Person

Samuel McKnight (Calloway County, KY, merchant)

b. 1823-08-01 d. 1875-12-25

Calloway County, Kentucky, merchant. Virginia native. Married to Emily W. McKnight. Father of Nancy A. McKnight and Betty D. McKnight. Served in the 16th U.S. Infantry Regiment as a private from April 24, 1847, to August 7, 1848. Bricklayer in Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1850. Grocer in Calloway County in 1860. Merchant in Calloway County in June 1863.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 2, p. 442A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, Murray, p. 188.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, Murray, p. 88B.

Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M233, Roll MIUSA1798 102882.

_Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Calloway County, KY, June 1863, p. 15.

"Samuel McKnight (1823-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 26656801, accessed May 15, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26656801.

Citation

McKnight, Samuel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204161 (November 12, 2026).

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