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John Knight Sr. (abt. 1756 - bef. 1838)

John Knight Sr.
Born about in Orange County, Province of North Carolinamap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married after 17 Nov 1792 in Orange County, North Carolina, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 21 Jan 1821 in Monticello, Jasper, Georgia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , , , and
Died before before about age 82 in Hillsboro, Jasper County, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

John was born about 1755 or 1756.

In May 1793, for a sum of 500 pounds, John Carrington, Jr., sold 172 acres to John Knight. On 3 February 1798, John Knight sold this land for same sum to George Carrington of Orange County, NC and apparently headed for Georgia.

On 3 October 1808, he bought land in Baldwin County, Georgia, (that portion that is now Jasper County). This land was situated in the 13th District of the county at the town of Hillsboro.[1] [in 1808, Jasper County was named Randolph County]

In the 1820 Census, his family resided in Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia.[2] He is listed immediately above his son William Knight.

He passed away before 25 October 1838.[3]

Will & Probate

Last Will and Testament of John Knight Sr.[3]
Jasper County, Georgia.
4 April 1838.
25 October 1738 (proved).

In his Will, John names the following persons, in the following order:

  1. my son Carrington Knight
  2. my son William Knight
  3. my son Jepthy Knight [Jeptha]
  4. my son John Knight
  5. my son James Knight
  6. my son Thomas J. Knight
  7. my son Makins Knight [Meakins]
  8. my son in law Jacob Pruit
  9. my son Raleigh J. Knight
  10. my son in law Edward Allen
  11. my grandson Thomas Jefferson Irvin
  12. my Daughter Salatha E. Knight
  13. my Daughter Martha Ann Aston Eliza Knight
  14. my wife Temperance Knight

Signed: John Knight.
Witnesses: Benjamin Amos (presumably his mark "B"), Ephraim Alexander, Wily Peddy.
Executors: my sons John Knight, James Knight, and Thomas J. Knight and my son-in-law Edward Allen.

Witness: Benjamin B. Amos, Ephraim Alexander, Wily Peddy; Testament: John Knight, Sr. of Jasper County.

On 20 November 1838, the inventory and appraisement of his Estate was performed.[4]

On 2 January 1839, an estate sale was held.[5][6]

"Agreeable to the last will and testament of John Knight, sr., late of Jasper county, dec'd, will be sold at his late residence on Wednesday the 2d of January next, all the perishable property of said dec'd., consisting of horses, cattle, hogs, corn, fodder, plantation tools, household and kitchen furniture, and a variety of other articles too tedious so mention. Sale to continue from day to day until all are told. Terms made known on the day of sale. John Knight, James Knight, Thos. J. Knight, Ed. M. Allen } Ex'ors. November 13, 1838."

The account of his Estate was still open at the December Court 1857.[7] [confirm this is the same Probate]

See index of John Knight Sr. probate for additional items.

Slave Owner

His Last Will and Testament bequeaths enslaved persons.

Research Notes

Place Creation

  • Baldwin County, Georgia, was created on 27 Jun 1806, from Creek cessions of 1802 and 1805.
  • Randolph County, Georgia, was created on 10 Dec 1807, from Baldwin County.
  • Randolph County, Georgia, was renamed Jasper County in 1812.

Vital Statistics

Birth
Unsourced birth alternatively given as about 1756 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia and as about 1755 in North Carolina. Find-a-Grave gives 1766 in Orange County, North Carolina but is also unsourced.

Note from Knight descendant

Y-DNA of a descendant of a John Knight that migrated from Orange County, N.C. to Jasper County, Georgia before 1800, when compared to Y-DNA results previously discussed herein, indicates that this John Knight was related to the Knights of Bertie/Hertford Counties. N.C. and to our ancestors. We can find no record of John before he married Mary Carrington in Orange Co., N.C. in 1792, but several Internet family trees have him born in Jamestown, Va. in 1756. We have not determined how he relates to descendants of John Knight Sr. of Northampton Co., Va. or to the Knights of Bertie/Hertford Counties, N.C. (Tommy E. Knight, 17 Jun 2023).

