Born about in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of William Thomas Davis Sr.
and Martha Catherine (Howard) Davis
Sister of
Susannah (Davis) Courington, Robert Thomas Davis Sr., William Thomas Davis Jr. and Mary Catherine (Davis) Dunn
Wife of
Charner Hopson Knight
— married
about 1830 in South Carolina, United States [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
Abner B. Knight Sr. and Thomas Marion Knight
Died about
at about age 37
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Oct 2013
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Biography
Sarah (Mentzel #33) was born in 1803. She married Charner Knight about 1828. [1][2] She died in 1840.
I have 36 DNA matches to this 3rd great grandmother. [Ancestry.com notification to Mary Knight McGarr, descended from Charner Hopson Knight and Sarah Clarissa Davis.]
Please stop removing the records to Charner Hopson Knight's first marriage to Sarah Clarissa Davis. What possible difference can it make that Charner was married three times? I'm glad that when his first wife died he was able to find another wife, and that when she died he found yet another one. The man obviously enjoyed his life and fathered a lot of children.
Sources
- ↑ "Davis families of the Savannah River Valley..." Mentzel, Laura W. (Laura Watson Speer), Hobby Press,31 Bryan Avenue, Salt Lake City Utah. Copyright 1978. Call #929.273. Online version:https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/459241-davis-families-of-the-savannah-river-valley-containing-a-record-of-the-descendants-of-van-and-harmon-davis-from-1725-1978-covering-the-counties-of-newberry-anderson-pickens-oconee-counties-of-south-carolina-habersham-franklin-hart-ste?.
- ↑ Married by the Reverend Tolliver Robertson ("An Account of Marriages Solemnized by Tolaver Robertson in South Carolina," Pg 12 and Pg 13). Marriages performed before 1842: John Gant and Matilda Knight, Charner Knight and Miss Davis, Allen Gant and Elizabeth Garrett, Lewis Gant and Didamy Owins).
- I shared a document, which I obtained from a fellow Charner Knight descendant (Sara Latham Barry) written by Reverend Tolliver Robertson (1800-1878). In the document, Rev. Robertson recalls and asserts that he married Charner Knight and Miss Davis.--Linda (Johnson) Leslie (see source below)
- Robertson, Tolaver. Edited by Joseph R. Gainey. An Account of Marriages Solemnized by Tolaver Robertson in South Carolina Between October 1842 & February 1867. 1985. Greenville, South Carolina. --
- ::The names from this to the end of the book I married before I made a record; therefore, I cannot give the day and date....Charner Knight and Miss Davis.
- Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confident based on a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 18.19 cM segment on chromosome 7, consisting of Linda (Johnson) Leslie and Cynthia (Knight) Stevens, her 3rd cousin, and Brandy (Brown) Allison, her 5th cousin 2x removed. (Cynthia and Brandy are 5th cousins 2x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are William Davis and Martha Howard, the 4x great grandparents of both Linda (Johnson) Leslie and Cynthia (Knight) Stevens and 6x great grandparents of Brandy (Brown) Allison.
- Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confident based on a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 30 cM segment on chromosome 17, consisting of Brett Usrey and Linda (Johnson) Leslie, his 3rd cousin 1x removed, and Brandy (Brown) Allison, his 6th cousin 1x removed. (Linda and Brandy are 5th cousins 2x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are William Davis and Martha Howard, the 5x great grandparents of Brett Usrey, 4x great grandparents of Linda (Johnson) Leslie and 6x great grandparents of Brandy (Brown) Allison.
- Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confident based on a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 30 cM segment on chromosome 17, consisting of Linda (Johnson) Leslie and Brandy (Brown) Allison, her 5th cousin 2x removed, and Brett Usrey, her 3rd cousin 1x removed. (Brandy and Brett are 6th cousins 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are William Davis and Martha Howard, the 4x great grandparents of Linda (Johnson) Leslie and 6x great grandparents of Brandy (Brown) Allison and 5x great grandparents of Brett Usrey.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Heather Dobbins for creating WikiTree profile Davis-19013 through the import of My Alabama Roots.ged on Oct 20, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Heather and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Sarah:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
John Gray 
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
Jeff Knight :
23andMe, GEDmatch M258855 [compare]
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~3.12%
Linda (Johnson) Leslie :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MS7497799 [compare], Ancestry member lindleslie
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~1.56%
Randall Summers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A282304 [compare], Ancestry member squidly87
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~1.56%
Linda (Jackson) Raymond :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Doyle Baker :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A482963 [compare]
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~0.78%
Mary Love :
23andMe, GEDmatch MU8966563 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Chris Davis :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Tina (Davis) Smith :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Raven Creed :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Judy (Stubblefield) Tyler :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jkstyler
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~0.78%
Chris Wren :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal CHR919eda9c, Ancestry member vader7071
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~0.78%
K (Ray) Braswell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kapow2007
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~0.78%
Shava (Franklin) Feinstein :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A750050 [compare]
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~0.78%
D Gunn :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Stephen Davis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A978516 [compare], Ancestry member KevinMIreland
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~0.78%
John Courington :
AncestryDNA
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Its just unnecessary to not accept that Charner came to Alabama with his two oldest sons, bought land next to them. (Which is verified with numerous deeds And THEN married his second and third wives
What difference can it possibly make at this point in time how many wives he had! Do you really think that it somehow demeans YOUR ancestors when Charner was married to someone else first?
Your lack of veracity with regard to the facts is unbecoming a true genealogist.