CENSUS: 1850 South Carolina, Chester Co., lists the following family: James N. Knox, age 43, born in South Carolina; Nancy Knox, age 30, born in South Carolina; Wm. D. Knox, age 3, born in South Carolina; Jane Knox, age 1, born in South Carolina; John Knox, age 2 months, born in South Carolina; John Knox, age 58, born in South Carolina; Robert Knox, age 53, born in South Carolina; Mary Dunlap, age 31, born in South Carolina. 1860 South Carolina, Chester Co., lists the following family: James Knox, age 54, born in South Carolina; Robert Knox, age 64, born in South Carolina; Nancy Knox, age 41, born in South Carolina; Mary Dunlap, age 42, born in South Carolina; William Knox, age 13, born in South Carolina; Jane Knox, age 12, born in South Carolina; John Knox, age 10, born in South Carolina. 1870 South Carolina, Chester Co., Blackstock Twp. list the following family: James Knox, age 66, born in South Carolina; Nancy Knox, age 52, born in South Carolina; Jane Knox, age 20, born in South Carolina; John Knox, age 19, born in South Carolina; Hugh Knox, age 16, born in South Carolina; Robert Knox, age 74, born in South Carolina. BURIED: Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Cemetery, although no markers mark their graves. WILL: James N. Knox Will book, 1-284 Written: 27 April 1861 Probated: 9 Feb 1881 Wife: Nancy Knox, executor; Witnessed: William Smith, Jennet A. McDaniel and James McDaniel; Codicil: 18 Dec 1880 To son, Hugh Knox Daughter, Jane Makes son, Wm. D. Knox and Hugh Knox, executor Witnessed: Robert Douglas, John Knox, J.L. Ralph.
James was born at
South Carolina in 1804. He was the son of
Hugh Knox and
Jennet Nesbit. He married
Nancy Dunlap at
South Carolina on 10 March 1846. James died on 31 December 1880.