Person:Edwin Knight (50)

TAXES: The Providence,Providence,Rhode Island City Tax, ordered by the city council for the year 1872. The following individual was rated as follows.

                                                Real.      Per.       Amt. Of  Tax

Edwin R. Knight., Warwick 1000 13.50

MILITARY: American Civil War Soldiers November 19, 2003 11:19 AM Name: Edwin R Knight , Residence: Warwick, Rhode Island Enlistment Date: 04 September 1861 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE State Served: Rhode Island Unit Numbers: 2763 2763 2763 Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 04 September 1861 Enlisted in Company Batty D, 1st Light Artillery Regiment Rhode Island on 04 September 1861. Absent sick on 15 August 1862 at General Hospital (Estimated day) Returned on 15 December 1862 (Estimated day) Reenlisted in Company Batty D, 1st Light Artillery Regiment Rhode Island on 30 January 1864 Mustered out Company Batty D, 1st Light Artillery Regiment Rhode Island on 17 July 1865 in Providence, RI Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp. Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works. Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 - Historical Data Systems Inc.P.O. Box 196 Kingston, MA 02364

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Edwin Knight Age: 13 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837 Birth Place: Rhode Island Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island; Roll: M432_841; Page: 132; Image: 264.

1860 United States Federal Census Name: Edwin R Knight Age in 1860: 22 Birth Year: abt 1838 Birthplace: Rhode Island Home in 1860: Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Gender: Male Post Office: Apponaug Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island; Roll: M653_1203; Page: 172; Image: 345.

1880 United States Federal Census Name: Edwin R. Knight Home in 1880: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Age: 42 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838 Birthplace: Rd Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Ellen A. Father's birthplace: Rd Mother's birthplace: Rd Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Works In Jewelers Shop Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Edwin R. Knight 42 Ellen A. Knight 42 Edwin R. Knight 13 Eugene W. Knight 5 Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: T9_1213; Family History Film: 1255213; Page: 346.3000; Enumeration District: 51; .

1890 Veterans Schedules January 15, 2005 12:05 AM Veteran's name: Edwin R Knight Home in 1890 (Township, County, State): Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Year enlisted: 1861 Year discharged: 1864 Rank: Corporal Company: D Regiment or vessel: 1 Rhode Island Artillery Length of service: Sept 1861 to July 1864 3Yrs 11 Mo Image source: Year: 1890; Census Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: 92; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 56.

1900 United States Federal Census Name: Edward R Knight Home in 1900: Providence Ward 6, Providence, Rhode Island Age: 62 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838 Birthplace: Rhode Island Relationship to head-of-house: Head Spouse's Name: Ellen A Race: White Occupation: Jeweler Household Members: Name Age Edward R Knight 62 Ellen A Knight 62 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Providence Ward 6, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: T623 1507; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 52.

1910 United States Federal Census Name: Edwin R Knight Age in 1910: 72 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838 Birthplace: Rhode Island Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Rhode Island Mother's Birth Place: Rhode Island Spouse's Name: Ellen A Home in 1910: Providence Ward 6, Providence, Rhode Island Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Edwin R Knight 72 Ellen A Knight 72 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Providence Ward 6, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: T624_1444; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 216; Image: 50.

BIOGRAPHY: The History of Warwick, Rhode Island, its Settlement in 1642 to the Present Time; including accounts of the early settlement and development of its several villages by Oliver Payson Fuller, B. A. Providence: Angell, Burlingame & Co., Printers, 1875 http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/article98.html This parish was organized April 9, 1869, when the following officers were elected: Senior Warden, Stephen N. Bourne; Junior Warden, John P. Olney; Treasurer, John F. Knowles; Clerk, John P. Olney; Vestrymen, Samuel Black, Samuel Preston, Henry Owen, John Gildard, Edwin R. Knight, William Wooley, Isaiah Wilde, Thomas Evans, Charles S. Robinson, William A. Corey, John F. Knowles.

MEDIA: J0028 - The photograph of Edwin Rhodes Knight is from the collection of Steve Knight norrisami@aol.com