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Rev Thomas Willcox

2 Dec 1804 – 8 Mar 1877

Birth	2 Dec 1804
Death	8 Mar 1877
Cemetery	Willcox Family Cemetery Brinkleyville , Halifax County , North Carolina , USA
Added by	PWP on 02 Jul 2021
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228713472

Bio

Thomas Willcox was born on March 2, 1804 in Halifax County. In 1830 he was ordained as a Baptist minister and spent a number of years as an itinerant minister in the Tar River region. In 1843 for example he reported that he traveled 1,684 miles, visited 14 churches, baptized 36, and received $109.22 from the various churches. In 1850 he reported that he had traveled 1,260 miles in six months in the field' and had received only $65.52 for his services. He "declined to serve longer on these terms" and shortly thereafter purchased the Brownlow property and became a full time farmer. By all accounts Thomas Willcox was "an intelligent, industrious, and successful farmer." The 1860 census shows that he had real estate valued at $2,995 and a personal estate of $13,342. He grew 4,400 pounds of cotton, 1,200 pounds of tobacco, 575 bushels of corn, and 5 tons of hay. He also owned livestock valued at $865. Willcox owned 13 slaves. The 1870 census shows that Willcox grew 4,500 pounds of cotton, but no tobacco. His real estate was valued $1,797 and his livestock at $290. 12 This decline was similar to that suffered by many North Carolina farmers in the difficult years following the Civil War. Willcox died March 8, 1877. He and his wife, the former Martha Alston, had four children. Source: United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service - National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form -- April 8, 1982 https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/HX0019.pdf

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Martha Temperance Alston Willcox 1809–1901

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