I previusly reported the 1850 census entry which included Claudius Cox. He was enumerated with his mother Experience Wells and his stepfather James Pierce. His name was listed as Claudius Mitchell, his mother having married first Thomas Mitchell and having married second Aaron Cox. Having further reviewed the data, I think the evidence is extremely strong that Claudius was the son of Aaron Cox rather than being the son of Thomas Mitchell. I have now found the 1860 Greene County, Tennessee census entry for the family. Claudius' name was still listed as Claudius Mitchell, except that it was now Claudius C. Mitchell. His marriage record gives his middle initial as "M", so I wonder if the 1860 census entry was for "Claudius Cox Mitchell". Notice that my Nancy Ann Pierce was the stepbrother of Aaron Cox, and that Aaron Cox was the first cousin of Nancy Ann Pierce's husband John Tivis Cox. Greene County, Tennessee, Dist. 7, 17-19 Jul 1860, p.252, HN 1431, FN 1431, Couches Gap PO Pearce James 56 m w farmer 4800 500 TN Experience 39 f w TN Marind 24 f w TN Nancy An 18 f w TN James W. 16 m w TN Thomas W. 13 m w TN Newton 7 m w TN Mathew 4 m w TN Sarah M. 3 f w TN Matilda 2/12 f w TN Mitchell Lorinda 16 f w TN Claudius C. 13 m w TN I have now found the 1880 census Greene County, Tennessee census entry for Claudius. Notice that he is now using Cox as his surname. I haven't yet found the 1870 census entry for Claudius. I wonder if he was Claudius Mitchell or Claudius Cox in 1870. 1880, Dist. 7, Greene County, Tennessee, p. 115c Cox Claudius 34 m m w head farmer TN TN TN Martha 33 f m w IN TN IN Mary E. 9 f s w TN TN IN Sabina J. 7 f s w TN TN IN Louisa M. 5 f s w TN TN IN John S. 1 m s w TN TN IN The marriage record is C.M. Cox to Martha Margaret Carter, 18 Jul 1867, Greene County, Tennessee. Martha Margaret Carter was the daughter of Jacob Carter and Pollie Guffie. Except for not yet finding the 1870 census record for Claudius, I think I have found all the "easy" data on Claudius and his father Aaron Cox. Given that there was a list of Mitchell children anyway, I can accept that the listing of Claudius as a Mitchell in the 1850 and 1860 censuses might have been an enumerator's mistake. But given that Claudius' mother Experience was married in 1850 under the name Mitchell rather than under the name Cox, I think there must have been something funny about the 1845 marriage of Experience Wells and Aaron Cox. It might be "hard" data to find, but there might be a Greene County court record, possibly a divorce or annulment, which could shed some light on this question. Jerry Bryan _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com