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David K. Knight
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About David K. Knight |
![](photos/blank.jpg) David K. Knight 1775 - 1855
| David K. Knight was born about 1775 somewhere in North Carolina and died about 1855 in Houston County, Georgia. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 80 years old.
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Age | Date | Event |
7 |
1782 |
The British evacuate Savannah on in July. |
9 |
1784 |
Franklin and Washington Counties are formed. |
10 |
1785 |
Burbon County formed. |
11 |
1786 |
Greene County was created the same year Oglethorpe dies. |
13 |
1788 |
Bourbon County Act rescinded. |
14 |
1789 |
December 21 - Governor Telfair signs first Yazoo Act selling 20,000,000 acres of and for $207,000 or about one cent per acre to. The Yazoo Companies attempted to pay in worthless paper money and Georgia refuses to transfer the land. The Virginia Yazoo, headed by Patrick Henry, even had the unmitigated gall to attempt to pay in worthless Georgia paper money. The South Carolina Yazoo Company sues Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court to compel delivery but the suit fails when Georgia is able to obtain ratification of the eleventh amendment to the U.S. Constitution on February 7, 1795. |
15 |
1790 |
Alexander McGillivray, a mixed-blood of the Upper Creek Nation cedes the Altamaha lands to the Oconee. This treaty -- Treaty of New York -- is signed by President George Washington. |
15 |
1790 |
Columbia and Elbert Counties are created. |
18 |
1793 |
Hancock, Bryan, McIntosh, Montgomery, Oglethorpe and Warren Counties formed. This same year, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed. |
19 |
1794 |
General Clarke surrenders ending the Oconee War. |
20 |
1795 |
Governor Mathews signs the Second Yazoo Act selling somewhere between 35,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres of land for $500,000. |
26 |
1801 |
Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed. |
27 |
1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become a border between,GA, FL and AL. GA's western border reaches to the Mississippi River. |
28 |
1803 |
Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811. |
32 |
1807 |
December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed. |
33 |
1808 |
Pulaski County created. |
34 |
1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
36 |
1811 |
Madison County created. |
36 |
1811 |
Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks". |
37 |
1812 |
The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks". |
37 |
1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
38 |
1813 |
During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave GA and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). |
42 |
1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
44 |
1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
45 |
1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
46 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
47 |
1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
48 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
49 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
50 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
51 |
1826 |
January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826. |
52 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
55 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
56 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
57 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
58 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
61 |
1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
62 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
63 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
72 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
75 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
76 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
77 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
78 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
79 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
Age | Date | Event |
2 |
1777 |
The concept of chemical compounds is conceived by Lavoisier |
8 |
1783 |
The hot air balloon is invented by Michel and Montgolfier and the first people in modern history fly at an altitude of 1800 m. |
10 |
1785 |
The power loom was invented by Cartwright to produce cloth. |
18 |
1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
24 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
25 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
32 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
39 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
55 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
64 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
69 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
78 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
Age | Date | Event |
1 |
1776 |
NEWS HEADLINES: July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
25 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
36 |
1811 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians. |
37 |
1812 |
NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured. |
53 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
59 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
Age | Date | Event |
14 |
1789 |
The capitol of North Carolina moves from New Bern to Raleigh and North Carolina becomes the 12th state of the United States of America. |
55 |
1830 |
The U.S. Government begins forcing Cherokee Indians from their homes in what becomes known as the Trail of Tears. Many Cherokee hide in the mountains of North Carolina and surrounding states. |
Age | Date | Event |
1 |
1776 |
July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
3 |
1778 |
Alliance between United States and France |
12 |
1787 |
Constitution of the United States is signed |
18 |
1793 |
Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role. |
19 |
1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
23 |
1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
28 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
29 |
1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
30 |
1805 |
Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a “horse path” through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier. |
31 |
1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
36 |
1811 |
By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians. |
45 |
1820 |
The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands. |
55 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
60 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
62 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
65 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
67 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
80 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
Age | Date | Event |
4 |
1779 |
Spain declares war on England |
5 |
1780 |
Josef II abolishes serfdom in Hungary; England declares war on Holland |
8 |
1783 |
Peace established at Versailles between France, England, Spain and United States; Britain cedes all lands west to the Mississippi River |
12 |
1787 |
Catherine the Great leads Russia into war with Turkey |
13 |
1788 |
Russia begins war with Sweden |
14 |
1789 |
French feudal system is abolished with the Declaration of Rights of Man. Outbreak of hostilities in France with the fall of the Bastille on July 14; Revolution in Austrian Netherlands declares independence as Belgium |
17 |
1792 |
French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year |
18 |
1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
20 |
1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
21 |
1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
22 |
1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
58 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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Chancy Knight Born somewhere in South Carolina about 1806 and died in Randolph, Georgia about 1885. She was about 79 years old.
She states in the 1880 census her mother was born in GA and father in NC. Children: Oliver B. Knight (abt.1827) James R. Knight (1838) George W. Knight (1845)...
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