Keziah (Knight) Jones (1801 - 1861)

Born 25 Nov 1801 in Bulloch County Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Isbin Giddens — married 7 Apr 1819 in Wayne, Georgia, United States

Wife of Allen Jones — married about 1858 in Berrien, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1861 at age 59 in Lakeland, Lanier, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Giddens became good friends with the Knights, and on Wednesday, April 7, 1819 just before Easter, Isbin married William A. Knight’s 17-year-old daughter, Keziah Knight (born November 25, 1801).

In the winter of 1824-25 Isbin (or Isben) Giddens brought his wife, Keziah Knight Giddens, and their two young children, William and Moses Giddens from Wayne County, GA to settle in what was then Irwin County, near the present day Ray City, GA. They came along with Keziah’s brother William Cone Knight, her parents, and their minor children John, Sarah, Elizabeth, Aaron, and Jonathan Knight. Also making the move to Lowndes was Keziah’s uncle Samuel Knight, his wife Fannie, and their children Fatima, Moses, Aaron, Jesse, Thomas, and Joel. Children of Isbin and Keziah are: William Moses Giddens 1820 – 1899 Moses H Giddens 1821 – 1906 Matilda Giddens 1826 – 1887 Sarah Giddens 1828 – 1918 Aaron L. Giddens 1831 – 1862, married Mary Smith Keziah Ann Giddens 1836 – 1904 Mary M Giddens 1838 – 1901 Isbin T. Giddens 1840 – July 17, 1862 Matthew O Giddens 1844 – 1865

Allen Jones was the second husband of Keziah Knight Giddens, widow of Isben Giddens. She was a daughter of William Anderson Knight, pioneer settler of the Ray City area. Following the demise of Mr. Knight, Allen Jones acted on behalf of the family in collecting a debt owed to the estate. The couple made their home in the new county of Berrien, in the vicinity of present day Ray City, GA near the homes of Reverend Nathan Talley, William R. Brandon, and James M. Baskin. The farms of William A. Jones, William Washington Knight and James A. Knight were in the same area. On November 1, 1861 Allen Jones lost his second wife, Kiziah Knight Giddens Jones. At the time of her death, the estate of her father had not been settled. This put her widowed husband, Allen Jones, in a curious position of having to file a fi fas action against a debtor, John W. Turner, in order to settle a debt owed to the estate of William A. Knight, so that the estate of his dead wife could inherit from her father’s estate, and he in turn could inherit from his wife’s estate.

Sources

See also:

• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWCB-YN1 : 11 January 2020), Kesiah Knight in entry for Isben Giddens, 1819.
• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJN-RPZ : 7 February 2020), Isben Giddens and Kesiah Knight, 7 Apr 1819; citing Marriage, Wayne, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 203,124.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYY-CX1 : 4 April 2020), Keziah Giddings in household of Isban Giddings, Lowndes county, part of, Lowndes, Georgia, United States; citing family 725, 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-2GD : 18 March 2020), Kesiah James in entry for Allen James, 1860.
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