A. B. Cox Manuscript

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Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Preferred citation:

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Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Cox, A. B. (Aras B.), 1816-1907
Abstract:
Photocopy of typed manuscript of Footprints on the Sands of Time: A History of South-Western Virginia and North-Western North Carolina, by Dr. Aras B. Cox, typed from Cox's book by Mrs. Alfred Apple of Bedford, Indiana.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], A. B. Cox Manuscript, Ms1989-038, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a photocopy of a typescript copy of Foot Prints on the Sands of Time: a History of South-western Virginia and North-western North Carolina. Comprising [v] and 77 leaves, the manuscript contains the following chapters on southwestern Virginia: [Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe, and Smyth counties], Carroll County, Floyd County, and Grayson County; and on North Carolina: Alleghaney County, Ashe County, Surry County, Watsuga County, Wilkes County, Battle of King's Mountain, Dr. Aras B. Cox and Family. Each chapter provides a brief overview of the area and biographical sketches of a few of the inhabitants. The copy was typed from Cox's book by Mrs. Alfred Apple of Bedford, Indiana.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Aras Bishop Cox, son of Matthew and Mary Bishop Cox, was born in Floyd County, Virginia on January 25, 1816. He studied medicine under Dr. Mark Stoneman, then moved to Grayson County, Virginia, and taught school there. He married Phebe E. Edwards (1825-1893) on February 23, 1845; the couple would have five children. By 1849, the Coxes had moved to Ashe County, North Carolina, where A. B. Cox was elected clerk of the superior court. During the American Civil War, he served as a captain in Company I, 61st North Carolina Infantry. The Coxes moved to Iowa in 1869, then lived in Madison County, Nebraska, before settling in Buffalo Flats (Blaine County), Nebraska three years later. Aras Bishop Cox died in Nebraska on January 30, 1907, and was buried in Purdum Cemetery, Blaine County.

Acquisition information:
The A. B. Cox Manuscript was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 1989.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the A. B. Cox Manuscript commenced and was completed in January 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard