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| Decendants of George McKnight |
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| George McKnight SR ., born about 1738, married Catherine Lee, about 1760. They lived in the area now known as Tanglewood Park, near Clemmons, on the Yadkins River, Forsythe Co., NC. George died 1814 in Iredell Co., NC Their children were: 1) Jane, born 14 OCT 1762 in Rowan Co., NC 2) George II, born 08 JUL 1765 in Rowan Co., NC 3) Roger Lee, born 08 NOV 1767 in Rowan Co., NC, died 26 SEP 1851 Orleans, Orange Co., IN 4) William, born 11 JAN 1769 in Rowan Co., NC George Sr. died 1814 (his will was proved in Iredell NC Feb 1814). |
| Roger Lee McKnight married Lydia Elrod on 26 AUG 1790 in Rowan Co., NC. Lydia, born 07 NOV 1767 on the Yadkin River, Rowan Co., NC, was the daughter of Christopher Elrod and Aaltje Zell. Their children were: 1) John, born 29 MAY 1791 in Rowan Co., NC 2) Thomas, born 29 OCT 1793 in Rowan Co., NC 3) George Washington, born 03 JAN 1796 in Rowan Co., NC, died 14 OCT 1869 Lawrence Co., IN 4) Christopher, born 23 FEB 1798 in Rowan Co., NC, died 25 OCT 1843 Lawrence Co., IN 5) William Asbury, born about 1800 Rowan Co., NC, died 21 MAR 1862 Clay Co., IL Asbury after Moravian Methodist Bishop Asbury 6) James, born 1801 Rowan Co., NC, died 1870 Orange Co., IN 7) Joseph Lee, born 18 MAR 1805 Rowan Co., NC, died 05 JAN 1881 Orleans, Orange Co., IN Lydia died 27 AUG 1844 Orleans, Orange Co., IN and was buried in the McKnight Cemetery in North Carolina. Roger married Sarah Haynes 15 Jan 1845 in Orleans, Orange Co., IN. Roger and Sarah had a son, Jeremiah F. McKnight in 1851, and Roger McKnight died the same year (Jeremiah was born posthumously, I believe).. Roger was also buried in the McKnight Cemetery in NC. Both Lydia and Roger were later moved to the Green Hill Cemetery in Orleans , Orange Co., IN. |
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| Thomas McKnight married Sarah (maiden name unknown) in Kentucky. She was born 1800 in Tennessee and died 28 Aug 1856 in Cass County, MO. She was buried in Lone Jack Cemetery, Lone Jack, Cass Co., MO. Their children were: 1) Christopher Franklin N., born 1826 Orleans, Orange Co., IN, married Rebecca Napier in 1850 in MO, died abt 1879 2) William Henry M., born 09 OCT 1817 Indiana, died 11 FEB 1860 Weatherford, Parker Co., TX 3) Jonathan E., born 17 Nov 1820 in MO, married 1) Elender Ann Fletcher15 Sep 1842 in Andrew, MO, married 2) Ann Elizabeth Carter 29 Oct 1868 in Osawkee, Jefferson Co., KS. Jonathan died 22 MAR 1900. 4) Wyly W., born 21 APR 1822 Indiana, married Hannah Yates in 1845, died 18 JAN 1884 Gentry Co., MO 5) George Rogers, born 21 FEB 1824 Kentucky, married Julia Ann Keith 18 Aug 1848 in Dallas Co., IA, died in Nemeha, NE 6) Elizabeth, born 21 FEB 1826 in Indiana, married William Hardin Fletcher 22 Sep 1850 in Maryville, Nodaway Co., MO, died 18 Apr 1854 in Thurman, Fremont Co., IA 7) Child McKnight (a son), born 16 Feb 1827 in MO (source: listed in McKnight family bible 'a son was born Feb 16, 1827') NFI 8) Sarah Ann, born 31 Jan 1828 in Kentucky, married Levi A. Kilgore 01 Jan 1850 in Nodaway Co., MO, died 08 Jun 1891 in Pacific Junction, Mills Co., IA 9) Charles M., born 11 Jan 1830, married 1) Mary Elizabeth Setzer on 28 Jul 1853 in Gentry Co., MO, 2) Nancy J. Weathered on 31 Dec 1876. Charles died 25 Dec 1910 Darlington, Gentry Co., MO. 10) Jasper, born 1831 in Illinois, married Nancy Withrow on 22 Feb 1853 in Mills Co., IA. (notes: he bought land 1856 in Missouri, NFI) 11) Unknown McKnight, born 1836 in MO, NFI 12) Amanda Melvina, born 1837 in MO, married Louis Franklin Mullins on 19 Aug 1852 in Mills Co., IA. 13) Henrietta, born about 1839 in MO, married Absalom Austin Sam Fowler on 06 Aug 1857 in Cass Co., MO Thomas married 2) Mary A. Lay. who later married Isaac Woolard (rumored to be an Army buddy of Thomas') as a widow. Thomas died March 1860 in Cass Co., MO. Source: his will entered at the clerks office on 17 Mar 1860. thanks to Lorna Marvin for sharing her research on our mutual ancestor, Thomas McKnight!!! |
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| Rev. William Henry M. McKnight married Bethena Harvey Cadle 03 JUL 1836. Bethena, born 24 MAR 1819 Claiborne Co., TN, was the daughter of David L. Cadle and Esther Lynch. They were married 03 JUL 1836 in Jackson Co., MO. William was a miller as well as farmer and minister. He bought the township site and a simple mill at Denver, Gentry Co., MO and founded the town there. The children of the Rev. William and Bethena McKnight were: 1) Francis Marion, born 01 MAR 1837 Denver, Gentry Co., MO, died 08 APR 1857 Allen Twp., Gentry Co., MO 2) Andrew Jackson, born 18 DEC 1839 Gentry Co., MO, died 13 APR 1852 Allen Twp., Gentry Co., MO 3) James Monroe, born 23 MAR 1841 Gentry Co., MO, died 19 NOV 1858 Nebraska City, NE 4) Elizabeth Jane, born 05 OCT 1842 Gentry Co., MO, died 15 MAY 1881 Elk Creek, Colusa Co., CA. She married Thomas Elvis Brown, 5) Rispa Armilda, born 14 MAY 1844 Gentry Co., MO, died 09 JAN 1925 Glenn Co., CA 6) Sarah Marina, born 09 MAR 1846 Gentry Co., MO, died 