John B. Knight

Birth Date

c1812

Death Date

1880-02

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Christian County, Kentucky, lawyer. Georgia native. Married to Eliza Eleanor Bryan Knight in Christian County, Kentucky, on July 4, 1843. Father of Robert Knight, John B. Knight, Jr., Charles Knight, Carrie M. Knight, Kate B. Knight, Ida Knight, and Thomas Knight. Attorney in Christian County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Attorney in Christian County in 1860. Owned fifteen enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 393A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 164.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 727-8.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 292A.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 196.
Kentucky Marriage Records (1783-1965), Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, KY, Christian County Marriages, p. 69.

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