Overview

Location

Edgecombe Co., NC

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Downing, Knight

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

Walker Knight Plantation (Edgecombe Co., NC)

Associated Free Persons

• James Downing (b.1739-d.1808) - owner
• Mrs. James Downing (b.1741-d.bef.1808) - wife of James Downing
• Lydia Downing (b.1762-d.1826) - daughter of James and Mrs. Downing
• Christiane Downing (b.1765-d.?) - daughter of James and Mrs. Downing
• Elizabeth Downing (b.1767-d.?) - daughter of James and Mrs. Downing
• Courtney Downing (b.bef.1770-d.?) - daughter of James and Mrs. Downing
• James Downing (b.bef.1771-d.?) - son of James and Mrs. Downing
• Joseph Downing (b.bef.1771-d.?) - son of James and Mrs. Downing
• George Downing (b.1774/1784-d.?) - son of James and Mrs. Downing
• Mary Downing (b.bef.1790-d.?) - daughter of James and Mrs. Downing

• Walker Knight (b.1762-d.1833) - owner of Downing Plantation and Walker Knight Plantation; purchased Downing Plantation from James and George Downing (bef.1808?)
• James Knight (?-?) - son of Walker Knight; inherited Downing Plantation from Walker Knight (1830)

Associated Enslaved Persons

1830 Slaves Named in the Will of Walker Knight

Bequeathed to James Knight. From Edgecombe Co. Will Abstracts 1824-1857

• Ned

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

• Edgecombe County Will Abstracts 1824-1857
• Rootsweb World Connect Project - Pierson-Hanke Family Ties, Never Finished

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