William
Allen
Knight
Born in Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Obadiah Woodson Knight
and Mary Ann Knight
Brother of
John Wesley Knight, Mary Jane (Knight) Burford, Elizabeth Bailey (Knight) Mallard, Gabriel Andrew Knight, Laura Alice (Knight) Cochran [half], Martha Ann (Knight) Lemmon [half], Monroe Dacon Knight [half], Sarah Catherine (Knight) Field [half], William Hughes Knight II [half], Margaret Amanda (Knight) Cannon [half], Eppes Gabriel Knight [half], Robert Edward Lee Knight Sr. [half] and Archibald Jefferson Knight [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 28
in Des Arc, Prairie, Arkansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 May 2021
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Biography
William was born in 1834. He was the son of Obadiah Knight and Mary Knight. He passed away in 1862. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 May 2021), memorial page for William A Knight (15 Oct 1834–30 Nov 1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #25344337, citing Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; maintained by Brent Priddy (contributor 46931707), three headstone photos.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 William:
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~1.56%
Ronald Fullerton
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FP5094394 [compare], Ancestry member fullertonronald
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Missy (Ringstad) Koski :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A241969 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jean Masingill :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LS8163362 [compare], FTDNA kit #919563
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