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201 FOX, DAVID [H16.2]
Location - Matthews Township. On the north side of US 64, 2.7 miles east of Siler City, 1,400 feet east of Rocky River. Original location was I the front yard of Clinton and Rachel Cox, at 13760 US Hwy 64 West. The reinterment location is about 70 feet north of the original location, in the back yard of the same residence.
Coordinates: 35d 44m 09.5s N; 79d 25m 07.7s W Click here for Online Maps
On 20 February 1990, Will M. Heiser recorded one grave marker. On 2 May 1996, he witnessed the disinterment, by NC DOT, and reinterment 70 feet north to get out of the right-of-way for widening US 64.
Rachel (Johnson) Cox, property owner, and descendant of David Fox thinks that his wife may have been buried adjacent to her husband, and that, originally, there may have been others buried there which were disturbed when US 64 was built. Disinterment of David Fox's grave and probing the area around it gave no evidence of other graves.
Owner: Clinton Franklin and Rachel J. Cox.
Legal Description: Parcel 14239. Deed Book 270/175, 14 Jun 1961.
Topo Quadrant: Siler City.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 1.
Cemetery size: 4' x 8'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. On private residence property
Enclosed: Yes.
Enclosed explanation: Four cedar logs on ground.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Number of readable markers: 1.
Last burial: 1856.
First burial: 1856.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Other damage explanation: Top left corner flaked off by time and weather.
Hazards: None.
Significant events: 150 acres purchased by David Fox, Farmer, 8 Dec 1779 (B/386). Property apparently in the Fox family until 14 Jun 1961, when Berta Fox Johnson sold to Clinton Franklin and Rachel Johnson Cox. David Fox (1791-1856) is probably the grandson of David Fox, Farmer.
Miscellaneous information: On 2 May 1996, David Fox (1791-1856) was reinterred about 70 feet north to get out of Right-of-Way for widening US 64.
Last canvassed by: Will M. Heiser, 20 Feb 1990; Julie King-McDaniel, 2023.
 Fox, David (b. 9 Feb 1791 - d. 20 Jan 1856) "In memory of" "Age 65.4.11". 1' x 2' slab. Footstone: 8"x12" limestone slab.
Web page updated 24 September 2023
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