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Samuel Cozby Relevant Links

1. Children: David Griffith Cozby
2. William D. Cozby

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Mary Griffith (1797-1890) was the widow of Samuel Cozby who died in 1826. She is buried next to Jesse Rogers in the Watts Cemetery near Rogersville, Webster Co, Missouri. She married Jesse in 1835 in Marion County, Tennessee. He had lost his wife 2 1/2 years before that. He brought nine children into the marriage and she brought five. After that they had one daughter together. Later, two of her sons married two of Jesse's daughters.

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Samuel & Mary (Griffin) Cozby

Samuel Cozby

Born: in Virginia
Died: October 1826

Mother: 
Father: 

Married: Mary Griffith

Born: August 10, 1797 in Georgia
Died: March 18, 1890 in near Rogersville, Webster County, Missouri
Burial: Watts Cemetery, Rogersville, Webster County, Missouri

Married: #2 Jesse Rogers

Children:

1. Robert
2. George W.
3. Sally
   m. ? Moore
4. David Griffith
   b. April 07, 1820, Tennessee
   d. December 29, 1891, Webster County, Missouri
5. William D.
   b. 1824
   d. April 20, 1847, Near Ft. Domingo, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Sources and Additional Information:

There was a James Cozby at King's Mt. He was a regimental surgeon under: Sevier. He was bold in taking chances and skillfully treated the horrible wounds of the period. He was a neighbor and friend to Sevier, and headed the rescuing party when NC arrested the Colonel for his part in forming the state of Franklin. His son John moved to Rhea county, and his daughter, Mary, was the wife of Arthur Trayner, a prominent attorney of Cleveland, Tennessee. Source: The King's Mountain Men by Katherine Keogh White, p.163.

A Samuel Cozby along with George and William Cozby were mentioned as some of those who were settlers near the head of Muscle Shoals and identified several white men who killed two Indians in that area on 12 August 1816.

There is a Samuel Cosby listed in the 1820 Maury County, Tennessee 1820 census:

Male: to 10 = 1, 26-45 = 1
Female: to 10 = 3, 10-16 = 2, 26-45 = 1

Mary Griffith Sources and Additional Information:

Widow of Samuel Cozby

1880 Greene Co census shows David G. Cozby's mother's birth state as TN, not GA.?? However, Mary's entry shows GA. She was living with her step dau and husband (Malinda (Morning) C. Rogers in Benton Twp, Webster Co, MO.

In 1883, she was listed in the Christian County Pensioners List (12309) at Kenton Post Office

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