The Decendants of
THOMAS KNIGHT
ca. 1787-1810?
Much of
the Data on this Page is from a compiled work, "Rhea County Relatives"
byVirginia Knight Nelson 1982, - Used by permission.
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Base Generation
1. Thomas Knight b. ABT 1787,
NC, m. (1) ABT 1810, in ?, ? ?, b. ABT 1790, NC, d. BEF 1843, m. (2) 21
May 1843, in Jefferson Co TN, Sarah Lanning, b. UNKNOWN, ?, d. BEF 1850.
Thomas died AFT 1850, Rhea Co, TN. SOURCE: Much of Knight Data taken
from Book "Rhea County Relatives" by Virginia Knight Nelson.
Children by ? ?:
2. i Jeremiah
Knight b. ABT 1812.
ii Daughter1 Knight b. ABT 1814, d. AFT 1840.
3. iii
Thomas Knight b. 27 May 1816.
iv Son1 Knight b. ABT 1820.
v Andrew Knight b. ABT 1821, d. AFT 1860.
vi Son2 Knight b. ABT 1822.
vii Daughter2 Knight b. ABT 1825.
viii Daughter3 Knight b. ABT 1827.
4. ix
Tennessee V. (Virena) Knight b. 26 Jan 1829.
x Daughter4 Knight b. ABT 1830.
xi Martha Knight b. 1830, TN.
xii John Knight b. ABT 1832, TN.
5.
xiii Richard C. Knight b. 4 Aug 1837.
xiv Rhoda Knight b. ABT 1842, TN.
Children by Sarah Lanning:
xv Sarah Knight b. ABT 1844, TN.
Second Generation
2. Jeremiah Knight b. ABT 1812, NC, m. 18 Feb 1836, in Jefferson Co
TN, Ailsie Gilliland, b. ABT 1815, SC, d. UNKNOWN. Jeremiah died
UNKNOWN, Jefferson Co TN.
Children:
i James Knight b. ABT 1837.
ii Thomas Knight b. CA. 1839, d. AFT 1860.
iii Martha E. Knight b. ABT 1840, m. 28 Feb 1858, John Helton.
iv Joseph H. Knight b. ABT 1842, d. AFT 1860.
v Archibald B. Knight b. 7 Jun 1846, m. Twice Married - No Children.
Archibald died 21 May 1920.
vi John M. Knight b. ABT 1847, d. AFT 1860.
vii Susan Margaret Knight b. ABT 1850, d. AFT 1870.
6. viii Pleasant
Napoleon Knight b. 15 Apr 1853.
3. Thomas Knight b. 27 May 1816, NC,
m. Philadelphia Ryan, b. 9 Jan 1816, TN, d. 20 Nov 1892, Rhea Co, TN.
Thomas died 16 Mar 1866, Rhea Co, TN.
Children:
i James Knight b. ABT 1840, d. BEF 1860.
7. ii Tennessee
Virena Knight b. 11 Nov 1841.
8. iii Louisa
Jane Knight b. 29 Jul 1843.
9. iv Thomas
(Jefferson) Knight b. 8 Nov 1845.
10. v Richard (Crawford)
Knight b. 4 May 1847.
11. vi Stephen Samuel Knight
b. ABT 1849.
vii Philadelphia Knight b. ABT 1856, d. BEF 1870.
4. Tennessee V. (Virena) Knight b. 26 Jan 1829, TN, m. 7 May 1850, in Rhea
Co, TN, John Spence, b. 23 Jan 1823, d. 15 Nov 1890, Howell Co MO.
Tennessee died 4 Nov 1900, Howell Co MO.
Children:
i Martha B. Spence b. ABT 1851.
ii Jane Spence b. ABT 1853.
iii Sarah Ellen Spence b. ABT 1855.
iv Stephen Spence b. ABT 1855.
v George F. Spence b. ABT 1858.
vi Jackson Spence b. ABT 1860.
vii Mary A. Spence b. ABT 1862.
viii Eliza A. Spence b. ABT 1863.
ix Tennessee E. Spence b. ABT 1865.
x Minerva E. Spence b. ABT 1867.
xi William Richard Spence b. ABT 1870.
xii James M. Spence b. ABT 1874.
5. Richard C. Knight b. 4 Aug 1837, Sevier Co TN, m. 19 Jul 1855, in Rhea
Co, TN, John Crawford, JP Officiati, Mary Ann Spence, b. SEP 1837, d. 1912.
