Riley Cox was my third great grandfather. He was the son of Reuben Cox and Susannah Padgett. Riley was not a Civil War soldier. Rather, he was filing a pension application due to the death of his son George W. Cox who died in the Civil War. |
------------------------------------------------------------ Documents via Jerry Bryan Transcribed by Tara Painter, 5 May 2002 Documents: 1. Riley Cox, father of George W. Cox 2. Genneral Affidavit, Nancy Cox and Francis Fry _____________________________________________________________________ [1.] Art. 245 469 Riley Cox father of George W. Cox 13 _____________________________________________________________________ [2.] Genneral Affidavit State of Tennessee County of Greene In the matter of Pension No 353 809 of Riley Cox as father of George W. Cox com. D 1st Tenn Cav Vols Personaly appear- ed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for affore said County and State Nancy Cox and Fancis Fry who after being by me sworn says our ages are respectively as follows 57 and 41 years we have res- ectively been acquainted with Riley Cox for 40 and 29 years I Nancy Cox lived ab- out 1/2 mile from Riley Cox my husba- nd Horton Cox was Brother to Riley Cox the reason we wimen make these state- ments in 1863 there was only a few old men in this neighborhood to have known of the occurrances of that day and they are Dead - and as neighbors of Riley Cox say in as best we remember in 1865 Riley Cox com- plained of his Eyes being painful and dim of sight and in the year of 1866 he said he cou- ld not see any having to be led by the hand of some one In 1867 I Francis Fry remem- ber asking him how his Eyes was and he said i am stone blind. we know he is and has been Blind Ever since 1866. our information is Riley Cox gave the Land he had in 1863 after he [Note in left hand margin: Disability]