John Knox Witherspoon, [Jr.]

(b. 1816)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

John Knox Witherspoon, [Jr.] was born on September 25, 1816, in Hillsborough, NC.

Places of Residence

• Camden, SC, between 1833 and 1837. John Knox Witherspoon, [Jr.], met and married Elizabeth McEwen in Camden, Kershaw County during his father's brief pastorate of Bethesda Presbyterian Church on DeKalb Street from 1833-37 [1].
• Hillsborough, NC, between September 25, 1816 and 1833 [1].
• Columbia, SC, between 1837 and 1839. The voluminous McDowall Papers describe the Witherspoons' Camden years in detail as well as their succeeding year and a half in Columbia before their return to Tusculum Farm, south of Hillsborough [1].
• Camden, SC, from 1839 [1].

Relatives

• Parents: John Knox Witherspoon, [Sr.] (1791-1853) [1] and Susan Davis Kollock (1793-1854) [1].
• Spouse: Elizabeth McEwen, married c. 1835 [1]. They had one daughter, Denah McEwen Witherspoon (1837-1859)  [1].
• Sibling: one sister, Mary Nash Witherspoon (b. 1827)  [1].
• Others: William G. Bowers (brother-in-law) [1] and James Jones (son-in-law) [1].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).