FM Cox Ranch

05/10/2026

04/19/2026

Anna Virginia “Our Ginger” Dendy Cox wife of John Thomas son of Francis Marion. Ginger was from Mineral Wells and met John Thomas at Tarleton State University

04/19/2026

Francis Marion’s mother Martha Jane’s father John Bybee IV. This is the man that posted bond with Pleasant to get Bluford out of Williamson County Jail. The Bybee family traveled with the Cox family from Virginia to Texas many times starting in the 1700’s and later settling there.

12/20/2025

One of the best Thanksgiving’s of ALL time with all the cousins!

11/02/2025

10/15/2025

Pleasant Cox father to FM and one of the original founders of Lampasas County (abt. 1904)

10/15/2025

Parents of FM, Pleasant & Martha Jane Bybee Cox (abt. 1904)

09/02/2025

It’s slow but we got a few!

08/08/2025

Two of our favorite books from one of Lampasas own, Stanley Walker

07/26/2025

Here’s what’s known about the ancestry and immediate family of Martín De León (1765 – 1833/34), the Mexican-born empresario who founded the city of Victoria, Texas: Distant grandparents of .cox & .c.o.x

🧬 Ancestry & Early Life

Born in 1765 in Burgos, Nuevo Santander (now Tamaulipas, Mexico) to aristocratic parents:

Father: José Bernardo de León y García

Mother: María Antonia Galván y de las Rivas
The De Leóns were a wealthy family with roots in Burgos, Spain, although firmly settled in Tamaulipas for generations (TSHA Online, Wikipedia).

Marriage & Spouse

Spouse: Patricia de la Garza (born 1775 in Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas)

Daughter of General Felipe de la Garza, commandant of Eastern Internal Provinces

Married Martín in 1795 (TSHA Online)

Contributed substantial assets (about $9,800 in cash plus livestock) to help establish their colony in Texas (Wikipedia)