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.

South Carolina

1850 – SC Beaufort St Peters – Federal Census -  **  Catherine Knight, 72, SC. (p. 39)  **  Melvina Knight, 45, SC; Robinson Knight, 18, mulatto, Laborer, SC; Thomas Knight, 16, mulatto, laborer, SC; Frank Knight, 9, mulatto, SC; Elizabeth Knight, 8, mulatto, SC; William Knight, 7, mulatto, SC; Sarah Knight, 4, mulatto, SC.  **  (adj) Angel Knight, 16, mulatto, SC; Stephen Knight, 1, mulatto, SC. (p. 50)

1850 – SC Chesterfield Chesterfield – Federal Census –  **  Richard Knight, 30, mulatto, SC (p. 33).  **  Aaron W. Knight, 40, farmer, SC; Winniford Knight, 40, SC; James R. Knight, 16, SC; John A. Knight, 14, SC; Williford H. Knight, 12, SC; Elizabeth I. Knight, 10, SC; William H. Knight, 8, SC; Charlotte H. Knight, 6, SC; Sidney T. Knight, 3, SC; Mary M. Knight, 1, SC; Cintha (Cynthia?) Knight, 77, NC (p. 79 of 165).  **  John Knight, 44, farmer, NC; Mary Knight, 39, NC; Wesley Knight, 20, SC; William P. Knight, 17, SC; Martha Knight, 17, SC; Jane Knight, 17, SC; Andrew J. Knight, 13, SC; Eliza Knight, 11, SC; Sarah Ann Knight, 6, SC; Ellen Knight, 4, SC; John F. Knight, 8 mo, SC (p. 58).  **  James B. Knight, 41, farmer, SC; Elizabeth Knight, 33, SC; Martha A. Knight, 13, SC; John W. Knight, 11, SC; Mary A. Knight, 9, SC; Elizabeth J. Knight, 8, SC; James F. Knight, 6, SC; Winniford E. Knight, 5, SC; Nancy L. Knight, 3, SC. (p. 84 of 165)  **  Aaron Knight SR, 60, farmer, SC; Catherine Knight, 24, SC; Nathaniel Knight, 22, SC; Jane Knight, 20, SC; Ann Knight, 18, SC; Peter Knight, 15, SC; Martha Knight, 12, SC; Isabella Knight, 10, SC; John Knight, 14, SC; Mary Knight, 7, SC. (p. 85-86)  **  Thomas Sullivan, 54, farmer, SC; Mourning (Knight) Sullivan, 54, SC; Spiers Sullivan, 36, farmer, SC; John Sullivan, 23, farmer, SC; Elias Sullivan, 22, SC; Joseph Sullivan, 20, SC; Esther Sullivan, 18, SC; Mary Sullivan, 16, SC (p. 86)  **  John W. Knight, 28, farmer, SC; Jane Knight, 22, SC (p. 86)  **  William Moore, 44, methodist clergyman, NC; Catherine Moore, 36, NC; John R. Moore, 13, NC; William J. Moore, 7, SC; Eliza M. Knight, 5, SC; Louisa J. Moore, 2, SC; Mary Knight, 7, SC (p. 98)  **  Adam Eubanks, 32, farmer, SC; Elizabeth Eubanks, 31, SC; Sarah A. Eubanks, 13, SC; George A. Eubanks, 11, AC; William Eubanks, 8, SC; Shadrack Gregg, 42, laborer, SC; Thomas Chapel, 20, laborer, idiot, SC; Margaret A. Knight, 3, SC (p. 113).  **  Levi Knight, 29, miner, SC; Martha Knight, 32, SC; Thomas Knight, 8, SC; Milly A. Knight, 6, SC; John Knight, 3, SC; Elizabeth Knight, 1, SC. (p. 114)  **  Martha Knight, 50, SC; Chloe Knight, 27, SC; Joshua Knight, 25, miner, SC; Jefferson Knight, 19, miner, SC; Martha Knight, 13, SC; Mary A. Knight, 11, SC; Sarah A. Knight, 9, SC; Sarah J. Knight, 4, SC. (p. 117 of 165)  **  Moses Knight, 53, farmer, SC; Temperance Knight, 55, SC; Mary Knight, 22, SC; Elizabeth Knight, 19, SC; William W. Knight, 18, farmer, SC; James P. Knight, 16, farmer, SC; Moses E. Knigh, 15, farmer, SC; Killis H. Knight, 13, SC.  **  (adj) Richard C. Knight, 28, farmer, SC; Sarah A. Knight, 20, SC; Ann E. Knight, 1, SC. (p. 118 of 165)  **  Mary Knight, 49, NC; in HH of Richard L. Edgeworth, 54, farmer, NC; Anna Edgeworth, 53, NC; Oliver P. Edgworth, 19, farmer, SC; Nathaniel S. Edgeworth, 13, SC; Harriet A. Edgeworth, 10, SC; Caroline E. Wasley, 5, SC. (Apparently, not long after the census was taken, Mary Knight committed suicide as reported on the mortality schedule.)  **  (skip 5 HHs) Richard Knight, 47, farmer, NC; Polly Knight, 48, SC; Matilda Knight, 20, SC; Francis Knight, 16, SC; Elizabeth Knight, 15, SC; Maria Knight, 14, SC; Theresa Knight, 11, SC; Burrel Knight, 9, SC; Joseph Knight, 5, SC; Harriet Crowley, 24, SC; Tilmon S. Knight, 21, SC. (pp. 144-145)  **  W. C. Knight, 35, overseer, SC; in HH of Benjamin F. Pogues, 36, farmer, SC.

