John Adam Knox III (abt. 1739 - 1802)

Born about 1739 in Coleraine, Ireland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Reid) Knox — married 1763 in Rowan , North Carolina

Descendants

Died 1802 at about age 63 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Captain John Knox III served with Rowan County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Name: John /Knox/ b.1745^[1]

Birth: about 1739, Coleraine, Ireland

Birth: about 1739, Rowan, North Carolina, USA^[2]

Spouse: Hannah Reid^[3]

Military

Revolutionary War Service Captain John Knox 1779, 1st Rowan County Regiment, North Carolina militia "Was a Sergeant and an Ensign. Was a Captain in 1779, under Col. Francis Locke." Captain John Knox's future son-in-law, Benjamin Brandon, served under the Captain awhile.

According to Hattie S. Goodman, John Knox, Jr. (also known as John Adam Knox III) ... "He served in the Revolutionary war, as did most, if not all of his brothers. Some of his granddaughters (the writer's mother and aunts) tell us that he was with General Davidson in the fight crossing the Catawba River (Battle of Cowan's Ford), not over twenty-five miles from his home, where General Davidson was killed. He (John Adam Knox III) had charge of a commissary wagon, and it is said that fleeing from the British, he lost a clevis pin from his wagon, and in great haste snatched a bridle from one of the rear horses, tied it in its place and fled on. We have no further record of his service in the war. He must have been married,and had several children before the war. His son, George, the writer's grandfather, was some four or five years old at the time the troops crossed the Catawba River.

It is taken for granted that he was a Presbyterian. The old records of the church, Thyatria, where he was buried, were burned, since his day. He married Hannah Reid and raised a family of eight children: five girls and three boys. He died in 1802, and was laid to rest in Thyatira graveyard, near by the graves of his parents. His wife died in 1793."^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S20
2. ↑ Source: #S20, #Dar
3. ↑ #DAR
4. ↑ #Knox, #Cowan, #FG

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85221980/john-knox : accessed 9 February 2022), memorial page for John Knox (1739–1802), Find a Grave Memorial ID 85221980, ; Maintained by Vicki Knox Larson (contributor 47262344) Burial Details Unknown.
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Feb 17, 2018), "Record of John Knox", Ancestor # A067096.
• Voucher 2093, February 1776
• The Knox Family, A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina, and other Knoxes, by Hattie S. Goodman, Publishers Whittet & Shepperson, Richmond Virginia; 1905; p. 172.
• Battle of Cowan's Ford, on the Catawba River, Feb. 1, 1781: Wikipedia:Battle_of_Cowan's_Ford, see also Category: Battle of Cowan's Ford
• See also Space:Iredell County Revolutionary Soldiers for a comprehensive list of Iredell Revolutionary War Veterans.
• "Genealogical Society of Iredell County, Inc., NC Revolutionary Soldiers’ Graves – Iredell, Davie & Alexander Co., Iredell County Tracks, Fall 2006." See Part 1 and Part 2
• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-9XW : accessed 23 October 2018), John Knox, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 390, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-RSW : accessed 23 October 2018), John Knox, Salisbury, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 650, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.
• "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z7-Q7QJ : 17 March 2018), John Knox, 1803; citing Iredell, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm.

Acknowledgements:

• Source S20Author: Ancestry.com, Title: OneWorldTree, Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Repository: #R1
• This person was created through the import of knox17032011.ged on 18 March 2011
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