Riches to Rags Family Tree » William Anderson Knight (1778-1859)
Personal data William Anderson Knight
Source 1- He was born on February 16, 1778 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States of America.
Attention: Was younger than 16 years (10) when child (Elizabeth Hannah Knight) was born (May 2, 1788). - Alternative: He was born on February 16, 1778 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States of America.
- He died on December 8, 1859 in Berrien County, Georgia, United States of America, he was 81 years old.
- He is buried in Lakeland, Lanier County, Georgia, United States of America.
- A child of John Woodson Knight and Rachel Frances "Fannie" Anderson
Household of William Anderson Knight
(1) He is married to Sarah Cone.
They got married in the year 1798 at Appling County Now part of, Wayne, Georgia, United States, he was 19 years old.
Child(ren):
- Elizabeth Hannah Knight 1788-1853
- Thomas Knight 1799-????
- Levi John KNIGHT 1803-????
- William Cone KNIGHT 1805-1870
- John Knight 1807-1878
- Sarah Jane Knight 1808-1880
- Elizabeth Knight 1811-1890
- Aaron Knight 1813-1887
- Jonathan Blanton Knight 1817-????
(2) He has/had a relationship with Ann D Herrin.
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Historical events
Birthday February 16, 1778
- The temperature on February 16, 1778 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1778: Source: Wikipedia
- February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
- February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
- July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
- August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
- September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
- September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
Day of death December 8, 1859
- The temperature on December 8, 1859 was about 2.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
- In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- May 17 » Members of the Melbourne Football Club codified the first rules of Australian rules football.
- June 18 » First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
- August 16 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
- August 28 » The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted.
- October 26 » The Royal Charter Storm kills at least eight hundred people in the British Isles.
- November 24 » Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
Same birth/death day
- 1761 » Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general († 1804)
- 1774 » Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer († 1830)
- 1786 » Maria Pavlovna, Russian Grand Duchess († 1859)
- 1802 » Phineas Quimby, American mystic and philosopher († 1866)
- 1804 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist († 1885)
- 1812 » Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States († 1875)
- 1856 » Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)
- 1859 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)
- 1864 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
- 1869 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
- 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
- 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
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The Riches to Rags Family Tree publication was prepared by June Mcmurphy.
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June Mcmurphy, "Riches to Rags Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/riches-to-rags-family-tree/P7541.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "William Anderson Knight (1778-1859)".