Brief Life History of Samuel
When Lieutenant Samuel Knox Sr was born on 1 January 1747, in Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, John Adam Knox, was 38 and his mother, Jean Sinclair Gracy, was 39. He married Mary Luckey in 1774, in North Carolina, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States in 1790. He died on 2 November 1836, in Jackson, Butts, Georgia, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Woodbine-Jefferson City Cemetery, Jefferson, Jackson, Georgia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Samuel Knox Sr, "United States Census, 1790"
- Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Knox, Sr - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Samuel Knox, Sr
- Samuel Knox, "Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909"
Spouse and Children
1747–1836 Male
1756–1835 Female
Children (7)
1775–1802 Male
1779– Male
1785–1855 Female
1789–1873 Male
1791–1864 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1708–1758 Male
1708–1772 Female
Siblings (10)
1730–1803 Male
1736–1776 Male
1739–1802 Male
1740–1808 Male
1742–1777 Female
+5 More Children
World Events (7)
1767 · Tryon Palace
Age 20
1774 · Edenton Tea Party
Age 27
1776
Age 29
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (Northumberland and Durham): from a genitive or plural form of Old English cnocc ‘round-topped hill’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on a hilltop, or a habitational name from any of the places in Scotland and northern England named with this element, now spelled Knock, in particular one in Renfrewshire.
Scottish: habitational name from any of the places in Scotland named with Gaelic cnoc ‘hill’, for example Knock in Renfrewshire. It is not possibly to disentangle this from the surname derived from the English etymon mentioned in 1 above.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Revolutionary War Pension Application of Samuel Knox
Knox, Samuel - 1832 - Rowan County, NC - Pension Note: The original spelling and punctuation has been retained as best as I can decipher from the photocopy in my possesion which is a copy of the mi …
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