hmtl5 Ruth Osborne b. 26 Dec 1779 Nelson County, Virginia d. 13 Nov 1851 Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia: Robinson Genealogy
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Ruth Osborne

Female 1779 - 1851  (71 years)

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  • Name Ruth Osborne 
    Birth 26 Dec 1779  Nelson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 13 Nov 1851  Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial Osborne Fort Cemetery, Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I2109  Robinson
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2025 

    Father Enoch Osborne,   b. 1741, Yadkin, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1818, Independence, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Jane Hash,   b. Abt 1745, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1822, Independence, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 1764  [5] 
    Family ID F695  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joshua McGowen Cox,   b. 20 Jan 1766, Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1820, Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Hannah Cox,   b. 1802, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1876, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F918  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Dec 1779 - Nelson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Grayson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Nov 1851 - Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Osborne Fort Cemetery, Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application
      Name Ruth Osborne
      Birth Date 16 Dec 1770
      Birth Place Nelson, Virginia
      Death Date 13 Nov 1851
      Death Place Grayson, Virginia
      SAR Membership 96255
      Role Ancestor
      Application Date 30 Oct 1967
      Spouse: Joshua Cox
      Children: Hardin Cox
      [1]
    • Children of David Cox and ___McGowan, his wife
      i. Joshua Cox (David), - born January 20, 1866; married about 1788, Ruth, born December 26, 1880, daughter of Enoch Osborne who lived on New River, near the mouth of Saddle Creek, where John Osborne now lives; lived on Bridle Creek.

      The Cox Family in America, page 53.
      [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S29] Sons of the American Revolution membership application.

    2. [S11] census record.

    3. [S3] Find a Grave.

    4. [S45] Henry Miller Cox, The Cox Family in America, (Printed for the author by the Unionist-Gazette Assoc., Somerville, N.J., 1912), https://archive.org/details/coxfamilyinameri00coxh/page/n87/mode/2up.

    5. [S23] Marriage record.


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