Slaves in Edgecombe Co. NC

Slaves in Edgecombe Co. NC
African ancestors documented as property of Edgecombe County free whites

INTRODUCTION: According to oral history, my ancestors Thomas and Cora Knight had several children in North Carolina. The exact county and town were unkown until I found a Thomas and Cora Knight in the 1870 census for Edgcombe Co. (Sparta Township). Oral history also tells me that Thomas and Cora fled from a plantation in Mississippi and settled in NC, suggesting that their "original home" may have been in Edgecombe Co. Therefore, my goal is to research all Knight slaves in the area to determine migration patterns and familial connections. This section of my web site is dedicated to the genealogy of the ancestors enslaved by the KNIGHT family and related families of Edgecombe Co. NC.

The Slave-Holding Families of Edgecombe
My central focus is slave holders John (????/VA -1762/VA ) and Elizabeth Epps KNIGHT and their descendants. Other surnames are connected to this lineage my marraige. In many cases, slaves were inherited and sold amongst family members. Deciphering the genealogy of the slave-holding family is important when investigating the migration patterns, where-abouts, and surnames of enslaved ancestors. These genealogies are often readily available at Rootsweb's GenConnect project.

Surnames:

BARLOW: branch in Hinds Co., MS
BATTS
BOYKIN
BRYAN

COFFIELD

HAINES
HAMMOND

KNIGHT: roots in Sussex Co., VA; branches in AL

LAWRENCE
LITTLE

MANNING
MAYO: branches in Tallahatchie Co., MS; Lavaca Co., TX; TN
MILLER

NELSON

PACE

STATON

WILLIAMS

Slave Holders: John & Elizabeth Epps Knight Descendants
Associated Surnames: Barlow, Batts, Bryan, Haines, Hammond, Lawrence, Little, Mayo, Miller, Staton
Click the "slave holder" link to view information on slaves held by each person.

John Knight (????/VA - 1762/VA)
wi. Elizabeth Epps (???? - 1760) mar. 1729/VA
	John Knight (1732/VA - 1791/VA)
	wi. ????
		Walker Knight slave holder ( - 1830/NC)
		wi. Elizabeth Knight slave holder (1790/NC - )
			Charles C. Knight slave holder ( - 1837/NC)
			James Knight slave holder ( - )
			Martha Knight Bryan slave holder ( - )
			Cecelia Knight Staton slave holder ( - )
			Lucy L. Knight Hammond slave holder ( - )
			John Knight slave holder ( - )

	Peter Knight slave holder (1738/VA -1811/NC )
	wi. Nancy Ann Bell Knight slave holder (1740/NC - 1816/NC)
		Jesse Knight slave holder (1765/NC - 1816/NC)
			Allen Knight ( - )
			Elizabeth Knight Batts ( - )
			Temperance Knight Haines ( - )
			Martha Knight Miller ( - )
			Peter Knight ( - )
			Nancy Knight slave holder ( - )
			Jesse B. Knight slave holder (1804/NC - )
			Edwin Knight slave holder (1805/NC - )
			Lydia Knight slave holder ( - )
			Lewis Knight ( - )
			Arthur B. Knight ( - )
			Sylviah Knight slave holder ( - )

		wi.2 Mary "Polly" Kitchens slave holder ( - )

		Arthur Knight slave holder (1768/NC - )
		Sarah "Sally" Barlow Knight slave holder ( - )

		John Knight (1770/NC - )
			Joseph Knight ( - )

		Willis Knight slave holder (1775/ NC - 1846)
		wi.1 Sarah Foxhall ( - )
			William F. Knight slave holder ( - 1846/NC)
			Jordan Knight slave holder ( - )
			John Knight ( - )
			Harriet Knight Little slave holder ( - )
			Nancy Knight Mayo slave holder (1805/NC - ????/TX)
		wi.2 Mary "Polly" Kitchens slave holder ( - ) mar. 1817/AL

