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Generation No. 1

1. JOHN KNOX was born 1708 in Renfrewshire, Scotland, and died October 12, 1758 in Rowan Co., NC. He married JEAN GRACEY 1737 in Colerain, Londonberry, N. Ireland, daughter of JOHN O'GRACEY and JEAN SINCLAIR. She was born 1708 in Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland or Scotland, and died September 18, 1772 in Rowan Co., NC.

Children of JOHN KNOX and JEAN GRACEY are:

(2) i. LT. SAMUEL KNOX, SR., b. January 01, 1746/47, Rowan Co., NC; d. November 02, 1837, Jackson Co., GA.
ii. WILLIAM KNOX, b. 1739.
iii. JOHN KNOX, JR., b. Aft. 1740.
iv. JOSEPH KNOX, b. December 1747, Colerine, Ireland; d. August 31, 1836, Rowan Co., NC; m. MAGDELENE ALLISON, March 02, 1773.
v. ABSALOM KNOX, b. Aft. 1740.
(3) vi. JAMES KNOX, b. 1752, Rowan Co., NC; d. October 10, 1794, Huntersville, Mecklenburg Co., NC.
vii. MARY KNOX, b. Bef. 1759.
viii. BENJAMIN KNOX, b. 1759.

Generation No. 2

(2) LT. SAMUEL3 KNOX, SR. was born January 01, 1746/47 in Rowan Co., NC, and died November 02, 1837 in Jackson Co., GA. He married MARY LUCKEY 1774 in Rowan, North Carolina, daughter of LUCKIE. She was born March 01, 1756 in Rowan Co., NC, and died Aft. 1835 in Jackson Co., GA.

Children of SAMUEL KNOX and MARY LUCKEY are:

i. (4)MARY KNOX4 CROLL, b. January 25, 1785.
ii. JAMES KNOX, b. June 05, 1775.
iii. JANE KNOX, b. May 22, 1777.
iv. JOHN KNOX, b. October 06, 1779.
v. ANNA KNOX, b. June 16, 1782.
vi. DAVID KNOX, b. October 13, 1787.
vii. SAMUEL KNOX, JR., b. October 06, 1789, Ogelthorpe Co., Georgia; d. February 03, 1873, Menlo, (Chatooga Co.) Georgia; m. MARY MONTGOMERY, October 05, 1809; b. January 31, 1791, Jackson Co., GA.
viii. CYNTHIA KNOX, b. 1790.

(3) JAMES KNOX was born 1752 in Rowan Co., NC, and died October 10, 1794 in Huntersville, Mecklenburg Co., NC. He married LYDIA GILLESPIE.

Children of JAMES KNOX and LYDIA GILLESPIE are:

i. (5)JANE GRACEY4 KNOX, b. November 13, 1776, Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. January 11, 1852, Columbia, Maury Co., TN.
ii. NAOMI KNOX.
iii. ROBERT KNOX.
iv. THOMAS KNOX.

Generation No. 3

(4) MARY KNOX CROLL was born January 25, 1785. She married (1) UNKNOWN CROLL. She married (2) JOHN ROBINSON, JR. July 06, 1813 in Jasper Co., GA, son of JOHN ROBINSON and LYDIA BRINN. He was born April 10, 1786 in Richmond Co., NC, and died June 14, 1857 in Jasper Co, GA.

Children of MARY CROLL and JOHN ROBINSON are:

i. JOHN L.5 ROBINSON, b. February 22, 1822, Jasper Co. GA; d. October 03, 1890, Jasper Co. GA; m. SARAH CORNELIA SMITH; b. January 21, 1833; d. December 02, 1909, Probably Jasper Co., GA.
ii. JAMES C. ROBINSON.
iii. F. WILLIAM ROBINSON.
iv. MARTHA ANN ROBINSON, b. 1819.

(5) JANE GRACEY KNOX was born November 13, 1776 in Mecklenburg Co., NC, and died January 11, 1852 in Columbia, Maury Co., TN. She married SAMUEL POLK, son of EZEKIEL POLK and MARIE WILSON. He was born July 05, 1772 in Mecklenburg Co., NC, and died 1827 in Columbia, Maury Co., TN.

Child of JANE KNOX and SAMUEL POLK is:

i. JAMES KNOX POLK, b. November 02, 1795, Pineville, Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. June 15, 1849, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN; m. SARAH CHILDRESS, January 01, 1824, Columbia, TN; b. September 04, 1803, Murfreesboro, (Mecklenburg Co.), North Carolina; d. August 14, 1891, Nashville, (Davidson Co.), Tennessee.

James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States (1845-49), under whose leadership the country fought a victorious war with Mexico and greatly increased its territory by annexing Texas and all the land west of the Rocky Mountains. His mother was a descendant of the famous Scottish religious reformer John Knox. When he was 11 years old, Polk and his family moved to Tennessee, the state in which he achieved prominence. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, he developed a lucrative law practice in the Nashville, Tennessee, area. His career received a strong boost when he married the socially prominent Sarah Childress. An ardent supporter of President Andrew Jackson, Polk rose steadily within the ranks of the Democratic party of Tennessee. He served two years in the state legislature and then, between 1825 and 1839, in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was Speaker of the House during the last four years of his congressional term.
Birth: 2 NOV 1795 in Pineville, (Mecklenburg Co.) North Carolina
Note: near a place called "Little Sugar Creek" 1 2
Death: 15 JUN 1849 in Nashville, (Davidson Co.), Tennessee
Note: President Polk died just a few weeks after leaving office. 1 2

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