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Richard Knight

Birth
Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA
Death
4 Aug 1827 (aged 53)
Pageland, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Jefferson, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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From James B. Knight Family Bible
Marriages
Richard Knight married Cynthia Parsons January 04, 1796

According to James Pigg, the author of numerous books on South Carolina records, Rev. Aaron Knight was the founder of Fork Creek Methodist Church in Chesterfield County South Carolina, said to be the first Methodist church in South Carolina.

Richard Knight and Cynthia Parsons children as recorded in his son James B. Knight's Bible.

Richard & Cynthia's children
From James B. Knight Family Bible
Births:
Anna Knight - November 28, 1796
Moses Knight - January 30, 1798
Betsy Knight - September 22, 1799
Polley Knight - May 16, 1801
Richard Knight - January 23, 1803
John Knight - August 1, 1805
James B. Knight - July 29, 1808
Aaron Weaver Knight - July 15, 1810
Montrow Achiles Knight - June 06, 1812
Frankey Knight - October 11, 1814
Cynthia Knight - July 19, 1816
Wesley Knight - July 29, 1817

Richard Knight (1774) has not been located on any census after 1820. His wife Cynthia, age 77, was in the home with their son Aaron W. Knight on the 1850 Chesterfield County, South Carolina census.

Richard Knight died August 4, 1827 at the age of 53.

Biography and information are from Helen Roberts Kennedy.
From James B. Knight Family Bible
Marriages
Richard Knight married Cynthia Parsons January 04, 1796

According to James Pigg, the author of numerous books on South Carolina records, Rev. Aaron Knight was the founder of Fork Creek Methodist Church in Chesterfield County South Carolina, said to be the first Methodist church in South Carolina.

Richard Knight and Cynthia Parsons children as recorded in his son James B. Knight's Bible.

Richard & Cynthia's children
From James B. Knight Family Bible
Births:
Anna Knight - November 28, 1796
Moses Knight - January 30, 1798
Betsy Knight - September 22, 1799
Polley Knight - May 16, 1801
Richard Knight - January 23, 1803
John Knight - August 1, 1805
James B. Knight - July 29, 1808
Aaron Weaver Knight - July 15, 1810
Montrow Achiles Knight - June 06, 1812
Frankey Knight - October 11, 1814
Cynthia Knight - July 19, 1816
Wesley Knight - July 29, 1817

Richard Knight (1774) has not been located on any census after 1820. His wife Cynthia, age 77, was in the home with their son Aaron W. Knight on the 1850 Chesterfield County, South Carolina census.

Richard Knight died August 4, 1827 at the age of 53.

Biography and information are from Helen Roberts Kennedy.


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