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- John, died 1777. owned property on what today is called Island Point in lower Steele Creek adjoining the Price and Herron property. (His heirs continued owning parts of that original tract until the mid 1900s.- and a few still live in the area. ...
The children of Sarah have been determined from the wills of her sons, John (1722 – 1777) and Samuel Knox (1730 – 1800).
(Source: Linda Blackwelder, August 2002)
There are land grant records from the 1760 period indicating that
John, Samuel, and Matthew had large acreage on the East side of the
Catawba River in an area known as Johney's Town.
We know a lot about the family of John and Ann Knox from his will
filed in Mecklenburg Will Book D, pp.122-123 CR 065.801.19: In
John's will dated 30 March 1772, probated at July court, 1777 , he
names his brother Samuel Knox & (neighbor) Hugh Herron as executors.
From old deeds, wills, cemetery records and census records: John,
died 1777. owned property on what today is called Island Point in
lower Steele Creek adjoining the Price and Herron property. (His heirs
continued owning parts of that original tract until the mid 1900s.-
and a few still live in the area. John and his wife, Ann, are buried
in the same plot with Sarah in the Steele Creek Presbyterian Church
Cemetery.
From: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Abstracts of Early Wills,
1763-1790 by Brent H. Holcomb, printed by A. Press, Inc. Greenville,
S.C.. 1980. p.36
"Will of John Knox Senr. Of the County of Mecklenburg & province of
North Carolina being very sick & weak in body…to sons James Knox,
Samuel Knox & Mathew Knox, all my real estate, 508 acres to be equally
divided, James Knox to have first choice, then Samuel second choice ..
if any died before reaching maturity, then his part to son Joseph
Knox; to daughter Sarah Knox, two cows, two calves, etc…; to son John
Knox, two cows & calf; to daughter Mary Knox, two cows, sheep, etc; to
daughter Elizabeth Knox, two cows, two calves, etc. to daughter Ann
Knox, two cows, two calves, etc.; to wife Ann, her maintenance & to
clothe & school children…
friend Hugh Herron & brother Samuel (Knox) Exrs.
30 March 1772 John Knox (Seal)
Wits: William Kerr, Thomas Orr & Moses Sharpley
Proved in July Session 1777
Will Book D., pp. 122-123
In the will of John Knox, James Knox' father, he left his land to his
sons, James, Samuel and Matthew. James was to have first choice of
land, then Samuel the second choice leaving Matthew the last choice.
This was for 508 acres. There was a statement that if any one of those
three died then son Joseph was to receive that part. I have been
unable to determine what happened to this Matthew Knox, but it appears
that by 1797, Matthew must have died because at that time, son Joseph
deed his 1/3 interest in this land to James and Samuel. In 1812, James
and Samuel divided this 508 acres into separate adjoining tracts.
James Knox took 260 acres and Samuel took 240 acres.
The source for the above two transactions were from: Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina, Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and
Quarter Sessions, Volume II: 1801-1820, By Herman W. Ferguson, Rocky
Mount, NC 1997. p. 162. "Book 5, 1812 Febuary Session: Joseph Knox to
James & Samuel Knox, for his own third part of 508 acres of land
bequeathed by John Knox, Decd., to the same James, Sam. & Jos. Knox
dated the 23rd of August 1797."
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Minutes of the Court of Common
Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Volume II: 1801-1820, By Herman W.
Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC 1997. p. 162. "Book 5, 1812 Febuary Session:
Joseph Knox to James & Samuel Knox, for his own third part of 508
acres of land bequeathed by John Knox, Decd., to the same James, Sam.
& Jos. Knox dated the 23rd of August 1797."
In other words, Joseph had deed the land to them in 1797 but they had
not recorded the deed until 1812).
From: Ferguson's Vol. II (Ibid above) p. 162. at the same court
session above "The division of Lands of John Knox, Decd, between James
Knox and Samuel Knox, Heirs of said decd..was admitted to record on
the certificate of James Spratt, Surveyor, to wit:"…
A description was given of the 260 acres tract to James Knox and the
240 acre tract of Samuel Knox.
From: Louise Pettus Notes - which she took from Colony of North
Carolina, 1735-1764, Abstracts of Land Patents, Volume One by Margaret
M. Hofmann, 1982, Roanoke News Company, Weldon, N.C. (For copies of
patents write to: Land Grant Office, New Legislative Office Building
-Room 302, 300 North Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27611) Patent #4349,
Patent Book 13, p. 424 JOHN KNOX, 21 Dec 1763, 508 acres in
Mecklenburg County on the E. side of the Catauba(sic) River, joining
Jean Armour, Matthew Knox, sd Knox, and (a point) near Robert Lepers
(Leepers) improvement.
(It appears from the above that John Knox owned another tract
adjoining it)
From: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Deed Abstracts 1763-1779, by
Brent H. Holcomb and Elmer O. Parker, Southern Historical Press, Inc.
(reprint) from copyright 1979 by: The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.
1979.(reprint 1991) p. 225:
Meck. Deeds Vol 8, p. 101. (start of deed book 27. (a plat or
beginning of a plat of land of John Knox.)
From: Genealogical Deed Abstracts of Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina Books 10-14 by Herman W. Ferguson, Privately published by
Herman Ferguson, Rocky Mount, NC 1990. p. 137:
From deed bk. 19, p. 179: "A division of land owned by John Knox,
decd, as shown in the plat below between Jas. Knox & Saml. Knox,
surveyed by James Sprott, Surveyor. Proved at Feb. Court 1812 by the
certificate of Jas. Spratt. Registered 1 May 1812.
(The plat map is entered into the book)
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Abt 1722 - 1777 (~ 55 years)