Family Group Record |
| Husband: William Anderson Knight 1, 2 |
| Born: 16 FEB 1778 | Place: Edgecombe County, South Carolina 3 |
| Died: 8 DEC 1859 | Place: Lanier/Lowndes County, Georgia 4 |
| Married: 1798 | Place: Georgia 5 |
| Buried: | Place: Old Burnt Church, Lakeland, Lanier County, Georgia |
| Father: John Knight |
| Mother: Rachel Fannie Anderson |
| Other Spouses:
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| Wife: Sarah Cone |
| Born: 16 OCT 1780 | Place: South Carolina 6, 7 |
| Died: 28 NOV 1859 | Place: Berrien County, Georgia 8 |
| Buried: | Place: Old Burnt Church, Lakeland, Lanier, Georgia |
| Father: William Cone |
| Mother: Keziah Barber |
Other Spouses: |
| Child 1 (M): Thomas Knight |
| Born: 6 FEB 1799 | Place: Bulloch County, Georgia 9 |
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Spouses: Frances Mikell |
| Child 2 (F): Keziah Knight 10 |
| Born: 25 NOV 1801 | Place: Bulloch County, Georgia 11, 12 |
| Died: 1 NOV 1861 | Place: Lakeland, Lanier County, Georgia 13, 14 |
| Buried: | Place: Old Burnt Church, Lakeland, Lanier County, Georgia 15 |
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Spouses: Isbin Giddens, Allen Jones |
| Child 3 (M): Levi J. Knight 16, 17 |
| Born: 1 SEP 1803 | Place: Wayne County, Georgia 18, 19, 20 |
| Died: 23 FEB 1870 | Place: Berrien County, Georgia 21, 22 |
| Buried: | Place: Union Church, Berrien County, Georgia 23 |
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Spouses: Ann D. Clements\Herrin |
| Child 4 (M): William Cone "Big Billie" Knight |
| Born: 8 OCT 1805 | Place: Wayne County, Georgia 24, 25 |
| Died: 8 FEB 1870 | Place: Lowndes now Lanier County, Georgia 26 |
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Spouses: Rachel Carter |
| Child 5 (M): John Knight 27 |
| Born: 7 JUL 1807 | Place: Wayne County, Georgia 28, 29 |
| Died: BET. 1876 - 1878 | Place: Berrien now Lanier County, Georgia 30, 31 |
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Spouses: Sarah Sally Moore |
| Child 6 (F): Sarah Knight |
| Born: 10 OCT 1808 | Place: Wayne County, Georgia 32, 33 |
| Died: ABT. 1885 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 34 |
| Buried: | Place: Union Church, Lowndes County, Georgia 35 |
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Spouses: William P. Roberts |
| Child 7 (F): Elizabeth Betty Knight 36 |
| Born: 23 SEP 1811 | Place: Wayne County, Georgia 37, 38 |
| Died: ABT. 1890 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 39 |
| Buried: | Place: Unity Church, near Naylor, Lowndes, Georgia |
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Spouses: John Carter |
| Child 8 (M): Aaron Knight 40, 41 |
| Born: 17 JUL 1813 | Place: Wayne County, Georgia 42, 43 |
| Died: 27 APR 1887 | Place: Berrien County, Georgia 44 |
| Buried: | Place: Empire Church, Berrien, Georgia |
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Spouses: Ann\Nancy Sloan, Sarah E\K Sanders |
| Child 9 (M): Jonathan Knight |
| Born: 16 JAN 1817 | Place: Wayne County, Georgia 45, 46, 47 |
| Died: 10 OCT 1886 | Place: Berrien now Lanier County, Georgia 48, 49 |
| Buried: | Place: Union Church Cemetery, Lakeland, Lanier County, Georgia 50 |
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Spouses: Frances Staten |
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HUSBAND FACTS: Occupation: BET. 1810 - 1811 Representative from Wayne County, Georgia 51 Occupation: BET. 1813 - 1817 Justice of Peace, District 334 52 Occupation: BET. 1815 - 1820 State Senator, Wayne County, Georgia 53 Occupation: BET. 1820 - 1824 Justice of Wayne Inferior Court, Wayne County, Georgia 54 Occupation: BET. 1826 - 1828 State Senator, Lowndes County, Georgia Occupation: BET. 1841 - 1858 Pastor, Wayfare Church, Echols County, Georgia Occupation: BET. 1841 - 1859 Pastor, Unity Primitive Baptist, Lowndes County, Georgia Census: 1820 Wayne County, Georgia Census: 1830 Lowndes County, Georgia Census: 1840 Lowndes County, Georgia Census: 1850 Lowndes County, Georgia WIFE NOTES: - !SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Publication of Genealogy Unlimited Society, Inc., 2511 Churchill Drive, Valdosta, Georgia 31602-2547, Information in Volume V Number 6 Oct 1989 provided by Lawrence & Frances Carter, 2407 Bemis Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. (Tifton Tift County Public Library) !PARENTS-SPOUSE-BIRTH: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume 2, Adel, Georgia, Press of the Patten Publishers, 1951, page 64-66. !CENSUS: 1850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia list William A. Knight (73) with the following in his household: Sarah (70). !PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE: Broderbund World Family Tree CD ROM, Volume 2, file #1195. !PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH: Violet Brinkley Bennett, ANCESTORS OF THE BEATY AND SIMPSON FAMILIES OF GEORGIA AND FLORIDA, Tennessee Valley Publishing, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1997. page 47, 54 (South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia). CONFLICT: This source states her birth date as 16 Feb 1780. SOURCES: 1Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 38. 2Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 374. 3Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 4Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 5Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 6Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 7Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 64-65. 8Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 9Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 10Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 109. 11Letter from John Alfred Griffin, jgriffin@wolfenet.com - 16 Nov 1998, Letter. 12Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 93, 150. 13Letter from John Alfred Griffin, jgriffin@wolfenet.com - 16 Nov 1998, Letter. 14Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 93, 150. 15Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 93. 16Memoirs of Georgia, Volume I, Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895, Book, page 316. 17Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 40. 18Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 19Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 175. 20Folks Huxford, History of Clinch County, Georgia, The J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, 1916, Book, page 265. 21Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 176. 22Folks Huxford, History of Clinch County, Georgia, The J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, 1916, Book, page 265. 23Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 176. 24Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 25Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 173. 26Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 173. 27Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 193. 28Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 29Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 177. 30Memoirs of Georgia, Volume I, Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895, Book, page 316. 31Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 177. 32Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 33Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 367, Birth date stated as 10 Oct 1809.. 34Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 367. 35Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 367. 36Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 38. 37Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 38Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 62. 39Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 62. 40Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 264. 41William Alderman Parker, The Aldermans in America, Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977, Book, page 356. 42Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 43Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 178. 44Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 178. 45Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 46Folks Huxford, History of Clinch County, Georgia, The J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, 1916, Book, page 265, Birth date stated as 17 Jan 1817 in Irwin County, Georgia.. 47Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 172-173. 48Folks Huxford, History of Clinch County, Georgia, The J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, 1916, Book, page 265. 49Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 172-173. 50Folks Huxford, History of Clinch County, Georgia, The J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, 1916, Book, page 265. 51Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 52Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 53Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. 54Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160. |
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