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Note: 1845? 1846? 1847? - 1921
My older notes said that his birthdate is June 1845. My questionmark said 1847? Josephine Knox Marcia in a letter May 1, 1995 threetimes says December 26, 1846.
The Scott Cemetery data in "A History of Lee County Texas," 1974,page 436, reports that his tombstone reads "Robert A. Knox, Co. H, 2ndTexas Inf., C.S.A., Born 1847."
Archibald for a middle name is verified by both Jo and Mickey Bowers.
Jo says that when he was about 6, the family migrated to Texas andsettled on the Yegua about 1851 to 1853. Jo Knox Marcia says thatRobert A. Knox was an asthmatic, and his condition was one of thereasons the family moved to Texas. Now they couldn't have beeninfluenced by 25 cent and 50 cent land, could they.
He is in the 1860 census, Lexington, Burleson County, age 13, born LA.His father is William A. Knox, 52 S.C. 1808.
Some notes say that he became a member of Company H2, Texas Infantry,Confederate Army. This may be true; there were a few 15-year-old boyswho served. Jo Knox Marcia says that he did serve, and that there is aConfederate Veteran's marker on his grave.
Augusta Fariss reports:
He farmed at "Knox Lake," the family place near Dime Box.
He had slaves. But they may have been field hands, and not slaves,because the war was over and the Emancipation Proclamation was in effectby the time that he owned property.
Annie Fariss Ballard reports:
Fannie Williams Knox had long beautiful black hair.
She cooked the best roast pork and sweet potatoes of anyone in sixcounties. At least a little girl remembers it that way.
These family gatherings, with family coming in from Giddings, were atKnox Lake.
From the May 22, 1995 letter from Jo Knox Marcia:
"I do not know just when Edward and Betty Bettie Tipton moved to theold Knox homestead with Grandmother and Granddaddy Bob (Robert ArchibaldKnox and Fannie Mills Williams Knox) but it was probably when Frances(born 1914) was a small child. I suspect that Granddaddy Bob neededhelp in running the farm. Carolyn, or Bobbie as she was called (born1918) was the next child. She was three years older than I, andCharlotte, or Todd (born 1922) is a year younger. Their last child, ason Edward Jr., was always called Sonny.
"The big farm house that Granddaddy Bob built in 1898 burned in 1927,I think. Papa and all his brothers and sisters were born in theoriginal log house that Great-GrandPa built when he settled in Texas(William Alexander Knox Sr.). I suspect that it was more than just a"cabin," or that it had been added on to over the years. (Archiebelieves W. A. Sr. was well-off; we think he brought slaves to Texas.)The kitchen was in a separate building in back of the house. WhenUncle Lawrence was about a year old, the family moved out of the loghouse into another house on the property and the log house wasdemolished. A big two-story house was built on the site. Papa alwayssaid that Granddaddy Bob had had the lumber hauled in from Galveston.
"One of my few memories of the house is of walking up and down thestairs. Another is of the playroom just over the kitchen. Uncle EdTipton, or Uncle Pete as we called him, loved to hunt and fish. He alsoplayed the fiddle, and when I was a small child visiting the farm hewould, after supper, frequently tune his fiddle and play. I canremember hearing "Turkey in the Straw", "Pop Goes the Weasel," and othertunes. He was a lot of fun and would tease us, but he also was astickler for obedience. i can remember his use of a razor strop on Toddand me once when we disobeyed him.
"During the depression, in the early 1930's I think, farming became sodifficult that Aunt Bettie and Uncle Pete Tipton moved into Giddings.He got a job as an auto mechanic and she kept a boarding house. Butboth were fun-loving individuals who loved people and always had a crowdof people, usually young people, around them. Their home was agathering place for people of all ages. They later moved to San Marcos,probably during World War II, and after Todd married Bob Cummings, whogrew up in Mosheim. They moved to Mosheim where they had a littlestore. Mosheim is not on 1994 maps.
"The farm is no longer in the family. Another house was built on thesite of the one that burned, but it was a single story house. After theTiptons moved to town, the farm may have been rented to tenants, but I'mnot sure. Finally, Uncle Bill, Papa's younger brother (WilliamAlexander Knox IV) moved to the farm from Rocksprings and tried ranchingfor a few years. He couldn't make a go of it either, so Papa, who wasthe Administrator of the estate, decided to sell the property and dividethe proceeds among the heirs. It was sold in the 1940's, I believe."
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