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EARLY WILLS OF MECKLENBURG 1765-1799; TLC Genealogy; 1963
Jacob was married to Elizabeth Lark, daughter of Robert Lark. Robert Lark's will dated 8 Feb 1793 in Mecklenburg WB 3, p.163 mentions his wife but not does give her name. His children are Samuel, Lark, Elizabeth Fox wife of Jacob Fox, Sarah Wright, Joyce Taylor wife of Jones Taylor, and Ann Collier. Grandsons Lark Fox and Samuel Lark are to receive land after the death of his wife. Slaves to be freed and given 100 acres of land. Extr: John Holmes, Walter Leigh, Joshua Smith. Wit: Wm Starling, Elizabeth Pennington, Edward Pennington Jr & Anthony Evans. Probate 10 Jun 1793.

MECKLENBURG CO VA DEEDS 1765-1771; TLC Genealogy
DB 2, p.420 30 Jan 1770 George King to Jacob Fox for £30. 100 acres bounded by the County line, George King, Fowlers Branch, new line. Wit: Hardy Jones Samuel Jones [a brother-in-law] and Richard Fox [brother]. Ack by George King & Frances his wife. Rec. 11 Jun 1770

MECKLENBURG CO VA DEEDS 1771-1776
DB 3, p.527 30 Jan 1773 Jacob Fox to Bennett Goode for £400. 200 acres where Fox now lives, part deeded to sd Jacob by his father Richard Fox, dec'd and the other part deeded from George King. Bounded by Smith's Crk at the mouth of Fowlers Branch, Samuel Jones, the County Line. Signed: Jacob Fox. Wit: Henry Speed, Joseph Speed, Edward Walker, Robert Ballard. Rec. 8 Feb 1773
DB 4, p.129 9 Aug 1773 Robert Larke [father-in-law] to Jacob Fox for £100. 269 acres N side Dockerys Creek. Near Adams' line, Larke. Wit: Noah Dortch. Rec. 12 Jul 1773
DB 4, p.172 15 May 1773 Samuel Jones of Bute Co NC to Bennett Good. For £92 which Jones owes Goode. 200 acres S side Roanoke & adjacent the County line, Jones purchased of George King, late of Mecklenburg. Discharge the debt. Wit: Jacob Fox, David King, Philemon Hawkins Jr. [No recording date, but prob late 1773.]

MECKLENBURG CO VA DEEDS 1777-1779; TLC Genealogy, 1994
p.80; DB 5, p.526 Inquisition at the plantations of Dinwiddie Crawford & Co in Oct 1779. Freeholders, among them Jacob Fox, stated on their oaths that Crawford & Co was subject to his Britanick Majesty on 19 Apr 1775 and residing at Glasgow in Great Britain. It does not appear that they have since entered into public employment of the sd States. There is no wife, widow, or child resing in VA. The estates were forfeited to VA on 3 May 1779. 1140 acres were conveyed by John Whittemore to Crawford & Co 6 Apr 1773 and 100 acres conveyed by William Cole, Walter Poole, & William Cleaton Jr 2 Feb 1774. Rec. 8 Nov 1779.

MECKLENBURG CO VA DEEDS 1779-1786
DB 6, p.473 15 Jan 1785 John Morgan Jr. to John Cook [Taylor] 60 acres N side Parhams Crk. Wit: Jacob Fox, John Allen, Geo. Cryer. Rec. 9 May 1785.

1800 Census. Louisburg, FranklinCo, NC
Jacob Fox, 1m under 10,1m 10-16, 1m over 45. 1f over 45
Isam Fox, 1m 26-45
[several Perry families on the same page)

North Carolina Wills, Franklin County
22 Mar 1807 Jacob of Fox of county of Franklin, State of North Carolina...first pay all just debts
Son Robert Fox: Negroes Mary, Ned & Burkley
Son Isham Fox, Negroes Adam, Neet & Noah
Son Richard Fox: Negroes Pat, Cyrus & Reubin
Son Arthur Fox: Negroes, John Peter, Ken
Daughter Nancy Smith: Negroes Hanah, Goodin
To beloved wife, Elizabeth Fox, for her natural life, use of all lands, household good, and use of Negroes, Mark, Tom Lucy, Esther and all my stock of every kind after selling so much as shall pay my debts.
At her death, son Richard to have all my lands. At that time, to Nancy Smith, Tom & Lucy. All the remainder to be equally divided between Robert, Isham, Arthur & Nancy.
Executors to be wife Elizabeth and Robert Fox.
Signed: Jacob Fox
Witnesses: Jones Cook, Jer. Perry
State of North Carolina, FranklinCounty
J. Young Patterson, Clerk
Certified true copy of the will of Jacob Fox. 13 Sep 1853
Jno. D. Hawkins, Presiding Magistrate
Another paper in the file suggests the copy was needed for the case of Willis & Sylva Perry in Forsyth Co, Tennessee



The Fox Surname YDNA Project has a test from a descendant of Jacob Fox that matches a descendant of William Fox & Mary Kendrick on 36 out of 37 markers. This confirms the haplotype of Richard Fox, proving he was not a descendant of Henry Fox and Anne West as has been often proposed.

Birth	Abt 1730
Death	Abt 1807	Franklin County, North Carolina

Father	RICHARD FOX (1707 - 1771)
Mother	JOHANNAH WILLIAMSON (1710 - )
Sibling	John FOX (1729 - )
Sibling	[Daughter] FOX ( - )
Sibling	WILLIAM FOX (1732 - 1783)
Sibling	Richard FOX (1734 - )
Sibling	Anne FOX (1736 - )
Sibling	Amy FOX (1740 - )
Sibling	Sarah FOX (1742 - )
Sibling	Hannah FOX (1744 - 1805)
Sibling	Mary FOX (1746 - )
Sibling	Lucy FOX (1747 - 1831)
Sibling	Nancy FOX (1751 - 1777)
Sibling	Isham FOX (1757 - 1777)