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| Husband: Henry H. Knight |
| Born: 17 NOV 1840 | Place: Lowndes/Berrien County, Georgia 1, 2 |
| Died: 20 JUL 1898 | Place: |
| Married: 1 MAR 1874 | Place: Berrien County, Georgia 3 |
| Buried: | Place: Beaver Dam, Ray City, Berrien, Georgia |
| Father: John Knight |
| Mother: Sarah Sally Moore |
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| Wife: Mary Susan Ray 4, 5 |
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| Buried: | Place: Beaver Dam, Ray City, Berrien, Georgia |
| Father: Thomas M. Ray |
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HUSBAND NOTES: Henry H. Knight was a Berrien County Commissioner for three years and a Representative to the Georgia General Assembly. He introduced the bill to incorporate Nashville and one to protect fish. He was a Mason and carried on the Mercantile Business at Ray's Mill. !PARENTS-SPOUSE-BIRTH: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume 2, Adel, Georgia, Press of the Patten Publishers, 1951, page 177. !CENSUS: 1850 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia list John Knight(43) with the following in his household: Sarah (40), William J. (19), Levi J. (17), James A. (14), Mary Ann (12), Henry H. (10), Sarah A. L. (5), Keziah A.L. (1). !PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-DEATH-BIRTH-MILITARY-BURIAL: Henry H. Knight was the son of John Knight and married Mary Susan Ray, he served in Company G, 29th Regiment of the Georgia Volunteers from Berrien County, he was wounded at Pine Mountain and the battle of Jonesboro. He farmed after the war and opened a General Merchandise store in Ray City. He was a County Commissioner for Berrien County. He was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives for the 1892-1893 term. He introduced a bill which incorporated the city of Nashville. ("John Knight Family of Berrien County", THE HISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, pages 102-103). !MILITARY: Booklet published by the Berrien Press, 1975, a reprint of a 1928 manuscript compiled by survivors of Company G, K, I of the 29 Regiment from Berrien County on file at the Tifton Tift County Public Library, Tifton, Georgia. H. H. Knight was wounded, lived many years after the war (Company G, 29th Georgia Regiment) HUSBAND FACTS: TITL CSA: Military: CSA - Company G, 29th Georgia Regiment 6 WIFE NOTES: !SPOUSE: Folks Huxford, PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume 2, Adel, Georgia, Press of the Patten Publishers, 1951, page 177. !PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-BURIAL: "John Knight Family of Berrien County", THE HISTORY OF BERRIEN COUNTY, pages 102-103. SOURCES: 1Memoirs of Georgia, Volume I, Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895, Book, page 316. 2Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 177. 3Max L. Tatum, Berrien County Georgia Marriage Records, Albany, Georgia 1991, Book, page 42. 4Memoirs of Georgia, Volume I, Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895, Book, page 316. 5Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume II, Press of the Patten Publishers, Adel, Georgia 1954, Book, page 177. 6Memoirs of Georgia, Volume I, Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895, Book, page 316. |
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