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James Knox Polk Baxter 1848–1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 February 1848

Birth Location: Cosby, Cocke, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 6 February 1920

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

Father: Jesse Baxter

Mother: Mary Baxter

Spouse(s): Rebecca Caton, Mary Killian

Children(s): Albert Baxter, Margaret Baxter, Noah Baxter, Sarah Baxter, Mary Baxter, Walter Baxter, Bertha Baxter, Bruce Baxter, Addie Baxter, Carrie Baxter, Hopkins Baxter, Azora Baxter**, Hattie Baxter, Nora Balter, Rufus Baxter

James Knox Polk Baxter was born in 1848 in Cosby, Cocke, Tennessee, USA, the child of Jesse Baxter And Mary Ann Baxter. James Knox Polk Baxter married Mary Ann Killian, Rebecca Matilda Caton, and had children including Addie Lillian Baxter, Albert Ruel Baxter, Azora Bell Baxter, Bertha P Baxter, Bruce R Baxter, Carrie Mae Baxter, Hattie Lee Baxter, Hopkins Lacy Baxter, Margaret Viola Baxter, Mary Ellen Baxter, Noah Baxter, Nora J Balter, Rufus E Baxter, Sarah Jane Baxter, Walter C Baxter. James Knox Polk Baxter passed away in 1920 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • James Knox Polk Baxter was born in 1848 in Cosby, Cocke, Tennessee, USA, the child of Jesse Baxter And Mary Ann Baxter.
  • James Knox Polk Baxter married Mary Ann Killian, Rebecca Matilda Caton, and had children including Addie Lillian Baxter, Albert Ruel Baxter, Azora Bell Baxter, Bertha P Baxter, Bruce R Baxter, Carrie Mae Baxter, Hattie Lee Baxter, Hopkins Lacy Baxter, Margaret Viola Baxter, Mary Ellen Baxter, Noah Baxter, Nora J Balter, Rufus E Baxter, Sarah Jane Baxter, Walter C Baxter.
  • James Knox Polk Baxter passed away in 1920 in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Baxter's Ancestors

Self
James Baxter
1848–1920
Birth Place: Cosby, Cocke, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Jesse Baxter
1826–1885
Cocke County, Tennessee, United States of America
Mary (Ann) Baxter
1826–1854
Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
James (Baxter) Sr.
1793–1866
Georgia, United States of America
Rhoda Giles
1796–1878
North Carolina, United States of America
Jesse (John) Norton
1795–1850
Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Mary (Polly) RAMSEY
1800–1845
Rowan county, North Carolina, American Coloonies
Great-Grandparents
William Baxter
1773–
John Giles
1765–1850
ALICE JOYCE
1765–1795
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Baxter's Descendants

