Minor Knight

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ID: I663
Last: Knight
First: Minor
Middle:
Birth: ABT 1867 at Jefferson, Chesterfield Co., South Carolina 1
Death: AFT Dec 1924
Burial:
Sex: M
Sources: 2 3 4 5
 
Mother: Jane Threatt b: ABT 1837 d: 27 Dec 1924
Father: Manning R. Knight b: 17 Jan 1836 d: 1 Jul 1912
 
Sources:
1 Title: 1880 U.S. Census, Chesterfield Co., South Carolina
Publication: Roll T9-1225
Page: p. 270-c
Note: Birth year estimated from Monroe Knight age 14 in 1880 census. Name of this individual was spelled Minor in censuses of 1870 and 1920.
 
2 Title: 1870 U.S. Census, Chesterfield District, South Carolina
Publication: Roll M593_1491
Date: 14 Jul 1870
Page: p. 312-b (p. 5)
Note:
Minor Knight age 3 in HN/FN 40 in Jefferson Twp.
Neighbors: HN 41 Aggie Holly, 65; HN 42 Adam Eubanks, 55; HN 35 Thomas Threatt 60; HN 36 Miles Threatt 39; HN 37 John W. Threatt 36; HN 38 Thomas Kirkley 32; HN 39 Bird Hubbard 39.
Text:
HN/FN 40
Name Age Sex Col Occup Born
Knight, Manin 32 M w Farmer SC
Knight, Jane 35 F w
Knight, Minor 3 M w
Knight, Robert 2 M w
Knight, H. I. 1 F w
*[Manin cannot read, cannot write]
[Transcriber: CMB]
 
3 Title: 1880 U.S. Census, Chesterfield Co., South Carolina
Publication: Roll T9-1225
Page: p. 270-c
Note:
Monroe Knight age 14, laborer, son in HN 157/FN 159 of Manning and Jane Knight in Cheraw Twp.
Neighbors: HN 156 William Crosby, white, 80; HN 158 Daniel McQueen, black, 45.
Facilitated by Gloria Stogner Cook, 18 May 2002.
Text:
HN157/FN 159
Name Reln Sex Mar Race Age Born
Manning KNIGHT Self M M W 44 SC
Occ: Farmer Fa: SC Mo: SC
Jane KNIGHT Wife F M W 43 NC
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NC Mo: NC
Monroe KNIGHT Son M S W 14 SC
Occ: Laborer Fa: SC Mo: NC
Robert KNIGHT Son M S W 12 SC
Fa: SC Mo: NC
Euronia KNIGHT Dau F S W 10 SC
Fa: SC Mo: NC
Henry KNIGHT Son M S W 8 SC
Fa: SC Mo: NC
Doda KNIGHT Son M S W 6 SC
Fa: SC Mo: NC
Queen KNIGHT Dau F S W 4 SC
Fa: SC Mo: NC
Canvass KNIGHT Dau F S W 1 SC
Fa: SC Mo: NC
 
4 Title: 1920 U.S. Census, Chesterfield Co., South Carolina
Publication: Roll T625_1690
Date: 12 Jan 1920
Page: p. 39-b (5-b)
Note:
Minor Knight, age 52, single, farmer, head of household #14 with his widowed mother and brother, in E.D.35, Cheraw Twp.
Minor Knight is a grandson of Thomas Threatt (1809-1892). He was listed as Monroe Knight in 1880 US Census; listed as Minor Knight, eldest son in Estate papers of his mother, Jane Knight in Dec 1924.
Text:
HN 14
Name Reln Sex Col Age Mar Occup
Knight, Minor Head M w 52 Sgl Farmer
Knight, Jane Mother F w 82 Wd
Knight, Rob't Brother M w 51 Sgl
[Transcriber CMB]
 
5 Repository:
  --Name: Chesterfield County Courthouse
  --Address: 200 W. Main St.
Chesterfield, SC 29709
  --Phone: 803-623-2574
Title: Probate Record Books - Chesterfield Co., SC
Date: 30 Dec 1924
Page: Package 1671
Note:
Minor Knight is listed as a son and heir living in Cheraw, in the Petition for Letters of Administration of Estate of Jane Knight, by her son W.B. Knight in Dec 1924.
See full transcript in Notes for Jane Threatt.
Text:
Packet #1671, Probate, Chesterfield Co., South Carolina
[Form 160 - Probate Court - Petition for Letters of Administration]
In the Probate Court, Petition for Letters of Administration and Order for Citation to Issue

State of South Carolina,
County of [Chesterfield]
Ex. Parte: [W. B. Knight] Petitioner
In Re Estate of: [Jane Knight] Deceased
To: [W. J. Hougley? ] Probate Judge for said County: -

The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents:
1. That: [Jane Knight], who last dwelt in [Cheraw #1] in said County of [Chesterfield], State aforesaid, died intestate on the [27th] day of [December] in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [24], possessed of goods and estate remaining to be administered, leaving [blank] as [her] only heirs at law and next of kin, the persons whose names, residence, age and relationship to the deceased are as follows, viz:
Name Age Residence Relationship
[Minor Knight... of age.. Cheraw.. Son] ...
 


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