Samuel Hampton Cox, son of Fleming Trigg Cox and Mary "Polly" Guinevere Leigh Cox, was born in Whitley County September 3, 1831, according to the research of Emma Normand. He may have preceded his father to Texas and may have influenced him to move there. A "Samuel Cox," possibly appeared in the 1850 census of Bexar County. This individual was employed by the U.S. Army as a "waggoner, Quartermaster Depot, out on a haul, age & place of birth unavailable."

He was married January 14, 1853, according to Bell County Marriage Book A, page 25, to his second cousin once-removed, Nica Jane Cox, daughter of Joseph Cox and Ama "Amy" Baker Cox who was born July 12, 1834 in Missouri.

~Source: Hussey Manuscript

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Emma Normand wrote July 30, 1983:

"The story goes that Joseph Cox cavorted when Jane married her cousin Samuel H. Cox. Aunt Jane in her old age told my mother that for a time after her marriage if she wished to see her mother, she was careful to choose a time when her father was not at home. But he became reconciled to the marriage and wrote a letter about four years later in which he boasted, 'Jane Cox has a fine son.'

The Samuel Hampton Coxes were our closest neighbors for nine years. Our place was a small part of the original Joseph Cox place; only Post Oak Branch separated it from the place of Samuel Hampton Cox and Jane Cox (Uncle Sam and Aunt Jane to us). The Samuel Hampton Cox place was a part of the Fleming Trigg Cox homestead. Fleming Trigg Cox had died in 1904 before we came to that community, and his youngest son, George Washington Cox, was living near the original homesite and a fine spring. Mary Genevera Cox was living with a daughter, Mary Cox Middleton, a little nearer Nolanville, but also on a place that had originally been part of the Fleming Trigg Cox land. When my mother first met Mrs. F. T. Cox, she said, 'You can call me Aunt Polly; everybody else does.'

The Pleasant Hill Cemetery was also carved out of the Fleming Trigg Cox holding. The original owners of the site are buried near the gate of the old part of the cemetery."

Samuel Hampton Cox received Preemption Certificate No. 34 issued by Bell County Court December 17, 1856. He received a patent from the State of Texas signed by Gov. H. R. Runnels January 3, 1858 for 283 acres located "on the north side of Noland's Creek, 8 miles northwest of Belton," according to Bell County Deed Book H, page 428. They deeded the west half of this land to his father June 2, 1869.

Samuel Hampton Cox deeded a lot to the Farm Council for $5 November 17, 1877, perhaps for an office or meeting hall, according to Bell County Deed Book 29, page 46. The plot was located on "South Nolen Creek, part of the Fleming Cox survey."

He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Bell County, Enumeration District 7, page 18, precinct 7:

"Cox, Sam 48, born in Kentucky
Jane 46, born in Missouri
William M. 25, born in Texas
Martha M. 20, born in Texas
Fleming T. 18, born in Texas
David 16, born in Texas
Columbus 12, born in Texas
Stockton 10, born in Texas
Hannah J. 8, born in Texas
Perry 5, born in Texas
Elizabeth 3, born in Texas
Lem 1, born in Texas"

Samuel Hampton Cox received a deed to 50 acres in the Hughes survey January 30, 1882 from "A. P. Cox" believed to be his brother Andrew Peace Cox and his wife "F. M. Cox" for $500, according to Bell County Deed Book 39, page 424. The deed exempted "two acres reserved for graveyard, now the property of G. W. Cox [George Washington Cox].

Samuel Hampton Cox and Nica Jane Cox Cox reappeared in the 1900 census of Bell County, Enumeration District 34, page 7, precinct 7:

"Cox, Sam H. 68, born in September 1831 in Kentucky
Jane 65, born in July 1834 in Missouri"

Nica Jane Cox Cox died April 19, 1916, and he died March 3, 1918. Both were buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

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Year: 1860; Census Place: Bell, Texas; Roll: M653_1288; Page: 335; Image: 197; Family History Library Film: 805288 — Sam Cox 28; Jane Cox 26; William Cox 5; Andrew Cox 4; Martha Cox 1

Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 5, Bell, Texas; Roll: M593_1575; Page: 106B; Image: 118894; Family History Library Film: 553074 — Samuel Cox 28; Jane Cox 36; William Cox 15; Andrews Cox 13; Mertha Cox 11; Mary Cox 9; Fleming Cox 7; Samuel Cox 5; Columbus Cox 1

Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 7, Bell, Texas; Roll: 1290; Family History Film: 1255290; Page: 435B; Enumeration District: 007 — Sam Cox 48; Jane Cox 46; William M Cox 25; Martha M Cox 20; Flamming T Cox 18; David Cox 16; Columbus Cox 12; Stockton Cox 10; Hannah J Cox 8; Perry Cox 5; Elizabeth Cox 3; Lem Cox 1

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Other children not linked:
Perry Sterling Asby Cox (1875-1937) #26409963