31 JAN 1847 Gentry Co., MO 7) Esther Ann, born 20 NOV 1847 Gentry Co., MO, died 25 AUG 1867 Nebraska 8) Melvina P., born 01 JAN 1852 Gentry Co., MO, died 12 MAY 1870 9) Lucinda Adeline, born 14 SEP 1853 Gentry Co., died 05 OCT 1857 Gentry Co., MO 10) Austin Russell, born 25 OCT 1855 Gentry Co., died 27 JUL 1876 Orland, Colusa Co., CA 11) Margaret Samantha, born 13 JUL 1857 Weatherford, Parker Co., TX, died 19 SEP 1927 Chico, Butte Co., CA 12) Susan Angeline "Angie", born 05 NOV 1859 Weatherford, Parker Co., TX, died 13 MAY 1925 Elk Creek, Glenn Co., CA William died 11 FEB 1860 Weatherford, Parker Co., TX, and was given a Masonic burial. Bethena took her family back to Missouri by ox team in time to be counted in the 1860 Census in Grants Hill, Gentry Co., MO, where she is found with her mother, and near to brother Patterson. Perhaps the Comanche troubles in Parker County may have had something to do with her haste, but she had to have been a woman of great courage to have made that trip, which would have taken her right through the heart of Indian Territory at a time of great peril. She married Andrew Cox in Missouri, and at some point before 1875 she and those of her children still surviving went to California. Andrew died about 1891 Willows, Glenn Co., CA. Bethena died 25 DEC 1910 in Corning, Tehama Co., CA, where she is buried. Side note: Bethena's granddaughter, our Daisy, graduated from Corning High in 1911. thanks to Regina Barry for sharing her research on the Cadles and especially on Margaret McKnight!!! |
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| Margaret Samantha McKnight married Charles H. Carpenter before 1877 in California. Their children were: 1) Manville Alva Carpenter 2) Arthur G. Carpenter Margaret McKnight married George Washington Parkinson. Their children were: 1) Royal Rosco Parkinson, born 04 APR 1883 Colusa Co., CA, died 06 DEC 1961 Butte Co., CA 2) Nettie Parkinson born after 1883, married before 1900 (not with the rest of the familiy during census), died before 1922 (not listed on her mother's obituary. >>Sources: notation of family members written by Daisy (Parkinson) Batzloff, also a story Daisy told of being on a visit to a married sister in Marin (?) Co. when the San Fransisco Earthquake hit, and being near enough to be able to travel to the hills overlooking SF and finding the city in flames. 3) Daisy Irene Parkinson, born 29 JUL 1892 Colusa Co., CA, died 28 MAR 1977 Reno, NV Margaret married Henry Coley before 1900. They lived in Anderson, Shasta Co., CA in 1900. By 1920, she was widowed. Margaret married John Springer 02 DEC 1922. She died 19 SEP 1927 in Chico, Butte Co., CA. Her obituary reads: "Since the last issue the editor of this paper suffered the irreparable loss of his mother, Margaret Springer, whose death from cardiac arrest occurred at Chico Cal on Sept. 19. She suffered three weeks and passed away at the age of 70 years, having been born at Weatherford, Johnson County, Texas on July 13, 1857, the daughter of Wm. and Bethena Cadle McKnight. The funeral services of the Pythian Sisters were rendered by Chico Temple at the Westfall chapel and at the graveside at Chico Cemetery. On Dec 2 1922 she was married to John Springer of Chico who with three sons and a daughter survive...."--Western Police Review, April 1928, Issue 37 Note: A lot of the source material quoted by Regena Barry, including this obituary, came from a periodical called the "Western Police Review". One of Margaret's sons was the editor of this paper, but I don't know which one just yet. It would be nice to know, and if possible acquire issues of it, as it has a good deal of family information in it under a special section called "Family Affairs". Any information about this periodical or its editor would be appreciated. |
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| >>From "The Ellis Line from Surry-Sussex, Virginia" by Dixie L. McCrary, p. 104: "Both Roger and George II are listed in the Moravian Records as residents of Wachovia about 1783; for a time they were members of the Moravian sect, as was Christopher Elrod, who had been active in the organization of Hope Moravian Church." (made up of English-speaking adherents of the Moravian faith) >>Moravian: and early Methodist sect. dsr |
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| Family story: I remember Grandma Daisy telling me that two of her relatives (an uncle and another) had crossed Donner Pass on foot just a few years after the Donner Party, and that the Donner site was still as the survivors had left it. She never told me that I remember the names of the men who had made that trek as the names wouldn't have meant anything to a child so young anyway. One of them must have been Austin, who was the only uncle to survive beyond 1860. Or Grandma Daisy may have been referring to her granduncle, Abraham Cunningham, who made at least one trip to California before settling down in Shingletown in 1874. See Samantha Patience Cadle. |
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| George Washington Parkinson and Margaret Samantha McKnight 1880, Colusa, CA |