James Wiley Knott was born October 13, 1867 in Yadkin county, North Carolina. He married Mary Jane Dull on May 8,1893 in North Carolina. They had 2 children
1. Mary Ellen Knott was born February 10, 1891 in Yadkin county, North Carolina. She marrried Dalton Lakey on December 15, 1908
2. Thomas Jefferson Knott was born May 8,1893 in Yadkin county, North Carolina and died October 21, 1967 in Urban,Illinois. He married Eva Maye Glick