| Notes |
- Joseph Knox, son of James and Hannah Knox, was named in his father's
will as receiving the plantation on which the father now lives. This
is evident in the 1840 census listing of old James and Hannah as there
is male living in the household age 30-40 and 1 female age 15-20 and a
female under 5 years. Also living in the household is 1 male 80-90 yrs
and 1 female 60-70 which are James and Hannah. Living next door to
them was Samuel Buie Knox and his family. When Hannah died, she left a
will leaving to Joseph all of the household items. From the various
census records, i.e. 1850 and 1860, Joseph never moved from his home
place.
His first wife, Violet B. Simeril (spelled various ways, Simmeral,
Simmerel, Simril, Simeril, Simeral, etc) was the daughter of Francis
Simeral, who lived on the other side of Samuel Buie Knox. She had died
in 1849 and in the 1850 census, Joseph was shown with his three
children, Nancy H. Knox, James F. and John S. Apparently he married
his 2nd wife, Cynthia T. ? right after the 1850 census taker recorded
them as this only child by Cynthia, Tabitha, was born in 1851. It is
probable that Joseph married Cynthia in York County, SC as no marriage
record for him and Cynthia has been found in Mecklenburg County. It
could well be that he married her in Gaston County as those records
have not been checked. Many of the Price family married people from
Gaston and even one of Samuel Buie's daughters married a man from
Gaston County. With Price's ferry almost within sight of their land,
it was easier to meet someone from across the river than others in
Steele Creek. In 1860 all of the children born before that date, Nancy
H., James F., John S. and Tabitha, were living at home with their
parents Joseph & Cynthia Knox.
The sons of Joseph, James F. and John S. Knox, and younger sons
William and Lee, did not leave any known heirs.
Joseph Knox was an elder at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church. When
Pleasant Hill was formed in 1836, the charter members list included
many of the Knox name.
On that list of first members are Joseph Knox and his brother Samuel
B. Knox who was one of the first elders. At some point Joseph Knox
became an elder as his tombstone indicates he was a, "Ruling Elder
Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church".
This is just one more Knox family that did not have the named carried
on in Steele Creek. Only the daughter's married and none of Joseph's
sons married to carry on the name.
The daughters are not researched further.
In the 1830s, 40s and 50s, there were so many Knox families in Steele
Creek it was hard to sort them out. By 1900, there was only one or two
left.
1850 Census, Steele Creek, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.:
Joseph Knox, m., age 45; Nancy, f., age 11; James, m., age 9; John
S., m., age 4; Jacob Hankins, m. age 16.
Joseph died in 1868, prior to the 1870 census of Steele Creek. The
1870 census has an even greater mystery. Living in an area closer to
Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church was Joshua Boyd and Tabitha Boyd.
She was shown as age 19 . Her marriage took place at the home of her
mother on 9 Sept 1869. Joshua D. Boyd was the son of Thomas. M. & T.
C. Boyd.
In the 1970s interview with Uncle Sam and Aunt Kate, he related that
Joseph Knox was a brother of his grandfather, Samuel Buie Knox, and
that his son Lee ran the Knox ferry that went across the river into
where Gaston Co. and York Co. came together.
In the 1970s interview with Uncle Sam and Aunt Kate, he related that
Joseph Knox was a brother of his grandfather, Samuel Buie Knox, and
that his son Lee ran the Knox ferry that went across the river into
where Gaston Co. and York Co. came together.
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1805 - 1868 (63 years)