Pioneers in a Frontier Land: The Strabane Knoxes and Other FamiliesTech-Data Publications, 1978 - 131 pages William Knox (b. 1720), the son of James Knox (the Scottish emigrant to Strabane, Ireland), also had a son named William Knox (1767-1851), and two other sons, George Knox (1764-1830) and John Knox (d. 1793), all three of whom immigrated to Pennsylvania between 1785 and 1791. "A fourth son, James Knox, remained in Ireland but moved from Strabane to Castlebar in county Mayo." Descendants of the three immigrants moved to the midwest. |
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Page 47
... settlers proved to be largely unnecessary . Only one white settler , a man by the name of Phillips , was killed in all of Putnam county which was then much larger than it is today . Business , however , was mighty poor at Knox's Tavern ...
... settlers proved to be largely unnecessary . Only one white settler , a man by the name of Phillips , was killed in all of Putnam county which was then much larger than it is today . Business , however , was mighty poor at Knox's Tavern ...
Page 69
... settlers . This practice allowed settlers to concentrate on mining and planting crops rather than on providing food for themselves and their families on a subsistence basis . The first settler in the Cornelia area of Harrison township ...
... settlers . This practice allowed settlers to concentrate on mining and planting crops rather than on providing food for themselves and their families on a subsistence basis . The first settler in the Cornelia area of Harrison township ...
Page 87
... settlers into their abode . In 1863 they retaliated by kidnapping and killing the settlers ' children . One such incident occurred in July , 1863 , along Dry Creek about three miles north of the Pence Ranch . Samuel and Mary Ann Lewis ...
... settlers into their abode . In 1863 they retaliated by kidnapping and killing the settlers ' children . One such incident occurred in July , 1863 , along Dry Creek about three miles north of the Pence Ranch . Samuel and Mary Ann Lewis ...
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