John Cox, Sr. was born 1-14-1758 in Halifax County, Virginia. On 8-30-1777, he signed the oath of allegiance pledging loyalty to the United States of America. This makes all of his descendants eligible to become members of the Daughters of the Revolution-Dar-A Patriotic Organization. John married SarahSally Nunnelley 12-26-1777 and they moved to Warren County, Kentucky. They had 12 children; Coleman, Sarah-Sally, Phineas, Nancy, Jane, Elizabeth, Winnifred, Jackson C., John, Burwell, Phillip, and Sinai. John, Sr. died 6-30-1832 and Sarah died in 1846. They were buried in Warren County, Kentucky. Coleman, John's oldest son, was born in Virginia 1779. He married Martha (Patsy) Buchanan 5-10-1808 in Logan County, Kentucky. They moved to Crawford County, Arkansas in 1820. They had seven children; Edmiston, Lavina, Samuel, Mariah, Burrell, Anderson, and John. Martha died in 1824 in Crawford County. Coleman then married Mary Ellen (Bird) Youngbird in 1827 and moved to Washington County in 1828. They settled on Fly Creek, which is south of Cane Hill, where he owned most of the land from above the Fly Creek School to Clyde. He and Ellen had two children; Andrew Youngblood and Sarah. Coleman built a log cabin on the hill adjacent to the land that he donated for the Cox Cemetery. Ellen died in 1830. Coleman married --COulter in 1836. No record of children has been located. Samuel, third child of Coleman, was born 3-28-1812 near Bowling Green, Kentucky. His first wife, Mary Sexton, was born about 1812. They were married in 1834. Mary was the daughter of Jacob Sexton, a Methodist preacher. The Sextons were a prominent family in the Cane Hill area. Mary and Samuel had six children; Milton Henry, Martha Ann, Robert Jackson, Miriah Elizabeth, Eliza Jane, and Mary Frances. After Mary's death, Samuel married Martha Crozier Carmack (a widow with two sons) on 9-18-1856. They had two children; Samuel Anderson and Hester C. Cox ( Aunt Hess). Prior to being ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1868, Samuel was a Methodist preacher for 24 years. After Martha's death, Samuel married Margaret Simms. Samuel died 7-16-1899 and was buried in the Cox Cemetery next to his first wife. Milton Henry, first son of Samuel, was born 1-24-1836 on Fly Creek. He married Sara Joan Stout 1-19-1859. The marriage was performed by his grandfather, Rev. Jacob Sexton. Milton and Sara had seven children; Wm. Sam Bill, Robert Cole, George Henry, Alvin F., Charles A., John Burrell, and Tom. Milton was best known by his nickname, Paddy. He was a prosperous farmer and owned a lot of land in the Fly Creek area. He wrote the original deed for the land owned by A. E. and Bertha Mae Cox Green up until their deaths. Milton died in 1896 and Sara died 8-6-1902. Both are buried in the Cox Cemetery. George Henry, third son of Milton, was born 12-11-1868 near Cane Hill. Frances Lucille Pennell, born 4-17-1870, married George Henry Cox 1-31-1892. They had four children; Bertha Mae, Raymond Henry, Nathan Anderson, and William Herman. Frances died 10-5-1904 and was buried in the Cox Cemetery. Her infant son, Willliam Herman, died 11-1904. Bertha Mae, the oldest child, helped her father raise her two younger brothers. George Henry had a peach orchard and an apple drier which supported his young children after their mother's death. George never remarried. He died 6-14-1948 and was buried next to his wife, Fannie. George and his father, Milton, built the original two rooms of the house where George's children were born and raised. The doors were hand hewn from logs cut from the farm. To this date, the inside doors and latches are part of the house that stands on the property sold by the A. E. Green family. Bertha Mae was born 1-10-1894 on Fly Creek. She married Algie Elgin Green, from the Blackburn Community, 1-3-1920. The ceremony was performed by Wm. Erskin Cox. A. E. Green had one child, Zelma Lillian, by his first wife, Sally Jane Latta. Bertha and A. E. had six children; Cyrus Harding, Mary Frances (Brock), Willard Henry, Wilma Agnes (Myers), Myrtle Louise (Ray), and Zetta Mae (Harrison). A. E. and Bertha were farmers. As the children were growing up, they tell of one year that they had a bumper cotton crop and were able to buy a Model T and enjoyed the best Christmas ever. A. E. went to wheat harvest in Kansas every year to help support the family. In the fall, they peddled apples and vegetables. The commerce area at that time was Van Buren, which was two day's journey from Fly Creek. As we grandchildren visited the farm, some of our favorite memories were searching for arrowheads on the hills. The Indians left behind many artifacts including stones for grinding their corn and carved steps winding up the hillsides. A. E. Green died 5-27-1981. Bertha died 9-27-1983 and was buried next to him in the Cox Cemetery. Many descendants still reside in the Washington County area and a complete genealogy is available. This history was compiled by Sheron (Brock) Carter, a granddaughter of A. E. and Bertha Mae (Cox) Green, going back to the sixth grandparents. The above can not begin to summarize all of the told hardships and good times of the years past. The Cox-Green story is too lengthy to go into great detail, as there are too many Cox-Green relatives and too many stories. I, Robert Leonard Ray, a son-in-law of A. E. and Bertha provided most of the information for preparation of the CoxGreen story. My grandmother, Sarah, (Sally) was the daughter of Andrew Youngblood Cox. She told many stories of the hardships of the Civil War. My grandmother was born 3-20-1858, near Evansville, The Lord's Vineyard. In 1875, she married Thomas J. Dunagan and they lived their entire lives on a farm adjacent to the A. Y. Cox original homestead located between Evansville and Cane Hill. By: Robert L. Ray