Family Group Record

Husband: John Knight 1, 2, 3
Born: ABT. 1748 Place: probably Surry, Virginia
Died: BET. 1821 - 1822 Place: Wayne or Effingham County, Georgia
Married: 9 JAN 1774 Place: Cheraw District, South Carolina
Buried: Place:
Father: John Knight
Mother: Elizabeth Woodson
Other Spouses:
Wife: Rachel Fannie Anderson 4, 5
Born: Place:
Died: 2 NOV 1844 Place: Hillsborough County, Florida
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Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:
Children
Child 1 (M): John Knight
Born: ABT. 1775 Place:
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Martha Webb
Child 2 (M): James Knight
Born: ABT. 1776 Place:
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Elizabeth Vallaton
Child 3 (F): Mary Knight
Born: 25 SEP 1776 Place: South Carolina
Died: 13 MAR 1849 Place: Hamilton, Florida
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Miles Hunter, John Stewart
Child 4 (M): Jesse Knight
Born: ABT. 1777 Place:
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses:
Child 5 (M): William Anderson Knight 6, 7
Born: 16 FEB 1778 Place: Edgecombe County, South Carolina 8
Died: 8 DEC 1859 Place: Lanier/Lowndes County, Georgia 9
Buried: Place: Old Burnt Church, Lakeland, Lanier County, Georgia
Spouses: Sarah Cone
Child 6 (M): Levi Knight
Born: ABT. 1779 Place:
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses:
Child 7 (M): Jonathan Knight
Born: 19 FEB 1781 Place: Cheraw District, South Carolina 10, 11
Died: 17 FEB 1852 Place: Duval County, Florida 12
Buried: Place: Fowler Cemetery, Middleburg, Clay County, Florida 13
Spouses: Elizabeth H. Tucker
Child 8 (F): Jemima Knight
Born: ABT. 1783 Place:
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Andrew Tucker
Child 9 (M): Abraham Knight 14
Born: BET. 1784 - 1789 Place: Effingham County, Georgia 15
Died: 26 MAY 1867 Place: Wayne County, Georgia 16
Buried: Place: Little Creek Baptist Church, Wayne County, Georgia 17
Spouses: Sarah Helen Tucker
Child 10 (M): Samuel Knight 18, 19
Born: NOV 1793 Place: Effingham County, Georgia 20
Died: 3 MAY 1879 Place: Hillsbourough County, Florida 21
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Mary Roberts
Child 11 (M): Thomas Knight
Born: ABT. 1795 Place:
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses:
HUSBAND FACTS:
TITL RS:

WIFE NOTES:
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!NOTE: Rachel Fannie Knight was living in Wayne County and drew a lot in the 1820 land lottery, but failed to take it up and it reverted to the State. After John Knight died she lived with son Samuel in Hillsborough County, Florida (THE SOUTH FLORIDA PIONEERS, Jul-Oct 1978 Issue).

!SPOUSE-CHILDREN-DEATH: W. Taylor Knight, HISTORY AND FAMILY TREE OF JOHN KNIGHT, RS AND HIS SON, JONATHAN IN SOUTH GEORGIA AND FLORIDA, 1983, Valdosta, GA, page 11-12, (South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, GA).


SOURCES:
 1Worth S. Ray, Colonial Granville County and Its People, Published by the Author, 1945, Book, page 271.
2Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 158.
3Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 374.
4Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 158.
5Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 374.
6Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 38.
7Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 374.
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 174-175.
11Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VII, Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1975, Book, page 505.
12Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VII, Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1975, Book, page 505.
13Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VII, Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1975, Book, page 505.
14Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 374.
15Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 172.
16Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 172.
17Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 172.
18Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 374.
19Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 247.
20Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 158.
21Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 158.

Posted By:
Tommy Bargeron
721 West 12th Street
Tifton, Georgia 31794

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