Family Group Record


Husband: William Cone "Big Billie" Knight
Born: 8 OCT 1805 Place: Wayne County, Georgia 1, 2
Died: 8 FEB 1870 Place: Lowndes now Lanier County, Georgia 3
Married: 1826 Place: Georgia 4
Buried: Place:
Father: William Anderson Knight
Mother: Sarah Cone
Other Spouses:
Wife: Rachel Carter 5
Born: 4 AUG 1806 Place: South Carolina 6, 7
Died: 28 DEC 1874 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 8
Buried: Place:
Father: Captain Jesse Carter
Mother: Mary Molsy Touchton
Other Spouses:
Children

Child 1 (F): Molcy Knight 9
Born: 7 NOV 1826 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 10, 11
Died: 25 JUN 1897 Place: Berrien County, Georgia 12
Buried: Place: Lois Cemtery, Berrien County, Georgia 13
Spouses: Ansel Parrish
Child 2 (M): John Knight
Born: 14 MAR 1828 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 14, 15
Died: 26 JUL 1904 Place: Clinch now Lanier County, Georgia 16, 17
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Dicy Staten
Child 3 (M): William J. Knight 18
Born: 24 AUG 1829 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 19
Died: BET. 1861 - 1865 Place: CSA 20
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Susannah Ann Lightsey
Child 4 (F): Nancy Knight 21
Born: 8 AUG 1835 Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 22
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses: William J. Knight
Child 5 (F): Keziah Knight
Born: 2 JUL 1840 Place: Lowndes now Lanier County, Georgia 23
Died: 25 FEB 1882 Place: Berrien now Cook County, Georgia 24
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Hiram Franklin Harrell, Samuel R. Rentz
HUSBAND NOTES:
!SPOUSE-PARENTS-BIRTH-SIBLINGS: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume I, Adel, Georgia, Press of the Patten Publishers, 1951, page 159-161.

!PARENTS-BIRTH-SPOUSE-DEATH-CHILDREN-MILITARY: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume III, Pearson, Georgia, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, 1957, page 173-174.

!1850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia records William C. Knight (45), and Rachel (44) and 12 children ages 22 to 3.

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-PARENTS: Broderbund World Family Tree CD ROM, Volume 8, file 0738.

!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE: Violet Brinkley Bennett, ANCESTORS OF THE BEATY AND SIMPSON FAMILIES OF GEORGIA AND FLORIDA, Tennessee Valley Publishing, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1997. page 47 (South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia).



WIFE NOTES:
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!SPOUSE: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume I, Adel, Georgia, Press of the Patten Publishers, 1951, page 159-161.

!PARENTS-BIRTH-SPOUSE-DEATH-CHILDREN: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume III, Pearson, Georgia, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, 1957, page 125-126.

!1850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia records William C. Knight (45), and Rachel (44) and 12 children ages 22 to 3.

!PARENTS-SPOUSE-BIRTH-DEATH: Violet Brinkley Bennett, ANCESTORS OF THE BEATY AND SIMPSON FAMILIES OF GEORGIA AND FLORIDA, Tennessee Valley Publishing, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1997. page 49 (South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia).



SOURCES:
1Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 159-160.
2Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 173.
3Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 173.
4Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 173.
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 38.
7Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 173.
8Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 173.
9Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 219-220.
10Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 173.
11Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 222-223.
12Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 222-223.
13Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume IV, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1960, Book, page 222-223.
14Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 173.
15Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 250.
16Folks Huxford, History of Clinch County, Georgia, The J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, 1916, Book, page 265.
17Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume V, Herrin's Print Shop, Waycross, GA 1967, Book, page 250.
18Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 168-169.
19Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 173.
20Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1951, Book, page 168-169.
21Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 177.
22Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 173.
23Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III, Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, GA 1957, Book, page 173.
24Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume VII, Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Georgia 1975, Book, page 334.


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

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