Sarah Woodson (Knight) Rolfe (abt. 1773 - 1817)

Born about 1773 in Granville, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of William Rolfe — married 9 Oct 1794 in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States

Died 1817 at about age 44 in Granville, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Sarah was born in 1773. She died in 1817.

1794 – Oct 9 – VA Mecklenburg – Mar – Sarah Knight to William Roffe. (Ancestry compiled marriages.).

1812 – May 30 – NC Granville – Admin – Jonathan Knight – “To any lawful officer of (any) County (Granville) to execute and return in 30 days from the date hereof, Sunday excepted, I command you to take the body of John Knight & Jonathan Knight, Executors of Jonathan Knight dec’d, if to be found in your County under .___ to cause to appear before the me or ___ other Justice of the Peace in said County to answer the complaint of John ____ for the non-payment of twenty-four pounds four shillings and two pence due by note given under my hand and seal this 30th May 1812 Signed: __ Williams. Followed by: The Defendants appeared before me and acknowledged the service of this warrant and confessed judgment to the Plaintiff for twenty-four pounds, four shillings, 2 pence debt granted by me. Signed: H. Williams. Followed by: July 15 1812: I command you to levy on the goods & chattels of John Knight & Jonathan Knight, executors of Jonathan Knight deceased, sufficient to satisfy the above judgement with all legal cass for the want of such goods & chattles you are to levy on the land, tenements & make known where the land lyes & whose adjoining at return to the next County Court the same. Given under my hand, etc, H. Williams. Followed by: No personal property found of John Knight therefore levyed on 100 acres of land more or less adjoining the widow Ralph & Nelson Nailing (Nayling) on the south side of Tarr River near Dickinson’s Bridge. July 16, 1812 Signed: Richard Wood, CL. (North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 for Jonathan Knight, Granville, Estate Records, images online, ancestry.com).

Sources

• "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1943," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21N-58J3 : 29 November 2018), William Roffe and Sarah Knight, 09 Oct 1794; citing Marriage, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia.
• Sarah Knight in the Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800, Name: Sarah Knight, Spouse: William Roffe, Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1794, Marriage Location: Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Source Information, Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?pid=LZYL-RNB&h=25551&db=eamva&indiv=1
• Will of Jonathan Knight; written 24 Oct 1807; proven Nov 1809; names wife Judith; sons John, Woodson, and William; daughters: Sarah W. Roffe, Elizabeth Amis, Rachel Dejarnet, Judith Amis, Polly Amis; grandson Jonathan Knight the son of John Knight, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9GW-Y9C1-H

Position

Position: 2110,-8600

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Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile UNKNOWN-134581 created through the import of Haywood Jones WIlliamson Malone.ged on Dec 17, 2011 by Natasha Williamson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Natasha and others.