		Lucy Knight slave holder (1782/NC - 1867/NC)
		hus.1 Issac Batts ( - )
		hus.2 David Barlow ( - )
			Peter Knight Barlow (1810 - )
			David Barlow Jr. slave holder (1812 - 1868)
			Arthur Knight Barlow slave holder son of David and previous wife Mary (1809/NC - ????/MS)

		Charles Knight slave holder (1784/NC - )

		Mary Knight slave holder (1786/NC - )
		hus. Joshua Lawrence ( - )
			John Lawrence ( - )

		Elizabeth Knight see Walker Knight (1790/NC - )

		Peter Epps Knight slave holder (1796/NC - )
			Sarah L. Mabry ( - )
			Benjamin W. Knight ( - )
			John W. Knight ( - )

REFERENCES

Barlows in North Carolina: Arthur Knight Barlow - descendants. by Maggie Trotter Edwards, margaret14@juno.com. URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barlow/barlowknight1.html
Edgecombe County Will Abstracts 1793 - 1823
Edgecombe County Will Abstracts 1824 - 1857
Edwards, Margaret. Personal e-mail communication concerning descendants of John Knight. Oct. 12, 2001. margaret14@prodigy.net
RootsWeb's World Connect Project. URL: http://www.rootsweb.com

Slave Holders: Family of Francis Knight
Associated Surnames: Dupree
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Francis Knight slave holder ( - 1808/NC)
	Jesse C. Knight slave holder ( - 1859/NC)
		Benjamin Franklin Knight slave holder ( - 1854/NC)

		William H. Knight slave holder ( - )
		wi. Amelia A.E. Dupree Knight slave holder ( - )

	Henry Knight ( - )

Lewis Knight ( - )
	Daniel Knight ( - )

Charles Knight ( - )

John Knight ( - )

REFERENCES

Edgecombe County Will Abstracts 1793 - 1823
Edgecombe County Will Abstracts 1824 - 1857

Slave Holders: John & Isabell Knight Descendants
Associated Surnames: Boykin, Coffield, Foreman, Hackney, Pace
Click the "slave holder" link to view information on slaves held by each person.

John Knight slave holder (1705/VA - 1770/NC)
wi. Isabell ( - )
	Robert Knight slave holder (????/NC - 1761/NC)
	Terece Spears ( - )
		Speir Knight ( - )
		Penelope Knight ( - )
		Frances Knight ( - )
		Robert Knight Jr. (1762/NC - )

	James Knight slave holder ( - 1786/NC)
	wi. Priscilla Carter ( - )
		James Knight ( - )
		William Knight ( - )
		Moor Knight ( - )
		Jacob Knight ( - )
		Elizabeth Knight Coffield ( - )
		Dilley Knight Morris slave holder ( - )
		Sarah Knight slave holder ( - )

	Judith "Judah" Knight ( - )
	hus.1 William Parker ( - )
		Benjamin Foreman ( - 1811/NC)

	hus.2 William Foreman ( - 1766/NC)


	Sarah Knight Boykin ( - )

	Rachel Knight ( - )
	hus. William Hackney ( - )

	Mary Knight ( - )
	hus. William Foreman (1707/VA - )

	Moses Knight slave holder (1736/NC - 1781/NC)
	wi. Charity Carter (1740/NC - 1818/NC)
		Kindred Carter Knight slave holder ( - )

		Allen Knight slave holder (1770/NC - 1839/AL)
		wi. Mary Elizabeth Foreman (1778/NC - )

		John Carter Knight slave holder ( - )
		Sarah Knight Pace slave holder ( - )
		Mary Knight slave holder ( - )

		Phereby Knight slave holder ( - 1820's/GA)
		hus. ---- Ward ( - )

REFERENCES

Edgecombe County Will Abstracts 1732 - 1792
RootsWeb's World Connect Project. URL: http://www.rootsweb.com