Hi Traci, Thanks for all your help! "I'm looking at that page in the census, and boy, I can see why you can't read it! The first names are pretty easy, but the surname had me stumped for awhile. I could say with 99% certainty it wasn't Hill, because there's definitely about 5 letters in that name, and one is a definite "g." I scrolled back a little until I found someone with the same last name, and you can tell better from that family that it is most probably "Knight." ---Someone sent me the transcription of the whole page. Thanks. But wait a minute...who was the other Knight family? Were they Black? ---One again, thank you for being so helpful. And thanks for contacting Minnie Jo for me. ---Karmella __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com

Karmella Glad you wrote. I just abstracted a deed tonight that might interest you. Tommy Edge. Co. db 21, page 382, date of deed 22 Dec. 1835, date recorded Feb. Ct. 1836, Sally Knight, Edge. Co. to David Barlow, Edge. Co. "doth give unto the said David Barlow" all my right and title to three negroes viz. Nancy and her two children, Margaret and Caleb, signed Sally Knight, wit. Wilson Sessoms.

Greetings list, I discovered something peculiar. Earlier I had requested the abstract of the will of Peter Knight (1809) for the names of his children. I was hoping to get more info. on his slaves. One kind member of this list sent me a transcribed abstract, but the "negroes" were unnamed. I was shuffling through my papers and found some copied pages from will abstract book 1793-1823. I had forgotten I had this. I found the abstract of Peter Knight's will and it DOES name his slaves. Are there two different abstracts or is someone being "shy" with the slave info.? ---Karmella __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com

Sorry about the confusion...here's a better link to include webpages. http://c.webring.com/hub?ring=easternnorthcaro Dawn Conner-Jeppesen http://www.geocities.com/frwhlngrl/

Hello all, I am writing to the list to let you know that Yahoo has changed their webrings. My homepage has been listed with them so in order to keep my site active, I had to transfer to their new process. While looking, I noticed under genealogy, they had no sites listed for NC. I decided to create a webring for just this purpose. I am supposed to maintain this webring. I have never done this so please help me if you think there is something I should know. I invite everyone to list their sites with this webring for more explosure and hopefully more genealogy results. You can list your site by going to the following URL... http://c.webring.com/membercgi?ring=easternnorthcaro&addsite I have listed this as genealogy in Eastern NC and Southeastern VA. Thanks so much, Dawn Conner-Jeppesen http://www.geocities.com/frwhlngrl/

Hi Dawn! When I clicked on the URL in your message, it couldn't find the site. I do have a page to add, it is about Isle of Wight County in Virginia, which you included as southest VA. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Eeyoung/isle_wight.html Thanks, Elaine

Karmella, >I need a little assistance in interpreting a census >page (copy) I received: 1880 Edgecombe Co., Upper >Fishing Creek Township, town of Whitakers, pg 137C. >I am having trouble reading the names in household >#118 from the copy I have. Could someone who has quick >access to this census transcribe the 7 names for me? >The surname looks like "Hill" but I am not sure. I'm looking at that page in the census, and boy, I can see why you can't read it! The first names are pretty easy, but the surname had me stumped for awhile. I could say with 99% certainty it wasn't Hill, because there's definitely about 5 letters in that name, and one is a definite "g." I scrolled back a little until I found someone with the same last name, and you can tell better from that family that it is most probably "Knight." The first names are Kader, Matilda, Richard, Thomas, Romulus, George, and Alla. Hope that helps. I don't know anything about the colored school and church except that the map tells me they were there, but I'm going to forward your message to a lady who has lived in Whitakers a long time, and maybe she can help. Traci "Local history is not just local history but human history, world history. The information that you write down, the letters and maps you keep, these are the drippings of the human spirit and distillings of a man doing his job." --Paul Green _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Karmella, >Does anyone have the slave schedules for Edgecombe >Co., 1850 and 1840? >I need a look-up for Willis Knight. (total # of >slaves, male and female, each year) Here's the breakdown for 1840: Males: under 10, 2; 10-24, 2; 24-36, 1; 36-55, 2; 55-100, 2. Females: under 10, 3; 10-24, 1; 24-36, 2; 36-55, 2; 55-100, 1. Total: 18 Traci "Local history is not just local history but human history, world history. The information that you write down, the letters and maps you keep, these are the drippings of the human spirit and distillings of a man doing his job." --Paul Green _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Not positive, I think I got that info from a descendant of Martha KNIGHT. Elaine

