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Elnathan Knight
1801 - 1860

Elnathan Knight was born about 1801 somewhere in South Carolina and died about 1860 somewhere in Georgia. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 59 years old.

His father was Thomas (1790-1840). Elnathan married Chancy Knight on (4/6/1827) in Walton, GA.

	Marriage	4/6/1827	GA (Walton County)	26 yrs old
	Name of Groom:Elnathan Knight, name of Bride: Chancey Knight, Marriage Date: April 6, 1827, Marriage County: Walton, Marriage State: Georgia

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Age	Date	Event
1	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.
2	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.
6	1807	December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed.
7	1808	Pulaski County created.
8	1809	Twiggs County formed.
10	1811	Madison County created.
10	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".
11	1812	Emanual County formed.
11	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".
12	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).
16	1817	First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area.
18	1819	Rabun County formed.
19	1820	December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed.
20	1821	May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed.
21	1822	December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed.
22	1823	December 8 - Decatur County formed.
23	1824	December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed.
24	1825	Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed.
25	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.
26	1827	December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot.
29	1830	Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed.
30	1831	Sumter County is formed.
31	1832	December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed.
32	1833	Walker County is formed.
35	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.
36	1837	Mcon and Dade Counties are formed.
37	1838	Chattooga County formed
46	1847	Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville
49	1850	Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed.
50	1851	Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed.
51	1852	Taylor County formed.
52	1853	Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated.
53	1854	Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed.
55	1856	Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed.
56	1857	Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed.
57	1858	Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed.

Age	Date	Event
6	1807	The first steamboat was invented by Fulton
13	1814	The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson
29	1830	The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England
38	1839	Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
43	1844	The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
52	1853	The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
55	1856	The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
58	1859	Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.

Age	Date	Event
10	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.
11	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.
27	1828	Gold is discovered in Georgia.
33	1834	July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah

Age	Date	Event
29	1830	South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union, setting the stage for the creation of the Confederacy.
59	1860	About 63,000 men from South Carolina served in the Confederate armed forces.

Age	Date	Event
2	1803	Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans.
3	1804	The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL.
4	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.
5	1806	Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread.
10	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.
19	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.
29	1830	Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
34	1835	Second Seminole Indian War begins.
36	1837	The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
39	1840	Oregon Trail is established
41	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
54	1855	Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
59	1860	Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.

Age	Date	Event
32	1833	Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico

Marriages

Chancy Knight
Born about 1806 and died about 1885.
They were married 4/6/1827.

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The Children of Elnathan Knight

James R. Knight
Born in Houston County, Georgia on June 27, 1838 and died in Randolph County, Georgia on October 7, 1911. He was 73 years old.

He married Mary Ann Elizabeth Knight (5/15/1841-7/14/1916)on May 10th 1863. She was the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Knight
Their children:

Minnie B. (1872)
Edith Fr...

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