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Matthew Knox

Male 1803 - 1856  (53 years)


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  • Name Matthew Knox 
    Born 1803  Pendleton Dist., SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Aug 1856 
    Person ID I9553  MyTree
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2009 

    Father James Knox,   b. Abt 1760 Ireland, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1847, Pickens Co., SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Abott Mary Ann 
    Married NC (?) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5295  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Knox DNA Project, Lineage of Matthew Knox of Steele Creek (?) through James:
      Matthew Knox, b. 1803 Pendleton District SC; d. 1856, Chickasaw Co MS:
      Birth date/location: Feb. 27,1803; Pendleton District (later Pickens/Oconee County), SC
      Death date/location: Aug. 13, 1856; near Houlka, Chickasaw Co, MS; died in logging accident
      Occupation: Farmer
      Wife: Belinda Nicholson; m. 1827, Pickens Co SC
      Birth date/location: Jan. 10, 1809; Pendleton District, SC,
      Death date/location: Jan. 7, 1851, near Houlka, Chickasaw Co, MS
      Children of Matthew Knox and Belinda Nicholson:
      Caroline Knox, b. ca. 1831, Pickens Co, SC
      William E. Knox, b. ca. 1833, Pickens Co, SC
      James M. Knox, b. ca. 1835, TN (county unknown)
      Mary J. Knox, b. ca. 1837, Chickasaw Co, MS
      Pendleton C. "Pen" Knox, b. ca. 1838, Chickasaw Co, MS
      Isabella Knox, b. ca. 1841, Chickasaw Co, MS
      Cornelia Knox, b. ca. 1842, Chickasaw Co, MS
      Isaac Nicholson Knox, b. 1844, Chickasaw Co, MS [See below]
      John Knox, b.ca 1846, Chickasaw Co, MS
      Virginia Knox, b. ca. 1849, Chickasaw Co, MS
      Isaac Nicholson Knox, b. 1844, Chickasaw Co MS; d. 1922 Pontotoc Co MS:
      Wife: Martha Almarine Hightower, b. 1847, Randolph Co, AL; daughter of John Hightower and Keziah Armistead; d. 1935, Clay Co MS:
      Children of Isaac Nicholson Knox and Martha Almarine Hightower:
      Oscar J. Knox, b. 1867; lived in Pontotoc, MS
      James Edgar Knox (father of James E. Knox, Jr. and grandfather of participant no. 49726), b. 1869
      Bruce Knox, b. 1874; lived in West Point, MS
      Ada Cornelia Knox, m. John William Brown (grandparents of James Armistead Brown, Jr.); b. 1876; lived in Pontotoc and Jackson, MS
      Rush Hightower Knox, m. Florence Bigham; b. 1879; (was Attorney General of Mississippi, 1924-28); lived in Houston and Jackson, MS
      Dewitt Knox, b. 1882; lived in Tupelo, MS
      Alma Knox, m. John Tyler; b. 1884; lived in West Point, MS
      Isaac Cecil Knox, b. 1887; physician in Vicksburg, MS
      Baxter M. Knox, b. 1889; lawyer in New Albany, MS