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…“Tale of Two Johns” Character Profiles… |
Jane Knox
b. abt 1779-1780 &
d. bef. 20 Sept 1818
1818 Estate Records for Jane Knox of
Note: I believe the evidence below supports the conclusion that this is
Jane Knox,
daughter of Capt Patrick Knox and
Mary (Smith) Knox, sister of John Knox.
Mecklenburg Co,
1818. November Session, 189
Ordered by Court that JOHN KNOX Administer on the Estate of JANE
KNOX, Decd, who appeared in Court and was Qualified and entered into bond with
DAVID SMITH, Security, in the sum of £250.
[Source: Herman
Note:
The “two” John Knox’s signatures…were
these four documents all signed by the same hand?
1. 1813
Marriage Bond for
2. 1816
Deed of
3. 1818
Admin Bond for Jane Knox’s Estate
4. 1853
LWT of John Knox who was b.
Mecklenburg Co, NC Court Minutes - 1818. November Session,
195
Inventory and Amt of Sales of the
Estate of Jane Knox, Decd, by John Knox, Admr. to the
amount of $238.51.
Mecklenburg Co, NC Court Minutes - 1821. November Session,
371
Inventory of Estate of Jane Knox,
Decd, with John Knox, the Admr.
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Amount of Estate |
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$238.51 |
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Cr. by Vouchers is Settlement |
$145.15 |
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Commissions |
7.25 |
152.40 |
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$86.11 |
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Interest on Ballance |
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7.31 |
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Bal. due the Estate |
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$93.42 |
Source:
Mecklenburg Co,
Herman
Nov 1821 is the last entry in Court Minutes...
Mecklenburg Co, NC Loose Estate Papers
Knox, Jane. 1818 <Reel 60,
Transcribed
[Jane Knox Estate -
Administration Bond -
John Knox, Adm of Jane Knox, Decd
- Bond
Know all Men by the presents that We John Knox and Samuel
Johnston are held and
firmly bound to Thos G. Polk, Chairman of the Court of Mecklenburg County in the sum of $500 to which payment will
& truly to be made. The condition of
the above obligation is such that
whereas the above bounders has this day prayed
out from and under the authority of Joseph Douglass, William L.
Davidson, & Benjamin W. Davidson,
three Justices of the Peace, letters of administration on the Estate of Jane
Knox deceased under and according to the act of openly possessed
December 1816. Now
therefore if he the sd John Knox do will and
faithfully execute and conduct the sd trust reposed
in him, and do faithfully act and return with and every of sd
proceedings in and about sd Estate of the sd decd directed to
the Court to be held in Charlotte on the fourth Monday of November next then & in that ease the above obligation
shall determine and be Void otherwise to remain in the full force and virture in law.
In testimony whereof the sd John
Knox & Samuel Johnston have hereunto set our Hands & Seals this 12th
[signed]
[signed]
W. L. Davidson, JP John
Knox [seal]
Jos Douglass, JP
Sam Johnston [seal]
B. W. Davidson, JP
Jane Knox Estate – Admin Bond – Nov Term 1818
State of
Know all Men by these Presents, That
John Knox & David Smith are held and firmly bound unto Joab
Alexander, Esquire, Chairman of said court, in the sum of two hundred and fifty
pounds, current money to be paid to the said of his successors; to the which
payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and
administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this
23rd day of November Anno Domini 1818
.....
