John
Floyd
"Floyd"
Knight
Born in Jasper County, Mississippi, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Newton Stuart Knight
and Rachel Knight
Brother of
Rosetta (Unknown) Knight, George Ann (Unknown) Knight [half], Edmond Knight, Jeffrey Earley Knight [half], George Madison Knight [half], William E Knight [half], Thomas Jefferson Knight [half], Masha Knight, Martha Ann Eliza Jane Knight [half], Frances Martha Knight [half], James Franklin Hill [half], Joseph Sullivan Knight [half], Martha Ann Knight, Corena Elizabeth (Knight) Tisdale [half], John Stewart Knight, Susan Ada (Knight) Welborn [half], John Howard Knight [half], Keziah (Knight) Welborn [half], Augusta Ann (Knight) Watts, Cora Ann (Knight) Andrews [half], Rachel Anna Knight [half], John Madison Knight, Henry Knight [half], Grace Knight [half] and Lessie D. (Knight) Robertson [half]
Husband of
Lucy Ann (Ainsworth) Smith
— married
about 1898 [location unknown]
Father of
William Wilder Knight and Octavia (Knight) Hampton
Died
at age 71
in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Oct 2019
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Biography
Floyd was born in 1871. He died in 1942. [1]
Burial
Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Eastabuchie, Jones County, Mississippi, USA PLOT Section H, Grave 50
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 9 July 2021), memorial page for John Floyd Knight (2 Apr 1871–17 May 1942), Find A Grave: Memorial #39831795, citing Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Eastabuchie, Jones County, Mississippi, USA; maintained by Sondra Bivins (contributor 47158193), headstone, cemetery and portrait photos.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GX-SZM : 19 February 2021), Floyd Knight in household of Rachel Knight, Beat 4 Southwest, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 111, sheet 76C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,650.
- Floyd Knight (1870 Mississippi), Father's Birthplace: Mississippi, Mother's Birthplace: Georgia, United States Census, 1880 Beat 4 Southwest, Jasper, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GX-SZM, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB2-99LT?i=10&cc=1417683
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M961-KZ5 : accessed 9 July 2021), Floyd Knight, Beat 2 Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 16A, family 264, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,813.
- Floyd Knight (Apr 1873 Mississippi)farmer-married 1898, Father's Birthplace: Mississippi, Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi, United States Census, 1900 Beat 2 Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M961-KZ5, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QGS-WVT?i=30&cc=1325221&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM961-K83
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP85-HHT : accessed 9 July 2021), Floyd J Knight, Beat 2, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 74, sheet 25A, family 400, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 745; FHL microfilm 1,374,758.
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M434-DW4 : 2 February 2021), Floyd Knight, 1920.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1Z-Q12 : accessed 9 July 2021), Floyd Knight, Beat 2, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 19B, line 54, family 349, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1151; FHL microfilm 2,340,886.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYG8-2XG : 4 January 2021), Floyd Knight, Beat 2, Forrest, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-21B, sheet 4B, line 53, family 72, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2021.
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZZJ-HMH
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
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~3.12%
Anne Huff
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23andMe, GEDmatch A066280 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A066280 [compare], Ancestry member annehuff13
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A066280 [compare], FTDNA kit #335559
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Living DNA, GEDmatch A066280 [compare]
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~1.56%
Ron Knight :
AncestryDNA
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~1.17%
Curtis White :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LD4895728 [compare], yourDNAportal CUR03449473, Ancestry member CurtisCWhite
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal CUR03449473, FTDNA kit #B529193
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Carolyn Cowart :
23andMe
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Barry Holland :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PD1360040 [compare]
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~0.78%
Mildred Walker :
AncestryDNA
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