Basil was born about 1745.
First name may possibly be Richard; birthdate may be 1743
His father may possibly be Ignatius Knott; mother's name Susannah, MNU https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/familychart.php?familyID=F32556&tree=Tree1
Basil Knott purchased fifty acres 9 Aug 1802 in Nelson co KY from Kimball and Elizabeth Carlton for fifty pounds sterling. The land lay on Plumb Run. It was described as beginning "at a black oak...and comes to Brewer's 50 A." (Ref: Deeds, Book 6, p. 216, Nelson co. KY)~O'Rourke, p686
https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I59604&tree=Tree1
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