... John Knox, eldest son of Joseph Knox, was born in North Carolina, near Statesville, Iredell county; married Mary Knox, his first cousin, a daughter of his father's brother, Absalom Knox. He removed, with his father and younger brothers, to middle Tennessee about 1806, and settled in Wilson county. He was in the battle of New Orleans, served under Greneral William Corral, of Tennessee. He died in Wilson county, Tenn., in 1847. His wife died in 1837.
John Knox and wife, Mary Knox, had eight children, who lived to be grown. ...