Sources

  1. ↑ https://laura-knight-jadczyk.com/genealogy/knight-records-1830-1839.html
  2. ↑ United States Census, 1820; database with images, FamilySearch (image 38), Georgia > Jasper > Monticello > image 38 of 50; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Court of Ordinary, Jasper County, Georgia, Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941, Wills, appraisements, sale bills, returns v. 11-12 1836-1844; database with images, FamilySearch (images 320-321).
  4. ↑ Court of Ordinary, Jasper County, Georgia, Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941, Wills, appraisements, sale bills, returns v. 11-12 1836-1844; database with images, FamilySearch (image 322).
  5. ↑ Court of Ordinary, Jasper County, Georgia, Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941, Wills, appraisements, sale bills, returns v. 11-12 1836-1844; database with images, FamilySearch (images 323-325, image 438).
  6. ↑ "Administrators' Sales." Southern Recorder (Milledgeville, Georgia), November 20, 1838, p. 4, col. 5.; digital images, Georgia Historic Newspapers (Administrators' Sale).
  7. ↑ Court of Ordinary, Jasper County, Georgia, Probate records, 1809-1941; index, 1812-1941, Wills, appraisements, sale bills, returns v. 11-12 1836-1844; database with images, FamilySearch (image 476).

See also:

  • 1820 United States Federal Census; Ancestry Record 7734 #1426600; Name: John Knight; Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Monticello, Jasper, Georgia; Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820; Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 5; Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1; Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1; Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1; Slaves - Males - Under 14: 1; Slaves - Males - 14 thru 25: 5; Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44: 1; Slaves - Females - Under 14: 7; Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 2; Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44: 1; Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 13; Free White Persons - Under 16: 7; Free White Persons - Over 25: 1; Total Free White Persons: 10; Total Slaves: 17; Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 27. Image
  • 1830 United States Federal Census; Ancestry Record 8058 #1846116; Name: John Knight Senior; Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Jasper, Georgia; Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1; Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2; Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 3; Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1; Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1; Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 3; Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 2; Slaves - Females - Under 10: 12; Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 5; Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 3; Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1; Free White Persons - Under 20: 7; Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2; Total Free White Persons: 9; Total Slaves: 27; Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 36. Image
  • Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944; Ancestry Record 7839 #111247; Name: John Knight; Spouse: Temperance Bullard; Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1821; County: Jasper; State: Georgia.
  • Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850; Ancestry Record 2085 #38366; Name: Temperance Bullard; Spouse: John Knight; Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1821; Marriage County: Jasper; Marriage State: Georgia.
  • Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850; Ancestry Record 2085 #121320; Name: Tempy Head; Spouse: William Bullard; Marriage Date: 23 Aug 1808; Marriage County: Jasper; Marriage State: Georgia.
  • Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850; Ancestry Record 2085 #122139; Name: John Knight; Spouse: Temperance Bullard; Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1821; Marriage County: Jasper; Marriage State: Georgia.
  • Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978; Ancestry Record 4766 #874137; Name: John Knight; Gender: Male; Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1821; Marriage Place: Jasper, Georgia, USA; Spouse: Temperance Bullard; Spouse Gender: Female. Image
  • Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992; Ancestry Record 8635 #640471; Name: John Knights Senior; Probate Place: Jasper , Georgia , USA; Inferred Death Place: Georgia , USA; Case Number: 5; Table of Contents 4 images; Petition Papers 1–2; Cover Page 3; Account Papers 4. Image
  • Marriages of Orange County, North Carolina, 1779-1868 Image Quote: Knight, John & Mary Carrington, 17 Nov 1792; Jno. Whitehead, bm.
  • From the Milledgeville, Georgia, "Southern Recorder" Page 4, Column 5, November 20, 1838 (microfilm, Georgia State Archives, Atlanta): Agreeably to the Last Will & Testament of John Knight, Sr., late of Jasper County, deceased, will be sold at his residence on Wednesday, the 2nd of January, 1839, all the perishable property of said deceased, consisting of horses, cattle, hogs, fodder, plantation tools, household and kitchen furniture, and a variety of other articles too tedious to mention. Sale to continue from day to day until all are sold. Terms made known on the day of sale. —John Knight, James Knight, Thomas J. Knight, Ed. M. Allen, Executors.