Richard died 20 Oct 1914, Rhea Co, TN.
Children:
12. i John S. Knight b.
ABT 1856.
ii James T. Knight b. ABT 1860.
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Third Generation
6. Pleasant Napoleon Knight b. 15 Apr 1853, Rhea Co. Tn, m. 7 Jan 1894,
Elizabeth Gilliland, (daughter of Mark Gilliland and Margaret Torbett).
Pleasant died 10 Aug 1926, Tunnel Hill, Catoosa Co. GA.
Children:
13. i Estee Knight b. 17
Aug 1894.
ii Rossie Joseph Knight b. 6 Aug 1898, m. Unknown, Maida Wright.
Rossie died 28 Dec 1956.
iii Archie Wyatt Knight b. 23 Oct 1902, m. 11 Jan 1944, Annie Sisk.
Archie died 7 Dec 1974, Rocky Face, Whitfield Co. Ga.
7. Tennessee Virena Knight b. 11 Nov 1841, m. 7 Oct 1860, in Rev Richard
Jordan Officiating, James Prater, b. 6 Apr 1838, Bledsoe Co, TN, d. 26
Jun 1927. Tennessee died 5 Jun 1925.
Children:
14. i Mary Jane Prater b.
18 Apr 1865.
ii James William Prater b. 2 Mar 1867.
iii Henry Harmon Prater b. 8 Jan 1869.
iv Tennessee Virena Prater b. 14 Aug 1871.
v Richard Alexander Prater b. 10 Jul 1873.
vi Adelia Ann Prater b. 21 Feb 1879.
vii Oscar Asbury Prater b. 8 Feb 1881.
viii John Thomas Prater b. 23 Oct 1881.
8. Louisa Jane Knight b. 29 Jul 1843, m. 11 Nov 1866, in Rev. John Howard
officiating, Frances Asbury Fisher, b. 7 Dec 1844, (son of Henry Fisher
and Sarah (Sallie) Purser) d. 14 Oct 1913, buried: Buttram Cem. Dayton,
TN. Louisa died 20 Sep 1911, Rhea Co, TN, buried: Buttram Cem. Dayton,
TN.
Children:
15. i Tennessee (Tennie)
E. Fisher b. 13 Feb 1868.
9. Thomas (Jefferson) Knight b. 8 Nov
1845, m. 5 Apr 1872, in Rhea Co, TN, Ruhama Fisher, b. 15 Nov 1852, (daughter
of Henry Fisher and Sarah (Sallie) Purser) d. 1 May 1903, Rhea Co, TN.
Thomas died 18 Nov 1928, Rhea Co, TN.
Children:
i Mary Addie Knight b. FEB 1866, m. Fate Dillinger. Mary died BEF
1928, Knoxville, (Knox Co) TN.
16. ii Thomas J. Knight
b. 7 Nov 1873.
17. iii Philadelphia (Delphia)
Knight b. 15 Aug 1875.
iv Wilburn Knight b. 27 Apr 1878.
18. v Sarah (Sally) E. Knight
b. MAY 1881.
19. vi Tennessee Jane (Tennie)
Knight b. 23 Oct 1884.
20. vii Lucy Rhea Knight
b. 27 Apr 1899.
10. Richard (Crawford) Knight b. 4 May 1847, m. (1) 17 Jan 1867, Hester
(Hettie) Emma Bolen, b. 26 Feb 1848, d. 31 Jul 1898, Rhea Co, TN, m. (2)
ABT 1899, Isabelle (Belle) A. Masoner-Bolen, b. 1863. Richard died
30 Dec 1925.
Children by Hester (Hettie) Emma Bolen:
21. i Stephen Franklin Knight
b. 27 Oct 1867.
ii John Tyler Knight b. 29 Mar 1869, d. 5 Aug 1959.
iii Mary Ann Knight b. 11 Jun 1871, m. Albert Purser, b. 1863, d. 1941.
Mary died 15 Dec 1935.
22. iv Thomas William Knight
b. 4 Oct 1874.
v Martha E. (Mattie) Knight b. 22 Jun 1877, d. 29 Apr 1954.
23. vi Tennessee Virena
Knight b. 14 Feb 1880.
24. vii Floyd Knight b.
18 Nov 1882.
25. viii Richard Burton
(Boss) Knight b. 20 Sep 1885.
