Millie Dowling^1,2 daughter of Dempsey Dowling and Martha Stokes was born on May 5, 1808 in Jeffries Creek, Darlington Dist, SC. near Jeffries Creek.^2,3,4,5 Millie. Milly Dowling and her twin sister Elizabeth were born on 5 May 1808 in the Jeffires Creek area of SC. The family moved to AL in 1826, the year that she met and married William Cox whose family had been in AL since 1816. They were married by Millie's father, Rev. Dempsey Dowling. Milly and William's children all were born near Claybank. Milly died on 28 Jul 1847 when she was only thirty-nine,exactly one year after the birth of her last child. Though William's census record three years later shows that he was the richest of any of her kin (owning $12,000 worth of land alone), Milly's Claybank grave was never marked.

Millie Dowling was listed in the household of Dempsey Dowling in the census in 1810 in Darlington Dist, SC. female 1/3 <10.⁶

Millie Dowling was listed in the household of Dempsey Dowling in the census in 1820 in Darlington Dist, SC. 1/3 females 10-16.⁷

Millie married William Cox son of Edward S Cox and Nancy Cox in Mar, 1826 in Dale Co, AL.^2,3

Millie Dowling was listed in the household of William Cox in the census in 1830 in Pike Co, AL. female 1 20-29.

Millie Dowling was listed in the household of William Cox in the census in 1840 in Dale Co AL. female 30-39.⁸

Millie died on Jul 28, 1847 in Claybank, Dale Co, AL at 39 years of age. There is no grave marker. Millie was buried in Claybank Cem, Ozark, Dale Co, AL.

William Cox^2,3 was the son of Edward S Cox II (1775-1860) and Nancy Cox (1785-1855). He and Millie Dowling had the following children: