William J
Knight
Born in Lowndes, Georgia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of William Cone Knight
and Rachel (Carter) Knight
Brother of
Molcy (Knight) Parrish, John Knight, Jesse Carter Knight, Sarah (Knight) Touchston, Rachel Knight, Nancy Knight, Thomas Jefferson Knight, Elizabeth (Knight) Williams, Keziah A (Knight) Rentz, Amanda Knight, Mary Cone Jane (Knight) Roberts, Matthew Albritton Knight and Aaron William Knight MD
Husband of
Susannah Rice (Lightsey) Copeland
— married
about 1850 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Oran Oscar Knight and Mary Henrietta (Knight) Mahle
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Aug 2011
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Contents |
Biography
This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.
Name
- Name: William J /Knight/ [1]
Birth
- Birth:
- Date: 1829
- Place: Lowndes, Georgia, USA[2]
Data Changed
- Data Changed:
- Date: 18 AUG 2004
Prior to import, this record was last changed 18 AUG 2004 .
Marriage
- Husband: William J Knight
- Wife: Susannah Lightsey
- Marriage:
- Date: ABT 1850[3]
- Husband: William Cone Knight
- Wife: Rachel Carter
- Child: Molsy Knight
- Child: John Knight
- Child: William J Knight
- Child: Jesse Knight
- Child: Sarah Knight
- Child: Rachel Knight
- Child: Nancy Knight
- Child: Thomas Jefferson Knight
- Child: Elizabeth Knight
- Child: Keziah Knight
- Child: Amanda Knight
- Child: Mary Jane Knight
- Child: Matthew Albritton Knight
- Child: Aaron W Knight
- Marriage:
Sources
- WikiTree profile Knight-1354 created through the import of DMCGEDCOM.GED on Aug 3, 2011 by Dale Crawford. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dale and others.
- Source: S130 Title: Our Heritage A Genealogy of the Descendants of Jacob Carter of South Carolina, Volume: III Abbreviation: Our Heritage Author: Mary Ketus Deen Holland Publication: self-published, 1974 Repository: #R5
- Repository: R5 Name: Dale M Crawford Personal library
- Source: S170 Title: Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Edition: 7th printing, 1984, Volume: 1 Abbreviation: PWG, Vol 1 Author: Editor: Folks Huxford Publication: Folks Huxford, Homerville, Georgia, 1948 Repository: #R5
- ↑ Source: #S130 Page: page 26
- ↑ Source: #S130 Page: page 26
- ↑ Source: #S130 Page: page 26
- ↑ Source: #S170 Page: pages 38-40.
- ↑ Source: #S130 Page: page 26
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William J 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:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William J 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:
- Wendyl Knight
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 12 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #294289 - Robert Knight :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 838 markers, haplogroup R-FT420076, FTDNA kit #920130
- Rob Knight :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, FTDNA kit #924555
- Chip Knight :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT420076, FTDNA kit #916667
- Wilbur Knight :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT420076, FTDNA kit #646648
- Thomas Knight :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup I-BY64230, FTDNA kit #1006016
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~3.12%
Floyd Rentz :
23andMe
-
~3.12%
Denise Starr :
23andMe, GEDmatch RB8932296 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RB8932296 [compare], Ancestry member Denise_Starr
-
~1.56%
Don Darsey :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Elise Beauregard :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZC3514800 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YB3199490 [compare], Ancestry member noveni
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Janice Webb :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A010091 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Ken Spratlin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KW4129263 [compare], Ancestry member RockiesKen
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B166403
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Harold Williams :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch EM3656041 [compare], FTDNA kit #74043
-
~0.78%
Chip Knight :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch ZB7121970 [compare], FTDNA kit #916667
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Rejected matches › William P Knight (abt.1831-) › William Knight (1827-1904) › William Melvin Knight (-2000)
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