Children by Isabelle (Belle) A. Masoner-Bolen:
ix Albert L. Knight b. 8 Mar 1899, d. 16 Dec 1901.
26. x Bernola Knight (details
excluded).
27. xi Amanda Knight (details
excluded).
11. Stephen Samuel Knight b. ABT 1849, m. (1) 30 Jan 1870, Sarah Catherine
Hicks, b. ABT 1852, d. BEF 1880, m. (2) 9 Feb 1880, Mary J. Hicks, b. ABT
1848, d. BEF 1884, Smithville TX, m. (3) 28 Mar 1884, Texas A&M Harris,
b. ABT 1864, TN. Stephen died 28 Apr 1924, Knoxville, (Knox Co) TN.
Children by Sarah Catherine Hicks:
28. i J. Berry Knight b.
ABT 1871.
29. ii Thomas J. Knight
b. FEB 1872.
30. iii James W. Knight
b. OCT 1873.
31. iv Charles R. Knight
b. APR 1875.
Children by Mary J. Hicks:
32. v Mattie Knight b. NOV
1880.
33. vi Walter Allison Knight
b. 26 Aug 1882.
12. John S. Knight b. ABT 1856, m. 3 Nov 1874, in Rhea Co, TN, Cynthia
M. Fine, b. ABT 1856, d. 8 Jan 1916, Rhea Co, TN. John died ABT 1886.
Children:
i Mollie Knight b. JUL 1875.
ii Kate Knight b. FEB 1878.
iii Robert E. S. Knight b. MAY 1880.
iv Mattie Knight b. MAR 1883.
v Sarah (Johnnie) Knight b. FEB 1885.
Fourth Generation
13. Estee Knight b. 17 Aug 1894, Catoosa Co. Ga, m. 9 Nov 1919, Lucy
Herlene Hayes, (daughter of Jeffrey Haynes and Anna Clemons). Estee died
8 Jun 1973, Catoosa Co. Ga.
Children:
34. i Charlie Franklin Knight
b. 11 Sep 1921.
35. ii Oliver Douglas Knight
b. 31 Dec 1922.
36. iii Frances Elizabeth
Knight b. 30 Jun 1925.
iv Foye Lillian Knight b. 18 Jun 1927, Lakeview Ga.
v James Marion Knight b. 14 Oct 1929, GA.
14. Mary Jane Prater b. 18 Apr 1865, m. 1 Nov 1885, Albert Purser, b. 21
Mar 1863, (son of Pleasant Miller Purser and Elizabeth A. Jewell) d. 12
Sep 1941. Mary died 16 Jun 1908.
Children:
37. i William Henry Purser
b. 20 Sep 1886.
38. ii Lester M. Purser
b. 4 Aug 1889.
iii Albert Ector Purser b. 26 Nov 1892.
iv Gillespie Purser b. ?? Aug 1896.
v James Lee Purser b. ?? Apr 1898.
vi Austin Charles Purser.
vii Infant Purser b. 16 Dec 1906, d. 17 Dec 1906, buried: French Cem.
15. Tennessee (Tennie) E. Fisher b. 13 Feb 1868, m. 17 Apr 1890, in Rev.
M. C. Brown, Officiating, Jeff D. Patton, b. 6 Apr 1861, Bledsoe Co, TN,
d. 23 Nov 1946, buried: Buttram Cem. Dayton, TN. Tennessee died 23
Nov 1946, buried: Buttram Cem. Dayton, TN.
Children:
i Samuel Carl Patton b. 8 Mar 1891, d. 16 Jun 1961.
ii Charles H. Patton b. ?? Dec 1892.
iii Carrie Patton b. 28 Mar 1896, d. 3 Sep 1909, buried: Buttram Cem. Dayton,
TN.
iv Katheryn Patton b. 24 Dec 1899, d. 25 May 1977, buried: Buttram Cem.
Dayton, TN.
v J. Doyle Patton.
16. Thomas J. Knight b. 7 Nov 1873, m. 5 Apr 1892, Missouri Fitzgerald,
b. ABT 1883, d. 1919, Rhea Co, TN. Thomas died 1945, Rhea Co, TN.
Children:
39. i Dorothy Knight b.
ABT 1904.
