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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Knox Family Papers #5553, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Nancy and Kyle Stetz in March 2013 (Acc. 101745).

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Processed by: Amelia Holmes, November 2015

Encoded by: Amelia Holmes, November 2015

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Knox (Family : Rowan County, N.C.).
• Rowan County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Slave lists--North Carolina.
• Slave records--North Carolina.
• Slavery--North Carolina.

The Knox family is from Rowan County, N.C., where they have lived since the 1740s.

John Knox (1739-1802) was married to Hannah Reid and had eight children, including Margaret, George (1774-1869), and John.

Robert Knox (1804-1885) was the great-nephew of John Knox. He was the father of James Wilson Knox (1854-1926), who was the father of Robert Howard Knox (1881-1961).

The Knox Family Papers contain business and legal receipts for the Knox family through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but also includes account books, indentures, intestate succession documents, slave lists, and receipts for blacksmithing, ministerial services, and other everyday purchases. Items of particular interest include a 1772 letter of recommendation for John Knox, a list of slave birthdates, 1803-1869, and four handwritten slave receipts.