[signed]
John Knox [seal]
David Smith [seal]
[Jane Knox Estate - Vondue Sale -
Nov Term 1818 - handwritten]
A List of the
property of Jane Knox decd Sold the 15th day of October 1818 by John Knox, Administrator
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Purchaser |
Property |
D. C. |
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John Lyttle |
1 Mare |
110.00 |
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Daniel McAulay |
1 Saddle & Blanket |
13.00 |
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Moses Shelby |
1 Sm. Wheel [spinning?] |
3.51 |
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Ditto |
1 Pine Chest |
1.00 |
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Samuel Wilson |
3 Chairs |
1.31 |
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Joseph Maxwell |
1 Walnut Chest |
5.55 |
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Hugh L. Wilson |
1 pr? Sad Irons |
1.00 |
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Samuel Wilson |
2 Coffee Pots |
1.15 |
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Moses Shelby |
1 Sm. Cupboard |
1.05 |
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Joseph Maxwell |
Tea Ware |
1.30 |
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Ditto |
2 Tumblers |
.63 |
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Ditto |
Plates |
1.01 |
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Ditto |
Waiters Knives & forks |
1.61 |
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Adam McRaven [?] |
1 lot of tin ware |
.62 ½ |
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Hugh L. Wilson |
1 Tub |
.55 |
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Ditto |
1 Table |
1.00 |
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Ditto |
1 Pitcher & Candlestick |
.70 |
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Elias Alexander |
1 Oven |
1.76 |
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Moses Shelby |
Barrells & Bee Gum |
.36 |
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Ditto |
1 Lott Crockery |
.50 |
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Jonathan Dewese |
1 Bed & furniture |
36.00 |
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Over |
Dollars |
183.61 ½ |
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Page 2 |
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Amt brot Forwd |
…………………………… |
183.61 ½ |
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Samuel Wilson |
1 Stand Curtains |
6.26 |
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David Davis |
1 Bridle |
.63 |
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Ditto |
1 Curry Comb |
.13 |
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Jonathan Dewese |
1 Bed & furniture |
10.76 |
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Linus Stanford |
1 Coverlet |
7.00 |
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Ditto |
1 Bed Quilt |
4.00 |
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H. L. Wilson |
1 Looking Glass |
1.26 |
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Polly Wilson |
1 Bedstead & Cord |
1.50 |
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Joseph Maxwell |
1 Axe |
.55 |
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John Knox |
Clothes of the Decd |
10.00 |
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Ditto |
1 Band Box & Card |
1.00 |
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Moses Shelby |
1 Bed Cord |
.20 |
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Hugh L. Wilson |
2 Hogs |
3.00 |
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David Davis |
1 Lott plank |
5.01 |
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Joseph Maxwell |
1 Stock Lock |
.75 |
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Dollars |
$238.51 ½ |
Jane Knox Estate - 1821 Nov Term - Settlement
Settlement of the Estate of Jane Knox with John Knox –
Administrator
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No. |
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$ cts |
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1 |
Doctor Alexander from acct |
23.50 |
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2 |
William J. Willson
[ |
14.23 |
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3 |
Martha Eliott – acct |
11.00 |
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4 |
Ephraim Alexander, Admr of Josiah Alexander |
5.75 |
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5 |
Allison Knox
– Rec’d |
5.00 |
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6 |
John Henderson – Acct |
.30 |
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7 |
John Davidson – do |
6.46 |
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8 |
Samuel Johnston
– do |
8.00 |
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9 |
James G. Terrence [Torrence] – do |
36.63 ½ |
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10 |
Samuel Willson [ |
6.00 |
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11 |
David Davis – Acct |
1.57 ½ |
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12 |
Doctor Johnston – do |
5.00 |
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13 |
John Knox –
do |
15.20 |
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14 |
Forsy the schoolmaster – Rec’d |
6.00 |
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15 |
Clerks Certificate |
.25 |
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Amount
of Estate Made to Court |
$145.15 |
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As pr
Clerks Certificate |
238.51 |
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Cr by
Vouchers as above |
-145.15 |
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93.36 |
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Comm on the amt of vouchers |
-7.25 |
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$ 86.11 |
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Interest
on the Balance Sum |
7.31 |
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Balance
Due the Estate |
$93.42 |
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Committee: W. L. Davidson, JP B. W. Davidson, JP |
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Notes and comments regarding
individuals who purchased items from Jane’s Estate or
appear in accounting records:
1. John Knox, assumed to be Jane's brother
2. David Smith, assumed to be Jane's near-kin,
an uncle? brother? of
her mother, Mary (Smith) Knox.
