This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: cox, taylor Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YMB.2ACI/14.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I have a great grandfather by the name of Samuel Cox, but he was a freed slave who was born on December 24th, 1859 in Nashville, Tenn. He ended up in Monmouth, IL I think by way of Missouri. I have his death certificate and I think he was burried in Monmouth, IL (Warren County)