In a message dated 4/4/00 10:23:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
McValliant(a)aol.com writes:
<< I am Martha McLain and I go back to two lines that are spelled Cozby or
Cosby.
The two men were cousins and one was my mother's great grandfather and the
other my father's great grandfather.
Both men were in the Civil War
Christopher Devers Cozby was killed sometime after June of 1863. Where and
how we know only by legend. >>
Hi Martha,
I don't think I have any information on your family except that Christopher
Deavours (Devours) Cozby is probably of the Blount County, Alabama Cozby's.
There were several Christopher Devours in Blount County. One was a justice
of the peace there in the 1800's and was evidently a very well liked man.
Many people named their children Christopher Devours after him. The Devours
family seems to have come to Blount County from the Pendleton, S.C. area in
the early 1800's with a lot of other folks.
Since you mention Texas, you are probably descended from one of the sons of
James Cozby who went from Blount County, Al.to Texas (Abner, Isaac or William
David)
Check my website
<A
HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/gaindex.htm">members...
ms01</A> click on James Cozby
Kenneth Sims