Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Alexander KNIGHT, JR. 

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Transcribed and submitted by Ed Johnson, <EDEAJ @aol.com>, 1998.
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ALEXANDER KNIGHT, JR. - is a farmer of Williamsburg District, giving his
chief attention to the raising of stock.  He was deputy sheriff in the
years 1873-6, inclusive, and was sheriff in 1871-2.  In the civil war
he served three years to a day under General CROOK as train-master.
He was born in Williamsburg District, July 10, 1842,  a son of Andrew
and Rebecca (McMILLION) KNIGHT, and he is a great grandson of William
CAVENDISH, who came to this county in 1765, and settled one mile north
of Fort Donnally.  William CAVENDISH lived here during the Indian
troubles, and after the treaty of peace with them went to their
encampment and brought away David and Nancy WILLIAMS, white children
the Indians had held captive.  James KNIGHT, grandfather of Alexander,
came from Warm Springs, Virginia, to Greenbrier County in 1790, and
married Margaret CAVENDISH in 1798.  Andrew KNIGHT, father of Alexander,
was born October 6, 1833, Rebecca McMILLION, who was born in this county.
They have now enjoyed half a century of wedded life together.  In
Pocahontas County, West Virginia, January 11, 1871, Alexander KNIGHT,
Jr., married Susan V. WHITING, and they have one son and two daughters:
Andrew Thomas, born March 4, 1874;  Minnie Lake, July 6, 1878;  Emmie
Frances, May 20, 1881.  Susan V. WHITING was born in Pocahontas County,
January 11, 1850, a daughter of Ebenezer and Sally (McMILLION) WHITING.
Her father was born in Lancaster, England, a son of Samuel and Sarah
(LANCASTER) WHITING, who died in Pocahontas County, and he died in that
county, May 31, 1868.  Her mother was born in Greenbrier County, a
daughter of John and Jane (McMILLION) McMILLION, who died in this county,
and she is still living in Pocahontas County.  The post office address of
Alexander KNIGHT, Jr., is Williamsburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.