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Benjamin F Knox 1747–1835 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1747

Birth Location: Rowan County, NC, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 31 August 1835

Death Location: Cannon County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: John KNOX

Mother: Jean Gracey

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In 1747, Benjamin F Knox entered the world in Rowan County, NC, North Carolina, USA, born to John Knox And Jean Sinclair Gracey. Benjamin F Knox passed away in 1835 in Cannon County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1747, Benjamin F Knox entered the world in Rowan County, NC, North Carolina, USA, born to John Knox And Jean Sinclair Gracey.
  • Benjamin F Knox passed away in 1835 in Cannon County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Benjamin Knox's Ancestors

Self
Benjamin Knox
1747–1835
Birth Place: Rowan County, NC, North Carolina, USA
Parents
John KNOX
1708–1758
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Jean (Sinclair) Gracey
1708–1772
Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Adam Knox
1682–1768
Abbey, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Brock) Hutcheson
1686–1710
Torphichen, Bathgate, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jean (GRACY) Sinclair
1686–1711
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Knox
1651–1716
Barbara Knox
1650–1704
Henry Brock
1661–1770
Janet Marshall
1663–1705
James Sinclair
1650–1700
Isabel Lumsden
1650–1728
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Knox
1628–1703
Janet Auld
1632–
Robert Cushnie
1619–1687
Agnes Leith
1623–1687

Benjamin Knox's Timeline

2 Records

1747
1747
Birth of Benjamin F Knox in Rowan County, NC, North Carolina, USA
Rowan County, NC, North Carolina, USA
1835
31 August 1835
Age 88
Death of Benjamin F Knox in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
Rutherford, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1747
    Event Place: Rowan County, NC, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 August 1835
    Event Place: Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cannon County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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