William Knight Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor. NSSAR Ancestor #: P261768 Rank: Private
William Knight Sr. served with 6th North Carolina Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.
William Knight Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A203783.
Residence
Fact: Residence (1780) Orange County, North Carolina, USA
Fact: Residence (1783) Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Fact: Residence (1790) Halifax District, Warren County, North Carolina, USA
Fact: Residence (1799) Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Fact: Residence (1800) Morgan, Wilkes, North Carolina
Fact: Residence (1803) Henry County, Kentucky, USA
Fact: Residence (1810) Henry, Kentucky, United States
Fact: Residence (1830) Henry, Kentucky, USA
Fact: Residence (4 Mar 1831) Henry, Kentucky, USA
Fact: Residence (1831) Indiana, United States
Fact: Residence (1835) Dearborn County, Indiana, USA
Fact: Residence (21 May 1838) Sprinklesburgh, Warrick County, Indiana, USA (Present-day renamed to Newburgh)
1833 – Dec 20 – KY Henry - Mil – William Knight – Pension Application of William Knight formerly of NC: “On this 20th day of December 1833 personally appeared before me, David Adams a Justice of the peace in and for Henry County and one of the Judges of the County Court for the aforesaid County of Henry, William Knight, aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed the seventh of June 1832. …This declarant states that he entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated under the following named officers – he states that he was living in Orange County, State of North Carolina, and some time in the fall of the year about the first of September as well as he now remembers, a draft was ordered in said County of Orange, when one George Carrenton [sic – George Carrington] was drafted for a tour of three months, he being unwilling to leave home proposed to this declarant to substitute in his place and serve out his time of draft accordingly for a certain consideration. He states he entered himself a substitute for said Carrenton and was present to Captain William Jammison [sic – Jamieson] and was examined by him and received in the place of said George Carrenton. (Details of battles and other engagements skipped) … until three months for which he substituted expired when he was discharged by his said Captain Jamieson about the first of December 1780…” He then enlisted under a Captain Lytle for 18 months, transferred to General Nathanael Greene’s Regiment, then General Morgan, attack by Tarleton’s Regiment … then to Guilford Court house, British army under command of Cornwallis attacked… Greene retreated. … Then to Camden, then to Eutaw Springs, defeated British Army, went to Charlotte where he remained until his enlistment expired when he was discharged in writing which discharge he states he has since lost: he states he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no living witness by whom he can prove said service. … He states that by reason of bodily infirmity he is unable to appear in open Court to make his declaration. Sigend William Knight, Sworn to and subscribed before me this date and year aforesaid, signed: David Adams, JP of Henry County. Answers to Questions: “I was born in Orange County North Caroline 1759. … since the death of wife the book which contained my age is misplaced. … I was living in Orange County when I entered service. I then moved into Wilkes County NC, and in 1803 I moved ot Henry County KY where I now live. Further on: 1835 Apr 11, William Knight applied to have his pension payments transferred to Dearborn County IN, where he had recently moved. (Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements, William Knight S31800, fn37NC, transcribed by Will Graves) Note: Orange County NC was formed in 1752 from parts of Bladen, Granville, and Johnston Counties.
Research Notes
William Knight (1759-1830) is also listed as the father of John B Knight in the unsourced RushingKnightKeith3 Ancestry.com tree (managed by OpalineRushing): Ancestry Family Tree 55285373; The RushingKnightKeith3 Ancestry.com tree lists David Knight (1735-1780) as Knight-6455's father (not John Knight as previously linked here).
Who is Jerome Knight of Henry County, Kentucky?
1820 United States Federal Census; Ancestry Record 7734 #1179179; Name: Jerem Night; [Wm. Knight] ; [From Hight] ; Home in 1820 (City, County, State): New Castle, Henry, Kentucky; Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820; Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2; Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2; Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1; Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1; Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1; Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2; Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1; Foreigners not Naturalized: 2; Free White Persons - Under 16: 7; Free White Persons - Over 25: 2; Total Free White Persons: 10; Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 10. Image
Are these Granville County records for a different William Knight that needs to be created?
North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890; Ancestry Record 3566 #16713074; Name: William Knight; State: NC; County: Granville County; Township: Plains District; Year: 1786; Record Type: State or colonial census; Page: 001; Database: NC Early Census Index.
Ancestry Profile accessed 30 November 2019, profile for Henry William Knight Sr.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2016-07-30), "Record of William Knight", Ancestor # A203783.
1790 United States Federal Census; Ancestry Record 5058 #203099; Name: William Knight; Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Halifax District, Warren County, North Carolina; Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1; Number of Household Members: 1. ImageImage
1800 United States Federal Census; Ancestry Record 7590 #356512; Name: William Knight; Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Morgan, Wilkes, North Carolina; Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2; Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1; Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1; Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2; Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1; Number of Household Members Under 16: 6; Number of Household Members Over 25: 2; Number of Household Members: 8. Image
1810 United States Federal Census; Ancestry Record 7613 #566152; Name: William Knight; Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Henry, Kentucky; Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 5; Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1; Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3; Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1; Number of Household Members Under 16: 8; Number of Household Members Over 25: 2; Number of Household Members: 10. Image
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28C-KGBJ : 9 March 2021), William Knight in entry for Joseph Meeks and Fariba Knight, 2 Sep 1814; citing Marriage, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 509,037.
1830 United States Federal Census; Ancestry Record 8058 #1862168; Name: William Knight; Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Henry, Kentucky; Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1; Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2; Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1; Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1; Free White Persons - Under 20: 3; Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2; Total Free White Persons: 5; Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5. Image
Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850; Ancestry Record 2089 #33361; Name: William Knight; Marriage Date: 24 Jul 1806; Marriage Place: Henry, Kentucky, USA; Spouse: Rhoday Linville.
North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960; Ancestry Record 60621 #80641; Name: William Knight; Issue Date: 13 Dec 1799; Residence Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; Certificate Number Range: 1632-1884; Description: Wilkes 1632-1884. Image; Notes: 100 acres, Book 106, Page 148 on the Brushy Mountain joining William Redding for 50 shillings.
U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900; Ancestry Record 1995 #72954; Name: William Knight; Application State: Indiana; Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File; Archive Publication Number: M804; Archive Roll Number: 1503; Total Pages in Packet: 39. Image; Notes: William Knight Aged 74 as of 20 Dec 1833 in Henry County, Kentucky was living in Orange County, North Carolina and presented to Captain William Jammison [sic, William Jamieson] and discharged about the first of December 1780... Born Orange County, North Carolina 1759. Since his wife died, he misplaced the book with his age. I was living in Orange County, North Carolina when enlisted I then moved into Wilkes County, North Carolina and in 1803 I moved to Henry County, Kentucky where I now live. A tour of 18 months. Character Witnesses: Stephen Shaw and William Branham. On April 11, 1835 he is now living in Dearborn County, Indiana. First he moved to Aurora, Indiana then to ??. His wife died while he resided in Kentucky and after her death he moved to reside with his son, James Knight who resided at Aurora but who has moved from thence to the neighborhood of Sprinklesburgh, Indiana. He entered the Revolutionary war as a substitute for George Carrington (abt.1756-1849).
U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835; Ancestry Record 60514 #45043; Name: William Knight; Rank: Private; Age: 75; Birth Year: abt 1756; Pension Enrollment Date: 4 Mar 1831; Residence Place: Henry County, Kentucky, USA; Service Description: North Carolina militia. Image
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