William Fox

William Fox (PIC) was born 22 April 1785, in Rowan Co., NC, son of Jacob Fox and Martha Huddleston. On 9 February 1805, he married Margaret Steadman, daughter of a SC neighbor. They lived first in SC. Between 1815 and 1820, they moved for a short time just to the north of Tuscaloosa, AL, then to Green County, Alabama, west of Eutaw. In the early 1830's William's family along with the families of two of William's brothers, Jacob, and Henry, moved to Winston County, Miss. William Fox farmed just to the west of Louisville, Miss. Margaret Steadman Fox passed away 17 April 1846 and William Fox passed away 22 March 1868. They are both buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery in Louisville, MS. Their stones, though fragile, are still standing. William's stone was struck by a mowing machine in the last few years but its five pieces have been patched, cleaned, and put back in place.

BARBARA CULP MCKINNEY
It is recorded in several places (for example "Women of the Revolution, Vol. 3") that Barbara Culp McKinney (Maternal Grandmother of Margaret Steadman Fox) was scalped by Cherokee Indians, in northern SC, and left for dead. She lived 'to tell the tale,' however, and shortly thereafter had daughter Hannah, Margaret Steadman's mother, from whom I decended. Philosophical Question??--Where would I, Albert H. Spinks, be today if the Indians had been successful?

The children of William Fox and Maragret Steadman are:


  1. Hannah Fox, b. 24 JUL 1806, d. 9 JUL 1808.

  2. Martha Huddleston Fox, b. 20 JAN 1808, d. 1862. m. 24 AUG 1826 Joseph Hughes.

  3. Jacob Fox, b. 29 Aug. 1809, d. 3 JAN 1811.

  4. John Fox, b. 16 NOV 1810, d. 14 OCT 1812.

  5. Juliet Elvira Fox, b. 15 JUL 1813, d. 18 JAN 1863. m. 24 FEB 1853 Robert Boyd Walker Fleming.

  6. Nathan Jackson Fox, b. 1 FEB 1815, d. 13 JUL 1891. m. 24 JUN 1858 Eliza Levisa Love b. 9 MAY 1832 d. 25 MAY 1907.

  7. Mary Fox, b. 30 APR 1817, d. 30 JUL 1817.

  8. Elizabeth Evaline Fox, b. 1 MAY 1818, d. 1835.

  9. William Henry Fox, b. 8 JUN 1820, d. 2 FEB 1891 m. 18 NOV 1841 Nancy Dumas b. 1822. d. 1908.

  10. Margaret Caroline Fox, b. 29 JUL 1823, d. 27 DEC 1862. m. 22 DEC 1844 Ebenezer Gaston b. 1820. d. 1885.

  11. Nancy Fox, b. 22 APR 1825, d. 2 MAY 1825.