Birth year is based on 1800 and 1810 Census data.
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The first official record of James, Jr., appeared in 1810 when he witnessed the marriage of his sister, Hepzibah.
(The following is from the book, JAMES MONEY, KENTUCKY PIONEER):
Very little is known about the second James Money. In a biography of his son, James Albert Money, published in "Kentucky, A History of the State, Illustrated, 1887," by W. H. Perrin, J. A. Battle, and G. C. Knifin, the following information is recorded:
"James A. Money ... was the second son of two children born to James and Mary Money, the mother a native of Virginia. James Money, Sr., was a son of James Money, who came from Virginia to Kentucky at an early date and first settled in Fayette County. ... Our subject's father was born and reared on a farm, and all his life devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits and working at the carpenter's trade.
"About 1815 he married Mary Fox of Clark County, Ky., and had born two sons: Milton Vivian Money and James Albert Money. About 1820 he died and his widow and two children then moved to Clark County where they remained until 1850."
The James Money, Sr., above, was actually the second James Money. It is believed this misuse of the designation, Senior, has led researchers to believe the middle name of the first three James Moneys was Albert. This is incorrect. The first two did not have middle names.
In his letter to Orra Monnette prior to publication of Part VII of the "First Settlers ... " series George Milton Money (1855-1945) related some history of his grandfather, the second James. Monnette paraphrased his data:
"His grandfather was James Money who lived for a while in Clark County, where he died in 1821 or 1822, but his birthplace was in Bath County. He had a first wife who was the widow, Rebecca Sympson, m. ... 1802. His second wife was Mary Jane Fox, b. Nov. 20, 1787, d. Dec. 3, 1879."
If James Money, Jr. was born in Bath County and married Rebecca Sympson in Green County in 1802, his father had to have lived in Bath County in the early 1780s before the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.
George M. Money may have received his information concerning the first marriage from his grandmother, Mary Jane Money. He was 24 when she died in 1879. Or he may have received it in his correspondence with William Redmon Money, a grandson of Perry Money of Green County.
Researchers do not agree on the interpretation of the handwriting in the Green County marriage record which shows a James Money or Murry was married to Rebecca Sympson on August 16, 1802, by Manoah Lasley. Was the name Money or Murry? There were families named Murry in Green County at the time. Some of them spelled the name "Murry" and others spelled it "Murray."
Margaret Money Mitchell, niece of George M. Money, stated on her application for membership in the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, that her great-grandfather, James Money, Jr., was born in 1760 in Calvert County, Maryland. The source of that information has not been located. The reference she gave shows only "Mary (Fox), born November 20, 1787, died December 3, 1879, married about 1816, James." (William & Mary Quarterly, (1) Vol. 26, p. 137).
George M. Money wrote in a letter, now in the possession of Caroline Hendricks Crabtree, that James Money, Jr., was a son of Rebecca Noe Money. If James was born in 1760, he could not have been a son of Rebecca. George M. Money gave this outline of his lineage:
Randal Noe and Honour Sanders
Rebecca Noe and James Money, Sr.
James Money, Jr., and Mary Jane Fox
Milton V. Money and Margaret Henrietta Hardesty
George M. Money
One of the tax lists indicated that James Money, Sr., was associated with Randal Noe in 1791. James Jr., could have been born about this time. George M. Money in his letter to Monnette stated James, Jr., was born in Bath County. Bath was then a part of Fayette County, Kentucky.
However, this birth date for James, Jr. does not support his belief that James, Jr., first married Rebecca Sympson, widow, in Green County in 1802.
Nellie Fox Adams and Bertha Fox Walton in their book "Fox Cousins by the Dozens" state that Randle Noe was married to Honour Sanders in 1765. Rebecca was listed in second place in Randle Noe's will. She could have been born in 1767 or 1768 and could have been married to James Money, Sr., in about 1786.
The 1800 Census of Green County stated James Money (Sr.) had two sons under 10. Perry was one year of age. James, Jr., must have been almost 10 years old. He would have been quite young to have been married in 1802.
The first undisputed document supported record of James, Jr., appeared in 1810 in Green County when he was listed as a witness to the marriage of his sister, Hepzibah, to James Nance. The designation "Jr." appeared after his name. The record shows the marriage bond was signed on December 22, 1810, by James Nance and William Money. Consent was given by James Money, (Sr.). The marriage was performed on December 28 by Stephen Skaggs.
Evidently, after his first wife (whoever she was) died, he returned to central Kentucky and courted Mary Jane Fox of Clark County. The marriage Bond for Polly Fox and James Money was signed by Landen Noe on May 27, 1816 They were married by Thomas Boone.
Mary Jane used the nickname, Polly, even in the execution of deeds. "Mary Jane" was carved on her gravestone, but that record is now lost. Her name was broken off after 1973. The stone now gives only dates of birth and death.
She was a daughter of William Fox, II, who was born in 1756, perhaps in Gloucester County, Virginia, and died in Loudoun County, Virginia, on April 15, 1794, after being gored by a bull. In 1774 or 5 he was married to Mary Brown Conrad, a widow, who was born in Loudoun County and died in Clark County, Kentucky, after 1800.
William Fox was a veteran of the Revolutionary War where he served in the Second Virginia State Regiment.
James and Mary Jane Money were the parents of two sons: Milton Vivian, born on March 28, 1817; and James Albert, born on December 30, 1819. Milton's obituary states he was born in Bath County, Kentucky. The biography of James Albert gives his birthplace as Green County, Kentucky.
James Money, Jr., bought a house and lot in Summersville, Green County, Kentucky on 9-20-1819, from Robert F. Howe for $30.00.
"This Indenture made this 20th day of September in the year of our lord One thousand Eight hundred & nineteen Between Robert F. Howe of the one part and James Money, Jr. of the other part Both of the County of Green and State of Kentucky Witnesseth that said Robert F. Howe for and in consideration of this sum of $30 to him in hand paid the Receipt whereof is hereby ask'd herewith have granted Bargained and Sold by these presents do hereby grant Bargain sell & convey unto the said James Money Jr. a certain Lot in the town of Summersville on the plan thereof by No 46 to have and to hold Said Lot of Land with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto Belonging to him the Said James Money for proper use and ... and the said Robert F. Howe doth for himself and his heirs Covenant and agree to and with the Said James Money that he will warrant and Defend the Said Lot of Land from himself and his heirs and all Claiming ... Through as under him and from the Claims of all and Every Person or Persons whatever. In witness whereof the Said Robert F. Howe hath hereunto Set his hand and Seal the day & date above.
Test.
William T. Willes
James Money (Signed) Robert F. Howe"
James, Jr., died in 1820 or 22. His widow took her two sons to Clark County to live with her family. No record of the sale of the Summersville property has been found.
The index to Clark County deeds in the Courthouse, Winchester, Kentucky has these entries:
"Money, Polly & c to Fox, Benjamin 1825
160 acres (Formerly Fox)"
"Money, Polly & c from Williams, Original R. 40 acres ($300) Formerly belonged to William Williams 1834"
"Money, Polly & c to Williams, Original R. 40 acres ($600). 1849"
The 160 acres were sold by Wlliam Fox, Lydia Fox, Landon Noe, Elizabeth Fox Noe, James Fox, Peggy Noe Fox, Catharine Fox, Peggy Fox and Polly Fox Money to Benjamin Fox. All were children of children-in-law of William Fox, II.
