William Henry Eaton COX
M, b. 1830
- Relationship
- 2nd cousin 3 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
William Henry Eaton COX, son of Waid Hampton COX and Martha Moore MATHEWS, was born in 1830 in Alabama. He was a farmer.
William Henry Eaton COX was named an heir in the will of Waid Hampton COX dated 7 December 1831 in Autauga County, Alabama. At the death of their mother he ordered the estate divided equally between his four children. He was referred to as William Henry Eaton Cox.1
In June 1842 at Kingston, Autauga County, Benjamin F. Tarleton made a report as guardian of William Henry Eaton COX, Jesse James COX and Bartlett Ledbetter Cox.2
On 30 January 1843 in Autauga County, George E. Chisohm was appointed guardian of the minor heirs of Waid Cox, dec'd: William Henry Eaton COX, Jesse James COX and Bartlett Ledbetter Cox.3
William married Caroline M. RAMSEY on 12 May 1847 in Autauga County, Alabama.4 He was discribed about 1850 as a drunkard. The story was told that at Washington two barrels of liquor, just from the river landing, were rolled from a wagon to the stoop in front of a store. William's brother, Jesse Cox, picked up an axe and burst in the heads of the barrels, and paid the merchant for the liquor on the spot. He said that destroying the liquor would keep his brother sober for several weeks, as it would take a long time to get more up the river from Mobile.5
William Henry Eaton COX and Caroline M. RAMSEY appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 16 October 1850 in Washington, Autauga County, Alabama. The household was listed as Wm. H. Cox, a 26-year-old farmer, and Caroline, his 18-year-old wife. She was born in Georgia. They had one child, James W., one-year-old.6
William Henry Eaton COX was named an heir in the will of Waid Hampton COX dated 7 December 1831 in Autauga County, Alabama. At the death of their mother he ordered the estate divided equally between his four children. He was referred to as William Henry Eaton Cox.1
In June 1842 at Kingston, Autauga County, Benjamin F. Tarleton made a report as guardian of William Henry Eaton COX, Jesse James COX and Bartlett Ledbetter Cox.2
On 30 January 1843 in Autauga County, George E. Chisohm was appointed guardian of the minor heirs of Waid Cox, dec'd: William Henry Eaton COX, Jesse James COX and Bartlett Ledbetter Cox.3
William married Caroline M. RAMSEY on 12 May 1847 in Autauga County, Alabama.4 He was discribed about 1850 as a drunkard. The story was told that at Washington two barrels of liquor, just from the river landing, were rolled from a wagon to the stoop in front of a store. William's brother, Jesse Cox, picked up an axe and burst in the heads of the barrels, and paid the merchant for the liquor on the spot. He said that destroying the liquor would keep his brother sober for several weeks, as it would take a long time to get more up the river from Mobile.5
William Henry Eaton COX and Caroline M. RAMSEY appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 16 October 1850 in Washington, Autauga County, Alabama. The household was listed as Wm. H. Cox, a 26-year-old farmer, and Caroline, his 18-year-old wife. She was born in Georgia. They had one child, James W., one-year-old.6
Last Edited=20 Feb 2022
Citations
- [S1124] Autauga Probate Records: Waid H. Cox will, RB-2, pg. 218.
- [S418] Autauga Orphans Court: Book 5 (1842-1844), pg. 9.
- [S418] Autauga Orphans Court: Book 5 (1842-1844), pg. 87.
- [S45] Autauga Genealogical Society, Marriage Records of Autauga.
- [S754] Daniel S. Gray, Autauga: First 100 Yrs., pg. 81.
- [S76] 1850 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, Wm. H. Cox household 196, pg. 12-B.
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