Overview

Location

Edgecombe Co., NC

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Knight

Historical notes

The Walker Knight plantation is described in his will as including the John Evans tract, the Lemuel Edmerson tract, and the Asa Jones tract.

Associated Slave Workplaces

Downing Plantation (Edgecombe Co., NC), William Savage Plantation (Edgecombe Co, NC)

Associated Free Persons

• Walker Knight (b.1762-d.1833) - owner of Walker Knight Plantation, Downing Plantation, and William Savage Plantation
• Elizabeth Knight (b.1790-d.1830) - wife of Walker Knight; daughter of Peter Knight (Peter Knight Plantation)
• James Knight (b.?-d.?) - son of Walker and Elizabeth Knight; inherited Downing Plantation (1830)
• Cecilia Knight (b.?-d.?) - daughter of Walker and Elizabeth Knight; wife of Bythel Staton (Bythel Staton Plantation)
• John Knight (b.?-d.?) - son of Walker and Elizabeth Knight; inherited William Savage Plantation (1830)
• Lucy L. Knight (b.?-d.?) - daughter of Walker and Elizabeth Knight; wife of Edward G. Hammond (Edward Hammond Plantation) (m.1828)
• Martha Knight (b.1795-d.1871) - daughter of Walker and Elizabeth Knight; wife of John W. Bryan (John Bryan Plantation) (m.1813)

• Charles E. Knight (b.?-d.1837) - son of Walker and Elizabeth Knight; inherited the Walker Knight Plantation (1830)
• Louisianna Knight (b.?-d.?) - wife of Charles E. Knight
• George W. Knight (b.?-d.?) - son of Charles E. Knight
• John J. Knight (b.?-d.?) - son of Charles E. Knight

Associated Enslaved Persons

1809 Slaves Named in the Will of Peter Knight

From Edgecombe Co. Will Abstracts 1793 -1823. Peter Knight bequeathed the following to his daughter Elizabeth Knight (wife of Walker Knight)

• Silla - "negro Silla and her increase from the year 1790"

1830 Slaves Named in the Will of Walker Knight

From Edgecombe Co. Will Abstracts 1824-1857

To wife Elizabeth Knight and son Charles C. Knight

• Copper
• Dick
• Fademy
• Granville
• Harry
• Harriet
• Jack
• Judy
• Margaret
• Minney
• Silla

Note: "at the death of my wife Elizabeth this property shall be divided among all my children."

To son Charles C. Knight

• Jeffrey - "after my wife's death, the land where I now live and Negro Jeffrey"

To son James Knight

• Ned

To daughter Martha Bryan

• Bolin
• Cate

To daughter Cecilia Staton

• Dave
• Robbin

To son John Knight

• Hampshire

To daughter Lucy L. Hammond

• Rachell
• Tom

1837 Slaves Named in the Will of Charles C. Knight

Edgecombe Co. Will Abstracts 1824-1857

To wife Louisianna Knight

• Bob
• Jeffrey
• Guliford
• James
• Livia

Note: Noted on this will is "found by the jury to be no will, August, 1839."

Research Leads and Plantation Records

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Miscellaneous Information

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References

• Edgecombe County Will Abstracts 1793-1893
• Edgecombe County Will Abstracts 1824-1857
• Rootsweb World Connect Project - Pierson-Hanke Family Ties

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