Hiram
Lee
McKnight
Born in Coweta Co., GA
Ancestors 
Son of John Lee McKnight
and Martha (Sims) McKnight
Brother of
Andrew M. McKnight, Mariah (McKnight) Bentley, Nancy (McKnight) Causey, Thomas S. McKnight, Larissa (McKnight) Welch, Lewis Newton McKnight [half], John McKnight, Martha Elizabeth (McKnight) Sims, Mary Jane (McKnight) Stanfield, Christopher Pulaski Columbus McKnight, Elvira Minerva (McKnight) Monkress and Gilbert Motier Lafayette McKnight MD
Husband of
Mary (Causey) McKnight
— married
24 Oct 1843 in Chambers Co., Alabama
Descendants 
Father of
John McPherson Berrien McKnight, Richard Henry Lee McKnight and Susan Lorraine Josephine McKnight
Died
at age 60
in Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Oct 2015
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Biography
Hiram moved with family twice because of Indian dangers encountered: from Coweta Co., Ga to Chambers Co., AL with his parents prior to 1843, and then from Chambers Co., AL to Cherokee Co., TX in 1849. He was a teacher, and served as Captain in the CSA during Civil War, Co. K 18th TX inf., Ochiltree regiment. He shortly served in HQ, Transmississippi Dept., Little Rock, Ark. Had many asthma or respiratory problems while there and was relieved of duty to return home.
Sources
- Family bible, archives, vital records, Texarado Peaks's book
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hiram 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 Hiram:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hiram 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 Hiram:
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~0.78%
Boone Carlon
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A534378 [compare], Ancestry member Kathi_Carlon_Reed
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T139914 [compare], FTDNA kit #527655
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~0.78%
Peggy (Holbrooks) Pace :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member PeggyPace
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