Joseph
Knox
Sr.
Born about in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of John Knox
and Jeane Sinclair (Gracey) Knox
Brother of
William Knox, Absalom Knox Sr, John Adam Knox III, Mary (Knox) Roseborough, Samuel Knox Sr., James Knox and Benjamin A. Knox
Husband of
Jean (Crockett) Knox
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Magdelene (Allison) Knox
— married
2 Mar 1773 in Rowan, North Carolina
Husband of
Elizabeth (Whiteside) Knox
— married
8 Feb 1797 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John A P Knox, John Knox, Thomas Knox, Delia (Knox) Armstrong, Mary Knox, Squire Knox, Joseph Knox Jr., Benjamin Knox, Samuel Washington Knox, Jane Knox, Elizabeth (Knox) Doran and Margaret Knox
Died
at about age 87
in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
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Private Joseph Knox Sr. served with Rowan County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
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Biography
Birth
Birth: Dec 1747 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania or Bladen County, North Carolina Death: Aug 31, 1835, Rutherford County, Tennessee (alternate Wilson County) Parents: John Absalom Knox and Jean Sinclair (Gracy) Knox
Spouses
- Magdalen (Allison) Knox, married Mar 2, 1773 in Rowan County, North Carolina
- Elizabeth (Whiteside) Knox, married Feb 8, 1797 in North Carolina
- Jean (Crockett) Knox, married Sep 13, 1809 in Wilson County, Tennessee
Residence
Joseph was living in the area of the Fourth Creek Congregation in Rowan County, North Carolina in 1771. This area became Iredell County in 1778, where he was living in 1790 and 1800.
Military Service
Revolutionary War Service NORTH CAROLINA Record: 1780, a Private under Capt. James Crawford, then under Capt. James Hall, then under Capt. Galbraith Falls. 1781, a Private under Capt. William McAdoo. All service under Col. Francis Locke.
Death
Death: Aug 31, 1835, Rutherford County, Tennessee (alternate Wilson County)
Sources
- Source: The Knox Family by Hattie Goodman.
- Source: DAR-grs|A067106|Joseph Knox|Feb 17, 2018
- J.D. Lewis,
- Source: Morrison, Leonard Allison. The History of the Alison or Allison family in Europe and America (Damrell & Upham, Boston, MA, 1893)
- Source: Document: Tax List - 1779 [NC State Archives]; Call Number: C.R. 085.701.5; Page Number: 54; Family Number: 13
- Source: Original data: State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.
- Source: Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
- Source: "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-9DZ : accessed 23 October 2018), Joseph 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.
- Source: "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-R9P : accessed 23 October 2018), Joseph Knox, Salisbury, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 649, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.
- Source: "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5W-4D8 : 7 September 2017), Joseph Knox, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States; citing 265, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 179; FHL microfilm 24,537. Joseph Knox, age 80-90
- Source: Map of Fourth Creek Congregation, 1771, by William Sharpe, see Space:Fourth Creek Congregation, Jos Knox, Southeast Secgtor of Congregation
- Source: Find A Grave: Memorial #6862714
- Source: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R1-F9RT : 11 March 2018), Joseph Knox and Eliz. Whiteside, 08 Feb 1797; citing North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 422,158.
- Source: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFSK-94J : 3 November 2017), Joseph Knox and Magdelen Allison, 02 Mar 1773; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 500,949.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Dwayne Knox
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-Z156, FTDNA kit #116852
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~1.56%
John Knox :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A186593 [compare], Ancestry member johnknox2
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~1.56%
Betty Howard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A636811 [compare], Ancestry member Glancingbackward
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~1.56%
Alice (Knox) Johnson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jim Sneed :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Kristina (Voorhees) Adams :
23andMe, GEDmatch M781316 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Mark Voorhees :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Val Shaull :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Melinda (Medlock) Lyon :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
K. Fugate :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Delton Moore :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member deltonmoore
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~0.78%
Norman McGill :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A703822 [compare], Ancestry member kathleenmichael1
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~0.78%
Ray Carter :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member RayPCarter
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #18343
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~0.78%
Matt Bastress :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mbastress
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~0.78%
Robert Abercrombie :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #340893
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~0.39%
Sara (Dake) Schmiel :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #AM16857
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~0.39%
James McNelley :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Kathryn (Beck) Kelly :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Brenda (Taylor) Gravermoen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NY1117332 [compare], yourDNAportal BRE420749ba, Ancestry member brendagravermoen
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Hattie Goodman's book has my line ALL wrong.... it is sad how her "Book" is used for the basis of so many books that are the actual Historical Accounts of of other counties (in both NC and TN).
I have extensively researched, from primary source documentation, the Knox family of Rowan NC as well as the Knox line of Mecklenburg NC/York SC and the Knox line of Chester/York South Carolina [as they are all intertwined in error on online trees and on Find A Grave] and sadly I have found that Hattie Goodman even has HER OWN KNOX LINE wrong in her book.
If she is wrong on her own Knox line then why do so many people use her book as a basis of their Knox line? Because PRINT HAS POWER and once it is in print, lineages get destroyed.
Hattie uses the memorial in the Thyatira Presbyterian Church cemetery, that states John Knox and Jean Gracy had "seven sons", as if the memorial marker backs up her conclusions BUT what Hattie fails to mention [when mentioning the cemetery marker that backs up her claims] is that she and her sister placed the marker themselves... just left that little tidbit out.
The John Knox that married Jean Gracy was married TWICE. First to Jean Witherspoon and second to Jean Gracy but all the sons get lumped under Jean Gracy due to Hattie Goodman's book. I am not sure that is really her maiden name.... her will is "Jean Knox" but there is zero primary source documentation that says anywhere that she is a Gracy.
Hattie Goodman assumed every older male Knox buried in Thyatira was a son of John Knox & Jean Gracy but DNA has disproven this!
Jean Gracy Knox names her FOUR SONS in her will so the other children are either a son of John Knox and Jean Witherspoon or not related to this John Knox line at all. See the Knox DNA site for affirmation of this https://www.familytreedna.com/public/knoxsurname?iframe=ycolorized
edited by Tina Wells
KNOX family record book Hattie Goodman 1905 Mother Jean Gracy(spelling from book).