Once a Knight is Enough

Knight Genealogy

by Laura Knight

1850 Federal Census

Census Records from Images provided by USA National Archives and Records Administration. Washington D.C. extracted by myself from images on ancestry.com

I've extracted what limited information was available from each source and households (HH) are separated by double asterisks thus: ** and the name of the Head of Household (HH) on the record is in bold for ease of finding. I've gone over this several times, trying to catch all errors, but I can't guarantee that there are none; I just do my best at any moment. Also, as noted elsewhere, for ease of search/finding, I've most often converted names to the modern spelling and have frequently included how the name appears in the record and/or how the transcriber rendered it: (text: Knite, trans: Kite). Also note that I have excluded Northern State Knights. If someone else wants to collect the Northern Knights and arrange them as I have so I don't have to do any extra work, I'll be very happy to include them and give credit where it is due.

At this point, the censuses are getting much longer and it has become impossible for one person to comb through the records with the thoroughness I would like; I do have a life outside of genealogy. Obviously, I focus more intensely on those areas where I know VA Knights moved to, but still, the population is growing fast and I can't guarantee exhaustive coverage though I am doing my best. In some of the newly settled areas, the censuses are still mercifully short and in some cases, I covered the entire sheet. When that is the case, I put the word "ENTIRE" at the end of the list. In this census, I haven't done Pennsylvania as I have been doing up to this point and the whole census, in general, has not been scoped out as thoroughly as earlier ones. I'll get it done and added eventually. I think there is enough here to keep a few people busy; it's very long as it is.

This is the first census that lists every household member by name, age, and where born. It's not 100% accurate, as is sometimes shown, but it's a darn good start. In my opinion, it should be illegal to mess with the effort to obtain pure demographic information in a census.

Kentucky

1850 – KY Boone Dist 1 – Federal Census -  **  James Knight, 30, laborer, IN; Frank Knight, 60, Black, IN; Sarah Knight, 70, Black, IN, in HH of John Piatt, 47, farmer, KY.  **  Susannah N. Knight, 22, TN, in HH of James Forster, 33, farmer, TN, and wife Prudence, 32, of PA.

1850 – KY Bourbon Dist 2 – Federal Census -  **  Elizabeth Knight, 16, KY, in HH of Elijah Howard, 36, farmer, KY; Sallie Howard, 26, KY; Paris Howard, 73, Tanner, MD; Catherine Howard, 63, MD.  **  Isaac Knight, 47, farmer, KY; William Knight, 19, farmer, KY.  **  Dudley Knight, 29, farmer, VA; George Knight, 21, farmer, VA; Harriett Knight, 36, VA; Thyza Knight, 18, VA.  **  (adj) Charles Knight, 26, farmer, KY; Ephraim Knight, 22, farmer, KY; Harrison Knight, 19, farmer, KY., all three in HH of John A. Brown, 45, farmer, NY; Ellen Brown, 44, VA; George Brown, 2, KY. (p. 40)

1850 – KY Butler – Federal Census -  **  George W. Knight, 20, blacksmith, KY, in HH of James M. Forgy, 24, blacksmith, KY; Elisabeth Forgy, 18, KY; Frances Forgy, 2 mo, KY.  **  Ephraim Knight, 23, KY; Malinda Knight, 22, KY; Thornton R. Knight, 4, KY/ Nancy E. Knight, 2, KY; King W. Knight, 6 mo, KY; Rachel Neal, 42, SC.  **  (skip one HH) Mary Knight, 48, KY; Radnor Knight, 21, KY; Andrew J. Knight, 17, KY; Mary Knight, 16, KY; Mahala M. Knight, 11, KY; Henry W. Knight, 9, KY.  ** (adj) William G. Knight, 32, KY; Abigail Knight, 28, KY; Nancy J. Knight, 17, KY; Sarah P. Knight, 6, KY; Westley Sutherlin, 13, KY.  **  (adj) John L. Knight, 28, farmer, KY; Polly Knight, 28, KY; James H. Knight, 7, KY; Martin Knight, 5, KY; John Knight, 4, KY; Samuel Knight, 1, KY; Mary J. Baught, 16, KY.

