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Willis Knight Plantation

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Overview
Location
Date Constructed/ Founded
Associated Surnames
Historical notes
Associated Slave Workplaces
Associated Free Persons
Associated Enslaved Persons
Research Leads and Plantation Records
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Overview

Location

Edgecombe Co., NC

Date Constructed/ Founded

unknown

Associated Surnames

Knight

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons

Willis Knight (b.1775-d.1846) - owner
Sarah Foxhall - wife of Willis Knight
William F. Knight - son of Willis and Sarah F. Knight
Jordan Knight - son of Willis and Sarah F. Knight
John Knight - son of Willis and Sarah F. Knight
Harriet Knight Little - daughter of Willis and Sarah F. Knight
Nancy Knight Mayo (b.1805-d.?) - daughter of Willis and Sarah F. Knight; wife of Kinchen Mayo; eventually settled in Lavaca Co., TX

Associated Enslaved Persons

1824 Deed: John Manning of Pitt Co. to Willis Knight of Edgecombe Co.

Edgecombe Co. Db 18, page159, 11 Mar 1824

Ann: about 23 years old

Mary: between 3 and 4 years of age
Note: both given to Willis Knight for $425

1840 Edgecombe Co. NC Census

Willis Knight, slaves:

Males under 10: 2

Males 10-24: 2

Males 24-36: 1

Males 36-55: 2

Males 55-100: 2

Females under 10: 3

Females 10-24: 1

Females 24-36: 2

Females 36-55: 2

Females 55-100: 1

Total: 18

1845 Will of Willis Knight

Edgecombe Co. Original Wills, 1750-1945, CR.027.801.18

Given to wife Polly Knight

Anna: negro woman

George: negro boy

Given to son William Knight

Drew: boy; 8 or 10 years old

Given to daugher Nancy Mayo ("now living in Mississippi")

Aaron: child of Cherry

Betty: child of Camy/ Carry; one of "negroes she has already received"

Carry: negro woman; one of "negroes she has already received"

Celia: child of Cherry loaned to Nancy Mayo (in MS)

Cherry: negro woman; loaned to Nancy Mayo (in MS)

James: child of Cherry; loaned to Nancy Mayo (in MS)

Given to daughter Harriet Little

Joshua: negro man "which she has had in possession"

Mary: girl

Sandy: negro boy

1846 Willis Knight estate: Inventory and Accounts of Sales

Edgecombe Co. Records of Estate N.C. 1st vol., p. 441-445 + 670-671

Executors: William F. Knight, John Knight

Alfred: 1 boy Alfred; sold to Jordan Knight, $1100.00
Anny: 1 named Anny; Wm. F. Knight, $130.00
Barbry: 1 named Barbry; sold Jordan Knight, $260.00
Barry: 1 negro man named Barry; sold to John Knight, $391.00
Barry: 1 negro man Barry hired for balance of the year; to V.J. Lawrence, $57.00
George: 1 negro named George; sold to M. Nelson, $646.00
Isaac: 1 negro named Isaac; sold to John Williams, $537.00
Lewis: 1 named Lewis; sold to John Knight, $601.00
Suda: Suda + 3 children; sold to William F. Knight, $803.00
Simon: 1 negro named Simon; sold to Jordan Knight, $1550.00
T*ss*: 1 negro girl; sold to F.D. Little, $370.00

The Family of Cherry Mayo:

Charlote "Cherry" Mayo (enslaved by Kinchen and Nancy Knight Mayo) was born in 1807, NC. Cherry and her three children Aron, James, and Celia, were sent to Willis Knight's daughter Nancy Knight Mayo, who was living in Tallahatchie Co., MS at the time. The Kinchen Mayo family migrated to Lavaca Co. TX ca. 1850, where Cherry, Aaron, and James appear in census records in 1870-1900.

Cherry's son Aaron Mayo married Sarah Saunders December 27, 1867. They are listed as freed persons in Lavaca Co. Marraige book B. Charlote "Cherry" Mayo resided in the Lavaca Co., TX household of her son Aaron in 1880 and 1900. Although subjected to the horrors of slavery for 57 years, up-rooted and sent across the country, Charlote "Cherry" Mayo endured, living to be at least 93 years old.