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James Knox

Male Abt 1761 - 1842  (~ 81 years)


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  • Name James Knox 
    Born Abt 1761  NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Nov 1842  Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mecklenburg Co., NC (grave 6GE) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3584  MyTree
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2009 

    Father John Knox,   b. Abt 1722, Belfast, Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1777, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Ann Gaston,   b. 1727, Belfast, Antrim, Ulster, Norther Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1813, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 1750  NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah McFalls,   b. 1767, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1847, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 1797  SC or NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Buie Knox,   b. 1798, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1875, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +2. John Knox,   b. Abt 1800, prob SC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1829, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years)
    +3. James B. Knox,   b. 1803, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +4. Joseph Knox,   b. Jun 1805,   d. 20 Jun 1868, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F2330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mecklenburg Marriages 1783 - 1868:
      Knox, James and Hanah McFalls 31 Jan 1797; Samuel Neel Bondsman

      From: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts, 1791 - 1868,
      Books A-J By Herman W. Ferguson, Privately printed Rocky Mount, NC
      1993. p. 178.
      Will of James Knox, dated 10 Aug 1839, probated in January 1843 court.
      Recorded in Will Bk. H, p. 113:
      To wife "Hannah, Negroes Jenny and Eliza during her lifetime also a
      comfortable maintenance from the part of my plantation I now live on
      willed herein to my son Joseph. She is to have all the household and
      kitchen furniture except for items left to my sons, a horse, the
      livestock necessary for her support as determined by my Exrs, and all
      the provisions, fodder, and grain on hand is to be retained for the
      support of my family."
      To son Samuel B. Knox, the portion of my plantation adj. the Catawba
      River and Semrill, as well as the Negro Will at the death of my wife,
      the Negro Louisa and her issue, a cow and calf, and all that I have
      given heretofore on condition that he pay to my dau-in-law, Hannah S.
      Knox $100 and to my son James B. Knox $200 within two years after my
      demise.
      I give to my son James B. Knox the Negro Mary and her issue, a horse
      and colt, two cows and calves, a third of my cattle and hogs, and a
      bed and furniture, all on condition that they pay to my grandson John
      Knox $100 within two years after my demise.
      I will to my son Joseph Knox all the balance of my plantation I now
      live on less the portion willed to my son Samuel, as well as the Negro
      Andy and, at the decease of my wife, the Negro Jenny. I also give my
      son Joseph a horse, two cows and calves, a third of my cattle and
      hogs, and a bed and furniture, all on condition that he pay $200 to my
      son James B. Knox and $100 to my grandson John Knox within two years
      of my demise. My unwilled farming utensils are to be divided equally
      between my sons James and Joseph, but my blacksmith tools, cotton gin
      and wheat thresher are to remain where they are now for the joint use
      of my three sons. My debts are to be paid by my sons James and Joseph,
      and if I should fail to provide my grandson John Knox with a horse
      before my demise, this gift, worth $75, is also to be the
      responsibility of James and Joseph.
      Exrs: Samuel B. and James B. Knox
      Witnesses: John Hart and Mary Lindsey

      (Codicil of 15 Aug 1842) It is my will that my sons Samuel and Joseph
      are to be released from the responsibility of paying $200 each to my
      son James B. Knox. Furthermore, Samuel is to pay $50 instead of $100
      to my daug-in-law Hannah S. Knox; James and Joseph are each to pay $50
      to my grandson John Knox instead of $100; and the Negro Louisa, named
      in my will to my son Samuel, is to be valued, my three sons are to
      draw lots to determine who is to receive her, and the recipient is to
      pay a third of her value to each of his brothers.

      October session 1797: Ordered by the court that Bennet Wood be and is
      hereby appointed as overseer of the road from John Prices to Isaac
      Prices Ferry and is authorized to call on all the hands liable to work
      on roads on the under named plantations:
      Viz: Isaac Price, Hugh Herrons, James Knoxes, Saml. Knoxes, Junr.,
      Mathew Knox's, Joseph Swanns, James Porters, David Hartts, Moses
      Swann's, Thomas Grier (formerly Blackwoods) John Prices, Samuel Neals,
      etc……."
      These were indeed owners of land from what is today Island Point on
      Lake Wylie going back toward Shopton on Shopton Road West. Note: The
      Mathew Knox named above was "old Matthew Knox" who was a brother of
      John Knox, who died in 1777. He had owned the property adjoining his
      brother John. (this will be covered under the Mathew Knox section).

      There is also a deed in 1825 from James to his son, Samuel B. Knox for
      250 acres. This appears to be about the time that Samuel B. Knox
      married 1st to Cynthia Pettus. He had probably deeded property to
      James B. Knox when he married also. I noted that the will did not
      leave real property to James B, only personal property.