Individual Details

Virginia Knox

(1833 or 1834 - )

In a series of deeds dating from 1841 to 1850, Richard D. Knox purchased the "right of legacy" from his 13 brothers and sisters to two tracts of land in Elkhart Co., Ind. These tracts had been purchased by John L. Knox before his death in 1835. Richard D. purchased his mother's interest in the land in 1838 and was, at the time of the deeds to his brothers and sisters, in possession of the land.

Events

Birth1833 or 1834Virginia, United States
GuardianNamedFeb 1842Joseph Robinson - Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
GuardianNamedFeb 1844John Nickle - Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
SoldLand17 May 1848Elkhart, Indiana, United States
Census1850Leesburg, Plain Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States

Families

FatherJohn L. Knox (1787 - 1835)
MotherNancy Dixon (1789 - )
SiblingMargaret Knox ( - )
SiblingJoseph D. Knox (1807 - 1899)
SiblingRichard D. Knox (1809 - 1889)
SiblingIsabella Knox (1810 - 1870)
SiblingRobert Knox ( - )
SiblingJames Knox ( - )
SiblingElizabeth Knox (1820 - )
SiblingMary Knox (1822 - 1885)
SiblingNancy Knox ( - )
SiblingAnderson Knox (1828 - 1864)
SiblingRebecca Jane Knox (1828 - )
SiblingSusan Knox (1828 - 1864)
SiblingJohn W. Knox ( - )

Notes

SoldLand

In this deed, Richard D. Knox purchased for $150 "the undivided three fourteenths" of two tracts of land in Elkhart Co., Ind. One of the fourteenths was held by Virginia Knox.

Endnotes

1. 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Kosciusko Co., Indiana.

2. Priser, Marjorie, Early Guardianship and Estate Indexes, Kosciusko County, Indiana; Guardianship and Estate Indexes 1837-1880. (Leesburg, Indiana, 1986.), p. 34..

3. Kosciusko County Probate Court Docket Book 1 (in Kosciusko Co., Indiana, Historical Society Research Library).

4. Kosciusko County Probate Court Fee Book No. 5 (in Kosciusko Co., Indiana, Historical Society Research Library).

5. Priser, Marjorie, Early Guardianship and Estate Indexes, Kosciusko County, Indiana; Guardianship and Estate Indexes 1837-1880. (Leesburg, Indiana, 1986.), p. 34..

6. Kosciusko County Docket of Guardianships, 1839-1851 (in Kosciusko Co., Indiana, Historical Society Research Library).

7. Deed of sale from Andrew J. Baer, commissioner appointed by the Probate Court of Koscisuko Co., Indiana, to Richard D. Knox, 17 May 1848, Vol. 13, p. 410-1. (Elkhart County Recorder, Goshen, Indiana).

8. 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Kosciusko Co., Indiana.