Jonathan Knight Jr. (abt. 1780 - aft. 1826)

Ancestors

Husband of Christiana Ursy (Bennett) Knight — married 5 Jul 1793 in Granville, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Jonathan was born about 1780. He passed away after 1826.

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 acknolwdged 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

• "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8L5-7Y5 : 14 February 2020), Johnathan Knight, 1793.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFSS-1B4 : 4 November 2017), Jonathan Knight and Christian W Bennett, 05 Jul 1793; citing Granville, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 1,758,775.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR7-55Q : accessed 12 February 2020), Jonathan Knight, Hillsboro, Granville, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 544, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 31; FHL microfilm 337,907.
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGS-8Q3 : accessed 12 February 2020), Jonathan Knight, Granville, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 33, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 85; FHL microfilm 162,801.
• 1830 Census1830; Census Place: North Regiment, Granville, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 121; Page: 8; Family History Library Film: 0018087]

Acknowledgements

First-hand information as remembered by James Mahar, Wednesday, December 31, 2014. '