1. Overview
    1. Location
    2. Date Constructed/ Founded
    3. Associated Surnames
    4. Historical notes
    5. Associated Slave Workplaces
  2. Associated Free Persons
  3. Associated Enslaved Persons
  4. Research Leads and Plantation Records
  5. Miscellaneous Information
  6. References
  7. Users Researching This Workplace

Overview

Location

on the Leaf River, Covington and Jones Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

1815-1817

Associated Surnames

Knight

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

William H Knight Plantation (Jones Co., MS)


Associated Free Persons

  • John "Jackie" Knight (b.1773-d.1861) - owner; slave trader
  • Keziah Davis Knight (b.1778-d.1859) - wife of John Knight (m.1798)
  • Albert Knight (b.1799-d.1862) - son of John and Keziah D. Knight; married Mary Mason Rainey (1820)
  • Harriet Knight (b.1804-d.1870) - daughter of John and Keziah D. Knight; married Charles Brumfield (1820)
  • Elizabeth Knight (b.1806-d.1885) - daughter of John and Keziah D. Knight; married John B. Clarke (1832), Elijah Husbands
  • John Knight (b.1808-d.1833) - son of John and Keziah D. Knight
  • Mary Ann Knight (b.1810-d.1882) - daughter of John and Keziah D. Knight; married John Whitehead (1832)
  • William H. "Pap" Knight (b.1812-d.1880) - son of John and Keziah D. Knight; married Mary "Polly" Youngblood (1832); owner of William H Knight Plantation
  • James "Dry" Knight (b.1814-d.1901) - son of John and Keziah D. Knight; married Harriet Youngblood (1836)
  • Benjamin Franklin Knight (b.1817-1858) - son of John and Keziah D. Knight; married Catherine M. Reddoch (1836), Hester A.R. Chambers (1853)
  • Althimirah Knight (b.1819-d.1871) - daughter of John and Keziah D. Knight; married George M. Brumfield (1812)
  • Jefferson Davis "Jesse" Knight (b.1821-d.1863) - son of John and Keziah D. Knight; married Elizabeth Baylis (1841)
  • Daniel C. Knight (b.1824-d.1863) - son of John and Keziah D. Knight; married Elizabeth E. Coleman (1844)
  • Captain Newton Knight (b.1837-d.192) - son of Albert and Mary M.R. Knight
  • Serena Turner - wife of Newton Knight
  • Rachel - second wife of Newton Knight; enslaved woman
  • Georgianna - third wife of Newton Knight; daughter of Rachel; enslaved woman

Associated Enslaved Persons

1817 Slaves of John Knight

  • Huldy - brought to John Knight by his mother Mary Knight ca. 1817
1830 Covington Co. MS Census, John Knight
  • 0-10 years old: 1 male, 1 female
  • 10-24 years old: 2 females
  • 24-36 years old: 1 female
1838 John Knight slave purchase
From The Family of John 'Jackie' Knight and Keziah Davis Knight, 1773 - 1985. Robert and Delores Knight Vinson. 1985
  • Jim - Purchased from unknown seller
1840 Covington Co. MS Census, John Knight
  • 0-10 years old: 2 males, 1 female
  • 10-24 years old: 3 males, 1 female
  • 24-36 years old: 1 male, 2 females
1850 John Knight deed
From the Family of John 'Jackie' Knight and Keziah Davis Knight, 1773 - 1985. Robert and Delores Knight Vinson. 1985
  • Esther - age 10; Given to daughter Altimirah Brumfield
1850 Covington Co. MS Slave Schedule
  • John Knight, 22 slaves
1857 John Knight slave purchase
From The Family of John 'Jackie' Knight and Keziah Davis Knight, 1773 - 1985. Robert and Delores Knight Vinson. 1985
  • William - age 11; Purchased from unknown seller
1859 John Knight deed
From The Family of John 'Jackie' Knight and Keziah Davis Knight, 1773 - 1985. Robert and Delores Knight Vinson. 1985

To daughter Altimirah Brumfield

  • Mary - age 12
To daughter Mary Whitehead
  • Cate - age 58
  • Lewis - age 59
1859 John Knight deed
From The Family of John 'Jackie' Knight and Keziah Davis Knight, 1773 - 1985. Robert and Delores Knight Vinson. 1985
  • Mary Ann - age 12; Given to daughter Altimirah Brumfield
1860 Covington Co. MS Slave Schedule
  • John Knight, 22 slaves, 6 slave houses (p. 58)
1861 Will of John Jackie Knight
The Family of John 'Jackie' Knight and Keziah Davis Knight, 1773 - 1985. Robert and Delores Knight Vinson. 1985

Given to son William Knight

  • Rachel
  • Jeffrey - son of Rachel
  • Goergeanne - daughter of Rachel
Slaves of Jacky Knight
From the slave narrative of Martha Wheeler
  • March Hatton
  • Martha Wheeler - daughter of March Hatton; sold to Elizabeth E.C. Knight (daughter-in-law) during the settlement of John Knight's estate
  • three other slaves sold during the settlement of John Knight's estate
  • other slaves divided among John Knight's children

Research Leads and Plantation Records

  • none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

  • Main house: Martha Wheeler described John "Jacky" Knight's home as a double-pen log house with two enormous rooms on the front and two slightly smaller ones on the back (on the lean-to order) with a very large kitchen quite a distance back of the house. His slave quarters and work shops were arranged in front of his house in somewhat of a semi-circle, the cabins starting about 100 yards to the right and left of the front porch (gallery).

References

  • Slave Narrative of Martha Wheeler. Works Project Administration. Slave Narratives (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Works Project Administration. Federal Writers Project. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves. Washington, D.C.: n.p., n.d.
  • The Family of John 'Jackie' Knight and Keziah Davis Knight, 1773 - 1985. Robert and Delores Knight Vinson. 1985
  • Rootsweb World Connect Project, My Family History Project

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