Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: George KNIGHT, SR.

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Transcribed and submitted by Ed Johnson, <EDEAJ @aol.com>, 1998.
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GEORGE KNIGHT, SR. - deceased - son of James and Margaret (CAVENDISH)
KNIGHT, was born in Williamsburg District, Greenbrier County, August 16,
1807, and died about the year 1865.  His father came to this county in
1790, and his mother was born here, about one mile from Fort Donnally,
and both died in this county, the former in 1855, and the latter in 1858.
In Greenbrier County, December 11, 1847, George KNIGHT, Sr., and Susan
WALLACE were united in marriage, and they made their home in Williamsburg
District, where he was many years a prosperous farmer.  Their children
were born:  Mary Joanna, November 9, 1848, died September 27, 1855;
Robert Boyd, August 4, 1850, died October 1, 1855;  Elizabeth, September
27, 1852, died October 27, 1855;  Emory, February 27, 1856;  George W.,
March 6, 1860;  James, August 5, 1862 - these three sons at home, Emory
married Sallie RADAR December 3, 1879, and they have two children:
Harry, born October 25, 1880;  Clarence, July 29, 1882.  The wife of
George KNIGHT was born March 20, 1832, on Sinking Creek, Williamsburg
District, a daughter of Robert Boyd WALLACE and Mary (ALEXANDER) WALLACE.
Her father was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, near the Natural
Bridge, and he died in Greenbrier County, Williamsburg District, in 1836.
Her mother, born in Monroe County, (then) Virginia, died in Williamsburg
District in 1855.  Williamsburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, is the
post office address of George W. KNIGHT, Jr., son of George KNIGHT, Sr.

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.

Transcribed and submitted by Ed Johnson, <EDEAJ @aol.com>, 1998.