Sacramento County Biographies

G. A. KNOTT

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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GEORGIANA TOWNSHIP. 
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	Lives on Andrus Island, four miles up the river from Isleton, and 
five miles from Walnut Grove; was born in Maryland in 1829; removed to Missouri 
in 1838, and lived there until 1852, engaged in farming; he came to California 
in that year across the Plains, and followed farming; he settled on Andrus 
Island in 1855; owns two hundred and fifty acres of land, worth, with 
improvements, about $16,000. Mr. Knott has held the offices of Justice of the 
Peace and Notary Public. He was married in 1859 to Miss J. Craib, a native of 
Scotland, who has borne him six children, five of whom are living four sons and 
a daughter. A view of his place is given elsewhere. 
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.