1850 – KY Calloway Dist 2 – Federal Census -  **  A. R. Knight, 30, farmer, TN; Jane Knight, 30, KY; Alpha J. Knight, 10, KY; Elizabeth A. Knight, 8, KY; Martha Knight, 2, KY; A. G. K. Sherrod, 22, Farmer, KY.   **  Emery Knight, 43, farmer, NC; Simeon Knight, 19, farmer, NC; Thomas Knight, 18, farmer, KY; Elizabeth Knight, 16, KY; Lindsey Knight (M), KY, 14, KY; Elijah Knight, 11, KY; Martha Ann Knight, 7, KY; Margaret Knight, 5, KY; W. E. Knight, 2, KY.  **  William Knight, 36, farmer, NC; Eglantine Knight, 36, NC; James J. Knight, 13, KY; T. C. Knight, 12, KY; Alonzo Knight, 10, KY; Margaret B. Knight, 8, KY; William A. Knight, 6, KY; Nancy J. Knight, 4, KY; Mary C. Knight, 9 mo, KY.  **  A Knight, 57, farmer, NC; Anne Knight, 52, NC; R. M. Knight, 24, farmer, TN; Marion Knight, 16, M, farmer, KY; M. G. Flake, 19, farmer, KY.

1850 – KY Christian Dist 1 – Federal Census –  **  Robert Philips, 59, farmer, NC; Anna Philips, 50, unk; Sally Knight, 20, KY; Sarah C. Knight, 18, KY; Crittenden Knight, 13, KY.  **  George T. Smith, 41, farmer, VA; Robert W. Smith, 11, K; James A. Smith, 8, KY; George L. Smith, 4, KY; Thomas Knight, 40, laborer, TN; Edward Knight, 30, laborer, KY.  ** John Knight, 34, farmer, KY; Sarah A. Knight, 28, KY; William E. Knight, 10 mo, KY. (p. 62)  **  Lucinda Knight, 30, KY, in HH of Noah Brunk, 59, farmer, KY and wife Sinty Brunk, 59, KY.  **  Susanna Knight, 37; Sarah E. Knight, 12; Amanda Knight, 12; Messina H. Knight, 11; Mary J. Knight; General Jackson Knight, 6; Lavinia C. Knight, 2; Louisa (Larvisa?) Knight, 2. All b. KY.  **  Robert H. Knight, 40, farmer, GA; Mary Knight, 43, VA; Dorothy Ann Knight, 18, KY; Robert B. Knight, 16, KY; Mary E. Knight, 15, KY; Presley N. Knight, 12, Ky; America V. Knight, 10, KY; Lucy C. Knight, 8, KY; John B. Knight, 5, KY, Infant Knight, 1, F, KY.  **  Martha Knight (Martha Cotton Knight), 40, SC; Elizabeth M. T. Knight, 19, KY; William J.R.R. Knight, 17, farmer, KY; Isaac L. A. Knight, 12, KY; Zerelda Knight, 9, KY.  **  James W. Knight, 38, miller, NC; Mary Knight, 36, KY; Eliza M Knight, 11, Miles J. Knight, 9; Martha C. Knight, 7; William H. Knight, 6; John R. Knight, 4; All kids b. KY.  **  John Knight, 86, SC (b. 1764) in HH of John G. Brown, 43, miller, NC; Mary Brown, 36, SC.   **  Thomas Knight, 47, SC; Rachel Knight, 50, SC; Henny Knight, 7 or 2, F, KY.  **  David Knight, 38, farmer, SC; Sarah Knight, 45, SC; Elizabeth A. Knight, 17, KY; William E. Knight, 13, KY; Cynthia L. Knighty, 9, KY; Patsy J. Knight, 7, KY; Elmore Knight, 1, KY; Mary A. Knight, 1, KY. (prev 4 HH, pp. 126, 127)  **  Martha Boyd, 37, KY; Polly A. Boyd, 17, KY; Caroline Knight, 5, KY; William Gunter, 78, KY, blind.  **  Obadiah Ferrill, 27, farmer, KY; Kesiah J. Ferrill, 21, KY; Thomas Knight, 3, KY. (p. 133)  **  George K. Hammond, 28, farmer, KY; Keziah R. Hammond, 24, KY; Margaret J. Hammond, 3, KY; Timothy J. B. Hammond, 1, KY; Misannah Knight, 11, KY. (p. 86)  **  James Knight, 37, NC; Nancy Knight, 36, KY; Matilda C. Knight, 14, KY; John R. Knight, 12, KY; Susan M. Knight, 10, KY; James H. Knight, 8, KY; William Edmund Knight, 4, KY; Jesse Knight, 1, KY.  ** Jacob Knight, 22, farmer, TN; Sarah A. Knight, 17, TN; Martha E. Knight, 9 mo, KY; William H. Knight, 1, KY.  **  John Knight, 69, farmer, SC; Dicey Knight, 71, VA.  **  Oran Knight, 23, farmer, Ky; Ellen Knight, 22, KY; James Knight, 2, KY; Edmund Knight, 3 mo, KY.  **  Thomas Knight, 31, farmer, KY; Malinda Knight, 31, TN; Alzena (Elenor?) Knight, 12, TN; Arnilda Knight, 9, TN; Leander Knight, 7, TN; Berry A. Knight, 5, TN; Dicey Knight, 9 mo, TN. (Jacob, John, Oran & Thomas, p. 87 of 137) – Dist 2 -  **  John Knight, 58, farmer, TN; Ann Knight, 49, VA; William Knight, 22, farmer, KY; James Knight, 19, farmer, KY; Harvy D. Knight, 14, KY; Sarah Knight, 13, Ky; Louisa Knight, 21, KY; Bartella Oglesby, 19, KY.  **  Henry F. Knight, 34, farmer, KY; Mary E. Knight, 18, TN; John Knight, 2, KY.  **  Jesse Fox, 48, farmer, KY; Elizabeth Fox, 48, KY; John Fox, 22, farmer, KY; Preston Fox, 20, farmer, KY; Sarah E. Fox, 18, KY; Madison Fox, 16, farmer, KY’ Elbert G. H. Fox, 14, KY; William B. Fox, 12, KY; Salina Fox, 10, 3, KY; Caldwell L. Fox, 8, KY; Morris Fox, 4, KY; Sarah Knight, 90, SC. (This elderly Sarah Knight was Sarah Wade Knight)  **  John B. Knight, 35, lawyer, GA; Eliza E. Knight, 30, KY; Robert Knight, 5, KY; John B. Knight, 3, KY; Ephraim Barnes, 12, SC.  **  Ira Knight, 31, farmer, KY.  **  Aaron B. Knight, 26, preacher, KY, in HH of James A Radford, 45, farmer, VA and wife, Ann P. Radford, 41, KY.  **  Barney H. Knight, 27, farmer, KY; Permelia H. Knight, 25, KY; Thursey R. Knight, 2, F, KY. (Jehosaphat Campbell next HH)  **  James Knight, 20, farmer, KY; Jane Knight, 18, TN; Cerena A. Knight, 3 mo, KY.

1850 – KY Clay – Federal Census -  **  Moses Knight (Hynight), 35, farmer, KY; Malvina Knight, 25, KY; Pheba Knight, 9, KY; Nancy Knight, 6, KY; Frances Knight, 4, KY; Mary Knight, 1, KY.

1850 – KY Daviess – Federal Census -  **  Dist 1 -  **  Charles Knight, 47, farmer, KY; Catherine Knight, 59, KY; Charles Knight, 21, KY; James Knight, 37, KY; George Knight, 18, KY; Joshua Knight, 15, KY. – Dist 2 -   ** Richmond Knight, 23, farmer, KY; Taletha Knight, 25, KY; Sylvester Knight, 1, KY; William Knight, 6 mo, KY; Jane Cobb, 16, KY. ** Sampson Knight, 30, farmer, KY; Polly Knight, 25, KY; William Knight, 6, KY; America Knight (F), 6, KY; Nancy Knight, 2, KY; Polly Brackett, 50, TN. ** Franklin Knight, 29, KY; Catherine Knight, 21, KY.  **  John Lynn, 49, farmer, KY; Martha Lynn, 47, VA; Elizabeth Lynn, 17, KY; Hannah Lynn, 14, KY; Nancy Lynn, 10, KY; Rufus Lynn, 7, KY; Ellen Knight, 22, KY, William T. Knight, 7, KY; Emily Knight, 1, KY; James Fraser, 18 laborer, KY; James M. Lynn, 14, KY; William Lynn, 19, laborer, KY.