3. Samuel Wilson is assumed to be Jane's brother-in-law,
Samuel Wilson Jr. who m. Hannah Knox, and who was also
Jane and John's Guardian after April 1794.
4. Allison Knox, was Jane's step-father. He married Jane's mother, Mary (Smith) Knox,
widow of Capt Patrick Knox after Patrick was killed at
the Battle of Ramseur's Mill in the American Revolution.
5. Moses Shelby is assumed to be
Jane's half-brother-in-law, the husband of half-sister, Mary Ann Knox,
daughter of Mary (Smith) Knox and her second husband, Allison Knox.
6. Polly Wilson is assumed to be
Jane's niece, daughter
of sister Hannah Knox and Samuel Wilson Jr. Polly married her cousin, Benjamin Wilson,
son of Major David Wilson.
7. Elias Alexander is assumed to be John Knox's brother-in-law who
married twice, the second marriage was to Elizabeth (Robison) Gillespie,
daughter of Robert Robison II and Margaret Henderson, and widow of Alexander
Gillespie.
8. Samuel Johnston is assumed to be Samuel C. Johnston
who m. Louisa Henderson. Named one of their son's John
Henderson Johnston. The John
Henderson who also appears on this list may be Louisa's kin. Suspect Louisa was a cousin to Polly B. (Robison) Knox, whose
mother was Margaret Henderson. Polly's
mother Margaret was the daughter of Carnes Henderson and Elizabeth
Robison/Robinson (who was the daughter of Andrew Robison/Robinson and Agnes
Nancy Boal).
9. James G. Torrence is assumed to be
James Galbraith Torrence, who married 3 times. His second wife was Mary Polly Latta,
daughter of James
Latta and Jane Knox, daughter of Robert and Mary (Ewart) Knox.
10. Ephraim Alexander is assumed to be
Ephraim K. Alexander, brother of Josiah Alexander -- both sons of Amos
and Susannah (
11. Jonathan Dewese is assumed to be
Jonathan Deweese, son of Hezekiah and Annis
(Trickey) Deweese.
Jonathan was the father of Margaret A. Deweese who m. James Reid, b.abt 1803,
12. Hugh L. Wilson, b. 31 Jan 1786, NC d. 11 July
1855, Lincoln Co, NC; m. Delia B. McCaul/McCall in Lincoln Co, 1826. Delia
b.
13. Martha Elliot, b. bef 1757 and d. after Nov 1821,
Mecklenburg Co, NC, is assumed to be Martha, the widow
of Robert Elliott. The Dr. William S.
Elliot to whom John Knox sold 105 acres in 1816 was her son. Martha and Robert’s other children include:
John T., Edward Franklin, David M., Jenny K, Mary, and Hannah. There is a high probability that Martha was
Knox kin – perhaps a Smith? Her three
daughters appear to have Knox namesakes:
Jenny Knox, Mary (Smith) Knox and Hannah (Knox) Wilson…
Mecklenburg Co, NC Deeds Book 20, page 98
Oct 1806. James Carrigan
to Martha Elliott, widow & relict of Robert Elliott, dec'd
[WB-C, p 53] Dr. William S. Elliott, John T. Elliott, Edward F. Elliott, David
M. Elliott, Jenny K. Elliott, Mary Elliott, & Hannah Elliott, all children of the sd Robert Elliott, decd, for $400 paid to the sd Martha Elliott as executrix of the sd
Robert Elliott, decd 140 A on McDowell Cr adj Adam Meeks, Davidson, David
Smith, Terrence, Thomas Black, James Peel, Patton, & Daniel McCauley,
being land deeded by Thomas Black to the grantor 9 Nov 1784.
Wit: Danl. McCauley, Jurat, Saml Wilson & J. McK Alexander. Proven at May Court 1815, test Isaac Alexander, CMC, Reg 21 Jun 1815
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