I noticed a William Cox,J.M.Cox and J. Cox who served with the Ninth Alabama Infantry,which was called the "Limestone Grays",during the Civil War.They "Limestone Grays" were recruited out of Limestone County,Alabama. The Nixons I have concentrated on in Limestone County,Alabama go back to Elliott H. Nixon and his wife Jane Stephenson. Limestone County, Alabama - Orphans Court Minutes 1824-1830 Page 280 - 25 August 1825 - This day Elizabeth STEPHENSON, Aministratrix of the Estate of Robert STEPHENSON, deceased, appeared in Court by attorney and filed a petition praying a Sale of the real estate of said deceased in order that a fair and equitable division may be had and that citations may _____ to the heirs of the deceased in said petition _____to show cause, if any they can, why the prayer of satisfaction should not be granted. It is therefore ordered that William WHEAT and Esther WHEAT, his wife, Whitley STEPHENSON, Samuel WHEAT and Scintha WHEAT, his wife, Elliott H. NIXON and Jane NIXON, his wife, Logan STEPHENSON and Mary STEPHENSON, his wife, Thomas N. MING, and Susannah MING, his wife, Greenup STEPHENSON, Freedom STEPHENSON, William SMITH and Sarah SMITH, his wife. Andrew STEPHENSON and James STEPHENSON be cited to be and appear before the Judge of this Courthouse in the town of Athens, on the 2nd Monday in October next to answer said petition and that Robert Austin, Jr. be appointed Guardian of Andrew and James STEPHENSON, Infants under twenty years to answer and defend against Said Petition, and it appearing to the Court that Scinthia WHEAT, Susannah MING, Greenup STEPHENSON and Freedom STEPHENSON are not residents of this State, it is ordered that a copy of this order be published in some newspaper printed in this State for four weeks succeeding. This Robert Stephenson often went by the name surname of "Stinson" which is the Scottish vernacular for "Stephenson." Limestone County,Alabama: Beneficiaries of John Beckham's will, among others, are > Hugh and Winny Tisdale, Situah Jane Beckham, William A > Beckham, through his guardian, Andrew Stinson, Liberty > Nixon and Wife, Margaret Nixon. Limestone County,Alabama marriage record: >Stinson, Andrew-Beckham, Catherine 08 Jul 1841 by A. B. Gilbert My interest in Robert Stephenson of Limestone Co,Alabama is that my Samuel Stephenson,who shows up on the 1820 census of Giles Co,TN, went to Limestone County,Alabama by 1822,where his son George Alexander Stephenson was born. George Alexander Stephenson married Elizabeth Sarah Perry in Giles Co,TN in 1849. George Alexander Stephenson and his wife Elizabeth Sarah Perry are buried in the small Antioch Cemetery in Biardstown,TX ,Lamar County,TX. Descendents of Robert Stephenson are also buried in the Antioch Cemetery,Biardstown. Children of Mary Sue Stephenson Hudson,daughter of George Alexander Stephenson,claimed my Stephensons were cousins to Robert Stephenson. Robert Stephenson married Elizabeth Whitley in Lincoln County,KY in 1793.Elizabeth Whitley was the daughter of the famous William Whitley,one of the first pioneers in Kentucky, and as a result had to fight Indians. William Whitley was killed at the Battle of the Thames during the War of 1812. He was passed the age of sixty at the time of his death. The home of William Whitley was made into a state park in Kentucky.