1850 – KY Fleming Dist 1 – Federal Census -  **  John P. Knight, 40, teacher, KY.  **  Wesley Knight, 47, KY; Sarah Knight, 47, KY; John W. Knight, 21, KY; James W. Knight, 18, KY; Charles H. Knight, KY; William R. Knight, 8, KY; Lucy A. Knight, 7, KY; Thomas Knight, 5, KY; Elizabeth Knight, 35, KY.

1850 – KY Hart – Federal Census -  **  William Knight, 58, carpenter, VA; Matilda Knight, 46, VA; Benjamin Knight, 24, farmer, KY; Desdemona Knight, 17, KY; William Knight, 14, KY; Lewis Knight, 11, KY; Thomas J. Knight, 9, KY; Joshua Knight, 6, KY.  **  John P. Knight, 28, farmer, VA; Ann E. Knight, 22, KY; William J. Knight, 6, KY; James Knight, 5, KY; John P. Knight, 3, KY.  **  Uriah Knight, 21, sadler, KY, in HH of F. A. Smith, 28, sadler, VA.

1850 – KY Henderson – Federal Census – Dist 1 -  **  John N. Knight, 18, farmer, KY; Jane P. Knight, 18, KY; Green Knight, 21, laborer, KY.  **  George Knight, 24, KY, overseer, in HH of Teresa Stott, 36, KY.  **  Susan Knight, 34, VA, in HH of Barbara Harriss, 62, VA. – Dist 2 -   **  John Knight, 34, farmer, KY; Martha Knight, 20, KY; George Knight, 2, KY.  **  Jesse Knight, 53, farmer, KY; Permelia Knight, 39, KY; John R. Knight, 18, farmer, KY; Mary E. Knight, 16, KY; Sarah A. Knight, 11, KY; James Knight, 9, KY; Melvina Knight, 5, KY; Jesse Knight, 3, KY.  **  Thomas Knight, 32, farmer KY; Elizabeth Knight, 22, KY.

1850 – KY Henry Dist 1 – Federal Census -  **  John Knight, 56, sadler, NC; Nancy Knight, 56, KY; M. Knight, 20, F, KY; Letitia Knight, 18, KY; Artemisia Knight, 16, KY; Rose Knight, 14, KY.  **  L. V. Knight, 38, farmer, KY; Malinda Knight, 30, KY; Abner Knight, 6, KY; Martha Knight, 4, KY; Charles Knight, 8 mo, KY.  **  Bill Knight, 50, laborer, KY; Lane Knight, 49, KY; Debby Knight, 23, KY; Ann Knight, 20, KY; Celia Knight, 19, KY; William Knight, 17, KY; John Knight, 14, KY; J. W. Knight, 10, M, KY; Richard Allen, 20, barkeeper, KY.  **  Eliza Knight, 18, KY, in HH of Saul Robertson, 47, farmer, KY.  **  William Knight, 57, farmer, KY, in HH of Rebecca Club, 46, farmer, KY.– Dist 2 – Jeremiah Knight, 47, farmer, VA; Amelia Knight, 31, KY; James Thornton, 17, KY; Jeremiah Knight, 10, KY; Nancy Knight, 3, KY.

1850 – KY Jefferson Dist 2 – Federal Census -  **  Lewis Ruth, 33, merchant, Germany; Mary Ruth, 28, AR;  Charles Knight, 17, tailor, AR; Margaret Ruth, 18, Ger; Pamela Baker, 26, AR; Henrietta Ruth, 9, MA.  **  Nathan Knight, 39, laborer, MA; Charlotte Knight, 40, KY; Harriet Knight, 12, KY; Mary Knight, 10, KY; Samuel Knight, 8, KY; Eliza Knight, 6, KY; Rachel Knight, 3, KY.

