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Benjamin A. Knox (1759 - 1842)

Benjamin A. Knox
Born in Rowan, North Carolinamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 12 Jan 1780 in Henry, Virginia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , and
Died at age 82 in Rowan, North Carolina, USAmap
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1776 Project
Benjamin Knox served with Rowan County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

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Biography

Birth

Benjamin A. Knox was born on 10 Apr 1759 in Rowan, North Carolina, son of John Absalom Knox (~1708 - 1758) and Jeane Sinclair (Gracey) Knox (~1708 - 1772).

Alternate Birth

Birth: 6-5-1760 ROWAN CO NORTH CAROLINA

Siblings

Marriage

1st Wife

Benjamin married Winney Bell (~1759 -? ).

Children

2nd Wife

Benjamin married Rebecca Simmons ( ? ).

3rd Wife

Benjamin (20) married Jamima Gardner ( - ) on 12 Jan 1780 in Henry, Virginia, United States.

Children

Revolutionary War Service

Service: NORTH CAROLINA

Rank(s): PRIVATE

Pension Number: *S8800

Service Source: *S8800

Service Description: 1) CAPTS JOHN SLOAN, JOSEPH GRAHAM 2) COLS HAMRIGHT, DIXON

Record: 1780, a Private under Capt. Johnson Sloan and Col. Francis Locke. 1781, a Private under Capt. Joseph Graham and Lt. Col. William Polk (Mecklenburg County Regiment).[1]

Death

Benjamin died on 27 Feb 1842 in Rowan aged 82.

Alternate Death

Death: 9-2-1842 ROWAN CO NORTH CAROLINA

Sources

  1. ↑ #Lewis
  • Source: Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Knox), "Record of Benjamin", Ancestor # A067039.
  • Source: J.D.Lewis, Revolutionary War Record for Benjamin Knox
  • 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
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Tina Wells
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. She had a son Benjamin but not the Benjamin born 1759... her Benj Knox was born 1744, so not the same Benjamin Knox!

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

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