In 1850 Mary Jane moved with her sons to Shelby County, Kentucky. She died on December 3, 1879, and was buried on the farm of her son, James Albert Money. The farm is near Finchville on the Buck Creek-Simpsonville Road, three tenths of a mile from Clark Station Road.
The sons built a fieldstone wall two and one half feet thick and four feet high around the cemetery plot which measured 22 by 25 feet. The wall stood for about 85 years in fairly good condition. By 1973 more than half the stones were gone. In 1974 the remaining stones were removed and a three-plank white board fence was placed around about two thirds of the plot.
The obliteration or desecration of family cemeteries is against the law in Kentucky.
Margaret Money Mitchell (1878-1958), niece of George Milton Money, furnished the following Fox family information:
"Bluford Fox married Sibbie Vivian (Sabrina Vivion) and had none children, three of whom married Parrishes: Bluford T., Benj. Clay, and Sasavell.
"Benjamin Clay Fox (1849-1935) and wife Hester Parrish had 10 children. Benjamin Clay Fox and two daughters, Mrs. Kate Parrish and Mrs. C. C. Parrish and brothers, George B. and Bluford were living in Clark in July 1935.
"James Money 1760-1822 (son of James Money & wife Hepzebah '?') married Mary Jane (Polly) fox. b. 11/20/1787, d. 12/3/1879. She died age 92, the year after I was born. My mother always told me that she loved to hold me in her arms and feel my face (she was blind). (She) lived 57 years with sons after husband's death.
"James and Mary Jane Money had two sons: Milton V. Money b. 3/28/1817 in Green County, Kentucky., d. 9/8/1890 in Herington, Kansas. and James Albert Money, b. 1819, d. 1900.
"Ancestor's Revolutionary War service: Wm. Fox (served) in 2nd Virginia State Reg. Ref: "Virginians in Revolution" by Gwathmey, page 285.
(Note: The source of James Money's birthdate in 1760 is not known. No official documentation has been found. George Milton Money did not give a date, but he did say that the first James Money had a wife named Hepzebah and that they owned land in Fayette County. A deed in Fayette County shows that James and Rebecca Money owned 50 acres in Fayette.)
George Milton Money said his father, Milton V. Money, was born in Bath County, Kentucky.
Margaret Money Mitchell's eligibility for membership in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was established in 1952 by Mrs. B F. Hughes who wrote the following letter:
John Fox, Jr. Librarian May 6, 1952
Duncan Tavern
Paris, Ky.
My dear Miss Steele:
It gives me much pleasure to notify you that John Fox Jr. now has a Revolutionary ancestor recorded with National Society Daughters of the America Revolution, accepted April, 1952.
The number is 408988, being that of Mrs. Margaret Money Mitchell, 933 Cherokee Road, Louisville, 4, Kentucky.
I did her research work, while I was chapter genealogist for John Marshall DAR chapter in Louisville.
The soldier is William Fox II, b. ca. 1756 in Gloucester County, Virginia d. 4/15/1794 (being probation of Will) in Loudoun Co., Va. Wife Mrs. Mary Brown Conrad b. ?, Loudoun County, Virginia d. after 1800 in Clark County, Kentucky. married 1774-5.
Soldier William Fox, Military Record: 2nd Virginia State Reg.. REf: "Virginians in Revolution" by Gwathmey, pg. 285.
The Soldier's children
William Fox III, b. 1/23/1776, m. Lydia Noe Benjamin Fox m. Margaret Noe Elizabeth Fox m. Landon Noe Mary Jane (Polly) Fox, b. 11/20/1787 m. James Money James Fox m Margaret (Peggy) Franklin Margaret Fox Catherine Fox (records indicate these last two never married)
In my research I found this Fox ancestry intermarried with Ball family, ancestors of George Washington.
When I filled out the DAR papers for Mrs. Mitchell we consented to the National Society's full permission to extend this information to all inquirers. So, now, if any writes you for this data you are free to permit them to copy it.
This is the first DAR member to go in on this William Fox. We, and our John Marshall DAR Chapter, here in Louisville, are very proud of it.
I feel like it will help the Library in Duncan Tavern to be able to give this information to inquiring, prospective members.
Yours with best wishes
(signed) Lyda F. (Mrs. B. F. Hughes)
Lyda F. (Mrs. B. F.) Hughes, a DAR Organizing Regent, Member U.D.C., and Filson Club, Kentucky Historical Society, Historian of Bowen Family Association of Kentucky, & Secretary of Louisville Poetry Club.
Any female descendant of the second William Fox is eligible for membership in the DAR by documenting line of descent and citing the number 408988.
John Fox, Jr., was a great grandson of William Fox, III, and a great-great-nephew of Mary Jane Fox Money, sister of William.
According to an article by Elizabeth Fox Moore in the Kentucky Register, Vol 45, No. 151, pg. 159, William Fox, III (1776-1860) was a "serious minded and studious man who read his Bible daily." He was a "student of the clouds by day and of the stars by night" in his effort to read the signs for rain and fair weather. He was familiar with the constellations and the movement of the planets.
He also kept informed concerning the politics of the times. In his latter years he was known as the "Old Gentleman." His son, Boaz, and his grandson, John William Fox, Sr., were school teachers. "His daughters, Myra and Jane, were great readers and could quote freely from Addison, Congrave and Swift."
John Fox, Jr., son of John William Fox, Sr., did not use the middle name. He was born on December 16, 1862, at Stoney Point near Paris, Kentucky. His marriage to Fritzi Scheff of Vienna, Austria, lasted only a few years. She was a well known light opera singer in Europe and in New York. She was also known as the best dressed woman of the time. It has been said she preferred to live in New York and he in Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
His 13 novels depicted the lives of Mountaineers of Kentucky and Virginia. He was a Newspaper reporter, a contributor to Harper's Magazine, and a writer of short stories. "Hell-Fer-Sartain," a short story, won him national acclaim.
The novels were published between 1897 and 1920. They are:
A Cumberland Vendetta and Other Stories (1895)
Hell-fer-Sartain and Other Stories (1897)
The Kentuckians (1898)
A Mountain Europa (serialized 1892, published 1899)
Crittenden: A Kentucky Story of Love and War (1900)
Blue-grass and Rhododendron: Outdoors in Old Kentucky (1901)
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1903)
Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories (1904)
Following the Sun Flag: A Vain Pursuit Through Manchuria (1905)
A Knight of the Cumberland (1906)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1908)
The Heart of the Hills (1913)
In Happy Valley (1917)
Erskine Dale (1920)
A Purple Rhododendron and Other Stories (1967)
"The Little Shepherd of Kingdon Come" and "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" were made into motion pictures.
The John Fox, Jr., Library was established by the Kentucky Society Daughters of the America Revolution in Duncan Tavern, Paris, Kentucky. It houses his letters, manuscripts and novels. His desk and chair are also on display.
John Fox, Jr., died in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, on July 18, 1919.
