or North Carolina, or Baltimore Co., Maryland
or Guilford Co., North Carolina
dated Wilson Co, Tennessee, USA
Hij is getrouwd met Sarah Elizabeth Simpson.
Zij zijn getrouwd rond 1768 te Guilford Co, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten.Bronnen 3, 4
Kind(eren):
[Karen Blagg.ged]
The birthdate and place shown are from (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)net.net. I don't know where they found that. Other Knight researchers say that he was "from Orange Co., NC."
St George's Church Collection;, Microfilm # 1157 St George's Parish Register, 1681-1799, page 71: Thomas Knight was baptized the 3d day of December 1724. (is this the same Thomas Knight?)
Richard Jenkins, "Baltimore County Maryland Inventories," Book 6, page 103: Thomas Knight was a witness on 7 Nov 1734 to the will of Richard Jenkins, Baltimore Co., Maryland. (who was this Thomas Knight?)
Thomas lived in Orange Co., NC and was a son of David Knight, who was a brother to James Knight, who was the first Knight in SC.
Thomas Knight served in the Revolutionary War from Guilford Co., NC and later settled on Jacobs Creek in Rockingham Co., NC. He sold his Rockingham County land to his son Thomas Knight, Jr. in May 1805 and moved to Wilson Co., Tennessee about 1808. He died in Wilson County in 1824.
"The Simpson Clan: A Collection of Newsletters, Volumes 1 through 5, 1985 - 1990" has more information on this line. It is available to order at http://www.nonawilliams.com/newsletters/simpclan.htm#SimpsonCollection for $35 for the book and $20 for the CD. A list of topics shown in the above is at http://www.nonawilliams.com/newsletters/simpson_clan_toc.htm.
On May 31, 1804, Thomas Simpson sold a 101 acre parcel on Jacobs Creek to his brother-in-law and neighbor Thomas Knight for 100 pounds. The property is described as "waters of Jacobs Creek-beginning at black oak Thomas Knight's corner" with neighbors including Rowland Williams, Jacob Periman and Charles Bruce.
Thomas Knight, Jr. (Thomas's son) witnessed the will of Moses Short on 17 Sept. 1809 in Rockingham Co., NC.
From http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwcogs/wills/knight01.html:
"Wilson Co., TN, Wills, Books 1-13, 1802-1850," comp. by Thomas E. Partlow (p. 102):
Will of Thomas Knight of Wilson Co., Tennessee, August 1824 (written Aug. 5, 1820; recorded Aug. 7, 1824):
In the name of God, Amen, I, Thomas Knight of the county of Wilson & State of Tennessee, being of reasonable health & of sound mind & disposing memory to which I thank God & calling to mind the uncertainty of human life & being desirous to dispose of all such worldly substance as it has pleased God to bless me with I give & bequeath the same in manner & from the following that is to say,
1st I desire that all my furishable property be immediately sold after my decease excepting so much as may be hereafter mentioned & out of monies arising this from all my debts & funeral expences.
I give my wife, Sarah Knight the premises where I now live to be freely enjoyed by her also our Negro boy one horse beast to be chosen by herself also, two cows & calves ten head of hogs, four head of sheep, also our plough one hoe our ade & all of the household furniture all of which is to be fully enjoyed by her for & during the time of her natural life & after her decease I desire that the same be sold & I do give the same to my children hereafter named equally to be divided between among them & this being follows namely, Charity Simpson, Sally Conner, Polly Conner, Sina Blagg, Elizabeth Larrimore, Peggy Perryman, Nancy Knight, Cassy Lewis, & my desire is that Nancy Knight have one kettle & Cassy Lewis have our ----pot now by us possessed besides the equal shares mentioned, 3rd I give to my son, Sampson Knight, ten dollars to be raised out of proceeds of the sales of aforesaid mentioned, 4th I give to my son, Thomas Knight, ten dollars & 5thly, I give to my son, Absolum Knight, an equal share with my daughters of aforesaid mentioned with the rise of ten dollars being deducted out of his share & 6thly I give to my grandson Sampson Knight, son of Robt. Knight dec'd ten dollars to be raised as aforesaid & lastly I do hereby constitute & appoint my friends, Jehu McMum, Esqr., & John Sneed, Executors of this my LAST WILL & TESTAMENT, hereby revoking all other or former WILLS or TESTAMENTS by me heretofore made. In Testimony whereof I have set my hand & seal this 5th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and twenty.
Thomas Knight Seal
Signed, sealed, published & declared to be the last Will & Testament of the above named Thomas Knight in the presence of us who other signed and in his presence have his unto subscribed our names as witness to the same.
John Orand Jurat
his
John + Dill Jurat
Mark
Thomas Orand
State of Tennessee
Wilson County Court June ------ 1824
The within Last Will and testament of Thomas Knight was fully proved in open Court by the oaths of John Orand & John Dill two of the subscribing witness this to ordered to be recorded.
Recorded this 7th day of August 1824
Test. Jno. Allcorn Clk. of said County
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Record for David Knight/ www.ancestry.com
Date of Import: Oct 24, 2006
QUAY 3 Thomas Knight WILL. 5 August 1820. Heirs: wife Sarah Knight; children Charity, Simpson, Sally, Comer, Polly, Conner, Lind Blagg, Elizabeth Lannom, Peggy Perryman, Nancy Knight, and Cassy Lewis; sons Sampson, Thomas, and Absolum Knight; grandson Sampson, son of Robert Knight, deceased. Witnesses: John Orand, John Dill, and Thomas Orand. Executors: Jehu McMinn and John Sneed. Recorded 9 August 1824. (Pp. 23-24)