1850 – SC Colleton St Georges – Federal Census -  **  Reuben Knight, 55, farmer, SC; Mary Knight, 45, SC; Louisa Knight, 26, SC; Elizabeth Knight, 26, SC; Mary A. Knight, 19, SC; Rachel Knight, 16, SC; Margaret Knight, 15, SC; Harriet C. Knight, 13, SC; David Knight, 10, SC; Daniel Knight, 12, SC; Dorcas Knight, 9, SC.  **  (adj. ) Samuel Knight, 23, farmer, SC; Mary Knight, 27, SC; Caroline Knight, 8, SC; Eliza Knight, 2, SC (p. 10 of 46).  **  William Knight, 69, SC; Anne Knight, 65, SC; Martha E. Knight, 13, SC; ** John E. Knight, 25, farmer, SC; Eliza Knight, 22, SC; David Knight, 1, SC.  **  James R. Knight, 25 (or 23), farmer; Dorcas Knight, 25; Daniel Knight, 3; Emma Knight, 1;  **  Thomas J. Knight, 50, farmer, SC; Ann Knight, 43, SC; David Knight, 21, laborer, SC; Rebecca Knight, 16, SC; Lewis Knight, 16, SC; Reuben Knight, 11, SC; Roderick P. Knight, 9, SC; James Knight, 7, SC; Rufus Knight, 5, SC; Francis Knight, 3, SC.  **  Alexander Knight, 26, farmer, SC; Alletha Knight, 21, SC; Thomas Knight, 1 mo, SC.  **  (adj) Daniel Knight, 25, SC; Lavinia Knight, 25, SC.  **  (adj) Mary Knight, 67; SC (p. 39 of 46).  **  John Knight, 50, SC (p. 46)

1850 – SC Fairfield – Federal Census -  **  Lavinia Knight, 36, AL; Matthew W. Knight, 21, planter, Fairfield SC; Edmond Knight, 18, Fairfield SC; Mary Knight, 16, Fairfield SC; Elijah Knight, 9, Fairfield SC.

1850 – SC Greenville – Federal Census -  **  Linus Knight (Trans: Limes, text: Night), 42, laborer, SC; Lucy Knight, 38, SC; Samantha Knight, 14, SC; Andrew Knight, 12, SC; Elizabeth Knight, 10, SC; Downs Knight, 8, SC; John Knight, 6, SC; James Knight, 4, SC; Susan Knight, 2, SC.  **  Thomas Knight (Night), 37, laborer, SC; Rachel Knight, 35, SC; Charles Knight, 16, laborer, SC; Caroline Knight, 13, SC; Leander Knight, 15, SC; Lewis Knight, 10, SC; Sarah Knight, 6, SC; Emily Knight, 4, SC.  **  Sophia Knight (Night), 27, SC; in HH of Mary Stenniss, 70, SC.

1850 – SC Kershaw – Federal Census -  **  James Knight, 19, farmer, SC, in HH of Wiley Albert.  **  Eliza Knight, 50, SC; in HH of Lewis Phillips, 32, farmer, SC; Elizabeth Phillips, 18, SC, H. W. Phillips, 2, SC.  **  (adj) Eli Knight, 21, farmer, SC; Allen Knight, 16, SC;.

