Florida Family Group Sheet for the Jonathan KNIGHT Family *********************************************** Copyright John Burnett. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: John Burnett Email address: 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. 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. .