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An American Family History

David Fox
Washington County, Pennsylvania, was created from a portion of Westmoreland and Fayette County in 1781. Originally it was a part of Virginia. There were many boundary disputes among the early settlers until the firm boundary lines were established in 1794. Washington County split into Allegheny, Greene and Beaver Counties.

David Fox was born July 7, 1764 in Loudoun County, Virginia. His parents were Absalom Fox and Christian Bonham.

He married Sarah Sutton on February 15, 1787 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Sarah was born on September 12, 1767 in Fort Cumberland, Frederick County, Maryland and was the daughter of the Reverend Abraham Sutton and Mary Chenowith. Anchor and David Fox married siblings David and Sarah Sutton.

David and Sarah's children were Absalom Fox (1787), Mary Fox McKinney (1789), Charles Fox (1791), Christian Fox Bunnel (1793), Sarah Fox Stelle (1796), Ann Fox Eakan Edwards (1799), David Fox (1801), Joanna Fox Piper (1806), Anchor Fox McCarty, William Fox (1808), Amos Fox (1809), and Morris Fox (1812).

The family appeared in the 1790 census of Washington County, Pennsylvania. The household consisted of two females and two males.

In 1797 David Fox received 228 acres and 71 perches on Ten Mile Creek near Philip Friend, James Graham, Henry Shidler, Henry Hask, Tobias Friend and his own land.

They moved to Ohio in the early 1800s. In Ohio they settled near the Fork of Todd’s Creek just beyond South Lebanon.

David appeared in the 1810 tax list of Warren County, Ohio in Deerfield. He built a brick house in 1811. (Warren County Local History by Dallas Bogan)

In the first issue of The Farmer printed in December, 1816.
Some of the businessmen in Lebanon were listed. David Fox was listed as having a mill on the Little Miami. It was a grist mill and he also ran a copper still on the creek.

According to the History of Warren County, Ohio, Fellowship Christian Church in Union Township

was built about 1828. Among the early members were Ann Spencer, Rebecca Sargeant, Sarah Fox, wife of David Fox, Andrew and Catherine Lytle, William and Mary Bonnell, John and Mary Ann Covert. The churchyard is a burying-ground, the first interments being made in it about the time of the erection of the church.

The Fellowship Christian Church and Cemetery was on David and Sarah's land.

David died on January 23, 1847 in South Lebanon, Union Township, Warren County, Ohio. Sarah died on June 7, 1850. They are buried together in the Fellowship Cemetery in Lebanon, Ohio.
Loudoun County is part of Northern Neck of Virginia. Settling of the Loudoun area began between 1725 and 1730 while it was owned by Lord Fairfax. Settlers came from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. For more than two centuries, agriculture, especially growing tobacco, was the dominant way of life in Loudoun County.
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Children of Absalom Fox
and Christian Bonham
  • Captain Charles Fox
  • Bonham Fox
  • Mary Fox Frazee
  • David Fox
  • Anchor Fox Sutton
  • Iva Fox Sargeant
  • Jonathan Fox
  • Rebecca Fox Dearth
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    David Fox, Sr. settled on Muddy Creek, west of Deerfield about 1797 or 1798. He lived on the farm on which he settled until his death. In connection with his son Absalom, he built a grist-mill on Turtle creek and operated a copper still. In the Fellowship Churchyard are tombstones with these inscriptions; "David Fox, died January 23, 1847, aged eighty-two years six months and sixteen days." "Sarah wife of David Fox, died June 7, 1850 aged eighty-two years eight months and twenty-six days." David Fox was accompanied on his removal to this township by his brother Jonathan and his brother-in-law, Sampson Sergeant.
    History of Warren County, Ohio, p. 712

    		  
     

     

         

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