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You know all those notes and pieces of paper that you jotted down because the "name rang a bell" with you and you don't want to throw them away because you know the minute you do, he or she will be the missing link for you or someone else? Send me your snippets, I have just the place for them.

North Carolina USGenWeb Archives - MUSTER ROLLS, WAR OF 1812
SEVENTH REGIMENT
FIRST COMPANY DETACHED FROM THE FIRST ROWAN REGIMENT
HUGH McKNIGHT LIEUTENANT
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1880 Census Antis Township, County of Blair, State of PA.
McKnight, William W M 33 married Farmer
" MargaretW F 18 wife Keeping house
" May W F 8/12 Aug Daughter
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1880 Census Antis Township, County of Blair, State of PA
McKnight, Reuben W M 26 son single Farmer
Mary W F 64 mother widowed Keeping house
Mary W F 24 sister single
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Moore County, North Carolina Landowners in the Year 1815
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The first numerals following the owner's name, indicates the
acreage owned; the second, its value as set by the owner.

McKnight, Hugh 400 $ 400

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Subject: Re: 1899 Montana Pioneer Index Lookup, pg 51
MRS. M. McKNIGHT, nee MARY PEABODY, Native, born at Bannack (Idaho), Montana, November 26th, 1863. Residence, Lima.


March 1990 York Co. Genealogical Society.
S.C.: by J. H. Freeman
CHRISTOPHER AND MARGARET MCKNIGHT FREEMAN
Christopher "Chris" Freeman was born in 1748, died in York
Co. in October, 1803. He served in the SC Militia in the War, and
participated in the battle of Biggin Church under Capt. Bratton, and the
siege of Ninety-Six under Major J. N. Wallace (Roster of South Carolina
Patriots in the American Revolution by Bobby Gilmer Moss.) Margaret McKnight,
as an eleven-year old, sailed from Northern Ireland in the Brigantine Free
Mason arriving in Charleston in 1772. Her parents were John McKnight and
Margaret McClellan McKnight. They settled in York County. South Carolina was
at the time encouraging Protestant immigration and the father (John McKnight)
was given 350 acres and each of the three children (Margaret being one) 100
acres each. John McKnight died in York County in 1789, and his wife's will
was probated June 26, 1801 in York County. Christopher and Margaret were the
parents of the following children, all born in York County. 1. Margaret (no
date available) 2. Sarah (born 1783), married to Silas Stealing 3. Eleanor
(born June 1794), married to Robert M. Hoggue, moved to Texas 4. William
(born 1796), moved to Blount Co., Alabama 5. Robert C. (born 1798), an M. D.
and married to Elizabeth Yielding. He moved to Blount Co., Alabama. Chris
Freeman died in October 1803, age 55. Margaret died in 1813, age 52. They are
buried at Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery, York Co. (Mr. Freeman, a
direct descendant, sent the above in response to our request for information
on first families of York Co. and for more information on Revolutionary War
veterans. He understands that Chris Freeman had a brother who also served in
the Revolutionary War and would like to hear from anyone who knows the name
of the brother or of their parents. Write: J. H. Freeman, Baker & Botts, One
Shell Plaza, 910 Louisiana, Houston, Texas, 77002-4995.)

 

 The names of the grantees prior to the Revolution, who probably were of Irish birth or descent, with a concise description of each entry, here follow, in the same order as they appear in the Calendar of New York Colonial Manuscripts:

April 9, 1719.--Petition of Patrick McNight praying for a certain tract of land in Albany County.

Pennsylvania's Soldiers' - Orphan Schools

MOUNT JOY SCHOOL,opened on the 20th of December, 1864,origin at Strasburg, Lancaster county, moved to new location 1865.on the Pennsylvania Railroad, twelve miles west of Lancaster and twenty-five east of Harrisburg.

PUPILS' NAMES. DATE OF BIRTH. DATE OF ADMISSION

McKnight, James June 2, 1853 May 2, 1866 June 2, 1869 Philadelphia.

McKnight, George Jan. 24, 1856 May 2, 1866 Aug. 31, 1869 Philadelphia.

McKnight, Joseph, Jr. Sept. 27, 1854 Sept. 3, 1865 Sept. 27, 1870 Bristol. Boatman.

McKnight, Howard Aug. --, 1858 Sept. 13, 1866 S. O. Inst. Aug. 31, 1869 Philadelphia.

Bibliographic Information: Pennsylvania's Soldiers' Orphan Schools. Selheimer & Moore, Printers 1876

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