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William Ashburn Knight (1829 - 1862)

William Ashburn Knight
Born in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, United Statesmap
Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married 1851 in Jackson, Tennessee, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , and
Died at about age 33 in Silver Point, Putnam, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Knight Name Study.

William Ashburn Knight was born in 1829 in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, United States, son of Wiley K. Knight (~1807–1884) and Nancy Clinton (~1807–1914).[1]

In 1850, William (20) Night was in the household of Wiley Night in Jackson, Tennessee. [1]

William (21) married Mariah A Pippin (20) (born in 1830 in Tennessee; daughter of Willis Pippin and Milidred (Woodfork) Pippin) in 1851 in Jackson, Tennessee.

In 1860, William (30) Night. [2]

William died on May 25, 1862 in Silver Point, Putnam, Tennessee, aged 32.[3] [4] [5]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDK-6J1 : 23 December 2020), William Night in household of Wiley Night, Jackson, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YM-11Q : 18 February 2021), William Night, 1860.
  3. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD2W-KH4 : 11 January 2021), William Knight in entry for Mille Knight, 1920.
  4. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS5P-WRM : 1 March 2021), William Znight in entry for Lucy Znight Maggart, 9 Apr 1926; Death, Silver Point, Putnam, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
  5. ↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N92C-W91 : 23 February 2021), William Knight in entry for Lee A. Knight, 19 Oct 1940; citing , Knight, Lee A., 1940, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,943,886.

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