>Does anyone have the slave schedules for Edgecombe >Co., 1850 and 1840? >I need a look-up for Willis Knight. (total # of >slaves, male and female, each year) I'll get back to you on the 1840 question. Willis is not on the 1850 census because he died in 1845/46. His will abstract follows, transcribed & abstracted by David Gammon: "WILLIS KNIGHT 22 July 1845 May Ct. 1846 Wife POLLY KNIGHT - lend beds, horses, chairs, tables, crockery, etc., also the dower which fell to her by the death of her former husband JESSE KNIGHT in the tracts of land I bought of SILAS WILKERSON and LEWIS KNIGHT, also lend her the land I bought of PETER KNIGHT called the ANDERSON and WREN tracts adjoining same, also lend her $400 and Negroes ANNA and GEORGE. At my wife's death, the $400 shall be divided between REBECCA BROWN, PATSEY BROWN, POLLY BROWN and LIDDIA ANN BROWN(daughters of LITTLE BERRY BROWN). All other property loaned my wife is to be sold at her death and proceeds divided between JORDAN KNIGHT, WILLIAM KNIGHT, JOHN KNIGHT, and HARRIET LITTLE. Son JORDAN KNIGHT - all the land where he now lives. Son WILLIAM KNIGHT - tract where he now lives, and another tract I bought of MICHAEL HEARN adjoining same and RANDOLPH COTTON, also one-fourth part of the Light tract deeded to myself and JOSEPH R. LLOYD by MICHAEL HEARN, also a tract I bought of ASA BROWN and wife and JOHN BUNTIN and wife, also Negro DREW. Son JOHN KNIGHT - land I bought of PETER KNIGHT after my wife's death, also the land I bought of SILAS WILKERSON except for my wife's dower, also another tract I bought of LEWIS KNIGHT except my wife's dower, also one-fourth part of the Light tract. Daughter NANCY MAYO (now living in Mississippi) - Negro CARRY and her child BETTY, also $600 plus all Negroes already received. Daughter NANCY - life estate in Negroes CHERRY and her three children ARON, CELIA, and JAMES, with reversion to the children of NANCY at her death. Daughter HARRIET LITTLE - Negroes SANDY, MARY, and JOSHUA already in her possession. Other property to be sold and proceeds divided between my sons JORDAN, WILLIAM, AND daughter HARRIET. Ex. - sons WILLIAM and JOHN Wit. - WILLIAM C. LEIGH, JESSE W. LEIGH" Traci "Local history is not just local history but human history, world history. The information that you write down, the letters and maps you keep, these are the drippings of the human spirit and distillings of a man doing his job." --Paul Green _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Karmella, >It is interesting that Willis didn't >receive any slaves from his father. He may have given him some previously. >I have been having trouble figuring out who this >Walker Knight is. According to Walker's will abstract, >his wife's name was Elizabeth. So is the Elizabeth in >Peter's will a daughter in law, or his daughter? One guess would be she was his daughter and she married another Knight. This would not be unusual. There probably was, however, more than one Elizabeth Knight in Edgecombe at the time. >I would like the 1800 information if anyone has it. Elaine Peter Knight does not appear in my 1800 Edgecombe census nor in the statewide index (at least under the conventional surname spelling.) Either he was missed, was out of state, or was living in someone else's household. Traci the Librarian "Local history is not just local history but human history, world history. The information that you write down, the letters and maps you keep, these are the drippings of the human spirit and distillings of a man doing his job." --Paul Green _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Greetings all, Elaine: > From: "Elaine Young" <eyoung@ou.edu> > To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NCEDGECO] Re: Peter Knight > > 1790: Edgecombe NC census; Peter KNIGHT with two > males over 16, two males > under 16, four females and eleven slaves. ---Thanks for this. I am glad the no. of slaves was enumerated. This could serve as an important clue. > I would like the 1800 information if anyone has it. > Elaine ---I would also like that info, especially if slave info. is given. > Elizabeth KNIGHT, daughter of Peter KNIGHT, married > her first cousin Walker > KNIGHT son of John KNIGHT; with children Charles, > James, Cecilia, John, Lucy > L and Martha born 1795. ---OOOHHHH!!!! Now THAT certainly clears up a lot. Are you sure Walker's wife and Peter's daughter were the same person? I asked a Knight board at genealogy.com the same thing and the general opinion was that the two Elizabeth's were different people. Take Care, ---KH __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com

