Overview

Location

Edgecombe Co., NC

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Knight

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

Peter Knight Plantation (Edgecombe Co., NC)

Associated Free Persons

• Charles W. Knight (b.1784-d.1830) - plantation owner; son of Peter Knight (Peter Knight Plantation)
• Sara Adams Knight (b.1805-d.?) - wife of Charles Knight

Associated Enslaved Persons

1809 Slaves Named in the Will of Peter Knight

Bequeathed to Charles Knight. From Edgecombe Co. Will Abstracts 1793-1823

• Ben

1820 Slaves of Charles W. Knight

From the 1820 US Federal Census, Edgecombe Co., NC

• 3 males under age 14
• 1 males age 14-26
• 1 males age 26-45
• 1 males over age 45
• 2 females age 14-26
• 1 females age 26-45

Total = 9

1830 Slaves of Charles W. Knight

From the 1830 US Federal Census, Edgecombe Co., NC

• 4 males under age 10
• 3 males age 10-24
• 1 males age 24-36
• 1 males age 36-55
• 7 females under age 10
• 1 females age 10-24
• 2 females age 24-36
• 2 females age 36-55

Total = 21

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

• Edgecombe County Will Abstracts 1793-1823
• Rootsweb World Connect Project - Pierson/Hanke Family Ties
• 1820 US Federal Census, Edgecombe Co., NC
• 1830 US Federal Census, Edgecombe Co., NC

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