This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cox Thomason Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BgB.2ACE/2647 Message Board Post: Possible Henry County, TN connection: I recently retrieved my great grandfather's DC from the State of Texas. He was James Newton Cox, b. TN on 28 Nov 1851; d. Floresville, Wilson, TX on 01 May 1929. Married (abt 1876, in Fannin, TX) to Louisa Mildred Thomason, b. 1848 in AR; four children, all sons (my grand-dad was their 3rd child). On James Newton's DC, it is indicated that his (James N.'s) father was "George Cox, b. TN." The Informant on the DC was Berry A. Cox, James & Lou M. Cox's eldest son. Assuming that he (George) was between 20 and 40 when James was born, with a few years either way, I am seeking a George Cox family somewhere in Tennessee, with the head of household born (approximately) between 1810 and 1830, in Tennessee. It's a big state, and I presently have no idea exactly where this family would be during this time period (a search of the appropriate Censuses has not yet turned up such a family), but many of the Thomasons at this time were from West Tennessee -- Henry and Carroll counties, mostly -- so I tend to "favor" that grand division of the state as the most likely place for the George Cox family around the time that James Newton was born (1851). Appreciate any leads, and best regards, Steve Cox Knoxville, TN