To All, My elusive "john Cox" while seemingly a Quaker, was one of those "early to the gate", adventure types that seemed always to be the first in an area where there were only Quakers and then to move on when it became rather established. It seems that he was involved in Land transactions. There are Quaker settlements in all of the various locations that John Cox and his assorted relatives have settled, however; I can't seem to locate where those records might be kept. I have searched through the two Volume set of Ohio Records, and the 6 vols of Heiss records for Indiana . all to no avail. Various Brothers & Sisters: Samuel, Alexander, William, Church Jr., Stewart, Mary, Nancy, Tacey (Tacy) COX Associated Surnames: Fry, Below is listed the MM or Preparatory Meetings with whom this family seems to be associated : (Going Backward from their final destination in South Western Michigan) These last seem to be ANTI-Slavery 0. 1858 Vandalia-Penn Cass Co. Michigan (This location is a quarter of an hour West . by horse) 1. 1840-laid down Young's Prairie, Penn Cass Co. Michigan ( Progenitor, Elizabeth Conway Cox, buried in Young's Prairie Cemetery) 2. 1830-40 Birch Lake, Penn Cass Co. Michigan ( not Anti-Slavery ) ( This location is a quarter of an hour East . by horse ) 3. 1829-34 La Porte, Deer Creek, Clear Lake, Clinton, Indiana various county locations ( Anti-Slavery) Quaker Cemetery in North La Porte (town) That is said to have 400 graves all unmarked with the exception of field stones. There was a Meeting House at this La Porte location. 4. 1818-30 Guernsey Co., Ohio (Londonderry -Smyrna?) Church Cox his cousin settled here and John was here 1920-1930 ( +-) 5. 1818-30 Jefferson Co. Harrison and Belmont, Ohio ( They may have stopped in any one of these counties first before settling in Guernsey Co.) 6. 1820-1778 Cumberland-Perry-Mifflin-Juniata Co. First recorded Tax assessment in "78" 1. This was the progression of the counties that this area was listed under. This family was in the same Juniata area from before the Revolution but I have not been able to find the actual names of the early Quaker meetings. 7. 1778 - 1750 York, Dauphine or Chester Some of the families could have been in these areas. 8. 1778 - ca. 1720 Philadelphia, Pa. John could have been born here prior to family moving to Juniata, up the Susquehanna. 9. 1750 - 1650 Londonderry, Co. Antrim, Ireland 10. Earliest Scotland . or England Any help with these issues would be greatly appreciated, I realize that there are several answers to what seems to be the overriding questions: 1. Do lists of the meetings exist? 2. Is there a map with the locations in existence? 3. Where are the early records kept? a. Earlham . How to Contact? b. Swarthmore.. How to Contact? c. Others? I have heard rumors . i. ____________ ii. ____________ iii. ____________ iv. ____________ Any help would be greatly appreciated .. I have about exhausted the LDS and Ancestry resources! Thank you for your time and "Good Hunting" Suza SUZA J. CREE, ASID, LEED AP BD+C Vice-President - Design Director The Vision Group Studios One Page Avenue Suite 323 Asheville, NC 28801 * 828 252 8868 x1 * M 828 242 5857 <http://www.visgrp.com/> www.visgrp.com <http://www.workplacetransformations.com/> www.workplacetransformations.com

Susa, I think the key to most of your questions is http://www.quakermeetings.com/. This will tell what meetings existed when, and where surviving records can be seen. You should be able to find contact information for the Quaker colleges on their web sites. I know Earlham's is http://www.earlham.edu/. Click on Academics, then Libraries, then Quaker Collection. I suspect other colleges are not too different. -- Dan Treadway P. O. Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 treadway@netins.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/ On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:13:44 -0500 "Susa Cree" <scree@visgrp.com> wrote: > To All, > > > > My elusive "john Cox" while seemingly a Quaker, was one of those >"early to > the gate", adventure > > types that seemed always to be the first in an area where there were >only > Quakers and then to move > > on when it became rather established. It seems that he was involved >in Land > transactions. There are > > Quaker settlements in all of the various locations that John Cox and >his > assorted relatives have settled, > > however; I can't seem to locate where those records might be kept. > I have > searched through the two > > Volume set of Ohio Records, and the 6 vols of Heiss records for >Indiana . > all to no avail. > > > > Various Brothers & Sisters: Samuel, Alexander, William, Church Jr., > Stewart, Mary, Nancy, Tacey (Tacy) COX > > Associated Surnames: Fry, > > > > Below is listed the MM or Preparatory Meetings with whom this family >seems > to be associated : > > > > (Going Backward from their final destination in South > Western Michigan) > > These last seem to be ANTI-Slavery > > 0. 1858 Vandalia-Penn Cass Co. >Michigan > (This location is a quarter of an hour West . by horse) > > 1. 1840-laid down Young's Prairie, Penn Cass Co. >Michigan ( > Progenitor, Elizabeth Conway Cox, buried in Young's Prairie >Cemetery) > > 2. 1830-40 Birch Lake, Penn Cass Co. >Michigan > ( not Anti-Slavery ) ( This location is a quarter of an hour East . >by > horse ) > > 3. 1829-34 La Porte, Deer Creek, Clear >Lake, > Clinton, Indiana various county locations ( Anti-Slavery) Quaker >Cemetery > in North La Porte (town) > > That is said to have 400 graves all unmarked with the exception of >field > stones. There was a Meeting House at this La Porte location. > > 4. 1818-30 Guernsey Co., Ohio > (Londonderry > -Smyrna?) Church Cox his cousin settled here and John was here >1920-1930 > ( +-) > > 5. 1818-30 Jefferson Co. Harrison and >Belmont, > Ohio ( They may have stopped in any one of these counties first >before > settling in Guernsey Co.) > > 6. 1820-1778 > Cumberland-Perry-Mifflin-Juniata Co. >First recorded Tax assessment in "78" > > 1. This was the progression of the counties that this area was >listed > under. This family was in the same Juniata > > area from before the Revolution but I have not been able to find the >actual > names of the early Quaker meetings. > > 7. 1778 - 1750 York, Dauphine or Chester Some >of the > families could have been in these areas. > > 8. 1778 - ca. 1720 Philadelphia, Pa. John could >have been > born here prior to family moving to Juniata, up the Susquehanna. > > 9. 1750 - 1650 Londonderry, Co. Antrim, >Ireland > > 10. Earliest Scotland . or England > > > > > > Any help with these issues would be greatly appreciated, I realize >that > there are several answers to what seems to be the overriding >questions: > > 1. Do lists of the meetings exist? > > 2. Is there a map with the locations in existence? > > 3. Where are the early records kept? > > a. Earlham . How to Contact? > > b. Swarthmore.. How to Contact? > > c. Others? I have heard rumors . > > > i. ____________ > > > ii. ____________ > > > iii. ____________ > > > iv. ____________ > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated .. I have about exhausted the >LDS and > Ancestry resources! > > > > Thank you for your time and "Good Hunting" > > > > Suza