40. ii Ruth Knight b. ABT
1906.
iii Harry Knight b. CA. 1908.
iv Carrie Knight b. CA. 1908, m. ?? Gitgood, (details excluded).
v Pauline Knight b. CA. 1910, m. ?? Helms, (details excluded).
vi William Knight b. CA.1912.
41. vii Rose (Boots) Knight
b. 17 Aug 1913.
viii Frank Knight b. CA. 1915.
ix Joe Knight b. 1917, d. 1919.
x Joesphene Knight b. 1917, d. 1919.
17. Philadelphia (Delphia) Knight b.
15 Aug 1875, m. (1) ABT 1893, Robert R. Elder, b. 7 Oct 1873, d. 29 Jan
1898, Rhea Co, TN, m. (2) ABT 1901, Will W. DeVault,
b. 22 Sep 1873, (son of Henry Clay DeVault and Eliza Jane Carpenter) occupation
Farmer, d. 25 Jan 1953, Dayton, (Rhea Co) TN, buried: Spence Cem. Dayton,
TN. Philadelphia died 14 Jan 1954, Dayton, (Rhea Co) TN, buried:
Spence Cem. Dayton, TN.
Children by Robert R. Elder:
42. i Beatrice Elder b.
22 Nov 1894.
ii Flossie Elder b. FEB 1898.
Children by Will W. DeVault:
43. iii James Gaston DeVault
b. 27 Mar 1902.
iv William Perry DeVault b. 22 Aug 1903.
44. v Henry Clay (Hobo)
DeVault b. 28 Feb 1905.
vi Homer DeVault b. ABT 1907.
45. vii Katherine Lois (Kate)
DeVault b. 17 Nov 1909.
46.
viii Juanita Rhea (Dago) Devault b. 30 Jan 1911.
47. ix Cleo Franklin DeVault
b. 27 Nov 1912.
48. x Emmett Branlow DeVault
b. 5 Jul 1914.
xi Zilla Marie DeVault b. 27 May 1917, m. Arthur A. (Ott) Morgan, d. 1988.
Zilla died 27 Apr 1988.
xii Warren Harding DeVault b. 22 Nov 1920, Dayton, (Rhea Co) TN, d. 20
Nov 1944, Germany - WW II.
18. Sarah (Sally) E. Knight b. MAY 1881, m. 9 Jan 1898, Frank Byerley,
b. JAN 1873. Sarah died 7 Jan 1912, Rhea Co, TN.
Children:
i Woodville Byerley b. 1900, m. Rose Harrison, b. 1902, d. 1962, Rhea Co,
TN. Woodville died 1939, Rhea Co, TN.
ii Eddie Byerley b. 7 Oct 1902, d. 20 Oct 1908, Rhea Co, TN.
iii Earl Byerley (details excluded).
iv Audrey Byerley (details excluded), m. Luthur Harrison.
19. Tennessee Jane (Tennie) Knight b. 23 Oct 1884, m. (1) James Lee Spence,
b. 6 Feb 1882, (son of Albion Spence and Harriet (Hattie) A. Elderige)
d. 13 Jun 1918, Knoxville, (Knox Co) TN, m. (2) J. W. (Yank) Rockholt.
Tennessee died 29 Mar 1979.
Children by James Lee Spence:
49. i Lestie May Spence
b. 10 Oct 1907.
50. ii Thelma Lee Spence
b. 28 Jun 1909.
51. iii Della Lena Spence
b. 15 Mar 1911.
52. iv Emmett Johnson Spence
b. 9 May 1913.
53. v Sybil Irene Spence
b. 9 Aug 1915.
vi Homer Lee Spence b. 26 Dec 1917, d. 26 Jan 1918.
54. vii James Lee Spence
b. 13 Feb 1919.
Children by J. W. (Yank) Rockholt:
viii Jack Rockholt.
20. Lucy Rhea Knight b. 27 Apr 1899, m. Walter Allison Knight, b. 26 Aug
1882, TX, (son of Stephen Samuel Knight and Mary J. Hicks) d. 8 Feb 1952,
Rhea Co, TN. Lucy died FEB 1980, Rhea Co, TN.
Children:
55. i Luthur Allison Knight
b. 15 Dec 1913.
ii Sidney Knight b. 28 Nov 1916, d. 3 Oct 1919.
iii Charles William Knight b. 6 Jun 1919.
56. iv Era Leota Knight
b. 3 Aug 1923.
57. v Martha Louise Knight
b. 9 Jan 1925.
