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Benjamin Cox

Birth
Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA
Death
1829 (aged 71–72)
Shelby County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
Family Plot on farm 5 miles west of Shelbyville 1 mile below the turnpike
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Benjamin Cox (1757?-1829), the twin brother of Jonathan, married Sarah Piety, the daughter of Austin Piety and Sarah Polk. Benjamin Cox was one of the founders of Cox's Station. His father, Colonel Isaac favored him among his brothers by leaving him and three of his children more than twenty-five hundred acres of land in addition to the thousand acres that were claimed in his name in 1776. Benjamin and Sarah established their permanent home on Bullskin Creek in Shelby County.
Benjamin Cox (1757?-1829), the twin brother of Jonathan, married Sarah Piety, the daughter of Austin Piety and Sarah Polk. Benjamin Cox was one of the founders of Cox's Station. His father, Colonel Isaac favored him among his brothers by leaving him and three of his children more than twenty-five hundred acres of land in addition to the thousand acres that were claimed in his name in 1776. Benjamin and Sarah established their permanent home on Bullskin Creek in Shelby County.


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