John Knight (1807 - abt. 1878)

Born 7 Jul 1807 in Wayne, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Son of William Anderson Knight and Sarah (Cone) Knight

Husband of Sarah S. (UNKNOWN) Knight — married 1830 in Lowndes, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died about 1878 at about age 70 in Berrien, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Name

Name: John /Knight/ ^[1]

Marriage

Husband: John Knight

Wife: Sarah UNKNOWN

Child: William J Knight

Marriage: ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S130 Page: page 26
2. ↑ Source: #S130 Page: page 26

See also:

• "John Knight in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900." John Knight in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2017, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&h=704101&db=WorldMarr_ga
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYY-CPP : 4 April 2020), John Knight, Lowndes county, part of, Lowndes, Georgia, United States; citing family 624, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMD-2RM : 18 March 2020), John Knight, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSJ-QSZ : 19 March 2020), John Knight, 1870.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-QK5R : 15 March 2016), John Knight, 1878; Burial, Lakeland, Lanier, Georgia, United States of America, Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 147868977, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP96-WM7 : 8 August 2019), John Knight in entry for Sarah Louisa Clyset, 1922.
• 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

DNA Information

Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Anonymous Knight, FTDNA kit #(withheld for privacy), and his withheld cousin, Robert Knight Jr., FTDNA kit #920130, match at a Genetic Distance of 11 on 738 STR markers with 7 non-matching SNPs and 855,493 matching SNPs thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Thomas James Knight (1754-bef.1820) and another match with his withheld cousin, Charles Martin Knight Jr. (1966-2020), FTDNA kit #916667, match at a Genetic Distance of 9 on 711 STR markers with 6 non-matching SNPs and 850,349 matching SNPs and their MRCA is William Knight (abt.1719-1767). (one of which is also one of the non-matching 7 for Robert). James and Charles are 7th cousins once removed and match at Genetic Distance of 12 on 713 STR markers with 11 non-matching SNPs and 847,185 matching SNPs and their MRCA is William Knight (abt.1719-1767). All three cousins are in haplogroup R-FT420076.