[Provided by Russell Perkins]
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The first official record of James, Jr., appeared in 1810 when he witnessed the marriage of his sister, Hepzibah.
(The following is from the book, JAMES MONEY, KENTUCKY PIONEER):
Very little is known about the second James Money. In a biography of his son, James Albert Money, published in "Kentucky, A History of the State, Illustrated, 1887," by W. H. Perrin, J. A. Battle, and G. C. Knifin, the following information is recorded:
"James A. Money ... was the second son of two children born to James and Mary Money, the mother a native of Virginia. James Money, Sr., was a son of James Money, who came from Virginia to Kentucky at an early date and first settled in Fayette County. ... Our subject's father was born and reared on a farm, and all his life devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits and working at the carpenter's trade.
"About 1815 he married Mary Fox of Clark County, Ky., and had born two sons: Milton Vivian Money and James Albert Money. About 1820 he died and his widow and two children then moved to Clark County where they remained until 1850."
The James Money, Sr., above, was actually the second James Money. It is believed this misuse of the designation, Senior, has led researchers to believe the middle name of the first three James Moneys was Albert. This is incorrect. The first two did not have middle names.
In his letter to Orra Monnette prior to publication of Part VII of the "First Settlers ... " series George Milton Money (1855-1945) related some history of his grandfather, the second James. Monnette paraphrased his data:
"His grandfather was James Money who lived for a while in Clark County, where he died in 1821 or 1822, but his birthplace was in Bath County. He had a first wife who was the widow, Rebecca Sympson, m. ... 1802. His second wife was Mary Jane Fox, b. Nov. 20, 1787, d. Dec. 3, 1879."
If James Money, Jr. was born in Bath County and married Rebecca Sympson in Green County in 1802, his father had to have lived in Bath County in the early 1780s before the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.
George M. Money may have received his information concerning the first marriage from his grandmother, Mary Jane Money. He was 24 when she died in 1879. Or he may have received it in his correspondence with William Redmon Money, a grandson of Perry Money of Green County.
Researchers do not agree on the interpretation of the handwriting in the Green County marriage record which shows a James Money or Murry was married to Rebecca Sympson on August 16, 1802, by Manoah Lasley. Was the name Money or Murry? There were families named Murry in Green County at the time. Some of them spelled the name "Murry" and others spelled it "Murray."
Margaret Money Mitchell, niece of George M. Money, stated on her application for membership in the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, that her great-grandfather, James Money, Jr., was born in 1760 in Calvert County, Maryland. The source of that information has not been located. The reference she gave shows only "Mary (Fox), born November 20, 1787, died December 3, 1879, married about 1816, James." (William & Mary Quarterly, (1) Vol. 26, p. 137).
George M. Money wrote in a letter, now in the possession of Caroline Hendricks Crabtree, that James Money, Jr., was a son of Rebecca Noe Money. If James was born in 1760, he could not have been a son of Rebecca. George M. Money gave this outline of his lineage:
Randal Noe and Honour Sanders
Rebecca Noe and James Money, Sr.
James Money, Jr., and Mary Jane Fox
Milton V. Money and Margaret Henrietta Hardesty
George M. Money
One of the tax lists indicated that James Money, Sr., was associated with Randal Noe in 1791. James Jr., could have been born about this time. George M. Money in his letter to Monnette stated James, Jr., was born in Bath County. Bath was then a part of Fayette County, Kentucky.
However, this birth date for James, Jr. does not support his belief that James, Jr., first married Rebecca Sympson, widow, in Green County in 1802.
Nellie Fox Adams and Bertha Fox Walton in their book "Fox Cousins by the Dozens" state that Randle Noe was married to Honour Sanders in 1765. Rebecca was listed in second place in Randle Noe's will. She could have been born in 1767 or 1768 and could have been married to James Money, Sr., in about 1786.
The 1800 Census of Green County stated James Money (Sr.) had two sons under 10. Perry was one year of age. James, Jr., must have been almost 10 years old. He would have been quite young to have been married in 1802.
The first undisputed document supported record of James, Jr., appeared in 1810 in Green County when he was listed as a witness to the marriage of his sister, Hepzibah, to James Nance. The designation "Jr." appeared after his name. The record shows the marriage bond was signed on December 22, 1810, by James Nance and William Money. Consent was given by James Money, (Sr.). The marriage was performed on December 28 by Stephen Skaggs.
Evidently, after his first wife (whoever she was) died, he returned to central Kentucky and courted Mary Jane Fox of Clark County. The marriage Bond for Polly Fox and James Money was signed by Landen Noe on May 27, 1816 They were married by Thomas Boone.
Mary Jane used the nickname, Polly, even in the execution of deeds. "Mary Jane" was carved on her gravestone, but that record is now lost. Her name was broken off after 1973. The stone now gives only dates of birth and death.
She was a daughter of William Fox, II, who was born in 1756, perhaps in Gloucester County, Virginia, and died in Loudoun County, Virginia, on April 15, 1794, after being gored by a bull. In 1774 or 5 he was married to Mary Brown Conrad, a widow, who was born in Loudoun County and died in Clark County, Kentucky, after 1800.
William Fox was a veteran of the Revolutionary War where he served in the Second Virginia State Regiment.
James and Mary Jane Money were the parents of two sons: Milton Vivian, born on March 28, 1817; and James Albert, born on December 30, 1819. Milton's obituary states he was born in Bath County, Kentucky. The biography of James Albert gives his birthplace as Green County, Kentucky.
James Money, Jr., bought a house and lot in Summersville, Green County, Kentucky on 9-20-1819, from Robert F. Howe for $30.00.
"This Indenture made this 20th day of September in the year of our lord One thousand Eight hundred & nineteen Between Robert F. Howe of the one part and James Money, Jr. of the other part Both of the County of Green and State of Kentucky Witnesseth that said Robert F. Howe for and in consideration of this sum of $30 to him in hand paid the Receipt whereof is hereby ask'd herewith have granted Bargained and Sold by these presents do hereby grant Bargain sell & convey unto the said James Money Jr. a certain Lot in the town of Summersville on the plan thereof by No 46 to have and to hold Said Lot of Land with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto Belonging to him the Said James Money for proper use and ... and the said Robert F. Howe doth for himself and his heirs Covenant and agree to and with the Said James Money that he will warrant and Defend the Said Lot of Land from himself and his heirs and all Claiming ... Through as under him and from the Claims of all and Every Person or Persons whatever. In witness whereof the Said Robert F. Howe hath hereunto Set his hand and Seal the day & date above.
Test.
William T. Willes
James Money (Signed) Robert F. Howe"
James, Jr., died in 1820 or 22. His widow took her two sons to Clark County to live with her family. No record of the sale of the Summersville property has been found.
The index to Clark County deeds in the Courthouse, Winchester, Kentucky has these entries:
"Money, Polly & c to Fox, Benjamin 1825
160 acres (Formerly Fox)"
"Money, Polly & c from Williams, Original R. 40 acres ($300) Formerly belonged to William Williams 1834"
"Money, Polly & c to Williams, Original R. 40 acres ($600). 1849"
The 160 acres were sold by Wlliam Fox, Lydia Fox, Landon Noe, Elizabeth Fox Noe, James Fox, Peggy Noe Fox, Catharine Fox, Peggy Fox and Polly Fox Money to Benjamin Fox. All were children of children-in-law of William Fox, II.
