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Contents

.~Foreword................................................

vPARTI.

TheWebbFamily(Parent).......................JamesWebJamesWebb,Jr.FrancisWebbAdelineJosephineWebb1PartII.TheCoxFamily................................13Cox,OriginofthenameFredCoxFredPoseyCoxRobertErnestCoxConclusion...............................................

Postscript...............................................50

ASpecialTree...........................................51

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Foreword

"ItiswithpleasurethatIinsertthisbranchoftheWebbfamilyinthebookofMr.W.J.Webb,ofOxford,N.C.Theloveof"kin"isunusuallystrongintheWebbblood.TheManuscriptofmygreat-grandfather,JohnWebbofVirginiaandGeorgia,startedmybrother,J.EdgarStewartofLouisville,Kentucky,onhishobbyofgenealogicalresearch,andheinturninfectedmewiththisgermof"folkhunting".Onceitisinyourblood,itnevercomesout-unlessinprint."

AnitaStewartArmstrongjTheaboveforeword,copiedverbatim,waswrittenbyMrs.ArmstrongofAtlanta,Georgia,forherhistoryofthatbranchoftheJamesWebb,Jr.linewhichisincludedin"OurWebbKinofDixie".Anothersourceofmaterialusedinsubjecthistoryis"TheManuscriptofJohnWebb",writtenbeforehediedin1870.Hewrote,"Perhapstherearerfewmenwhohavehadasgreataknowledgeoftheirancestryasmyself,and[I]amindebtedtoatraditionalandretentivememory..."Thissubjectshorthistoryisdividedintotwoparts.InPartIMrs.Arm-strongwriteswithdocumentoryevidenceaboutthehistoryofourWebbancestors.PartIIisaboutourCoxlineage,compiledfrom(1)mymemory,whichatnotimehaseverbeenassharp,norasknowledgeable,norasr~tentiveasourrespectedancestor,JohnWebb,whowrote"themanuscript"(2)newspapers;(3)andmanymembersoftheRobertErnestCoxfamilywhohavegenerouslycontributedmuchaccurateinformationandmanytruestories.AfewcontributorsareAnnaLouiseCoxPorter,asister;AraBroocksCoxSullenberger,aniece;RobertErnestCox,Jr.,ason,andhiswifeWandaJoMooreCox;andLinAlynCoxDuncan,agranddaughter.Myappreciationtoeveryonewhohelpedwritethishistoryisgratefullyacknowledged.IamconvinceditwouldnotbeinappropriatetocallPartIIareminiscence,anaccountof"rememberedeventswrit-teninacasualmannerforthemutualinterest"oftheRobertErnestCoxchildrenandtheirdescendants.MabelD.CoxGreen,1991

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