Cox, Zachariah
Zachariah Cox, land speculator, involved in the Tennessee Land Company which purchased 4,000,000 acres of land in the region of Tennessee as part of the Yazoo land purchase in 1790.
From the description of Letter to Edward Telfair and John Milton, 1790 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478024
Zachariah Cox of Montgomery County, Georgia, was an associate of Zachariah Cox and Company, also known as the Tennessee Company, and of the Georgia Company (both Yazoo companies). Cox led projects to settle Georgia and Tennessee frontier lands, facing opposition by regional Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians. In 1790, the State of Georgia sold property to Cox and John Strother which the state had claimed south of the Tennessee River. The Georgia claim was protested by the Cherokee Indians who also laid a claim on the lands.
From the description of Zachariah Cox affidavit, 1797. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 46671655
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| associatedWith | Georgia. Treasury Dept | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Greenleaf, James, fl. 1796. | person |
| associatedWith | Holstonian, pseudonym. | person |
| associatedWith | Milton, John, d. 1824. | person |
| associatedWith | North American land company | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820. | person |
| associatedWith | Telfair, Edward, ca. 1735-1807. | person |
| associatedWith | Tennessee Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Tennessee Land Company. | corporateBody |
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