  • North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890; Ancestry Record 3566 #17047189; Name: John Knight; State: NC; County: Orange County; Year: 1779; Database: NC Early Census Index. (Is this for this John or his father?)
  • North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868; Ancestry Record 4802 #25267; Name: John Knight; Gender: Male; Spouse: Mary Carrington; Spouse Gender: Female; Bond date: 17 Nov 1792; Bond #: 000098403; Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868; ImageNum: 001336; County: Orange; Record #: 01 232; Bondsman: Jno Whitehead; Witness: Abner B Bruce.
  • North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004; Ancestry Record 8909 #2171457; Name: John Knight; Spouse: Mary Carrington; Marriage Date: 17 Nov 1792; Marriage County: Orange; Marriage State: North Carolina; Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004; Ancestry Record 8909 #2599409; Name: Mary Carrington; Spouse: John Knight; Marriage Date: 17 Nov 1792; Marriage State: North Carolina.
  • North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004; Ancestry Record 8909 #2651287; Name: John Knight; Spouse: Mary Carrington; Marriage State: North Carolina.
  • North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011; Ancestry Record 60548 #5366013; Name: John Knight; Gender: Male; Marriage Date: 17 Nov 1792; Marriage Place: Orange, North Carolina, USA; Spouse: Mary Carrington; Spouse Gender: Female; Event Type: Marriage. Image
  • North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011; Ancestry Record 60548 #1038541; Name: John Knight; Gender: Male; Marriage Date: 17 Nov 1792; Marriage Place: Orange, North Carolina, USA; Spouse: Mary Carrington; Spouse Gender: Female; Event Type: Marriage. Image Quote: Groom: Knight, John; Bride: Mary Carrington; Bond Date: 17 Nov. 1792; Bondsman: Jno. Whitehead; Witness: Abner B. Bruce.
  • North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977. Name: John Knight Gender: Male Spouse: Mary Carrington Spouse Gender: Female Bond Date: 17 Nov 1792 Bond #: 000098403 Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 ImageNum: 001336 County: Orange Record #: 01 232 Bondsman: Jno Whitehead Witness: Abner B Bruce.
  • “North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (10 February 2018), John Knight and Mary Carrington, 17 Nov 1792; citing Orange, North Carolina, reference; FHL microfilm 6,330,306.
  • Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s; Ancestry Record 7486 #1425759; Name: John Knight; Age: 19; Birth Year: abt 1755; Arrival year: 1774; Arrival Place: Maryland; Primary Immigrant: Knight, John; Source Publication Code: 1219.7; Annotation: Date bound and intended destination; some are date and place of first mention of residence in the New World or date and place of death. Data was extracted from several sources. Dates prior to 1752 were rendered according to the modern calendar. Listings f; Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1751-1776. A comprehensive listing compiled from English public records of those who took ship to the Americas for political, religious, and economic reasons; of those who were deported for vagrancy, roguery, or non-conformity; and of those who were sold to labour in the new colonies. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. 349p.
  • U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820; Ancestry Record 2234 #137299; Name: John Knight; [Col. John Knight] ; Gender: M (Male); State: South Carolina; County: Beaufort District; Residence Year: 1780; Household Remarks: He is on the Petit Jury list for Beaufort district.
  • U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current; Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 13 November 2018, amb. Memorial page for John Knight, Sr (1766–Oct 1838), Find A Grave: Memorial #173546332, citing Knight Family Cemetery, Hillsboro, Jasper County, Georgia, USA. Maintained by GEORGE NELSON (contributor 47222559)
  • Image of Record of his Second Marriage to Temperance Bullard Head. Media
  • Southern Recorder from Milledgeville, Georgia, November 20, 1838, Page 4, Column 5: Quote: Agreeably to the Last Will & Testament of John Knight. sr., late of Jasper County, dec'd, will be sold at his late residence. on Wednesday the 2d of January next [1839]. all the perishable property of said dec'd., consisting of horses, cattle, hogs, corn, fodder. plantation tools, household and kitchen furniture, and a variety of other articles too tedious so mention. Sale to continue from day to day until all are told. Terms made known on the day of sale. John Knight, James Knight, Thos. J. Knight, Ed. M. Allen, } Ex'ors. November 13, 1838. 43 tds
  • Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992; Ancestry Record 8635 #216010; Name: John Knight; Executor Date: 3 Jan 1838; Recorded Date: 8 Jan 1838; Probate Place: Meriwether, Georgia, USA; Inferred Death: before 3 Jan 1838; Inferred Death Place: Georgia, USA. Image




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Ken Spratlin
John Knight Sr. (abt.1756-bef.1838) is attached to parents:

But Mary is then attached to a different husband John Knight:

posted by Ken Spratlin

Rejected matches › John Knight (1754-1833) › John Knight (abt.1655-) › John Knight Jr. (1749-1801) › John Knight (1765-) › John Knight (abt.1807-)

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