Born: about 1780, Rowan Co.,N.C., Died: Dec. 25, 1850 Washington Co., Ark.
Father: Samuel Oxford Jr., Mother: Bathsheba Barrett, 
Married: Dec.25,1800, at Ashville, Buncombe Co., N.C.
Edith(Edieth)Rogers, Born about 1780, Died: Fayetteville,Ark.
    Father: John Rogers 
CHILDREN:
Jacob (Jake) Oxford, B:Dec.28,1801, D:Aug.29,1872, Oxford Bend,Goshen,Ark.
   M:(1)Avy ?, M:(2) 1839, Rebecca Caldwell,B:Aug,23,1823,D:Jan.2,1892, Goshen, Ark.
John Oxford, B:Feb.14,1804, D:May 8,1838,
Lavina Oxford, B:May 15,1806, D:April 1,1847,
William Claiborne H. Oxford, B:Aug 6,1808, D:Feb.20,1864,
Elizabeth Oxford, B:March 23,1811, Tenn., D: July 29,1877
    Married : William D. Boyd,Jr.,
Berry Hill Oxford, B: Nov.17,1813, D: Ca.1865,
James M. Oxford, B: 1815, D: oct.8,1882,
Nancy Oxford, B:Sept. 20,1820,
E (Edward) Oxford 

1. "The Arkansas Family Historian" April,May,June 1967, Vol. V No. 2,
 Lists Able Oxford as neighbor of William Boyd in 1832 in Washington Co. Arkansas.
2. "Goodspeed's 1889 History of Washington County" Ark., page 998, Biography of John W. Oxford
3. Thomas Valentine (email address aaronvalentine@worldnet.att.net )
     Provided most of the information on this page.
4. Abel Oxford lived for a period of time at Oxford Creek, McNairy Co.,Tenn.,
    and it is named after him, they moved to Washington Co., Ark. in 1830.
5. The linked Affidavit below by Rebecca M. Walker States that her
     grandmother Edith Rogers father was Chief John Rogers. 

Links To Relatives and Other Information

* Wes Johnson      wjohnson@cybercomm.net
* Linda Oxford     oxford501@hotmail.com