Abner B. Knight Sr. (1830 - 1902)

Born 21 Dec 1830 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Son of Charner Hopson Knight and Sarah Clarissa (Davis) Knight

Husband of Nancy Catherine (Earnest) Knight — married about 1851 in Alabama, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1902 at age 71 in Tutwiler, Walker, Alabama, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Abner Knight was born 21 Dec 1830 in South Carolina.^[1][2][3]

He married Nancy C. about 1851^[1] and the couple had the following known children:

1. Thomas M. Knight was born about 1852 in Alabama.^[2]
2. John H. Knight was born about 1854 in Alabama.^[2]
3. Sarah Knight was born about 1856 in Alabama.^[2]
4. Margaret C. Knight was born about 1858 in Alabama.^[2][3]
5. Abner Knight was born about 1863 in Alabama.^[3]
6. James S. Knight was born about 1867 in Alabama.^[3]
7. Pulaski F. Knight was born about 1872 in Alabama.^[3]
8. Thadeus B. Knight was born about 1875 in Alabama.^[3]

22 Jul 1867: The names and information regarding individuals who signed the 1867 Voting Registration and Loyalty Oaths and Individual Pardons – Walker County AL. The record for this on file at the Alabama Dept of Archives and History shows Charner H Knight (not Charles as mistakenly listed elsewhere), page 219, dated July 22, 1867. The record states that Charner H Knight was born in Lawrance District of the State of South Carolina. Abner Knight, (most likely the oldest son of Charner) born Lawrence District SC, also signed the 1867 Walker County AL ^[4]

Listed in father Charner Hopson Knight's Probate Estate Files. ^[5]

Abner died in 23 Oct 1902 and is buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Walker County, AL. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96W-VRB : accessed 28 November 2018), Abner Knight, Precincts 10, 20 High Hill, Pleasant Field, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 145, sheet 4A, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,043.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1B-HQQW : 13 December 2017), Abner Knight, 1860.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VV-NKH : 12 August 2017), Abner Knight, Beat 10, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 284, sheet 106C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0034; FHL microfilm 1,254,034.
4. ↑ Voter Registration and Loyalty Oath, page 221.Alabama, 1867 Voter Registration, Walker County, Alabama. Precinct 7. Election District 31. p15. Line 23. Ancestry Record 60968 #291335; Name: Charner H Knight; Race: White; County: Walker; Election District: 31; Precinct: 07; Remarks: By Birth, 9 Oct 1809, S. C. Lawrance Dist. Image; Ancestry Record 9745 #86101.
5. ↑ Index to Probate Estate Files 1868-1936; Probate Estate Files, 1852-1936 (Jefferson County, Alabama); Author: Alabama. Probate Court (Jefferson County); Probate Place: Jefferson, Alabama Description Notes: Probate Estate Files, King, David - Knighton, C J, 1852-1936 Source Information Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:Alabama County, District and Probate Courts.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 July 2021), memorial page for Abner B. Knight Sr. (21 Dec 1830–23 Oct 1902), Find A Grave: Memorial #47151169, citing Liberty Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Field, Walker County, Alabama, USA; maintained by TKnight (contributor 38090147), headstone photo.

• United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5C-467 : 4 April 2020), Abner Ernest in household of Catharine Ernest, Walker county, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing family 156, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1B-HQQW : 18 March 2020), Abner Knight, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VV-NKH : 12 August 2017), Abner Knight, Beat 10, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 284, sheet 106C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,034.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96W-VRB : accessed 16 September 2020), Abner Knight, Precincts 10, 20 High Hill, Pleasant Field, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 145, sheet 4A, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,043.
• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKS6-P6T : 23 July 2019), Abner Knight in entry for Thadeus B. Knight, 1960.
• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKQ8-XQ9 : 12 August 2020), Unknown in entry for Palaski F. Knight, 1963.
• Abner B. Knight portrait in Heather's family tree at ancestry.com
• Source: S-947779622 Repository: #R-1565289738 Title: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,2375::0
• Source: S-948714263 Repository: #R-1299942817 Title: Civil War Soldiers - Confederate - AL at Fold3 Note: Page: Page 2 - Civil War Soldiers - Confederate - AL Note: http://www.fold3.com/image/16147351/
• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Paulette (Herron) Sandlin and Linda (Johnson) Leslie, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Abner Knight and Nancy Earnest, the great grandparents of Paulette (Herron) Sandlin and great great grandparents of Linda (Johnson) Leslie. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin, once removed, based on sharing 130 cM across 5 segments.
• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Elizabeth (Herron) Fuller and Linda (Johnson) Leslie, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Abner Knight and Nancy Earnest, the great grandparents of Elizabeth (Herron) Fuller and great great grandparents of Linda (Johnson) Leslie. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Third, based on sharing 91 cM across 6 segments.
• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Linda (Johnson) Leslie and Mildred (Goss) Putman, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Abner Knight and Nancy Earnest, the great great grandparents of both Linda (Johnson) Leslie and Mildred (Goss) Putman. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousin, based on sharing 39 cM across 2 segments.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 38.44 cM segment on chromosome 1, consisting of Linda (Johnson) Leslie and Cynthia (Knight) Stevens, her 3rd cousin, and Timothy Knight, half her 3rd cousin 1x removed. (Cynthia and Timothy are his 3rd cousins 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestor is Charner Knight, the 3x great grandfather of both Linda (Johnson) Leslie and Cynthia (Knight) Stevens and 2x great grandfather of Timothy Knight.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 33 cM segment on chromosome 17, consisting of Linda (Johnson) Leslie and Brett Usrey, her 3rd cousin 1x removed, and Randall Tidwell, her 4th cousin 1x removed. (Brett and Randall are 4th cousins 2x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are Abner Knight and Margaret Barker, the 4x great grandparents of Linda (Johnson) Leslie and 5x great grandparents of Brett Usrey and 3x great grandparents of Randall Tidwell.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 30 cM segment on chromosome 17, consisting of Linda (Johnson) Leslie and Brandy (Brown) Allison, her 5th cousin 2x removed, and Brett Usrey, her 3rd cousin 1x removed. (Brandy and Brett are 6th cousins 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are William Davis and Martha Howard, the 4x great grandparents of Linda (Johnson) Leslie and 6x great grandparents of Brandy (Brown) Allison and 5x great grandparents of Brett Usrey.

Research Notes

No evidence of a marriage for Charner Knight prior to wife Tabitha and no earlier children found. Unusually given name makes for difficulty locating on census and use of initials only make validation hard. If anyone has any actual sources for Abner and Thomas Knight's parents, please share. Thank you!

• Update: I shared a document, which I obtained from a fellow Charner Knight descendant (Sara Latham Barry) and which I attached to Charner Knight's profile, written by Reverend Tolliver Robertson (1800-1878). In the document, Rev. Robertson recalls and asserts that he married Charner Knight and Miss Davis.--Linda (Johnson) Leslie (see source below)
• Robertson, Tolaver. Edited by Joseph R. Gainey. An Account of Marriages Solemnized by Tolaver Robertson in South Carolina Between October 1842 & February 1867. 1985. Greenville, South Carolina. --

  The names from this to the end of the book I married before I made a record; therefore, I cannot give the day and date....Charner Knight and Miss Davis.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Heather Dobbins for creating WikiTree profile Knight-3844 through the import of My Alabama Roots.ged on Oct 20, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Heather and others.