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Downing Plantation

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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


 

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