William
Asbury
McKnight
Born in Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Roger Lee McKnight
and Lydia (Elrod) McKnight
Brother of
John McKnight, Thomas McKnight, George Washington McKnight, Christopher McKnight, Adaline (McKnight) Porter, Joseph Lee McKnight, James McKnight and Jeremiah McKnight [half]
Husband of
Rebecca Ann (Erwin) McKnight
— married
24 Nov 1824 in Lawrence Township, Marion, Indiana, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Lydia Ann McKnight, Adaline McKnight, Cameron McKnight, Sarah Jane McKnight, Unknown McKnight, Asbury McKnight, Caroline McKnight, Asa McKnight and David McKnight
Died
at about age 62
in Clay City, Clay, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 May 2011
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Biography
- Birth: 1800, Rowan, North Carolina, USA
- Married Rebecca Ann Erwin on 24 Nov 1824 in Lawrence, Indiana
- Death: 21 MAR 1862, Clay City, Clay, Illinois, USA [1]
- Cause: William died in the spring of 1862, from wounds received at the hands of robbers on the night of October 1, 1861, in Bible Grove Township.[2]
Residences
1850 Clay and Richand, Clay, Illinois[3]
1860 Township 5 Range 7, Clay, Illinois [4]
Sources
- ↑ William A. McKnight Find A Grave: Memorial #30322319
- ↑ History of Wayne and Clay counties, Illinois; Publication date 1884; Topics Wayne County (Ill.) -- History, Wayne County (Ill.) -- Biography, Clay County (Ill.) -- History, Clay County (Ill.) -- Biography Publisher Chicago : Globe Pub. Co. ; Collection americana ; Digitizing sponsor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Contributor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Language English [1]
- ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Clay and Richand, Clay, Illinois; Roll: M432_100; Page: 320B; Image: 399; Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. [2]
- ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 5 Range 7, Clay, Illinois; Roll: M653_162; Page: 586; Family History Library Film: 803162; Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. [3]
- This person was created through the import of Conley - Dye,_2010-11-16.ged on 24 May 2011.
- LINK doesn't work Ancestry Family Trees
- Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, or available through Family History; FHL Film Number: 001317624
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- Marlin Smith
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup R-Z251
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~3.12%
Cheryl (Jones) Eggers :
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~3.12%
Marlin Smith :
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~1.56%
Dawn (Robuck) Uribe :
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~1.56%
Jay Cantrell :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Jarel Amox :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Trevor Grismore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LH3149326 [compare], Ancestry member TrevorGris
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~0.39%
Herb Poole :
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