In 1850 Mary Jane moved with her sons to Shelby County, Kentucky. She died on December 3, 1879, and was buried on the farm of her son, James Albert Money. The farm is near Finchville on the Buck Creek-Simpsonville Road, three tenths of a mile from Clark Station Road.
The sons built a fieldstone wall two and one half feet thick and four feet high around the cemetery plot which measured 22 by 25 feet. The wall stood for about 85 years in fairly good condition. By 1973 more than half the stones were gone. In 1974 the remaining stones were removed and a three-plank white board fence was placed around about two thirds of the plot.
The obliteration or desecration of family cemeteries is against the law in Kentucky.
Margaret Money Mitchell (1878-1958), niece of George Milton Money, furnished the following Fox family information:
"Bluford Fox married Sibbie Vivian (Sabrina Vivion) and had none children, three of whom married Parrishes: Bluford T., Benj. Clay, and Sasavell.
"Benjamin Clay Fox (1849-1935) and wife Hester Parrish had 10 children. Benjamin Clay Fox and two daughters, Mrs. Kate Parrish and Mrs. C. C. Parrish and brothers, George B. and Bluford were living in Clark in July 1935.
"James Money 1760-1822 (son of James Money & wife Hepzebah '?') married Mary Jane (Polly) fox. b. 11/20/1787, d. 12/3/1879. She died age 92, the year after I was born. My mother always told me that she loved to hold me in her arms and feel my face (she was blind). (She) lived 57 years with sons after husband's death.
"James and Mary Jane Money had two sons: Milton V. Money b. 3/28/1817 in Green County, Kentucky., d. 9/8/1890 in Herington, Kansas. and James Albert Money, b. 1819, d. 1900.
"Ancestor's Revolutionary War service: Wm. Fox (served) in 2nd Virginia State Reg. Ref: "Virginians in Revolution" by Gwathmey, page 285.
(Note: The source of James Money's birthdate in 1760 is not known. No official documentation has been found. George Milton Money did not give a date, but he did say that the first James Money had a wife named Hepzebah and that they owned land in Fayette County. A deed in Fayette County shows that James and Rebecca Money owned 50 acres in Fayette.)
George Milton Money said his father, Milton V. Money, was born in Bath County, Kentucky.
Margaret Money Mitchell's eligibility for membership in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was established in 1952 by Mrs. B F. Hughes who wrote the following letter:
John Fox, Jr. Librarian May 6, 1952
Duncan Tavern
Paris, Ky.
My dear Miss Steele:
It gives me much pleasure to notify you that John Fox Jr. now has a Revolutionary ancestor recorded with National Society Daughters of the America Revolution, accepted April, 1952.
The number is 408988, being that of Mrs. Margaret Money Mitchell, 933 Cherokee Road, Louisville, 4, Kentucky.
I did her research work, while I was chapter genealogist for John Marshall DAR chapter in Louisville.
The soldier is William Fox II, b. ca. 1756 in Gloucester County, Virginia d. 4/15/1794 (being probation of Will) in Loudoun Co., Va. Wife Mrs. Mary Brown Conrad b. ?, Loudoun County, Virginia d. after 1800 in Clark County, Kentucky. married 1774-5.
Soldier William Fox, Military Record: 2nd Virginia State Reg.. REf: "Virginians in Revolution" by Gwathmey, pg. 285.
The Soldier's children
William Fox III, b. 1/23/1776, m. Lydia Noe Benjamin Fox m. Margaret Noe Elizabeth Fox m. Landon Noe Mary Jane (Polly) Fox, b. 11/20/1787 m. James Money James Fox m Margaret (Peggy) Franklin Margaret Fox Catherine Fox (records indicate these last two never married)
In my research I found this Fox ancestry intermarried with Ball family, ancestors of George Washington.
When I filled out the DAR papers for Mrs. Mitchell we consented to the National Society's full permission to extend this information to all inquirers. So, now, if any writes you for this data you are free to permit them to copy it.
This is the first DAR member to go in on this William Fox. We, and our John Marshall DAR Chapter, here in Louisville, are very proud of it.
I feel like it will help the Library in Duncan Tavern to be able to give this information to inquiring, prospective members.
Yours with best wishes
(signed) Lyda F. (Mrs. B. F. Hughes)
Lyda F. (Mrs. B. F.) Hughes, a DAR Organizing Regent, Member U.D.C., and Filson Club, Kentucky Historical Society, Historian of Bowen Family Association of Kentucky, & Secretary of Louisville Poetry Club.
Any female descendant of the second William Fox is eligible for membership in the DAR by documenting line of descent and citing the number 408988.
John Fox, Jr., was a great grandson of William Fox, III, and a great-great-nephew of Mary Jane Fox Money, sister of William.
According to an article by Elizabeth Fox Moore in the Kentucky Register, Vol 45, No. 151, pg. 159, William Fox, III (1776-1860) was a "serious minded and studious man who read his Bible daily." He was a "student of the clouds by day and of the stars by night" in his effort to read the signs for rain and fair weather. He was familiar with the constellations and the movement of the planets.
He also kept informed concerning the politics of the times. In his latter years he was known as the "Old Gentleman." His son, Boaz, and his grandson, John William Fox, Sr., were school teachers. "His daughters, Myra and Jane, were great readers and could quote freely from Addison, Congrave and Swift."
John Fox, Jr., son of John William Fox, Sr., did not use the middle name. He was born on December 16, 1862, at Stoney Point near Paris, Kentucky. His marriage to Fritzi Scheff of Vienna, Austria, lasted only a few years. She was a well known light opera singer in Europe and in New York. She was also known as the best dressed woman of the time. It has been said she preferred to live in New York and he in Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
His 13 novels depicted the lives of Mountaineers of Kentucky and Virginia. He was a Newspaper reporter, a contributor to Harper's Magazine, and a writer of short stories. "Hell-Fer-Sartain," a short story, won him national acclaim.
The novels were published between 1897 and 1920. They are:
A Cumberland Vendetta and Other Stories (1895)
Hell-fer-Sartain and Other Stories (1897)
The Kentuckians (1898)
A Mountain Europa (serialized 1892, published 1899)
Crittenden: A Kentucky Story of Love and War (1900)
Blue-grass and Rhododendron: Outdoors in Old Kentucky (1901)
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1903)
Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories (1904)
Following the Sun Flag: A Vain Pursuit Through Manchuria (1905)
A Knight of the Cumberland (1906)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1908)
The Heart of the Hills (1913)
In Happy Valley (1917)
Erskine Dale (1920)
A Purple Rhododendron and Other Stories (1967)
"The Little Shepherd of Kingdon Come" and "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" were made into motion pictures.
The John Fox, Jr., Library was established by the Kentucky Society Daughters of the America Revolution in Duncan Tavern, Paris, Kentucky. It houses his letters, manuscripts and novels. His desk and chair are also on display.
John Fox, Jr., died in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, on July 18, 1919.
