Smith River" - USGS: Geographic Names Information System
↑ Clement, Maude Carter (2004) [1929]. "Chapter II: Natural Conditions". The History of Pittsylvania County Virginia. Santa Maria, California: Janaway Publishing, Inc. p. 26. ISBN 9780974195797. "The next two rivers were named Irwin and Mayo in honor of the two surveyors, Alexander Irwin and William Mayo."

[1] "Smith River" - USGS: Geographic Names Information System

[2] Clement, Maude Carter (2004) [1929]. "Chapter II: Natural Conditions". The History of Pittsylvania County Virginia. Santa Maria, California: Janaway Publishing, Inc. p. 26. ISBN 9780974195797. "The next two rivers were named Irwin and Mayo in honor of the two surveyors, Alexander Irwin and William Mayo."

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 * [http://www.zillow.com/homes/Henry-County,-VA_rb/ Henry County, Virginia] - Zillow
 * [http://www.henrycountyva.gov/gis-maps GIS Maps] - Henry County, Virginia
+===Abstract of Henry County, Virginia vol. 1===
+:Found in the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library] in Salt Lake, City
+:US/Canada Books 975.5692 R28a
+:This transaction, along with a few others, connect William Cox with [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Smith+River,+Henry,+Virginia&sll=36.61167,-79.797306&sspn=0.026732,0.075788&ie=UTF8&ll=36.635091,-79.786491&spn=0.106894,0.303154&z=12&iwloc=A Smith River] in Henry County, where another Cox family was located.
+:p. 51
+<blockquote>
+Deed pgs 283, 284<br/>
+October 1779<br/>
+[[William Cox|WILLIAM COX]] and [[Jemima Turner|JEMIMAH COX]] his wife of the county of Henry to CARR BAILEY of the same for the sum of fifty pounds sells land, etc as may more fully appear in the pattent granted DAVID HALEY in the year 1755 10th September. This land on the south side of Smith River and contains 40 acres.
+<div style="text-align: right;">
+WILLIAM COX<br/>
+JEMIMAH COX
+</div>
+</blockquote>
+====Supplemental Information====
+*From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bh342&id=I06371
+** David Haley is reported to have sold his 40 acre parcel on the south side of the Smith river to John Turner on 20 Jan 1757. Presumably this is the same [[John Turner]] who's daughter, [[Jemima Turner]] married [[William Cox]], which would explain how William Cox, with Jemima, is found to be selling the land to Carr Bailey in 1779.
+*Records can be sought [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_base=CLAS30 through the Library of Virginia]
+**The patent granted DAVID HALEY in the year 1755 10th September, appears to be [http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/9SU73XBGUQDQ14BVCE3HFJPBNXCX5SGMF8NPNU8IRDSHNSEBET-29511?func=full-set-set&set_number=002667&set_entry=000004&format=999 available in the Library of Virginia], though, their website gave an error when I tried to download the record.
+** Based on other land grant records associated with David Haley, it would appear that William Cox's land was located on the south side of the Smith River where Town Creek branches off.
 == Resources ==