Sarah (Sallie) JORDAN

Sarah Jordan was born about 1820 in Georgia to Elijah and Celia Smith Jordan. She was living in Tallapoosa County, Alabama when she married Samuel Knox on 17 Oct 1838. Samuel was a son of Martin and Polly Knox, natives of Ireland and was born in 1812 in South Carolina. Samuel moved to Alabama and lived there until 1870, when he moved to Arkansas. He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1862 and served until the surrender. They had fourteen children. Living in Logan County, Arkansas in 1880, with several children living close by.

Children:

• James Henry KNOX, died in Grayson County, Texas in 1880, married Elizabeth Lockett 1867 Tallapoosa County, Alabama

• John P. KNOX, born January 1841, married 13 Feb 1864 Tallapoosa County, Alabama to Martha E. McDaniel; Martha born Dec 1841; living Tallapoosa County, Alabama 1870 and Logan County, Arkansas 1880; Martha listed as mother of 6, 1 still living (James W.); living Logan County 1920 with James W.

  • James W. KNOX, born Feb 1872, married 1909 Fanny ???; Fanny born 1902; James listed as divorced in 1920
  • Sarah J. KNOX, born about 1874, died before 1900

• Infant KNOX, died as infant

• Joseph Martin KNOX, born about 1844, living in Arkansas in 1893, married 05 Aug 1865 Tallapoosa County, Alabama to Mary Jane King

• Samuel KNOX, born abt 1846, possibly married Sarah Ann Fereby Hancock

• Sarah Jane KNOX, born abt 1848, married John Moore and living in Arkansas in 1893

• William D. KNOX, born 1850, married Margaret E. Hancock 04 Feb 1869 Tallapoosa County, Alabama

• Marion B.(Bibb?) KNOX, born abt 1853, living in Arkansas in 1893

• Franklin Pierce KNOX, born abt 1855 in Alabama, died Logan County, Arkansas 1888

• Josephine KNOX, born abt 1857, married Spencer Moore

• Minerva Ann KNOX, born abt 1859, married David Barnett and living in Arkansas in 1893

• Andrew J. KNOX, born abt 1861, living with parents in 1880, in Arkansas in 1893, married Julia A. ???; Julia born about 1867; one child, none still living

• Hugh Clapperton KNOX, born about 1863, in Arkansas in 1893

• Infant KNOX, died as infant

Parents:

• Elijah JORDAN * Cynthia KING

NOTES: Information on this family came from Reprints of Biographies from the Lone Star State, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893, Reprinted 1966, pg. 384.

Page updated April 12, 2002

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