Genealogy for
Chancy Knight
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Chancy Knight
1806 - 1885
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Chancy Knight was born about 1806 somewhere in South Carolina and died about 1885 in Randolph, Georgia. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be 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) | 
 | Marriage | 4/6/1827 | GA (Walton County) | 21 yrs old | | Name of Groom:Elnathan Knight, name of Bride: Chancey Knight, Marriage Date: April 6, 1827, Marriage County: Walton, Marriage State: Georgia |
| Census | 1/1/1840 | GA (Houston County) | 34 yrs old |  page 35 - line 17: Salathiel Knight - one male (under 5),one male(10-15),one male(30-40), one female(under 5),
one female(5-10), one female(20-30)
Line 19: James Knight - one male (under 5), one male (5-10), one male (50-60), one female(under 5), two females (10-15), one female (30-40)
Line 29: Thomas Knight - one male (20-30) one female (15-20) |
| Census | 1/1/1850 | District 4 GA (Randolph County) | 44 yrs old | | # 124 -Jas Knight (age 41),
Mary Knight (41),
Jno T. Knight (20),
Sarah Knight (18),
Thos Knight (17),
Mary Knight (14),
Jas R. Knight (13). All born in GA |
| Census | 1/1/1850 | Lumpkin GA (Stewart County) | 44 yrs old | | #731 -
Salthiel Night (age 47),
Carissa Night (38),
Mary Night (10),
Jas Night (8). All born in GA,except Salathiel in SC
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| Census | 1/1/1850 | GA (Jasper County) | 44 yrs old | | 625 -William Knight ( 50 GA),
Cinthia Knight (50 NC),
James Knight (17 GA) |
| Census | 1/1/1860 | GA (Randolph County) | 54 yrs old | 502 - Chana Knight (age 58 - SC),
Mary Knight (22),
James Knight (21),
George W Knight (15),
James E Knight (3)
O R. Knight (38), Nancy (21) and John F. (5) |
| Census | 1/1/1870 | Subdivision 146 GA (Randolph County) | 64 yrs old | 785 -Chancy Knight (age 61) She keeps house, She was born in SC. She can read, but can not write.
(she lives next door to sons, James and Oliver)
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| Census | 8/1/1870 | Subdivision 146 GA (Randolph County) | 64 yrs old | Listed as family #784: James Knight (age 30), Mary Ann Knight (age 25), Martha Rigsby (age 24) and Alice Rigsby (age 3), Mark Rolen Rigsby(1 mon-born in June). James is a chair maker and his wife, Mary Ann, is keeping house. Martha is a domestic servant. James estimates the value of his real estate to be $300 and personal property $200. All were born in GA. James cannot write and Mary Ann and Martha cannot read or write.
Other members of the Knight family live near James and his family. They are reported on the census as:
#785 - Chancy Knight (age 61 SC)
#786 - Oliver B. Knight (age 41 GA), Nancy (32 GA), John T. (14 GA),Elizabeth (16 GA), John F. Gilder (16 GA)farm worker. Oliver is a chair maker.
#778 - Salathiel Knight (age 67 SC)
Jane Knight (29 NC), Marion (19 GA), Lucius (12 GA), Martha (21 GA) , Isadora R. (9mos GA). |
| Census | 1/1/1880 | District 998 FL (Randolph County) | 74 yrs old | 73 - Chancy Knight (age 71) She is a widow, she keeps house, She was born in SC, her mother was born in GA and father in NC.
(she lives next door to her son,James) |
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Chancy, her family, and friends. For example, Chancy is 5 years old when 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.
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1807 |
December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed. |
| 2 |
1808 |
Pulaski County created. |
| 3 |
1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
| 5 |
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". |
| 5 |
1811 |
Madison County created. |
| 6 |
1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
| 6 |
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". |
| 7 |
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). |
| 11 |
1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
| 13 |
1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
| 14 |
1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
| 15 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
| 16 |
1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
| 17 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
| 18 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
| 19 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
| 20 |
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. |
| 21 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
| 24 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
| 25 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
| 26 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
| 27 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
| 30 |
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. |
| 31 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
| 32 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
| 41 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 44 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 45 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 46 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 47 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 48 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 50 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 51 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 52 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
| 64 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 69 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
| 8 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
| 24 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
| 33 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 38 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 47 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 50 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 53 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 59 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 63 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 71 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 73 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 5 |
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. |
| 6 |
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. |
| 22 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
| 28 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
| 55 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 56 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 76 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 79 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 24 |
1830 |
South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union, setting the stage for the creation of the Confederacy. |
| 54 |
1860 |
About 63,000 men from South Carolina served in the Confederate armed forces. |
| 62 |
1868 |
South Carolina was readmitted to the Union. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 5 |
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. |
| 14 |
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. |
| 24 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
| 29 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 31 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 34 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
| 36 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 49 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 54 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 56 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 57 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 59 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 62 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 69 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 70 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 27 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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Marriages
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| Elnathan Knight
Born about 1801 and died about 1860.
They were married 4/6/1827.
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The Children of Chancy Knight
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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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