Ben Knox

Full Name: Ben Knox
Victim Profile: Ben Knox
Biography: On December 5, 1901, Ben Knox, 57 years old, was shot in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by a white civilian who was recently deputized as a local sheriff. Ben Knox and unnamed Black man were accused of threatening the white watchman at the Tuscaloosa Oil Mill. Posthumously, Ben Knox was accused of killing a police officer in another state, but he was later found innocent. Ben Knox was a widower and tenant farmer who lived in Knoxville, Alabama, with his daughter, Ida, and his grandson, Willie Knox.
Documented or Attempted: Documented
Birth Date: September, 1844
County of Birth; County of Death: N/A; Tuscaloosa County
Death Date: December 5, 1901
Age at Death: 57
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Researchers: Emily Keller
Case Number: AMP541-19101205-000
Identified by:: Alabama Memory Project
Child: Ida Knox
All other relatives: Willie Knox
Occupation: Tenant Farmer