Just Discovered the Wilcoxson Forum
I have been looking in the Wilcox forum for a while but didn't think of looking for any forums for our families original names. I found this forum today.
I am a direct Descendent of John D. Wilcoxen and Sarah (Sally) Boone. My Wilcoxen/Wilcoxson/Wilcox ancestors have lived in Ashe County NC and the surrounding area for many generations.
I also find it interesting the posts about John Wilcoxen's ancestors.
My mother was Rosa Jean Wilcox Hodges, daughter of General Grant Wilcox and Cornelia Alice McGuire.
It seems our family shortened the name during the lifetime of Martin Vanburen Wilcox. I have seen his last name spelled both Wicoxen and Wilcox. Martin was my great-grandfather.
Family tradition tells that Martin's father William M "Billy" Wilcoxen was both a farmer and a traveling preacher in Northwestern NC. William's father was Isaiah Wilcoxen/Wilcoxson.
For those interested in seeing a log cabin Sarah Boone may have lived in or at least visited, the Daniel Boone Native Gardens in Boone NC has one of Squire Boone's (Daniel and Satrah's father) cabins there. It is next to the outdoor drama 'Horn in the West'. I watched them re-construct the cabin one summer while I was out of school. I lived on the other end of the street growing up. Only had I known at the time this cabin belonged to one of my direct ancestors.
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Re: Just Discovered the Wilcoxson Forum
mary karnes 6/23/10