Reuben
Ransom
Knight
Born about in Union, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Reuben Knight Jr.
and Permelia Jane (Unknown) Knight
Brother of
James Madison Knight Sr., William George Knight, Thomas B. Knight, Luther J. Knight, Absalom Silas Knight, Charner Hopson Knight and Rhoda A. Jane (Knight) Combs
Husband of
Nancy (Eubanks) Knight
— married
1844 in Liberty Community, Pickens, South Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Died before
before about age 40
in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Oct 2013
This page has been accessed 426 times.
Biography
Reuben was born in 1822. He was killed in the Civil War in 1862.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-CL3 : 5 April 2020), Ranson Knight, Pontotoc county, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; citing family 858, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GX-6X9 : 10 December 2017), Ruben R Knight, 1860.
- "United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73J4-8J6Z : 6 September 2019), Reuben Ransom Knight, 1861-1865.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Teresa Abram for starting this profile. Entered by Teresa Abram, Sunday, October 13, 2013. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Teresa and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reuben:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reuben:
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~3.12%
Diane (Lewis) West
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A308058 [compare]
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~1.56%
Lynn (West) Clark :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A250980 [compare]
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~0.39%
Debbie (Young) Edmondson :
23andMe, GEDmatch T500427 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T500427 [compare], FTDNA kit #B362788
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