by Ford Peterson | Oct 18, 2017
After over 40 years and four generations of ownership, the Knox family sells the property.
by Ford Peterson | Oct 18, 2017
In April, the Knox’s return to a home with “thirteen or more immense shell holes in it” and all the windows broken. Virginia Knox “tacked bleached cotton over the windows for temporary use…”
by Ford Peterson | Oct 18, 2017
The Knox women – mother Virginia and daughters Virginia Ann Soutter and Mary Campbell – leave town after the Union army arrives, while patriarch Thomas remains at home to protect the family home and business.
by Ford Peterson | Oct 18, 2017
War arrives. All six Knox sons fight for the Confederacy: Robert Taylor, Thomas Stuart, James Soutter, Samuel Gordon, Alexander Bell and Douglas Hamilton.
by Ford Peterson | Oct 18, 2017
Property purchased from the Lomax estate by Thomas Fitzhugh Knox. Knox lives in the home with his wife Virginia, and their eight children.
