Absalom Knox Sr served with North Carolina during the American Revolution.
Absalom was born about 1738/40 in either Bladen County, North Carolina or in Ireland. It is not known if he was born before or after his parents immigrated to North Carolina. He was the son of John Knox and Jeane Gracey.[1] Absalom Knox died about 1808.
Spouse: Mary Morrison
Children:
Jane Knox
John Knox
Absalom Knox
William Knox
Margaret (Knox) Simonton
John Knox
Andrew Knox
Mary Knox
Benjamin Knox
Sarah Knox
Mary Knox
Burial: Rowan County, NC, USA
Revolutionary War Service
Possibly a Revolutionary War Veteran or patriot. Paid for services rendered.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Feb 17, 2018), "Record of Absalom Knox", Ancestor # A066872.
Goodman, Hattie S. The Knox Family. A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina and other Knoxes. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, Printers and Publishers, 1905.
Source: S496 Media: CD Abbreviation: World Family Tree Project Title: World Family Tree Project Publication: Volume 2 CD# 702 Tree# 3146 Broderbund Software, Banner Blue Division Date: 7 Jul 2003
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, Link, Absalom Knox, p 142 ff</span.
"North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V12B-B4R : 20 November 2015), Absalom Knox, 1795; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,503,375.
Knox family book
Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile Knox-495 created through the import of HAYER.GED on May 29, 2011 by Larry Hayer.
WikiTree profile Knox-830 created through the import of armstrong.ged on Aug 18, 2012 by Melanie Armstrong.
Unsourced family tree handed down to Betty Howard.
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Jean Gracy was NOT his mother! The children listed as children of Jean Gracy Knox is all wrong! This error comes from Hattie Goodman's book which has been proven to be WRONG based on DNA analysis. Absolam was either from the first marriage of John Sr or not related at all [see the link to the DNA site posted below]
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
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