1850 – SC Lancaster – Federal Census -  **  Mrs. S. Knight, 45; Z. Knight, 23, laborer, SC; S Knight, 20, F, SC; L. Knight, 18, F, SC; J. Knight, 16, F, SC; John Knight, 14, M, SC.  **  M. Knight, 43, Farmer, SC; E Knight, 42, F, SC; M. Knight, 19, F, SC; W. Knight, 18, F, SC; M. R. M. Knight, 15, M, SC; W. M. Knight, 13, M, SC; M. Knight, 11, F, SC; S. Knight, 9, F, SC; J. L. A. Knight, 7, M, SC; C. P. Knight, 5, M, SC; I. Knight, 1, M, SC.  **  E. Knight, 50, M, Farmer, SC; E. Knight, 80, F, SC; M. Knight, 36, F, SC; M. Knight, 11, F, SC.  **  J. Knight, 53, farmer, SC; J. Knight, 35, F, SC; M. E. Knight, 14, F, SC; M. A. Knight, 13, F, SC; S. A. Knight, 13, F, SC; U. R. Knight, 10, M, SC; M. Knight, 4, M, SC; M. Knight, 1, M, SC.  **  A. Knight, 48, farmer, SC; Ann Knight, 42, SC; J. R. Knight, 21, M, farmer, SC; J. Knight, 16, M, SC; E. Knight, 14, M, SC; Wm. Knight, 10, SC; A. Knight, 5, M, SC; A. Knight, 7 mo, F, SC.  **  A. Knight, 30, laborer, SC; J. Knight, 21, F, SC; H. Knight, 6, M, SC; S. A. Knight, 3, F, SC; A. J. Knight, 6 mo, F, SC.  **  W. Knight, 25, laborer, SC; N. Knight, 25, SC. R. E. Knight, 3, F, SC.  **  Irvin Knight, 34, farmer, SC. C. E. Knight, 24, SC; J. J. E. Knight, 11, M, SC.  **  H. Knight, 37, farmer, SC; M. Knight, 32, SC; W. Knight, 11, M, SC; J. Knight, 6, F, SC; M. A. Knight, 3, M, SC. H. J. Knight, 6 mo, F, SC.  **  Note: I would like to severely smack whoever took this census!

1850 – SC Laurens – Federal Census –  **  Micajah Knight, 50, farmer, SC; Ann Knight, 48, SC; Josiah Knight, 18, farmer, SC; Asa Knight, 16, SC; John Knight, 12, SC; Louisa Knight, 8, SC (p. 4 of 114).  **  James C. Knight, 35, farmer, SC; Jane Knight, 13, SC; Rachel Knight, 11, SC; Nancy M. Knight, 9, SC; David Knight, 7, SC; Susan Knight, 5, SC; Lotty Knight, 4, SC (p. 6-7)  **  James P. Knight, 23, farmer, SC; Malinda C. Knight, 19, SC; Iris C. Knight, 2, SC (p. 7).  **   (adj) Silas Knight, 46, preacher, SC; Sally Knight, 44, SC; Robert Knight, 20, farmer, SC; Martha A. Knight, 15, SC; Silas S. Knight, 13, SC; Sally S. Knight, 11, SC; Caroline Knight, 8, SC; Nancy M. Knight, 5, SC; Milton Knight, 3, SC; Walter S. Knight, 1, SC (p. 8 of 114).  **  James Knight SR, 70, farmer, SC; Catherine Knight, 57, SC; John G. Knight, 26, Teacher, SC; Lawton Knight, 24, farmer, SC; David Knight, 22, farmer, SC; Rebecca J. Knight, 18, SC; Susan P. Knight, 16, SC; Mary A. Knight, 14, SC.  **  (adj) Baxter Henley. Knight, 35, farmer, SC; Fanny Knight, 30, SC; Catherine Knight, 12, SC; William Knight, 10, SC; Jane Knight, 8, SC (p. 11 of 114).  **  (adj) David T. Knight, 30, farmer, SC; Barbay Knight, 25, SC; Robert S. Knight, 6, SC; Jane Knight, 4, SC; Mary A. Knight, 2, SC. (p. 11)   **  Tabitha Knight, 50; Margaret Knight, 27, SC; Lewis Knight, 25, SC; Emily Knight, 23, SC; Edmond Carter, 3, SC; Lewis Cass, 2, SC. (p. 12)  **  James Knight, 25, farmer, SC; Marmenta Knight, 23, SC; Charles Knight, 4, SC; John C. C. Knight, 2, SC (p. 13).  **  Sanford Knight, 22, farmer; Jane Knight, 19, SC (p. 14 of 114)  **  Wesley Knight, 43, farmer, SC; Mary Knight, 30, SC; Marion Knight, 14, SC (p. 24)  **  William Knight Roy, 65, farmer, NC; Frances Roy, 56, NC; Wesley Roy, 18, farmer, NC; Beaufort Roy, 15, farmer, NC. Note: There is something odd about prev fam.  Is “Roy” the surname or not?  It is crowded in at the end.  See image below.  **  Benjamin Knight, 38, farmer, SC; Elizabeth Knight, 38, SC; John M. Knight, 16, SC; Matthew Knight, 13, SC; James G. Knight, 12, SC; Jesse Knight, 10, SC; William Knight, 4, SC (29).  **  James P. Knight, 22, miller, SC; Caroline Knight, 19, SC; Leia C. Knight, 1, SC (p. 30).  **  William Puckett, 55, farmer, SC; Delila (Knight) Puckett, 50, SC; Sarah Puckett, 25, SC; William Puckett, 25, farmer, SC; Adaline Puckett, 20, SC; Washington Puckett, 18, farmer, SC; Nancy Puckett, 16, SC; Lucinda Puckett, 14, SC; Catherine Puckett, 10, SC; Elizabeth Knight, 50, SC (p. 38).  ** John Knight SR, 56, farmer, SC; Mary Knight, 57, SC; John Knight, 18, SC; Martha C. Knight, 15, SC; Berry E. Knight, 12, SC; Cleo P. Knight (F), 9, SC (p. 39).  **  Abner Knight, 64, farmer, SC; Mary Knight, 34, SC; Ann Knight, 6, SC; Frances Knight, 2, SC (p. 102)  **  William Power, 49, blacksmith, SC; Sophia Power, 49, SC; John A. Power, 22, farmer, SC; James N. G. Power, 17, farmer, SC; Susan M. J. Power, 12, SC; Sarah Knight, 28, SC; Thadius Knight, 3, SC; Sarah Franks, 84, VA (p. 109).  **  Matthew Knight, 32, farmer, SC; Sophia Knight, 32, SC; Susan Knight, 6, SC; Jane Knight, 4, C; Martha Knight, 2, SC (p. 145).  **  B. W. Knight, 32, farmer, SC; Nancy Knight, 25, SC; Elizabeth Knight, 5, SC; Martha Knight, 3, SC; Rebecca Knight, 1, SC; Joseph Kit, 15, farmer, SC.  **  (adj) David Knight, 75, farmer, SC; James Knight, 33, farmer, SC; Jane Knight, 14, SC; Rachel Knight, 12, SC; Nancy M. Knight, 10, SC; David Knight, 8, SC; Susan Knight, 6, SC; Charlotte Knight, 4, SC.  **  (adj) William Knight SR, 65, farmer, SC; Elizabeth Knight, 64, SC; William Knight, 22, SC; Maninny Knight, 21, F, SC. (p. 107 of 114)   **  Franklin Knight, 24, SC, Mary Knight, 20, SC; Samuel Knight, 10 mo, SC (p. 116 of 159)  **  William H. Knight, 21, overseer, SC; in HH of James W. Watts, 31, merchant, SC (p. 152 of 159)

