Henry Knox
BIRTH
Jul 25, 1750
Boston, Massachusetts
DEATH
October 25, 1806
Thomaston, Maine
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
1783-1784
FAMILY
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Knox, Henry
(1750-1806)
Henry Knox, a Founding Father of the United States, was a Boston bookseller who became a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving as chief of artillery in most of Washington's campaigns.
GRAVE:
GRAVE
Thomaston Village Cemetery
15 Erin St, Thomaston, ME 04861
82
WIFE
Lucy Flucker Knox
(1756-1824)
Caroline Flucker Knox Swan Holmes
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Valley Forge National Historic Park | 1400 N Outer Line Dr, King of Prussia, PA 19406 | MUSEUM | ||
George Washington's Mount Vernon | 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121 | MUSEUM | ||
Colonial Williamsburg | 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Fort Ticonderoga | 102 Fort Ti Rd, Ticonderoga, NY 12883 | MUSEUM | ||
Federal Hall | 26 Wall St, New York, NY 10005 | MUSEUM | ||
Yorktown Battlefield National Historical Park | 1000 Colonial Nat'l Historical Pkwy, Yorktown, VA 23690 | MUSEUM | ||
Old South Meeting House | 310 Washington St, Boston, MA 02108 | MUSEUM | ||
Fraunces Tavern Museum | 54 Pearl St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10004 | MUSEUM | ||
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters | 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138 | MUSEUM | ||
Washington's Crossing State Park | 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Rd, Titusville, NJ 08560 | MUSEUM | ||
Washington's Crossing Historic Park | 1112 River Rd, Washington Crossing, PA 18977 | MUSEUM | ||
Morristown National Historic Park - Washington's Headquarters - Ford Mansion | 30 Washington Pl, Morristown, NJ 07960 | MUSEUM | ||
Boston Common | 139 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111 | PARK | ||
Morristown National Historic Park - Jockey Hollow | 586 Tempe Wick Road, Morristown, NJ | MUSEUM | ||
Webb House Museum | 211 Main St, Wethersfield, CT 06109 | MUSEUM | ||
Yorktown - Surrender Field | Historical Tour Road, Yorktown, Virginia, 23690, USA | MUSEUM | ||
Jacob Purdy House | 60 Park Ave, White Plains, NY 10601 | MUSEUM | ||
Van Wyck Homestead Museum | 504 US-9, Fishkill, NY 12524 | MUSEUM | ||
Yorktown - Redoubt 10 | Historical Tour Road, Yorktown, Virginia, 23690, USA | MUSEUM | ||
Dorchester Heights Monument | 95 G St, Boston, MA 02127 | PARK | ||
Cambridge Common | Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02163, USA | PARK | ||
Fort Washington Memorial | 501 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10033 | MARKER | ||
Battle of Harlem Heights | 478 Riverside Drive, New York, New York, 10027, USA | MARKER | ||
Battle of Brooklyn Marker | Belt Parkway, New York, New York, 11209, USA | MARKER | ||
General Henry Knox Trail Marker 2 | 11 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 01230, USA | MARKER | ||
General Henry Knox Trail Marker | 1 Prospect Lake Road, Egremont, Massachusetts, 01252, USA | MARKER | ||
General Henry Knox Trail Marker 4 | 460 Main Rd, Monterey, MA 01245 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Marker MA-7 | 7-17 Main St, Westfield, MA 01085 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-15 | 1513 Hudson Ave, Stillwater, NY 12170 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-18 | 67 Main St, Northborough, MA 01532 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-17 | 5 Church Rd, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-23 | 144 Cochituate Road, Wayland, Massachusetts, 01778, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-24 | 356 Boston Post Road, Weston, Massachusetts, 02493, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-20 | 28 Main Street, Southborough, Massachusetts, 01772, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-8 | 48 State Route 9, Town of Lake George, New York, 12845, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-27 | 183 Roxbury St, Boston, MA 02119 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-27 | State Route 66, Town of Ghent, New York, 12075, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-14 | 333 River Rd, Stillwater, NY 12170 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-7 | Fort George Park Road, Town of Lake George, New York, 12845, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-2 | 489 Fort Road, Town of Ticonderoga, New York, 12883, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-28 | Taconic State Parkway, Town of Ghent, New York, 42529, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-30 | 3 NY 71, Town of Hillsdale, New York, 12529, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-26 | 481 Mt Auburn St, Watertown, MA 02472 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-13 | 5 River St, Brookfield, MA 01506 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-6 | 4922 Lake Shore Dr, Bolton Landing, NY 12814 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-21 | 929 Worcester Rd #3, Framingham, MA 01701 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Marker MA-8 | Main Street, West