Rebecca Osborne b. 22 Apr 1783 Independence, Grayson County, Virginia d. 20 Jun 1870 Grayson County, Virginia: Robinson Genealogy

1783 - 1870 (87 years)

Name	Rebecca Osborne
Birth	22 Apr 1783	Independence, Grayson County, Virginia [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Female
Death	20 Jun 1870	Grayson County, Virginia [1, 2]
Burial	Little Sam Cox Cemetery, Peach Bottom, Grayson County, Virginia [2]
	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55341738/rebecca_cox
Person ID	I2116	Robinson
Last Modified	14 Feb 2025

Father	Enoch Osborne, b. 1741, Yadkin, Rowan County, North Carolina d. Sep 1818, Independence, Grayson County, Virginia (Age 77 years)
Mother	Jane Hash, b. Abt 1745, Grayson County, Virginia d. 12 Apr 1822, Independence, Grayson County, Virginia (Age 77 years)
Marriage	1764 [4]
Family ID	F695	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Samuel "Big Sam" Cox, b. 6 Mar 1773, Virginia d. 8 Nov 1865 (Age 92 years)
Marriage	16 Apr 1912	Grayson County, Virginia [2]
Family ID	F927	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	4 Feb 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 22 Apr 1783 - Independence, Grayson County, Virginia
	Death - 20 Jun 1870 - Grayson County, Virginia
	Burial - - Little Sam Cox Cemetery, Peach Bottom, Grayson County, Virginia
	Marriage - 16 Apr 1912 - Grayson County, Virginia

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Notes

Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application
Name
[Rebecca Osborne]
Birth Date 22 Apr 1783
Death Date 20 Jun 1870
SAR Membership 71623
Role Ancestor
Application Date 6 Feb 1950
Spouse: Samuel Cox
Children: Samuel Cox
[1]
Note on Find a Grave:
Married Samuel Cox Senior (Sheriff Sam Cox) 16 April 1812, Grayson Co, VA
[2]
Children of David Cox and ___McGowan, his wife
iv. Samuel (2) Cox, - lived for a few years in North Carolina; while there, was elected High Sheriff of Ashe County, Which comprised the three present counties of Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga; later, returned to Virginia and became Sheriff of Grayson County; married Rebecca, daughter of Enoch Osborne.

The Cox Family in America, page 53.
[5]
One of these sons, Samuel, known as Sheriff Sam Cox, married Rebecca Osborne, and reared a large family on the New River farm. Two of his daughters married brothers, John Blevins and Samuel Blevins. Three of his sons married sisters, Alexander married Miss Polly Osborn; Calloway married Miss Nancy Osborn; Samuel, Jr., married Miss Phoeba Osborn, and lives at the old homestead where Samuel Cox, Sr., lived. They, and their families, live in the same neighborhood, near the mouth of Little River; they are true types of their patriotic ancestors.

Pioneer settlers of Grayson County, Virginia. Page 168
[6]

[S29] Sons of the American Revolution membership application.
[S3] Find a Grave.
[S11] census record.
[S23] Marriage record.
[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.
[S50] Benjamin Floyd Nuckolls, Pioneer settlers of Grayson County, Virginia, (King Printing Co., Bristol, Tennessee, 1914), https://archive.org/details/pioneersettlerso00nuck_0.

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