Greetings List, Everyone has been extremely helpful thus far. Thank you! I need a little assistance in interpreting a census page (copy) I received: 1880 Edgecombe Co., Upper Fishing Creek Township, town of Whitakers, pg 137C. I am having trouble reading the names in household #118 from the copy I have. Could someone who has quick access to this census transcribe the 7 names for me? The surname looks like "Hill" but I am not sure. Also, I noticed on my 1905 Edgecombe map that there is a colored Baptist church and a colored school near (right outside of) Whitakers. Is there any way I could get more information on these? Thanks, ---Karmella __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com

If you get a petition to sign supporting the maltreatment of the Afghanistan women, before you pass it on please see: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blafghan.htm?terms=Afghanistan+Women This urban legend site explains this e-mail petition. DO NOT PASS IT ON. Ivan Richardson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances Alexander" <fjalex@mindspring.com> To: <NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [NCEDGECO] Afghan Women > I am so sorry. I did not mean to do this. Please forgive me. > > Frances

Elizabeth KNIGHT, daughter of Peter KNIGHT, married her first cousin Walker KNIGHT son of John KNIGHT; with children Charles, James, Cecilia, John, Lucy L and Martha born 1795. 1832: Elizabeth KNIGHT was wife of Walker KNIGHT (Edgecombe NC Deeds 20:212). DEATH: Walker KNIGHT's will dated 15 Apr 1830 proved May 1833. Legatee wife Elizabeth; sons Charles E KNIGHT and James; daughters Martha BRYAN and Cecelia STATON; son John; daughter Lucy L HAMMOND. Exc friends Benjamin BOYKIN and Joshua PENDER; witness Benjamin BOYKIN, Joshua PENDER. Exc refused to qualify, admin granted to James KNIGHT and Edward G HAMMOND; bond $15000 with John MOORING and Joshua PENDER securities (Edgecombe NC F:143).

1790: Edgecombe NC census; Peter KNIGHT with two males over 16, two males under 16, four females and eleven slaves. I would like the 1800 information if anyone has it. Elaine > Correction! > > I would like a look-up for Peter Knight's family a > little earlier than that. Is there a 1790 census? > > Thanks, > ---Karmella > > > Is there an 1800 census for Edgecombe Co.? If so, > > could someone look up Peter Knight and family for > > me? > > I know he was in Edgecombe then...his oldest > > children > > were born in Edgecombe. > > > > Thanks, > > ---Karmella >

