Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Abner Knight
and Nancy (Cook) Knight
Sister of
Mary Frances (Knight) Griner, William Marion Knight, Ezekiel Knight, Berryman Benjamin Knight, James Matthew Knight, Abner Preston Knight and Elizabeth (Knight) Campbell
Wife of
Joseph Nelson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
after about age 42
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Jan 2022
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Biography
Polly Knight was born about 1781. She is the daughter of Abner Knight and Nancy Cook.
She married Joseph Nelson.
On 10 December 1823, Joseph Nelson in right of his wife Polly petitions[1] the court to grant an order of partition of the 150 acres of land on Blues Creek (?) purchased by her father Abner in 1793.
Research Notes
- Her birth year is estimated by assuming she is 1 year older than Elijah Knight who is listed in the court petition before her.
Sources
- ↑ Superior Court, Stokes County, North Carolina, Probate records (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1753-1971 ; indexes 1753-1965, Estate records 1753-1941 Kiser, Henry W. - Lash, Christian; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9GF-YC34?wc=Q643-Z4D%3A184767601%2C183366001%2C1590102900&cc=1911121), images 1-3.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polly:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Sharon (Karr) Hiney 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch BA7664386 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member shineykarr
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~1.56%
Calvin Guthrie :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Isabella (Angel) Macy-Angell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BB5255675 [compare], yourDNAportal ISAcce57689, Ancestry member i_macy_angell
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch BB5255675 [compare], yourDNAportal ISAcce57689
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~0.78%
Nancy Brannen :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kevin Neal :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
G. R. (Queen) Hoppe :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member GloriaH4DNA
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~0.78%
Ray Knight :
AncestryDNA
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