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…“Tale of Two Johns” Character Profiles… |
Mary B.
Knox, Jr
b. abt 1817 – d. bet 1861-1868
Mentioned in her father John's LWT dated
“3rd I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary B. Smith One Note on David S.
Hutchinson for the amount of One hundred Dollars”
Bride: Mary B Knox
Groom: Benjamin B Smith
Bond Date:
County:
Record #: 02 228
Bondsman: A M Rankin
Witness: Hugh M Aulay
Bond #: 000083641
Mecklenburg Deeds, Book 3, page 746
Signed: Cynthia H. Robison
Wit: Martha Tarlton & Thomas
B. Cerry
Reg
[PRB Note: This appears to be Benjamin B. Smith who m. Mary B.
Knox, Cynthia's niece; J. P. Henderson appears to be James P. Henderson, son of
Carnes H. Henderson was the nephew of Mary B. (Robison) Knox.]
1850
Name: Benj B Smith
Age: 30
Estimated birth year:
abt 1820
Birth place:
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Mallard Creek,
Page: 54
Roll: M432_637
Benj B. Smith, M, 30 (abt 1820), farmer,
b. NC
Nancy, F, 30 (abt 1820),, b.
NC ( sic Mary….name apparent error..
this must be Mary B. Knox...see 1860 family below)
Charles, M, 9 (abt 1841),, b. NC
Isabella, F, 5 (abt 1845),, b. NC
1860
Name: Benj B Smith
Age in 1860:
42
Birthplace:
Home in 1860:
Gender: Male
Post Office: Van
Buren
Roll: M653_40
Page: 671
Year: 1860
Head of Household: Benj B Smith
Name Home in 1860
(City,County,State)
Age in 1860 Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Gender
Benj B Smith age 42
abt 1817 North Carolina Male
Mary B Smith 42 1817
Sidney J Smith 21 1838
Charles J Smith 20
1839
Mary B J [I] Smith 13
1846 North Carolina Female [Mary B. Isabella Smith – see 1850 list of
children]
Wm W Smith
8 1851
Margaret C Smith
1852
Benj A Smith 5
1854
Sarah L Smith 3
1856
Missing:
1860
1870 Census:
Name: B B Smith
Estimated Birth Year:
abt 1818
Age in 1870:
52
Birthplace:
Home in 1870: Vine
Prairie,
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Bellmont
Roll: M593_51
Page: 291
Image: 351
Year: 1870
B B Smith abt 1818 North Carolina White
Male
Martha Smith abt 1843 Arkansas
White Female (Martha Ann Morse)
William Smith abt 1851 North Carolina White
Male
Margarette Smith abt 1854 North Carolina White
Female (Margaret Clementine?)
Sarah D Smith abt 1860 Missouri White
Female (Sarah L, b. 1856?)
James M. Smith about 1869
Charles Linn <[email protected]> wrote:
From: "Charles Linn"
To: "Peggy R. Bruckner"
cc: "Jean McClanahan"
Subject: Ancestors of Ruth Hunter Knox
Date:
Hi Peggy,
This message relates to your web pages "Ancestors of
Ruth Hunter Knox" at FamilyTreeMaker.com.
I want to thank you for making this very important genealogy
information available, give you some information you probably don't have, and ask some questions.
My name is Bill Linn. A first cousin, Jean (Potter)
McClanahan and I have been researching the genealogy of our great grandmother,
Eliza (Alexander) Potter.
A few months ago Jean was searching
microfilms on loan from the LDS Family History Library in
In checking this out, she also found the
Results were poor until Jean found your web pages along with
"Descendants of Robert Ewart Sr.", also at FamilyTreeMaker.com. To make a long story short, we share common
Knox ancestors with your "Ruth Hunter Knox" backward from John Knox
(1777-1860) and Mary Brandon (1794-1874).
Here is some new information for you:
John Knox and Mary (
Margarette (Margaret) Knox was the first
born. She was born about 1814 in NC (per the 1850 Census of Hickman Co
TN). She married Amos Alfred Alexander before 1834 died between 1850 and 1860
in TN. She was my Grandfather's
Grandmother and the Knox link for the inheritance.
The other daughter was Mary Knox who married Benjamin B.
Smith and had children.
This is what we learned from the microfilms:
John (Sr.) Knox of Mecklenburg Co., NC made his will
Margarette was not named. She could
have been deceased. She is listed with her husband Amos Alexander and family in
the 1850 census - TN, Hickman Co., 353 - 50. The 1860 census does not list her
with the family.
John Knox made bequests to all he listed. He left the bulk
of his land (420 acres) to John R. and Andrew with the provision that they care
for their mother and she have use of the land during her lifetime. If either
John or Andrew died without heirs, their land would go to the remaining
brother.
John (Sr.) died
This was done and the land was sold
for $3000. This amount, plus interest and less expenses of the sale resulted in
$3099.70 being equally divided between Robert J.,
Patrick J. and the children of Mary Smith and the children of Margarette
Alexander. [Robert subsequently purchased all the land from the other heirs.]
Margarette's daughter, Eliza (our great
grandmother) had also died. That is why our grandfather and his siblings,
rather than their mother, were named as heirs for a
portion of the estate.
We don't know why the delay in
settling John R. Knox's estate (January 4, 1863 to 1870-72).