Springfield, Massachusetts, 01089, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Marker MA-5 | 114 Otis Stage Road, Blandford, Massachusetts, 01008, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Crossing Marker | Main Street, Village of Valatie, New York, 12184, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-25 | 966 Main St, Waltham, MA 02453 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-21 | 355 Northern Blvd, Albany, NY 12204 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-15 | 1136 MA-9, Leicester, MA 01524 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-12 | 531 Boston Post Road, Warren, Massachusetts, 01083, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-27 | Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02163, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-12 | 100 Starks Knob Rd, Schuylerville, NY 12871 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-22 | Quay Street, City of Albany, New York, 12246, USA | MARKER | ||
Fort Washington Marker - Cambridge | 95 Waverly St, Cambridge, MA 02139 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-20 | 206 Old Loudon Rd, Latham, NY 12110 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Marker MA-6 | 678 General Knox Road, Russell, Massachusetts, 01071, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-29 | 2 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, 01608, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-19 | 1258 New Loudon Rd, Cohoes, NY 12047 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker MA-14 | 117 Main St, Spencer, MA 01562 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-9 | Upper Glen Street, Town of Queensbury, New York, 12804, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-0 | 115 Grandview Dr, Crown Point, NY 12928 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-26 | 2 Broad Street, Village of Kinderhook, New York, 12106, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-17 | 18 South Main St, Mechanicville, NY 12118 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-13 | 10 Broad St, Schuylerville, NY 12871 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Marker MA-10 | 6 Maple St, Wilbraham, MA 01095 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Marker MA-11 | 1 Wilbraham St, Palmer, MA 01069 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Trail Marker NY-1 | 102 Fort Ti Rd, Ticonderoga, NY 12883 | MARKER | ||
Henry Knox Marker MA-9 | Spring Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, 01101, USA | MARKER | ||
Four Chimneys Marker | 5-1 Remsen St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 | MARKER | ||
General Henry Knox Trail Marker 3 | 1572–1574 East Otis Road, Otis, MA 01029, USA | MARKER | ||
First Presidential Mansion Marker | Gold Street, New York, New York, 10038, USA | MARKER | ||
Henry Know Trail Marker MA-19 | 231 Main St, Marlborough, MA 01752 | MARKER | ||
Before There Was A Park Marker | 5th Avenue, New York, New York, 10035, USA | MARKER | ||
Shrewsbury Minute Men Marker | 5 Church Rd, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 | MARKER | ||
Wadsworth House Marker | 1 Gold St APT 24K, Hartford, CT 06103 | MARKER | ||
Jacobus Vanderveer House Marker | 995 US-202, Bedminster, NJ 07921 | MARKER | ||
Hessian Encampment Marker | Main Street, West Springfield, Massachusetts, 01089, USA | MARKER | ||
Evacuation Day Marker | Evacuation Day Plaza, New York, New York, 10275, USA | MARKER | ||
Store of Ephraim Kimball Marker | 51 Commercial St, Fitchburg, MA 01420 | MARKER |
DIED:
Thomaston, Maine
Oct 25, 1806
Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Knox owned and operated a bookstore there, cultivating an interest in military history and joining a local artillery company. Knox was also on the scene of the 1770 Boston Massacre. Though barely 25 when the American Revolutionary Warbroke out in 1775, he engineered the transport of captured artillery from New York's Fort Ticonderoga, which proved decisive in driving the British out of Boston in early 1776. Knox quickly rose to become the chief artillery officer of the Continental Army.
In 1785, the Congress of the Confederation appointed Knox as Secretary of War, where he dealt primarily with Indian affairs. Following the adoption of the United States Constitution in 1789, he became President Washington's Secretary of War. In this role he oversaw the development of coastal fortifications, worked to improve the preparedness of local militia, and directed the nation's military operations in the Northwest Indian War.
He was formally responsible for the nation's relationship with the Indian population in the territories it claimed, articulating a policy that established federal government supremacy over the states in relation to Indian nations and called for treating Indian nations as sovereign. Knox's idealistic views on the subject were frustrated by ongoing illegal settlements and fraudulent land transfers of Indian lands. He retired to Thomaston, District of Maine in 1795, where he oversaw the rise of a business empire built on borrowed money. He died in 1806, leaving an estate that was bankrupt.