Overview

Location

Edgecombe Co., NC

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Knight

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons

• Jesse C. Knight (b.1794-d.1860) - plantation owner
• Edith Wilkinson Knight (b.1792-d.?) - wife of Jesse C. Knight
• William H. Knight (b.1833-d.?) - son of Jesse C. and Edith W. Knight
• Frances Knight - daughter of Jesse C. and Edith W. Knight
• Benjamin Franklin Knight (b.1825-d.1854) - son of Jesse C. and Edith W. Knight

• Henry W. Garret
• Sarah (Sally?) Knight Garret - wife of Henry W. Garret; daughter of Jesse C. Knight

• Bennet B. Lawrence (b.1815-d.?) - in Nash Co., NC
• Martha Knight (b.1817-d.?) - wife of Bennet B. Lawrence; daughter of Jesse C. and Edith W. Knight
• Joseph J. Lawrence - grandson of Jesse C. Knight
• Lucy Lawrence (b.1843-d.?) - granddaughter of Jesse C. Knight

• Allen B. Nobles (b.1833-d.aft.1860) - in Edgecombe Co., NC
• Susan E. Garret Nobles (b.1834-d.?) - wife of Allen B. Nobles (m.1855); daughter of Sarah Knight Garret; granddaughter of Jesse C. Knight

Associated Enslaved Persons

1820 Slaves of Jesse C. Knight

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

• 4 males under age 14
• 2 females under age 14
• 1 female age 14-26
• Total = 7

1830 Slaves of Jesse C. Knight

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

• 3 males under age 10
• 5 males age 10-24
• 2 males age 24-36
• 1 females under age 10
• 2 females age 10-24
• 1 females age 24-36
• Total = 14

1840 Slaves of Jesse C. Knight

From the 1840 US Federal Census, Edgecombe Co., NC

• 5 males under age 10
• 13 males age 10-24
• 3 males age 24-36
• 5 males age 36-55
• 2 females under age 10
• 3 females age 10-24
• 2 females age 24-36
• 1 females age 36-55
• Total = 34

1850 Slave Schedule, Jesse C. Knight

From the 1850 Federal Slave Schedule, Edgecombe Co., NC

• Jesse C. Knight: 41 slaves

1854 Slaves of B.F. Knight

From the Will of B.F. Knight, Feb. 4, 1854

• Slaves returned to Richmond, VA for sale: "It is my will that my negroes and the expiration of the time for which they are hired be taken to Richmond and sold by the Messrs. Dickinson thereby placing them as near as possible upon the footing as they were before I purchased them. I give to my father Jesse C. Knight the proceeds of the sale of said negroes together with the balance of my entire estate."

1858 Slaves Purchased by Jesse C. Knight

Held in trust for the use of Sarah Garret. Deed: Zachariah Sassnet; Henry W. (son-in-law) and Sarah (daughter) Garret. Edgecombe Co. Deed Book 27, page 634, date of deed 9 Mar 1858, date recorded 11 Mar 1858

• Amy - about 30 years
• Clarey - age about 6 months
• George Franklin - age about 3 years

1860 Slaves of Jesse C. Knight

From Will of Jesse C. Knight, Sept 1860, Edgecombe County Will Abstracts 1858-1910

to wife Edith Knight

Group 1:

• Dick
• Hannah
• "Little" Ned
• Peter

Group 2:

• Betsy
• Handy
• Harriet
• Rachael
• Ralph
• Rose
• Siah
• Winny
• "Yellow" Jerry

to son William H. Knight

• Ann
• Glasgow
• Harry
• "Big" Henry
• "Little" Jerry
• Matt
• Nat
• To be held in trust by William H. Knight for daughter Frances Knight: (unnamed) slaves bought at the sale of Bennet B. Lawrence
• To be held in trust by William H. Knight for granddaughter Lucy Lawrence: Isaac, Martha and Ellen

to daughter Sally Knight

• Cato
• George
• Jack
• Mary
• Leah - child of Mary
• Toney

to granddaughter Susan Nobles (wife of Allen B. Nobles, Nash Co., NC)

• Adeline
• Alice
• Amanda
• Cherry
• Daniel
• Dave
• "Little" Henry
• Hilliard
• Luke
• Margarett
• Milly
• "Big" Ned
• Tom

to grandson Joseph J. Lawrence

• Richard
• Smith

1870 Freedpersons, Matches to Slave Lists

From the 1870 US Federal Census

• Daniel Nobles (b.1831-d.?) - near the Allen B. Nobles household (Nash Co.)
• Luke Nobles (b.1844-d.?) - near the Allen B. Nobles household (Nash Co.)

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

• 1840 US Federal Census, Edgecombe Co., NC
• 1850 US Federal Census, Nash Co., NC
• 1850 Federal Slave Schedule, Edgecombe Co., NC
• 1860 US Federal Census, Edgecombe Co., NC
• 1870 US Federal Census, Nash Co., NC
• Ancestry.com Edgecombe County, North Carolina Vital Records, 1720-1880
• Will of Jesse C. Knight, Sept 1860, Edgecombe County Will Abstracts 1858-1910
• Will of B.F. Knight, Feb. 4, 1854, Edgecombe Co. Original Wills, 175-1945, CR.027.801.18

Users Researching This Workplace

• none recorded yet