William A. McKnight, born 1800, in North Carolina. In 1811, he came to Indiana, and in 1835 he removed to Clay County, Ill., where he bought land and improved it.
He was one of the first to settle in that part of the county, and was a man of a great deal of energy and ability. He died in this county in the spring of 1862, from wounds received at the hands of robbers on the night of October 1, 1861, in Bible Grove Township.
Excerpt from "History of Wayne and Clay Counties, Illinois 1884 "
He was one of the first to settle in that part of the county, and was a man of a great deal of energy and ability. He died in this county in the spring of 1862, from wounds received at the hands of robbers on the night of October 1, 1861, in Bible Grove Township.
Excerpt from "History of Wayne and Clay Counties, Illinois 1884 "
William A. McKnight, born 1800, in North Carolina. In 1811, he came to Indiana, and in 1835 he removed to Clay County, Ill., where he bought land and improved it.
He was one of the first to settle in that part of the county, and was a man of a great deal of energy and ability. He died in this county in the spring of 1862, from wounds received at the hands of robbers on the night of October 1, 1861, in Bible Grove Township.
Excerpt from "History of Wayne and Clay Counties, Illinois 1884 "
He was one of the first to settle in that part of the county, and was a man of a great deal of energy and ability. He died in this county in the spring of 1862, from wounds received at the hands of robbers on the night of October 1, 1861, in Bible Grove Township.
Excerpt from "History of Wayne and Clay Counties, Illinois 1884 "
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