John C. Knox (Pennsylvania judge)

John Colvin Knox
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
In office
May 23, 1853 – January 19, 1858
Succeeded byWilliam A. Porter
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
In office
January 19, 1858 – January 16, 1861
GovernorWilliam F. Packer
Preceded byThomas E. Franklin
Succeeded bySamuel A. Purviance
Personal details
Born(1817-02-18)February 18, 1817
Knoxville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
DiedAugust 26, 1880(1880-08-26) (aged 63)
Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
SpouseAdaline Kilburn[1]
ProfessionAttorney, Judge

John Colvin[2][3] (or Colton)[4] Knox (February 18, 1817 – August 26, 1880) was a Pennsylvania lawyer and judge. He served as an associate justice of the state Supreme Court and a term as state Attorney General.

  1. ^ Payne Kenyon Kilbourne (1856). The History and Antiquities of the Name and Family of Kilbourn (in Its Varied Orthography). Durrie & Peck. p. 310. john c knox adaline.
  2. ^ History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Syracuse, N.Y: D. Mason & Co. 1887. p. 395.
  3. ^ Nathaniel Foote (1926). William Knox of Blandford, Mass: a record of the births, marriages and deaths of some of his descendants. Rochester, N.Y. p. 24.
  4. ^ John L. Sexton (1885). An Outline History of Tioga and Bradford Counties in Pennsylvania, Chemung, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York. Bradford County (Pa.): Gazette Company. p. 26. john colton knox.