{"id":3515,"date":"2013-01-22T15:19:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T21:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2013-01-22T15:30:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T21:30:32","slug":"edward-cox-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/edward-cox-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Cox Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

The historical marker (1A-68) reads: \u201cEDWARD COX HOME. This pioneer from Maryland build the house which stands 0.1 mi. N. in 1773, bringing his bride here in 1775. Following his return from the Revolution, he opened his home to Methodist missionary preachers. Bishop Francis Asbury was a frequent visitor, and held an early conference in this house.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ~ Tennessee Historical Commission<\/em><\/p>\n

The property is under the care of members of the local United Methodist Church, who diligently work to preserve and maintain this unique “dog trot”-style house.<\/p>\n

Heritage Landmark<\/a> of the United Methodist Church<\/p>\n

GPS location: 36\u00b0 29.172N\u00a0 082\u00b0 15.136W<\/p>\n

\"Edward<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Edward-Cox-Marker\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Undated photo below from the Archives of DePauw University<\/a>, call number 03119:<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Spring<\/a> across the street from the house:<\/p>\n

\"Spring\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The historical marker (1A-68) reads: \u201cEDWARD COX HOME. This pioneer from Maryland build the house which stands 0.1 mi. N. in 1773, bringing his bride here in 1775. Following his return from the Revolution, he opened his home to Methodist …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historic-sites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}