-----Original Message----- From: Frances Alexander <fjalex@mindspring.com> To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com <NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, October 12, 2001 2:27 AM Subject: [NCEDGECO] Afghan Women >If you decide not to forward this, please send it back > >to me. This is an actual petition, and "signatures" > >will be lost if you drop the line. > > >Please take 3 minutes out of your life to do your > >part. And be sure to include other members of your > >household who are willing to sign. Oprah recently had > >a show about this atrocity and it was heartbreaking. > >Petition to the United Nations Background Information: > >Madhu, the government of Afghanistan, is waging a war > >upon women. Since the Taliban took power in 1996, > >women have had to wear burqua and have been > >beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper > >attire, even if this means simply not having the mesh > >covering in front of their eyes. One woman > >was beaten to death by an angry mob of > >fundamentalists > >for accidentally exposing her arm(!) while she was > >driving. Another was stoned to death for > >trying to leave the country with a man that was not a > >relative. > >Women are not allowed to work or even go out in > >public > >without a male relative; professional women such as > >professors, translators, doctors, lawyers, artists and > >writers have been forced from their jobs and > >restricted to their homes. Homes where a woman is > >present must have their windows painted so that she > >can never be seen by outsiders. They must wear silent > >shoes so that they are never heard. Women live in > >fear > >of their lives for the slightest misbehavior. Because > >they cannot work, those without male > >relatives or husbands are either starving to death or > >begging in the street, even if they hold Ph.D.'s. > >Depression is becoming so widespread that it has > >reached emergency > >levels. There is no way in such an extreme Islamic > >society to know the suicide rate with certainty, but > >relief workers are estimating that the suicide rate > >among women must > >be > >extraordinarily high: those who cannot find proper > >medication and treatment for severe depression and > >would rather take their lives than live in such > >conditions. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a > >reporter found still, nearly lifeless bodies lying > >motionless on top of > >beds, wrapped in their burqua, unwilling to speak, > >eat, or do anything, > >but > >slowly wasting away. Others have gone mad and were > >seen crouched in > >corners, > >perpetually rocking or crying, most of them in fear. > >It is at the point where the term "human rights > >violations" has become an understatement. Husbands > >have the power of life and death over their women > >relatives, especially their wives, but an angry > >mob has just as much right to stone or beat a woman, > >often to death, for exposing an inch of flesh or > >offending them in the slightest way. Women > >enjoyed relative freedom: to work, to dress generally > >as they wanted, and to drive and appear in public > >alone until only > >1996. The > >rapidity of this transition is the main reason for the > >depression and > >suicide; Women who were once educators or doctors or > >simply used to > >basic > >human freedoms are now severely restricted and treated > >as subhuman in > >the > >name of right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not > >their tradition or > >'culture', but it is alien to them, and it is extreme > >even for those > >cultures where fundamentalism is the rule. Everyone > >has a right to a > >tolerable human existence, even if they are women in a > >Muslim country. > >If we can threaten military force in Kosovo the name > >of human rights > >for the > >sake of ethnic Albanians, citizens of the world can > >certainly express > >peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and > >injustice committed > >against > >women by the Taliban. > >STATEMENT: In signing this, we agree that the current > >treatment of women in Afghanistan is completely > >UNACCEPTABLE and > >deserves > >action by the United Nations and that the current > >situation overseas > >will > >not be tolerated. > >Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere, and it > >is UNACCEPTABLE > >for > >women in 2001 to be treated as subhuman and as so much > >property. > >Equality > >and human decency is a fundamental RIGHT, not a > >freedom to be > >granted, whether one lives in Afghanistan or >elsewhere. > >1) Giuliana D. Black, Daly City, CA, USA > >2) Mariam Nayiny, Palo Alto, CA, USA > >3) Sunaina Gulati-Ruh, Palo Alto, CA USA > >4) Megan McCaslin, Palo Alto, CA USA > >5) Blake Hallanan, San Francisco, Ca. 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Australia > >234) Derek Hardy, Qld. Australia > >235) Max Hardy, Qld. Australia. > >236) Luke Martin, Qld, Australia > >237) Sandra Martin, Qld, Australia > >238) Catherine Brinsley, QLD, Australia > >239) Catherine DeLacy, London, U.K. > >240) Rebecca De Lacy, QLD, Australia > >241) Bill Colbrahams, Ipswich, Qld, Australia > >242) Austin Parry, Mundubbera, Qld, Australia > >243) Robert & Bev. Perry, Gayndah, Qld, Australia > >244) Lisa Perry > >245) Lea-Anne Hooey, London, UK > >246) David J. Jones, San Antonio, TX > >247) Clif Barnhart, Crested Butte, CO > >248) Kathy Barnhart, Crested Butte, CO > >249) Michael E. Newell, San Antonio, TX > >250) Brian Wangsgard, Centerville, UT > >251) Clair S. Weenig M.D., Orinda, CA > >252) Joan M. Weenig R.N.,Orinda, CA > >253) Alyson S. Weenig, San Francisco, CA > >254) Grant S. Weenig, Austin, TX > >255) Irene Racz, Montpelier, VT, USA > >256) Barb Stafford, Colchester, VT, USA > >257) Madelyn Glase, Newfield, NY, USA > >258) Michael Hall, Palo Alto CA, USA > >259) Gail Dalrymple, San Antonio, Texas USA > >260) Sandra C. Zamora, San Antonio, Texas USA > >261) Gerald D. McFarlen, San Antonio, Texas, USA > >262) Brett Anthony. Corpus Christi, Tx., USA > >263) James Pettus, Corpus Christi, TX, USA > >264) Shannon Mayo, Corpus Christi, TX USA > >265) Glenn Mayo, Corpus Christi, TX USA > >266) Jim Milam Pettus Goliad, Tx USA > >267) Annie T. Gross, Carbondale, CO USA > >268) Sheldon Gross, Carbondale, CO USA > >269) Mary Dorman, Carbondale, Co USA > >270) Ben Dorman, Carbondale, CO USA > >271) Pamela Powers, Whitefish, MT USA > >272) Michael Powers, Whitefish, MT USA > >273) Jodi von Jess, Deerfield, MA USA > >274) Kirsten Cirincione, USA > >275) Jane Lynch, USA > >276) Andrea Porter, Florence, MA USA > >277) Michelle Phillips, Florence, MA USA > >278) Kristina Fuller, san francisco, ca usa > >279) Michele Bishop, San Francisco, CA USA > >280) Joy McCollum-Franco, San Bruno, Ca USA > >281) Sean Adams, Cupertino, CA USA > >282) Melanie Kuhn, Sacramento, CA USA > >283) Casey Hagopian, Redwood City, CA > >284) Alicia Gamble, Union City, CA > >285) Kristin L.Pope, Hayward, CA > >286) REGINA RIESGO-WELLS, SAN JOSE, CA > >287) Simone Campos, NC USA > >288) Leah Almondia-San Jose, CA USA >289) Lissette Roacho, San Jose, CA USA >290)Aimee Koerner San Jose, CA. USA >291)Fernando Leon, San Jose, CA USA >292) Sonja Groff, San Jose, CA, USA >293)Damon Daood, San Jose, CA, USA > >DIRECTIONS: PLEASE COPY this email on to a new > >message, sign the bottom and forward it to everyone > >on your distribution lists. If you receive this > >list with more than 300 names on it, please e-mail a > >copy of it to: sarabande@brandeis.edu ></ym/Compose?To=sarabande@brandeis.edu> > >Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate > >and do not kill the petition. > >Frances Alexander, Anderson SC USA > >