1850 – SC Lexington Lexington – Federal Census -  **  Joseph Knight, 25, no occupation, SC; Carolina Knight, 30, SC; Benjamin Knight, 1, SC; Wubort (Roberta?) Hagabook, 50, F, SC.

1850 – SC Orangeburg – Federal Census -  **  John Knight, laborer, 27, SC; Jane Knight, 25, SC; James Knight, 4, SC; Walter Knight, 2, SC (p. 20).  **  (2 HHs away) Rachel Carter, 53, SC; Susan Carter, 21, SC; Rachel Carter, 19, SC; Rebecca Carter, 17, SC; Sarah Carter, 15, SC; John Carter, 13, SC; Jane Carter, 10, SC.  **  James Knight, 89, farmer, VA; James Knight, 51, overseer, SC; David Knight, 17, SC; Mary Knight, 20, SC; Frances Knight, 5, SC (p. 22)

1850 – SC Pickens East Div – Federal Census -  **  W. W. Knight, 34, farmer, SC; Amanda Knight, 30, SC; Cornelia J. Knight, 13, SC; Hugh A. B. Knight, 10, SC; Louisa A. Knight, 8, SC; John W. Knight, 6, SC; Samuel T. Knight, 5, SC; Mary A. Knight, 3, SC; James H. Knight, 1, SC.  **  J. F. Knight, 32, carriage maker, SC; Emma E. Knight, 28, SC; Frances Knight, 6, SC; William W. Knight, 4, SC; Julia A. Knight, 1, SC; Andrew Smith, 25, carriage maker, SC; Collin Childress, 23, carriage maker, SC.

1850 – SC Pickens West Div – Federal Census -  **  John Knight, 40, farmer, SC; Armissa Knight, 42, SC; Elijah Knight, 14, M, SC; Nancy Knight, 12, SC; Joseph L. Knight, 8, SC.

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