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William Burton Knowles

Born 11 Oct 1815 in Greene County, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Brother of Benjamin Evans Knowles, James Joseph Knowles, Edmond Knowles, Elizabeth (Knowles) Saxton, Sarah B. Knowles, Rice Prettyman Knowles, Selena Knowles, Tabitha (Knowles) Steem, Wade Hampton Peavy Knowles and Nancy R. (Knowles) Parrot

Husband of Rebecca (May) Knowles — married 4 Dec 1836 in Fayette County, Georgia, USA

Husband of Nancy (Patterson) Knowles — married 1861 in Mississippi

Descendants

Father of Daniel N. Knowles, Naomi Knowles, Emley Tabitha (Knowles) Gouldsby, James Monroe Knowles, William C. Knowles, Martha Ann (Knowles) Saxon, Martha Ann Knowles, Andrew Jackson Knowles, Edmond A Knowles, Robert Lee Knowles, Roxana A. (Knowles) Harrison and Benjamin R. Knowles

Died 16 Sep 1881 at age 65 in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States

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3 DNA
4 Sources

Biography

William was born in 1842. William Knowles ... He passed away in 1918.

Notes

Birthdate: alternate date was 1805 Uncertain.

DNA

RICHARD KNOWLES-1717: Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulation group on 23AndMe consisting of VM, great-grandchild of Alice Virginia Knowles-1859; Shannon Trusty; W1, child of JACOB WINEGARNER; and AJ, grandchild of FANNIE WILCHER, who share a 9.33 cM segment on Chromosome 4. VM and Shannon are 6C1R; VM and W1 are half 6C1R; VM and AJ are 6C; Shannon and W1 are half 6C2R; Shannon and AJ are 5C1R; and W1 and AJ are half 6C1R. VM, Shannon, and AJ are descended from two sons of EDMOND KNOWLES-1742 & P. PRETTYMAN-1748. W1 is descended from JAMES KNOWLES-1757. Their most recent common ancestor is Richard Knowles.

Sources

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFS6-ZW4 : 17 October 2014), Robert Knowles in household of W B Knowles, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 85, family 607, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,235.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GV-DLT : 11 August 2016), Robt Knowuls in household of William Knowuls, Walnut Grove, Leake, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 52, sheet 458D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0653; FHL microfilm 1,254,653.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

Gary Knowles : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #974539
Randy Noles : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #246337

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:

~3.12% Sue Warren : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NE6209482 [compare], Ancestry member sgarley44
~1.56% Conner Evans : 23andMe
~1.56% James Wilson : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T278202 [compare], Ancestry member James_Cletus
~1.56% ~6.25% Alice (Bryant) McKinney : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A716358 [compare], Ancestry member amckinneycpa35
~1.56% ~12.50% Gary Bryant : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A605947 [compare]
~1.56% Ronald Nash : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A703911 [compare], Ancestry member denetman1
~1.56% Richard Knowles : AncestryDNA
~1.56% Sandra Saxon : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #859851
~0.78% Kerry Short : AncestryDNA
~0.78% Danny Mize : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pjaviator
~0.78% ~3.12% Heather (Field) Lukaszewski : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A173006 [compare], Ancestry member hluka03
~0.78% ~6.25% Ronald McKinney : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QL6305363 [compare], Ancestry member ronniemckinney29
~0.78% David McClellan : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dbmcclellantx
~0.78% LindaSue (Merritt) Martin : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Susiemm1
~0.78% Shannon (Trusty) Dufour : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GJ1152812 [compare]

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Comments: 3

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Sharon Casteel

Knowles-463 and Knowles-428 appear to represent the same person because: Mother matches; birth date matches.

posted Sep 23, 2018 by Sharon Casteel

Kathy (Stuewe) Zipperer

Knowles-2797 and Knowles-463 appear to represent the same person because: Married to same woman. Please approve the merge and I'll help with clean up. Thanks!

posted Jun 03, 2017 by Kathy (Stuewe) Zipperer

Tom Knowles

1820's w/family to faye co ga

1835-40 boy & 2 girls 1846 to randolph co al

1850's to leake co miss. carpenter and mechanic no slaves

posted May 16, 2011 by Tom Knowles

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