[Provided by Russell Perkins]
Birth year is based on 1800 and 1810 Census data.
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The first official record of James, Jr., appeared in 1810 when he witnessed the marriage of his sister, Hepzibah.
(The following is from the book, JAMES MONEY, KENTUCKY PIONEER):
Very little is known about the second James Money. In a biography of his son, James Albert Money, published in "Kentucky, A History of the State, Illustrated, 1887," by W. H. Perrin, J. A. Battle, and G. C. Knifin, the following information is recorded:
"James A. Money ... was the second son of two children born to James and Mary Money, the mother a native of Virginia. James Money, Sr., was a son of James Money, who came from Virginia to Kentucky at an early date and first settled in Fayette County. ... Our subject's father was born and reared on a farm, and all his life devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits and working at the carpenter's trade.
"About 1815 he married Mary Fox of Clark County, Ky., and had born two sons: Milton Vivian Money and James Albert Money. About 1820 he died and his widow and two children then moved to Clark County where they remained until 1850."
The James Money, Sr., above, was actually the second James Money. It is believed this misuse of the designation, Senior, has led researchers to believe the middle name of the first three James Moneys was Albert. This is incorrect. The first two did not have middle names.
In his letter to Orra Monnette prior to publication of Part VII of the "First Settlers ... " series George Milton Money (1855-1945) related some history of his grandfather, the second James. Monnette paraphrased his data:
"His grandfather was James Money who lived for a while in Clark County, where he died in 1821 or 1822, but his birthplace was in Bath County. He had a first wife who was the widow, Rebecca Sympson, m. ... 1802. His second wife was Mary Jane Fox, b. Nov. 20, 1787, d. Dec. 3, 1879."
If James Money, Jr. was born in Bath County and married Rebecca Sympson in Green County in 1802, his father had to have lived in Bath County in the early 1780s before the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.
George M. Money may have received his information concerning the first marriage from his grandmother, Mary Jane Money. He was 24 when she died in 1879. Or he may have received it in his correspondence with William Redmon Money, a grandson of Perry Money of Green County.
Researchers do not agree on the interpretation of the handwriting in the Green County marriage record which shows a James Money or Murry was married to Rebecca Sympson on August 16, 1802, by Manoah Lasley. Was the name Money or Murry? There were families named Murry in Green County at the time. Some of them spelled the name "Murry" and others spelled it "Murray."
Margaret Money Mitchell, niece of George M. Money, stated on her application for membership in the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, that her great-grandfather, James Money, Jr., was born in 1760 in Calvert County, Maryland. The source of that information has not been located. The reference she gave shows only "Mary (Fox), born November 20, 1787, died December 3, 1879, married about 1816, James." (William & Mary Quarterly, (1) Vol. 26, p. 137).
George M. Money wrote in a letter, now in the possession of Caroline Hendricks Crabtree, that James Money, Jr., was a son of Rebecca Noe Money. If James was born in 1760, he could not have been a son of Rebecca. George M. Money gave this outline of his lineage:
Randal Noe and Honour Sanders
Rebecca Noe and James Money, Sr.
James Money, Jr., and Mary Jane Fox
Milton V. Money and Margaret Henrietta Hardesty
George M. Money
One of the tax lists indicated that James Money, Sr., was associated with Randal Noe in 1791. James Jr., could have been born about this time. George M. Money in his letter to Monnette stated James, Jr., was born in Bath County. Bath was then a part of Fayette County, Kentucky.
However, this birth date for James, Jr. does not support his belief that James, Jr., first married Rebecca Sympson, widow, in Green County in 1802.
Nellie Fox Adams and Bertha Fox Walton in their book "Fox Cousins by the Dozens" state that Randle Noe was married to Honour Sanders in 1765. Rebecca was listed in second place in Randle Noe's will. She could have been born in 1767 or 1768 and could have been married to James Money, Sr., in about 1786.
The 1800 Census of Green County stated James Money (Sr.) had two sons under 10. Perry was one year of age. James, Jr., must have been almost 10 years old. He would have been quite young to have been married in 1802.
The first undisputed document supported record of James, Jr., appeared in 1810 in Green County when he was listed as a witness to the marriage of his sister, Hepzibah, to James Nance. The designation "Jr." appeared after his name. The record shows the marriage bond was signed on December 22, 1810, by James Nance and William Money. Consent was given by James Money, (Sr.). The marriage was performed on December 28 by Stephen Skaggs.
Evidently, after his first wife (whoever she was) died, he returned to central Kentucky and courted Mary Jane Fox of Clark County. The marriage Bond for Polly Fox and James Money was signed by Landen Noe on May 27, 1816 They were married by Thomas Boone.
Mary Jane used the nickname, Polly, even in the execution of deeds. "Mary Jane" was carved on her gravestone, but that record is now lost. Her name was broken off after 1973. The stone now gives only dates of birth and death.
She was a daughter of William Fox, II, who was born in 1756, perhaps in Gloucester County, Virginia, and died in Loudoun County, Virginia, on April 15, 1794, after being gored by a bull. In 1774 or 5 he was married to Mary Brown Conrad, a widow, who was born in Loudoun County and died in Clark County, Kentucky, after 1800.
William Fox was a veteran of the Revolutionary War where he served in the Second Virginia State Regiment.
James and Mary Jane Money were the parents of two sons: Milton Vivian, born on March 28, 1817; and James Albert, born on December 30, 1819. Milton's obituary states he was born in Bath County, Kentucky. The biography of James Albert gives his birthplace as Green County, Kentucky.
James Money, Jr., bought a house and lot in Summersville, Green County, Kentucky on 9-20-1819, from Robert F. Howe for $30.00.
"This Indenture made this 20th day of September in the year of our lord One thousand Eight hundred & nineteen Between Robert F. Howe of the one part and James Money, Jr. of the other part Both of the County of Green and State of Kentucky Witnesseth that said Robert F. Howe for and in consideration of this sum of $30 to him in hand paid the Receipt whereof is hereby ask'd herewith have granted Bargained and Sold by these presents do hereby grant Bargain sell & convey unto the said James Money Jr. a certain Lot in the town of Summersville on the plan thereof by No 46 to have and to hold Said Lot of Land with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto Belonging to him the Said James Money for proper use and ... and the said Robert F. Howe doth for himself and his heirs Covenant and agree to and with the Said James Money that he will warrant and Defend the Said Lot of Land from himself and his heirs and all Claiming ... Through as under him and from the Claims of all and Every Person or Persons whatever. In witness whereof the Said Robert F. Howe hath hereunto Set his hand and Seal the day & date above.
Test.
William T. Willes
James Money (Signed) Robert F. Howe"
James, Jr., died in 1820 or 22. His widow took her two sons to Clark County to live with her family. No record of the sale of the Summersville property has been found.
The index to Clark County deeds in the Courthouse, Winchester, Kentucky has these entries:
"Money, Polly & c to Fox, Benjamin 1825
160 acres (Formerly Fox)"
"Money, Polly & c from Williams, Original R. 40 acres ($300) Formerly belonged to William Williams 1834"
"Money, Polly & c to Williams, Original R. 40 acres ($600). 1849"
The 160 acres were sold by Wlliam Fox, Lydia Fox, Landon Noe, Elizabeth Fox Noe, James Fox, Peggy Noe Fox, Catharine Fox, Peggy Fox and Polly Fox Money to Benjamin Fox. All were children of children-in-law of William Fox, II.
