This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cox Bowden Thomason Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.henry/4379/mb.ashx Message Board Post: To anyone on the Henry County, TN board: I wonder if you could help me with information, and possible "look-ups," if residing in Henry Co., regarding my ancestor George Cox, b. ca. 1832, who married Luann F. Bowden in Henry Co. on 21 Oct 1847 (acc. to info posted on Ancestry.com, by an unknown author; IF you are that author, and happen to read this post, PLEASE email me at: sjcmsc@knology.net at your earliest convenience -- Thank you!). I believe that this George Cox is the ancestor of my great grandfather, James Newton Cox, whom I know was b. TN (but have never found out exactly where), 28 Nov 1851. James N. later married Louisa Mildred Thomason, b. AR, and they moved to TX (where my grandfather and father, and I, were born). I note from the info posted by the "Unknown" contributor that George married Luann F. Bowden in Henry Co., TN, on 21 Oct 1847 (so George would have been abt 15 or 16 when he married) -- if anyone has access to the Henry County records collection, I would appreciate a look-up of this marriage license, and I am glad to pay any expenses for copying and mailing (email me as above and I will provide snail mailing information) -- Thanks! George, acc. to the anonymous poster, appears to be the youngest child of a "Phebe," b. 1787 in SC; d. 21 Feb 1864 in Cottage Grove, Henry, TN (her husband's name unknown, but obviously he was surnamed "Cox"). Would anyone on the Henry Co. board have any additional data on "Phebe," or her collaterals/descendants? I appreciate anything at all, as this whole branch beyond J.N. Cox is and has been since 2003, when I started genealogy seriously, a mystery to me. James Newton Cox's D.C. (d. 01 May 1929, Wilson Co., TX) shows his father as: "George Cox," b. "Tenn." (informant on the D.C. was my great uncle, Berry A. Cox, James' eldest child), so I have good reason to believe that this George Cox, of Henry County, may well be my gr gr grandfather. Any other information on the Bowden families of Henry Co., also appreciated! Thanks to all, and best wishes for a Happy New Year! Steve Cox Knoxville, TN