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James (Knox Polk) Baxter (5 February 1848–6 February 1920) m. Rebecca (Matilda) Caton (19 January 1854–29 September 1881) m. Mary (Ann) Killian (14 AUG 1863–13 May 1927)
  1. 1. Albert (Ruel) Baxter 1877–1897
  2. 2. Margaret (Viola) Baxter 1879–1896
  3. 3. Noah Baxter 1873–1944 m. Cassie (Anne) Ball 1877–1963
    1. 1. Goldie (Eldon) Baxter 1912–1995 m. Clarence (E) Leatherwood 1899–1974
      1. 1. Randall Leatherwood 1945–1982
    2. 2. Osborne (Ball) Baxter 1901–1954
    3. 3. Mattie (Jon) Baxter 1908–1971
    4. 4. Lewis (Knox Palk) Baxter 1904–1961
    5. 5. Georgia (Marie) Baxter 1915–2010
    6. 6. Samuel (Noah) Baxter 1906–1975
    7. 7. Docia (Mae) Baxter 1902–1985
    8. 8. Effie (Lee) Baxter 1918–1923
    9. 9. Viola (Ann Compton) Baxter 1910–
  4. 4. Sarah (Jane) Baxter 1875–1960
    1. 1. Lola (Mae) Green 1902–1979
      1. 1. Betty (Jo) Ball 1929–2017
  5. 5. Mary (Ellen) Baxter 1881–1950 m. William (Lucius) Lindsey 1878–1923
    1. 1. Tennis (Trula Lindsey) . 1911–1980
  6. 6. Walter (C) Baxter 1885–1969 m. Nora (E) Valentine 1886–1968
    1. 1. Denver (Forrest) Baxter 1918–1999 m. Ann Blount 1921–
    2. 2. James (Isaac) Baxter 1923–2007
    3. 3. Hazel (Clemence) Baxter 1911–1999 m. Fred (V) Birdwell 1906–
      1. 1. Carole (J.) Johnson 1944–2020
    4. 4. Gardie (Baxter) Bottoms 1906–1965
    5. 5. Delmar (Walter) Baxter 1912–2004
    6. 6. Duluth (Tracy) Baxter 1921–2003
    7. 7. Doy (Estes) Baxter 1914–1996
    8. 8. Lela (Avis) Baxter 1908–2004
    9. 9. Geneva (Robbie Sue) Baxter 1927–1936
    10. 10. Duard (Scott) Baxter 1916–1920
    11. 11. Francenia (Lochiel) Baxter –2016
    12. 12. Dee (Blaine) Baxter 1924–1925
    13. 13. Pearl Baxter 1910–
    14. 14. Joyce (Harriet) Baxter 1929–2021
    15. 15. Joyce (Harriet) Baxter 1904–
  7. 7. Bertha (P) Baxter 1887–1971
  8. 8. Bruce (R) Baxter 1890–1921
  9. 9. Addie (Lillian) Baxter 1890–1979
  10. 10. Carrie (Mae) Baxter 1892–1927 m. Noah Caughron 1889–1984
    1. 1. Emma (Dean) Caughron 1909–
    2. 2. Imogene Caughron 1908–
    3. 3. James (W) Caughron 1919–2003
    4. 4. Kenneth (E) Caughron 1911–1998
    5. 5. Viola Caughron 1915–1999
    6. 6. Gertrude Caughron 1914–
  11. 11. Hopkins (Lacy) Baxter 1895–1914
  12. 12. Azora (Bell) Baxter** 1897–1898
  13. 13. Hattie (Lee) Baxter 1899–1920
  14. 14. Nora (J) Balter 1901–1925
  15. 15. Rufus (E) Baxter 1904–1971

James Baxter's Timeline

7 Records

1848
5 February 1848
Birth of James Knox Polk Baxter in Cosby, Cocke, Tennessee, USA
Cosby, Cocke, Tennessee, USA
1848
5 Feb 1848
Birth of James Knox Polk Baxter in Cosby, Cocke County, TN
Cosby, Cocke County, TN
1848
5 February 1848
Birth of James Knox Polk Baxter in Cosby, Cocke, Tennessee, USA
Cosby, Cocke, Tennessee, USA
1860
1860
Age 12
James Knox Polk Baxter resided here in District 8, Wilton Springs, Cocke, Tennessee, USA
District 8, Wilton Springs, Cocke, Tennessee, USA
1920
6 February 1920
Age 72
Death of James Knox Polk Baxter in Leoma, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
Leoma, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
1920
6 Feb 1920
Age 72
Death of James Knox Polk Baxter in Leoma, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
Leoma, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
1920
6 February 1920
Age 72
Death of James Knox Polk Baxter in Leoma, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
Leoma, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 February 1848
    Event Place: Cosby, Cocke, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 8, Cocke, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1244; Page: 452; Family History Library

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Feb 1848
    Event Place: Cosby, Cocke County, TN

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 February 1848
    Event Place: Cosby, Cocke, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: District 8, Wilton Springs, Cocke, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 8, Cocke, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1244; Page: 452; Family History Library

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 February 1920
    Event Place: Leoma, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Feb 1920
    Event Place: Leoma, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 February 1920
    Event Place: Leoma, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States of America

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