In 1850 Mary Jane moved with her sons to Shelby County, Kentucky. She died on December 3, 1879, and was buried on the farm of her son, James Albert Money. The farm is near Finchville on the Buck Creek-Simpsonville Road, three tenths of a mile from Clark Station Road.
The sons built a fieldstone wall two and one half feet thick and four feet high around the cemetery plot which measured 22 by 25 feet. The wall stood for about 85 years in fairly good condition. By 1973 more than half the stones were gone. In 1974 the remaining stones were removed and a three-plank white board fence was placed around about two thirds of the plot.
The obliteration or desecration of family cemeteries is against the law in Kentucky.
Margaret Money Mitchell (1878-1958), niece of George Milton Money, furnished the following Fox family information:
"Bluford Fox married Sibbie Vivian (Sabrina Vivion) and had none children, three of whom married Parrishes: Bluford T., Benj. Clay, and Sasavell.
"Benjamin Clay Fox (1849-1935) and wife Hester Parrish had 10 children. Benjamin Clay Fox and two daughters, Mrs. Kate Parrish and Mrs. C. C. Parrish and brothers, George B. and Bluford were living in Clark in July 1935.
"James Money 1760-1822 (son of James Money & wife Hepzebah '?') married Mary Jane (Polly) fox. b. 11/20/1787, d. 12/3/1879. She died age 92, the year after I was born. My mother always told me that she loved to hold me in her arms and feel my face (she was blind). (She) lived 57 years with sons after husband's death.
"James and Mary Jane Money had two sons: Milton V. Money b. 3/28/1817 in Green County, Kentucky., d. 9/8/1890 in Herington, Kansas. and James Albert Money, b. 1819, d. 1900.
"Ancestor's Revolutionary War service: Wm. Fox (served) in 2nd Virginia State Reg. Ref: "Virginians in Revolution" by Gwathmey, page 285.
(Note: The source of James Money's birthdate in 1760 is not known. No official documentation has been found. George Milton Money did not give a date, but he did say that the first James Money had a wife named Hepzebah and that they owned land in Fayette County. A deed in Fayette County shows that James and Rebecca Money owned 50 acres in Fayette.)
George Milton Money said his father, Milton V. Money, was born in Bath County, Kentucky.
Margaret Money Mitchell's eligibility for membership in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was established in 1952 by Mrs. B F. Hughes who wrote the following letter:
John Fox, Jr. Librarian May 6, 1952
Duncan Tavern
Paris, Ky.
My dear Miss Steele:
It gives me much pleasure to notify you that John Fox Jr. now has a Revolutionary ancestor recorded with National Society Daughters of the America Revolution, accepted April, 1952.
The number is 408988, being that of Mrs. Margaret Money Mitchell, 933 Cherokee Road, Louisville, 4, Kentucky.
I did her research work, while I was chapter genealogist for John Marshall DAR chapter in Louisville.
The soldier is William Fox II, b. ca. 1756 in Gloucester County, Virginia d. 4/15/1794 (being probation of Will) in Loudoun Co., Va. Wife Mrs. Mary Brown Conrad b. ?, Loudoun County, Virginia d. after 1800 in Clark County, Kentucky. married 1774-5.
Soldier William Fox, Military Record: 2nd Virginia State Reg.. REf: "Virginians in Revolution" by Gwathmey, pg. 285.
The Soldier's children
William Fox III, b. 1/23/1776, m. Lydia Noe Benjamin Fox m. Margaret Noe Elizabeth Fox m. Landon Noe Mary Jane (Polly) Fox, b. 11/20/1787 m. James Money James Fox m Margaret (Peggy) Franklin Margaret Fox Catherine Fox (records indicate these last two never married)
In my research I found this Fox ancestry intermarried with Ball family, ancestors of George Washington.
When I filled out the DAR papers for Mrs. Mitchell we consented to the National Society's full permission to extend this information to all inquirers. So, now, if any writes you for this data you are free to permit them to copy it.
This is the first DAR member to go in on this William Fox. We, and our John Marshall DAR Chapter, here in Louisville, are very proud of it.
I feel like it will help the Library in Duncan Tavern to be able to give this information to inquiring, prospective members.
Yours with best wishes
(signed) Lyda F. (Mrs. B. F. Hughes)
Lyda F. (Mrs. B. F.) Hughes, a DAR Organizing Regent, Member U.D.C., and Filson Club, Kentucky Historical Society, Historian of Bowen Family Association of Kentucky, & Secretary of Louisville Poetry Club.
Any female descendant of the second William Fox is eligible for membership in the DAR by documenting line of descent and citing the number 408988.
John Fox, Jr., was a great grandson of William Fox, III, and a great-great-nephew of Mary Jane Fox Money, sister of William.
According to an article by Elizabeth Fox Moore in the Kentucky Register, Vol 45, No. 151, pg. 159, William Fox, III (1776-1860) was a "serious minded and studious man who read his Bible daily." He was a "student of the clouds by day and of the stars by night" in his effort to read the signs for rain and fair weather. He was familiar with the constellations and the movement of the planets.
He also kept informed concerning the politics of the times. In his latter years he was known as the "Old Gentleman." His son, Boaz, and his grandson, John William Fox, Sr., were school teachers. "His daughters, Myra and Jane, were great readers and could quote freely from Addison, Congrave and Swift."
John Fox, Jr., son of John William Fox, Sr., did not use the middle name. He was born on December 16, 1862, at Stoney Point near Paris, Kentucky. His marriage to Fritzi Scheff of Vienna, Austria, lasted only a few years. She was a well known light opera singer in Europe and in New York. She was also known as the best dressed woman of the time. It has been said she preferred to live in New York and he in Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
His 13 novels depicted the lives of Mountaineers of Kentucky and Virginia. He was a Newspaper reporter, a contributor to Harper's Magazine, and a writer of short stories. "Hell-Fer-Sartain," a short story, won him national acclaim.
The novels were published between 1897 and 1920. They are:
A Cumberland Vendetta and Other Stories (1895)
Hell-fer-Sartain and Other Stories (1897)
The Kentuckians (1898)
A Mountain Europa (serialized 1892, published 1899)
Crittenden: A Kentucky Story of Love and War (1900)
Blue-grass and Rhododendron: Outdoors in Old Kentucky (1901)
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1903)
Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories (1904)
Following the Sun Flag: A Vain Pursuit Through Manchuria (1905)
A Knight of the Cumberland (1906)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1908)
The Heart of the Hills (1913)
In Happy Valley (1917)
Erskine Dale (1920)
A Purple Rhododendron and Other Stories (1967)
"The Little Shepherd of Kingdon Come" and "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" were made into motion pictures.
The John Fox, Jr., Library was established by the Kentucky Society Daughters of the America Revolution in Duncan Tavern, Paris, Kentucky. It houses his letters, manuscripts and novels. His desk and chair are also on display.
John Fox, Jr., died in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, on July 18, 1919.
