Husband: Jonathan KNIGHT
Birthdate: 14 February 1781
Birthplace: Cheraw Dist., South Carolina
Death date: 17 February 1852
Place of death: Duval County, Florida
Burial: Fowler Cemetery, Middleburg, Clay Co., Florida
Father: John KNIGHT
Mother: Rachel ANDERSON

Marriage date: 20 April 1802
Marriage place: Camden County, Georgia

Wife: Elizabeth TUCKER
Birthdate: 2 May 1788
Birthplace: Georgia
Death date: 13 January 1853
Place of death: Duval County, Florida
Burial: Fowler Cemetery, Middleburg, Clay Co., Florida
Father: William Andrew TUCKER
Mother: Jemina ANDREWS

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mary KNIGHT
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 1805
Birthplace: Effingham County, Georgia
Death date: Abt. 1875
Place of death: Bradford County, Florida
Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery (Mt. Zion), Union Co., Florida
Marriage date: 15 December 1825
Marriage place: Irwin County, Georgia
Spouse's name: Lewis ROBERTS

Child No. 2: William L. KNIGHT
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 1806
Birthplace: Georgia
Death date: Aft. 1850
Place of death: Lake Co., Florida
Burial: unknown/Florida
Marriage date: Abt. 1830
Marriage place: Georgia
Spouse's name: Mary BURNETT

Child No. 3: Jonathan KNIGHT
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 1809
Birthplace: Georgia
Death date: 13 September 1871
Place of death: Alachua County, Florida
Burial: Newmansville Cemetery, Alachua County, Florida
Marriage date: About 1841
Marriage place: Georgia
Spouse's name: Christina Ann SASSER

Child No. 4: Elizabeth KNIGHT
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 1815
Birthplace: Wayne County, Georgia
Death date: Bef. 1885
Place of death: Clay Co., Florida
Burial: Kingsley Lake Baptist Church Cemetery, Clay County, Florida
Marriage date: Abt. 1831
Marriage place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Spouse's name: Simeon A. STRICKLAND

Child No. 5: James Henry KNIGHT
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 1817
Birthplace: Wayne/Effingham Co., Georgia
Death date: 20 October 1888
Place of death: Mascotte, Lake Co., Florida
Marriage date: 13 October 1836
Burial: Empire Church Cemetery, Groveland, Florida
Marriage place: Jefferson County, Florida
Spouse's name: Cynthia Lucinda ROWELL

Child No. 6: Thomas Sumner Tucker KNIGHT
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 10 March 1820
Birthplace: Wayne County, Georgia
Death date: 28 May 1880
Place of death: Newberry, Alachua County, Florida
Burial: Jonesville Cemetery, Alachua County, Florida
Marriage date: 06 February 1826
Marriage place: Lowndes County, Georgia
Spouse's name: Barbara Jeanne KING

Child No. 7: Sarah Elizabeth KNIGHT
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 1824
Birthplace: Effingham County, Georgia
Death date: 13 october 1895
Place of death: Levy County, Florida
Burial: Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Gilchrist County, Florida
Marriage date: Abt. 1842
Marriage place: Georgia
Spouse's name: Lewis Lanier MCCALL

Child No. 8: Matthew Albritton KNIGHT
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 20 October 1826
Birthplace: Lowndes County, Georgia
Death date: 18 August 1910
Place of death: Middleburg, Clay Co., Florida
Burial: Family plot in Middleburg, Clay County, Florida
Marriage date: 14 April 1853
Marriage place: Duval County, Florida
Spouse's name: Mary Elizabeth PACE

Child No. 9: Eliza KNIGHT
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 1829
Birthplace: Georgia
Death date: Aft. 1860
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Florida
Marriage date: 6 May 1847
Marriage place: Duval County, Florida
Spouse's name: Darling C. PRESCOTT
 
 
Documentation:
* Research of John Burnett, Reno, NV;
* Richard Cardell of Jacksonville, Florida,
* Mrs. Mabel Moyer,
* Mrs. Betty Barest.

Notes:
* Jonathan Knight came to Florida with his father John Knight circa 1803. He and his father first owned land on Amelia Island, Florida. Around 1810 he was elected Sheriff of Wayne County, Georgia. He later served as a Justice of the Peace for Wayne County, Georgia. He served in the War of 1812 as a Captain in the 74th battalion, Georgia Militia. He also served in the Indian War of 1840 from Lowndes County, Georgia. Prior to this he served as a Justice of the Interior Court for Lowndes County Georgia in 1826.
* Prior to Florida becoming a state in 1845, Jonathan Knight moved his family, thirteen slaves, horses, cattle to land he bought near Middleburg, Florida which at the time was in Duval County, but is now located in Clay County, Florida. He and his wife are buried at the Fowler Cemetery, located at Middleburg, Florida. Their graves are marked.