The Knox family; a genealogical and biographical sketch of the descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina, and other Knoxes . e Cumberland Pres-byterian Church; was a delegate to the General Assembly ofthat church which met in Ohio in 1847. While there he met de-scendants of William Knox, his mothers brother, who had gonefrom Tennessee to Ohio. He was a man above the average inpoint of ability, was a genial high-toned gentleman, charitableto a fault, always ready to help the needy and those in 1848 he, with his family and a few slaves, moved to Panolacounty. Miss., wh
The Knox family; a genealogical and biographical sketch of the descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina, and other Knoxes . e Cumberland Pres-byterian Church; was a delegate to the General Assembly ofthat church which met in Ohio in 1847. While there he met de-scendants of William Knox, his mothers brother, who had gonefrom Tennessee to Ohio. He was a man above the average inpoint of ability, was a genial high-toned gentleman, charitableto a fault, always ready to help the needy and those in 1848 he, with his family and a few slaves, moved to Panolacounty. Miss., where he died in 1854, leaving a wife and sevenchildren. Five of the six sons served in C. S. A. throughout thewar, and all still living except the eldest, who died in 1899. Inthe Confederate Veteran of June, 1897, page 250, we find agroup portrait of the six sons, with short sketches of each. The children of Dr. Absalom Knox and wife, Sarah Hig-ainsKnox, were: 1 John L. Knox. 2 William H. Knox. 3 E. M. Knox. 4 Dr. Nicholas C. Knox. 5 James P. Knox. 6 Sarah Knox. 7 S. Y. T. Knox. o X 7^ Z. o > < m*^ CO 1^ ?^ o . X CO -< 1^ o X. Joseph Kxox axd Descendaxts. 211 1 John^ L. Knox, eldest son of Dr. Absalom Knox, was bornApril 22, 1834, in Gibson county, Tenn. When an infant he wascarried in his mothers arms to see his great-grandfather, JosephKnox. In his fifteenth year he went with his parents to Panolacounty. Miss. In the Confederate Veteran, June, 1897, we findthe following regarding his seryice in the army: John L. Knox enlisted in the Panola Guards in March, the close of a year the time of his enlistment, he was dis-charged. He helped to organize Yates Battery, and was chosenfirst lieutenant. He did hard seryice with the battery, but re-signed at Yicksburg in 1863. Joining W. G. Middleton, who be-came captain of a cayalry company, he was giyen the same secondposition he had in the battery. The company ]>ecame a part ofthe Eighteenth ]\Iississippi Cavalry, und
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