[Provided by Russell Perkins]
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The first official record of James, Jr., appeared in 1810 when he witnessed the marriage of his sister, Hepzibah.
(The following is from the book, JAMES MONEY, KENTUCKY PIONEER):
Very little is known about the second James Money. In a biography of his son, James Albert Money, published in "Kentucky, A History of the State, Illustrated, 1887," by W. H. Perrin, J. A. Battle, and G. C. Knifin, the following information is recorded:
"James A. Money ... was the second son of two children born to James and Mary Money, the mother a native of Virginia. James Money, Sr., was a son of James Money, who came from Virginia to Kentucky at an early date and first settled in Fayette County. ... Our subject's father was born and reared on a farm, and all his life devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits and working at the carpenter's trade.
"About 1815 he married Mary Fox of Clark County, Ky., and had born two sons: Milton Vivian Money and James Albert Money. About 1820 he died and his widow and two children then moved to Clark County where they remained until 1850."
The James Money, Sr., above, was actually the second James Money. It is believed this misuse of the designation, Senior, has led researchers to believe the middle name of the first three James Moneys was Albert. This is incorrect. The first two did not have middle names.
In his letter to Orra Monnette prior to publication of Part VII of the "First Settlers ... " series George Milton Money (1855-1945) related some history of his grandfather, the second James. Monnette paraphrased his data:
"His grandfather was James Money who lived for a while in Clark County, where he died in 1821 or 1822, but his birthplace was in Bath County. He had a first wife who was the widow, Rebecca Sympson, m. ... 1802. His second wife was Mary Jane Fox, b. Nov. 20, 1787, d. Dec. 3, 1879."
If James Money, Jr. was born in Bath County and married Rebecca Sympson in Green County in 1802, his father had to have lived in Bath County in the early 1780s before the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.
George M. Money may have received his information concerning the first marriage from his grandmother, Mary Jane Money. He was 24 when she died in 1879. Or he may have received it in his correspondence with William Redmon Money, a grandson of Perry Money of Green County.
Researchers do not agree on the interpretation of the handwriting in the Green County marriage record which shows a James Money or Murry was married to Rebecca Sympson on August 16, 1802, by Manoah Lasley. Was the name Money or Murry? There were families named Murry in Green County at the time. Some of them spelled the name "Murry" and others spelled it "Murray."
Margaret Money Mitchell, niece of George M. Money, stated on her application for membership in the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, that her great-grandfather, James Money, Jr., was born in 1760 in Calvert County, Maryland. The source of that information has not been located. The reference she gave shows only "Mary (Fox), born November 20, 1787, died December 3, 1879, married about 1816, James." (William & Mary Quarterly, (1) Vol. 26, p. 137).
George M. Money wrote in a letter, now in the possession of Caroline Hendricks Crabtree, that James Money, Jr., was a son of Rebecca Noe Money. If James was born in 1760, he could not have been a son of Rebecca. George M. Money gave this outline of his lineage:
Randal Noe and Honour Sanders
Rebecca Noe and James Money, Sr.
James Money, Jr., and Mary Jane Fox
Milton V. Money and Margaret Henrietta Hardesty
George M. Money
One of the tax lists indicated that James Money, Sr., was associated with Randal Noe in 1791. James Jr., could have been born about this time. George M. Money in his letter to Monnette stated James, Jr., was born in Bath County. Bath was then a part of Fayette County, Kentucky.
However, this birth date for James, Jr. does not support his belief that James, Jr., first married Rebecca Sympson, widow, in Green County in 1802.
Nellie Fox Adams and Bertha Fox Walton in their book "Fox Cousins by the Dozens" state that Randle Noe was married to Honour Sanders in 1765. Rebecca was listed in second place in Randle Noe's will. She could have been born in 1767 or 1768 and could have been married to James Money, Sr., in about 1786.
The 1800 Census of Green County stated James Money (Sr.) had two sons under 10. Perry was one year of age. James, Jr., must have been almost 10 years old. He would have been quite young to have been married in 1802.
The first undisputed document supported record of James, Jr., appeared in 1810 in Green County when he was listed as a witness to the marriage of his sister, Hepzibah, to James Nance. The designation "Jr." appeared after his name. The record shows the marriage bond was signed on December 22, 1810, by James Nance and William Money. Consent was given by James Money, (Sr.). The marriage was performed on December 28 by Stephen Skaggs.
Evidently, after his first wife (whoever she was) died, he returned to central Kentucky and courted Mary Jane Fox of Clark County. The marriage Bond for Polly Fox and James Money was signed by Landen Noe on May 27, 1816 They were married by Thomas Boone.
Mary Jane used the nickname, Polly, even in the execution of deeds. "Mary Jane" was carved on her gravestone, but that record is now lost. Her name was broken off after 1973. The stone now gives only dates of birth and death.
She was a daughter of William Fox, II, who was born in 1756, perhaps in Gloucester County, Virginia, and died in Loudoun County, Virginia, on April 15, 1794, after being gored by a bull. In 1774 or 5 he was married to Mary Brown Conrad, a widow, who was born in Loudoun County and died in Clark County, Kentucky, after 1800.
William Fox was a veteran of the Revolutionary War where he served in the Second Virginia State Regiment.
James and Mary Jane Money were the parents of two sons: Milton Vivian, born on March 28, 1817; and James Albert, born on December 30, 1819. Milton's obituary states he was born in Bath County, Kentucky. The biography of James Albert gives his birthplace as Green County, Kentucky.
James Money, Jr., bought a house and lot in Summersville, Green County, Kentucky on 9-20-1819, from Robert F. Howe for $30.00.
"This Indenture made this 20th day of September in the year of our lord One thousand Eight hundred & nineteen Between Robert F. Howe of the one part and James Money, Jr. of the other part Both of the County of Green and State of Kentucky Witnesseth that said Robert F. Howe for and in consideration of this sum of $30 to him in hand paid the Receipt whereof is hereby ask'd herewith have granted Bargained and Sold by these presents do hereby grant Bargain sell & convey unto the said James Money Jr. a certain Lot in the town of Summersville on the plan thereof by No 46 to have and to hold Said Lot of Land with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto Belonging to him the Said James Money for proper use and ... and the said Robert F. Howe doth for himself and his heirs Covenant and agree to and with the Said James Money that he will warrant and Defend the Said Lot of Land from himself and his heirs and all Claiming ... Through as under him and from the Claims of all and Every Person or Persons whatever. In witness whereof the Said Robert F. Howe hath hereunto Set his hand and Seal the day & date above.
Test.
William T. Willes
James Money (Signed) Robert F. Howe"
James, Jr., died in 1820 or 22. His widow took her two sons to Clark County to live with her family. No record of the sale of the Summersville property has been found.
The index to Clark County deeds in the Courthouse, Winchester, Kentucky has these entries:
"Money, Polly & c to Fox, Benjamin 1825
160 acres (Formerly Fox)"
"Money, Polly & c from Williams, Original R. 40 acres ($300) Formerly belonged to William Williams 1834"
"Money, Polly & c to Williams, Original R. 40 acres ($600). 1849"
The 160 acres were sold by Wlliam Fox, Lydia Fox, Landon Noe, Elizabeth Fox Noe, James Fox, Peggy Noe Fox, Catharine Fox, Peggy Fox and Polly Fox Money to Benjamin Fox. All were children of children-in-law of William Fox, II.
