Person:John Knight (244)

CENSUS: 1860 United States Federal Census Name: John Knight Age in 1860: 59 Birth Year: abt 1801 Birthplace: Georgia Home in 1860: Southern Division, Chambers, Alabama Gender: Male Post Office: Ridge Grove Household Members: Name Age John Knight 59 Brunette Knight 54 James Knight 21 Lemon C Knight 19 Joseph J Knight 17 Jasper S Knight 14 Eugenia Knight 12 Mary E Story 38 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Southern Division, Chambers, Alabama; Roll: M653_4; Page: 956; Image: 681.

BIOGRAPHY: Minnie Knight Perry wrote in her manuscript in 1935: "John Knight removed from Hillsboro, Ga. to Chambers Co., Ala. in 1846 or the spring of 1847,settling near Sardis Church, now Gold Hill station on the Savannah and Western R.R. (running from Columbus, Ga. to Birmingham, Ala.) He and his wife were members of the primitive Baptist Church. Soon after his death his old homestead and plantation were sold and are now owned by strangers, and the greater part of the large dwelling has been removed for use in the construction of smaller houses, so that the appearance of the place has been sadly changed."..."The old Georgia homestead is about 114 years old (this was written in 1935) and about 15 years ago was still standing, but has been sold out of the family to a distant cousin. The hardwood floor was put down with wooden pegs. The remains of our Grand Parents (John and Brunetta Knight) and of their son Columbus and two daughters Martha and Eugenia lie buried in the old church yard at Gold Hill."........ "John drove an army wagon when 12 yrs of age, in the war of 1812, across the state of Georgia."