1850 – KY Jefferson Louisville – Federal Census – Dist 2 -  **  Amy Knight, 28, black, KY; Alfred Knight, 6, black, KY; Elizabeth Edwards, 27, black, KY; David Edwards, 29, barber, black, KY; John Edwards, 4, black, KY; Julia Edwards, 2, black, KY. - Ward 7  **  Charles B. Cooper, 39, tanner, NY; Mary A. Cooper, 28, KY; Virginia E. Cooper, 9, KY; Emaline Knight, 28, KY; Henry Knight, 25, KY; Georgiana Knight, 3, KY.  **  W. F. Knight, 36, teacher, NH, in HH of Joseph Portlenart, 40, manufacturer, KY.  **  Joseph W. Knight, 55, physician, KY; Ann O. Knight, 53, KY; Elizabeth Wingate, 28, KY; Sarah Knight, 22, KY; Emma Knight, 15, KY; Mary K. Wingate, 5, KY.

1850 – KY Jessamine Div 1 – Federal Census -  **  Francis Knight, 35, farmer, KY; Elizabeth Knight, 41, KY; Nancy Knight, 14, KY; Robert Knight, 12, KY; Elizabeth Knight, 10, KY; Margaret Knight, 9, KY.  **  Hardin Knight, 39, farmer, KY, in HH of Duke Hamilton, 49, carpenter, KY.- Dist 2 -  **  Grant Knight, 40, farmer, KY; Nancy G. Knight, 36, KY; Melvin L. Knight, 18, farmer, Ky; John P. Knight, 16, KY; Thomas B. Knight, 14, KY; James W. Knight, 12, KY; Marquis D.L. Knight, 10, KY; Alexander C. Knight, 6, KY; Sarah A. Knight, 4, KY; Marya J. Knight, 2, KY; Elizabeth Knight, 90, VA.  **  William Knight, 24, D__ watch, KY; Catherine Knight, 25, KY; both in HH of Christopher Easley, 54, farmer, NC, wife Nancy, 50, KY, and their 8 children.  **  John Knight, 65, farmer, KY, in HH of James L. Barkley, 48, farmer, KY.

1850 – KY Kenton Covington Ward 1 – Federal Census -  **  James Knight, 40, clerk, England; Sarah Knight, 30, England; Mary Knight, 3, OH; Catherine Knight, 1, OH. (In HH of James Malby, 32, merchant, b. Unk.)  **  H. Knight, 30, cooper, Germany; Catherine Knight, 32, Germany.

1850 – KY Madison Dist 1 – Federal Census -  **  Curtis Knight, 34, dentist (?), VA; Emily Knight, 29, KY; Mary Knight, 6, MO; James Knight 4, MO; Sarah Knight, 3, MO.

1850 – KY Owen Dist 2 – Federal Census -  **  William Knight, 26, laborer, VA, in HH of John Garrey, 26, merchant, KY.

1850 – KY Todd Dist 1 – Federal Census -  **  E. R. Knight, 32, farmer, KY; Cynthia Knight, 24, KY; Helen Knight, 4, KY; Kitty Knight, 1, KY; Nathanial, 3 mo, KY. – Dist 2 – Margaret Knight, 50, farmer, KY; Ephraim Knight, 21, farmer, KY; James Knight, 19, farmer, KY; George Knight, 16, farmer, KY; Lewis Knight, 15, farmer, KY; Marion Knight, 11, KY; Levi Knight, 8, KY; Nancy Knight, 7, KY.  **  William Knight, 28, IN; Sarah Knight, 20, IN.

1850 – KY Trigg Dist 2 – Federal Census -  **  Richard Knight (Night), 35, farmer, NC; Martha Knight, 26, TN; William K. Knight, 11, KY; James H. Knight, 8, KY; George Washington Knight, 6, TN; Mary A. Knight, 5, KY; Jesse L. Knight, 1, KY.  **  Martin Knight, 12, KY, in HH of William G. Davenport, 35, constable, VA.  **  Warren Knight (Night), 27, laborer, KY; Angeline Knight, 16, TN.

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