21. Stephen Franklin Knight b. 27 Oct 1867, m. 25 Dec 1890, Pollyanna (Polly)
Purser, b. 29 Feb 1872, (daughter of William Ganaway Brownlow Purser and
Mary Catherine Jewell) d. 26 May 1926. Stephen died 19 Jan 1945.
Children:
58. i Arnold Franklin Knight
b. 5 Mar 1893.
59. ii Artie Katherine Knight
b. 22 Mar 1895.
60. iii Fred Clifford Knight
b. APR 1897.
61. iv Carlos Thomas Knight
b. 5 Oct 1900.
v Mildred Alberta Knight b. 4 Apr 1905, d. 25 Feb 1915.
62. vi Muriel Louise Knight
b. 26 Jun 1909.
22. Thomas William Knight b. 4 Oct 1874, m. Aimee Ellis, b. 19 Sep 1881,
d. 18 Apr 1975. Thomas died 23 Oct 1956.
Children:
i Bernice Knight b. 17 May 1905, m. Joseph A. Kohout, b. 1 Aug 1908, d.
26 Oct 1957. Bernice died 27 Apr 1976.
63. ii Burton Buttram Knight
b. 17 May 1905.
iii Lois Knight (details excluded), m. Paul Hatchett, (details excluded).
23. Tennessee Virena Knight b. 14 Feb 1880, m. William Luthur Cochran,
b. 14 Oct 1884, d. 18 Dec 1929. Tennessee died 29 Jul 1955.
Children:
i Alverene Cochran b. 21 Jun 1909, d. 1 Jul 1909.
ii Montie Lucille Cochran b. 30 Aug 1910.
64. iii Hester Jane Cochran
b. 6 Jul 1914.
65. iv John Richard Cochran
b. 4 Sep 1917.
66. v Leota Belle Cochran
b. 12 May 1919.
24. Floyd Knight b. 18 Nov 1882, m. Fredia Marie Conner, b. 27 Jan 1896,
d. 25 Jan 1958. Floyd died 20 Sep 1973.
Children:
i Richard Conner Knight b. 10 Nov 1918, m. Mary Madeline Boyle, b. 12 Mar
1922.
67. ii Hester Emma Knight
b. 3 Dec 1919.
68. iii Lucile Knight b.
4 Feb 1921.
iv Felix Eugene Knight b. 13 May 1922, m. Helen Eunice Humphreys, b. 10
Jul 1928.
69. v Midlred Virena Knight
b. 12 Oct 1924.
vi Infant Knight b. 20 Aug 1928, d. 20 Aug 1928.
25. Richard Burton (Boss) Knight b. 20 Sep 1885, m. Betty Peura Lee Riddle.
Richard died 22 Aug 1969.
Children:
i Richard Riddle Knight (details excluded), m. Karen Ann Williams, (details
excluded).
26. Bernola Knight (details excluded), m. Albert P. Griffeth, (details
excluded).
Children:
i Margaret Griffeth (details excluded).
ii Rowena Griffeth (details excluded).
27. Amanda Knight (details excluded), m. Cecil E. King, (details excluded).
Children:
i Lanier King (details excluded).
ii Peggy King (details excluded).
iii Cecil E. King (details excluded).
28. J. Berry Knight b. ABT 1871, m. ?? Morgan, (details excluded).
Children:
i Thelma Knight (details excluded).
ii Ruby Knight (details excluded).
29. Thomas J. Knight b. FEB 1872, m. Lola ??.
Children:
i James Knight b. SEP 1893.
ii Beulah Knight b. APR 1896.
iii Agnes Knight b. FEB 1899.
30. James W. Knight b. OCT 1873, m. Mollie ??, b. JUN 1874. James
died ABT 1899.
Children:
i Freida Knight b. NOV 1896.
ii Harry Knight b. APR 1898.
31. Charles R. Knight b. APR 1875, m. Julia Housley, b. JAN 1880.
Children:
i Lester Knight b. APR 1899.
32. Mattie Knight b. NOV 1880, m. Jim Harris.
Children:
i Catherine Harris b. ABT 1907.
ii Rosalie Harris (details excluded).
iii Jane Harris (details excluded).
33. Walter Allison Knight (See marriage to number 20.)
This File ends with This Generation where the KNIGHT line Joins with
the DeVAULT line. The DeVault line
Joins with the Kerley Line.
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