In 1850 Mary Jane moved with her sons to Shelby County, Kentucky. She died on December 3, 1879, and was buried on the farm of her son, James Albert Money. The farm is near Finchville on the Buck Creek-Simpsonville Road, three tenths of a mile from Clark Station Road.
The sons built a fieldstone wall two and one half feet thick and four feet high around the cemetery plot which measured 22 by 25 feet. The wall stood for about 85 years in fairly good condition. By 1973 more than half the stones were gone. In 1974 the remaining stones were removed and a three-plank white board fence was placed around about two thirds of the plot.
The obliteration or desecration of family cemeteries is against the law in Kentucky.
Margaret Money Mitchell (1878-1958), niece of George Milton Money, furnished the following Fox family information:
"Bluford Fox married Sibbie Vivian (Sabrina Vivion) and had none children, three of whom married Parrishes: Bluford T., Benj. Clay, and Sasavell.
"Benjamin Clay Fox (1849-1935) and wife Hester Parrish had 10 children. Benjamin Clay Fox and two daughters, Mrs. Kate Parrish and Mrs. C. C. Parrish and brothers, George B. and Bluford were living in Clark in July 1935.
"James Money 1760-1822 (son of James Money & wife Hepzebah '?') married Mary Jane (Polly) fox. b. 11/20/1787, d. 12/3/1879. She died age 92, the year after I was born. My mother always told me that she loved to hold me in her arms and feel my face (she was blind). (She) lived 57 years with sons after husband's death.
"James and Mary Jane Money had two sons: Milton V. Money b. 3/28/1817 in Green County, Kentucky., d. 9/8/1890 in Herington, Kansas. and James Albert Money, b. 1819, d. 1900.
"Ancestor's Revolutionary War service: Wm. Fox (served) in 2nd Virginia State Reg. Ref: "Virginians in Revolution" by Gwathmey, page 285.
(Note: The source of James Money's birthdate in 1760 is not known. No official documentation has been found. George Milton Money did not give a date, but he did say that the first James Money had a wife named Hepzebah and that they owned land in Fayette County. A deed in Fayette County shows that James and Rebecca Money owned 50 acres in Fayette.)
George Milton Money said his father, Milton V. Money, was born in Bath County, Kentucky.
Margaret Money Mitchell's eligibility for membership in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was established in 1952 by Mrs. B F. Hughes who wrote the following letter:
John Fox, Jr. Librarian May 6, 1952
Duncan Tavern
Paris, Ky.
My dear Miss Steele:
It gives me much pleasure to notify you that John Fox Jr. now has a Revolutionary ancestor recorded with National Society Daughters of the America Revolution, accepted April, 1952.
The number is 408988, being that of Mrs. Margaret Money Mitchell, 933 Cherokee Road, Louisville, 4, Kentucky.
I did her research work, while I was chapter genealogist for John Marshall DAR chapter in Louisville.
The soldier is William Fox II, b. ca. 1756 in Gloucester County, Virginia d. 4/15/1794 (being probation of Will) in Loudoun Co., Va. Wife Mrs. Mary Brown Conrad b. ?, Loudoun County, Virginia d. after 1800 in Clark County, Kentucky. married 1774-5.
Soldier William Fox, Military Record: 2nd Virginia State Reg.. REf: "Virginians in Revolution" by Gwathmey, pg. 285.
The Soldier's children
William Fox III, b. 1/23/1776, m. Lydia Noe Benjamin Fox m. Margaret Noe Elizabeth Fox m. Landon Noe Mary Jane (Polly) Fox, b. 11/20/1787 m. James Money James Fox m Margaret (Peggy) Franklin Margaret Fox Catherine Fox (records indicate these last two never married)
In my research I found this Fox ancestry intermarried with Ball family, ancestors of George Washington.
When I filled out the DAR papers for Mrs. Mitchell we consented to the National Society's full permission to extend this information to all inquirers. So, now, if any writes you for this data you are free to permit them to copy it.
This is the first DAR member to go in on this William Fox. We, and our John Marshall DAR Chapter, here in Louisville, are very proud of it.
I feel like it will help the Library in Duncan Tavern to be able to give this information to inquiring, prospective members.
Yours with best wishes
(signed) Lyda F. (Mrs. B. F. Hughes)
Lyda F. (Mrs. B. F.) Hughes, a DAR Organizing Regent, Member U.D.C., and Filson Club, Kentucky Historical Society, Historian of Bowen Family Association of Kentucky, & Secretary of Louisville Poetry Club.
Any female descendant of the second William Fox is eligible for membership in the DAR by documenting line of descent and citing the number 408988.
John Fox, Jr., was a great grandson of William Fox, III, and a great-great-nephew of Mary Jane Fox Money, sister of William.
According to an article by Elizabeth Fox Moore in the Kentucky Register, Vol 45, No. 151, pg. 159, William Fox, III (1776-1860) was a "serious minded and studious man who read his Bible daily." He was a "student of the clouds by day and of the stars by night" in his effort to read the signs for rain and fair weather. He was familiar with the constellations and the movement of the planets.
He also kept informed concerning the politics of the times. In his latter years he was known as the "Old Gentleman." His son, Boaz, and his grandson, John William Fox, Sr., were school teachers. "His daughters, Myra and Jane, were great readers and could quote freely from Addison, Congrave and Swift."
John Fox, Jr., son of John William Fox, Sr., did not use the middle name. He was born on December 16, 1862, at Stoney Point near Paris, Kentucky. His marriage to Fritzi Scheff of Vienna, Austria, lasted only a few years. She was a well known light opera singer in Europe and in New York. She was also known as the best dressed woman of the time. It has been said she preferred to live in New York and he in Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
His 13 novels depicted the lives of Mountaineers of Kentucky and Virginia. He was a Newspaper reporter, a contributor to Harper's Magazine, and a writer of short stories. "Hell-Fer-Sartain," a short story, won him national acclaim.
The novels were published between 1897 and 1920. They are:
A Cumberland Vendetta and Other Stories (1895)
Hell-fer-Sartain and Other Stories (1897)
The Kentuckians (1898)
A Mountain Europa (serialized 1892, published 1899)
Crittenden: A Kentucky Story of Love and War (1900)
Blue-grass and Rhododendron: Outdoors in Old Kentucky (1901)
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1903)
Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories (1904)
Following the Sun Flag: A Vain Pursuit Through Manchuria (1905)
A Knight of the Cumberland (1906)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1908)
The Heart of the Hills (1913)
In Happy Valley (1917)
Erskine Dale (1920)
A Purple Rhododendron and Other Stories (1967)
"The Little Shepherd of Kingdon Come" and "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" were made into motion pictures.
The John Fox, Jr., Library was established by the Kentucky Society Daughters of the America Revolution in Duncan Tavern, Paris, Kentucky. It houses his letters, manuscripts and novels. His desk and chair are also on display.
John Fox, Jr., died in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, on July 18, 1919.
[Provided by Russell Perkins]
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