1. GEORGE1 MCKNIGHT was born 1738 in Somerset Co, MD. He married CATHERINE
LEE.Child of GEORGE MCKNIGHT and CATHERINE LEE is:2. i. ROGER LEE2 MCKNIGHT, b. November 08, 1767, Rowan, NC.
Generation No. 2
2. ROGER LEE2 MCKNIGHT (GEORGE1) was born November 08, 1767 in Rowan, NC. He
married LYDIA ELROD August 26, 1790 in Rowan, NC. She was born November 08,
1767 in Rowan, NC.Burial: Lawrence Co, IN
Children of ROGER MCKNIGHT and LYDIA ELROD are:
i. JOHN3 MCKNIGHT, b. May 29, 1791, Rowan, NC.
ii. THOMAS MCKNIGHT, b. October 29, 1793, Rowan, NC.
iii. CHRISTOPHER MCKNIGHT, b. February 23, 1798, Rowan, NC.
3. iv. WILLIAM ASHBURY MCKNIGHT, b. 1800, Rowan, NC; d. March 21, 1862,
Bible Grove Township, Clay Co, IN.
v. JOSEPH LEE MCKNIGHT, b. March 18, 1804, Rowan, NC.
vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON MCKNIGHT, b. Abt. 1796, Rowan, NC.
mother listed as Mary McGee. Birth date hard to decipher.
Generation No. 3
3. WILLIAM ASHBURY3 MCKNIGHT (ROGER LEE2, GEORGE1) was born 1800 in Rowan,
NC, and died March 21, 1862 in Bible Grove Township, Clay Co, IN. He married
REBECCA ERWIN in IN, daughter of WILLIAM ERWIN. She was born March 17, 1804
in Lawrence Co, IN, and died August 24, 1845 in Hoosier Twp, Clay Co, IN.
Burial: Hoosier Cem, Clay Co, IN
Children of WILLIAM MCKNIGHT and REBECCA ERWIN are:
i. ADALINE4 MCKNIGHT.
ii. LYDIA ANN MCKNIGHT, b. September 25, 1825, Lawrence Co, IN; d. June 24,
1921; m. (1) GEORGE INGRAHAM; m. (2) DANIEL DILLMAN; b. October 02, 1833,
Ky; d. April 17, 1896.
Burial: Hoosier Cem, Clay Co, IN
iii. CAMERON MCKNIGHT, b. October 07, 1828, Lawrence Co, IN; m. (1) REBECCA
FIELDS; m. (2) MARTHA.
iv. SUSAN JANE MCKNIGHT, b. November 12, 1830, Lawrence Co, IN; d. September
18, 1916, Sailor Springs, IN.
Burial: Hoosier Cem, Clay Co, IN
4. v. ASHBURY MCKNIGHT, b. May 22, 1833, Lawrence Co, IN; d. December 13,
1896, Carthage, MO.
vi. CAROLINE MCKNIGHT, b. 1835, Lawrence Co, IN; m. JAMES D PLONTER; b.
1837, Ohio.
vii. ASA MCKNIGHT, b. March 03, 1838; d. August 16, 1856.
Burial: Hoosier Cem, Clay Co, IN
viii. DAVID MCKNIGHT, b. September 12, 1840; d. September 30, 1865.
Burial: Hoosier Cem, Clay Co, IN
Generation No. 4
4. ASHBURY4 MCKNIGHT (WILLIAM ASHBURY3, ROGER LEE2, GEORGE1) was born May
22, 1833 in Lawrence Co, IN, and died December 13, 1896 in Carthage, MO. He
married (1) HARRIET PLONTER. She died December 21, 1874 in Bible Grove
Township, Clay Co, IN. He married (2) TERESA CONLEY 1875, daughter of HENRY
CONLEY. She died in Pittsburg, KS.
Children of ASHBURY MCKNIGHT and HARRIET PLONTER are:
i. AMANDA5 MCKNIGHT, b. February 22, 1857, Bible Grove Township, Clay Co,
IN; d. April 01, 1934, Texarcana, Ark; m. CHARLES E MOORE, Nashville, Ark.
Burial: Texas
ii. EMORY C. MCKNIGHT, b. December 31, 1865, Bible Grove Township, Clay Co,
IN; m. MARGARET SUSA, March 02, 1888, Texarcana-Ark.
iii. WILLARD HAWLEY MCKNIGHT, b. August 11, 1869, Bible Grove Township, Clay
Co, IN.
iv. EDDIE TRIMBLE MCKNIGHT, b. September 01, 1872, Bible Grove Township,
Clay Co, IN; m. MARY C ROBERTS.
Children of ASHBURY MCKNIGHT and TERESA CONLEY are:
v. CLARK CONLEY5 MCKNIGHT, b. October 24, 1884, Bible Grove Township, Clay
Co, IN; d. Carthage, MO; m. MAGGIE.
vi. CLARA F MCKNIGHT, b. July 23, 1877, Bible Grove Township, Clay Co, IN
vii. DAVID MCKNIGHT, b. July 26, 1879, Bible Grove Township, Clay Co, IN.