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Personal data Sarah Elizabeth Robertson 

Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4

Household of Sarah Elizabeth Robertson

(1) She is married to Timothy Terrill.

They got married in the year 1770 at North Carolina, United States, she was 16 years old.

They got married about 1775.


Child(ren):

  1. Hezekiah Terrell  1770-1858 


(2) She is married to James Cox.

They got married on October 16, 1788 at Jefferson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten, she was 35 years old.

They got married on May 15, 1782 at Grayson, Virginia, United States, she was 29 years old.


Notes about Sarah Elizabeth Robertson

James Cox, son of Capt. John Cox, was born in Fort Chiswell, Virginia, in 1763. Fort Chiswell was located in what was originally the southern part of Botetourt County, VA. This area became Montgomery County in 1777, Wythe County in 1790, and Grayson County in 1793. James Cox served his father as an "Indian spy" during the Revolutionary War. He applied for a pension in 1832 (NARA Pension File No. R2412, see below), but his application was rejected because he could not show that he had served six months in a regularly organized military corps as required by the Pension Act. The Act did not contemplate the sort of guerilla warfare that James had engaged in. In a letter dated August 22, 1833, the Pension Office explained, "The alleged service of the applicant cannot be considered a military service in the meaning of the Act of June 7, 1832."

James' widow, Sarah Cox, applied for a widow's pension in 1855. She testified that her maiden name was Sarah FIELDER, she married James Cox on January 4, 1815, and James Cox died on April 17, 1842, in Grayson County, VA. Mrs. Cox spent several fruitless years trying to convince the Pension Office to grant her application. James Cox's file in the National Archives contains over 100 pages of documents, including numerous supporting declarations and letters submitted over the years on behalf of both James Cox and Sarah Cox. A number of individuals from Grayson and Ashe counties testified that James Cox was a soldier in the Revolution, including his brother Joshua COX, Benjamin PHIPPS, Charles COLE, Jonathan THOMAS, Jesse RAY, John TOLIVER, Henry GAMBILL, and Henry HARDIN. However, the evidence the Pension Office never reversed its decision that James Cox's service was not of a "military character."

In the book Footprints in the Sands of Time (1900), the Grayson County historian Dr. A.B. Cox wrote that James Cox married "the Widow TERRELL." She was probably the widow of Timothy TERRILL of Ashe County, NC, who was killed by Indians while exploring Tennesse in 1781. (His death is described in The Annals of Tennessee (1853), p.455.) Her first name (Elizabeth) and birth date (Feb. 24, 1753) are reportedly from a Bible that at one time was in the possession of Mrs. W.H. Welch of Lansing, Michigan. According to the Terrill family, Timothy's wife remarried and lived in Grayson County, VA. Some of the family later moved to Kentucky. (Source Terrill Website by John Terrill Wayland Jr.) James Cox's Revolutionary War pension file in the National Archives contains an interesting letter from Mrs. W.H. Welch, dated July 18, 1932:

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sarah Elizabeth Robertson

Sarah Elizabeth Robertson
1753-1814

(1) 1770

Timothy Terrill
1739-1781

Hezekiah Terrell
1770-1858
(2) 1788

James Cox
1763-1842


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Sources

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  2. Nash County, North Carolina Vital Records Abstracts, Herrin, Cynthia / Ancestry.com
  3. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday May 15, 1753

Day of marriage October 16, 1788

  • The temperature on October 16, 1788 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1788: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
    • May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
    • June 7 » French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
    • June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
    • July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
    • September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.

Day of death November 1, 1814

  • The temperature on November 1, 1814 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken zwaar mist. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1814: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 18 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau.
    • May 30 » The First Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1792 extent, and restoring the House of Bourbon to power.
    • July 5 » War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa: American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.
    • July 24 » War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.
    • September 12 » Battle of North Point: an American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812.
    • October 10 » War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.


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