I am so sorry. I did not mean to do this. Please forgive me. Frances ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances Alexander" <fjalex@mindspring.com> To: <NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 2:27 AM Subject: [NCEDGECO] Afghan Women > If you decide not to forward this, please send it back > > to me. This is an actual petition, and "signatures" > > will be lost if you drop the line. > > > Please take 3 minutes out of your life to do your > > part. And be sure to include other members of your > > household who are willing to sign. Oprah recently had > > a show about this atrocity and it was heartbreaking. > > Petition to the United Nations Background Information: > > Madhu, the government of Afghanistan, is waging a war > > upon women. Since the Taliban took power in 1996, > > women have had to wear burqua and have been > > beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper > > attire, even if this means simply not having the mesh > > covering in front of their eyes. One woman > > was beaten to death by an angry mob of > > fundamentalists > > for accidentally exposing her arm(!) while she was > > driving. Another was stoned to death for > > trying to leave the country with a man that was not a > > relative. > > Women are not allowed to work or even go out in > > public > > without a male relative; professional women such as > > professors, translators, doctors, lawyers, artists and > > writers have been forced from their jobs and > > restricted to their homes. Homes where a woman is > > present must have their windows painted so that she > > can never be seen by outsiders. They must wear silent > > shoes so that they are never heard. Women live in > > fear > > of their lives for the slightest misbehavior. Because > > they cannot work, those without male > > relatives or husbands are either starving to death or > > begging in the street, even if they hold Ph.D.'s. > > Depression is becoming so widespread that it has > > reached emergency > > levels. There is no way in such an extreme Islamic > > society to know the suicide rate with certainty, but > > relief workers are estimating that the suicide rate > > among women must > > be > > extraordinarily high: those who cannot find proper > > medication and treatment for severe depression and > > would rather take their lives than live in such > > conditions. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a > > reporter found still, nearly lifeless bodies lying > > motionless on top of > > beds, wrapped in their burqua, unwilling to speak, > > eat, or do anything, > > but > > slowly wasting away. Others have gone mad and were > > seen crouched in > > corners, > > perpetually rocking or crying, most of them in fear. > > It is at the point where the term "human rights > > violations" has become an understatement. Husbands > > have the power of life and death over their women > > relatives, especially their wives, but an angry > > mob has just as much right to stone or beat a woman, > > often to death, for exposing an inch of flesh or > > offending them in the slightest way. Women > > enjoyed relative freedom: to work, to dress generally > > as they wanted, and to drive and appear in public > > alone until only > > 1996. The > > rapidity of this transition is the main reason for the > > depression and > > suicide; Women who were once educators or doctors or > > simply used to > > basic > > human freedoms are now severely restricted and treated > > as subhuman in > > the > > name of right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not > > their tradition or > > 'culture', but it is alien to them, and it is extreme > > even for those > > cultures where fundamentalism is the rule. Everyone > > has a right to a > > tolerable human existence, even if they are women in a > > Muslim country. > > If we can threaten military force in Kosovo the name > > of human rights > > for the > > sake of ethnic Albanians, citizens of the world can > > certainly express > > peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and > > injustice committed > > against > > women by the Taliban. > > STATEMENT: In signing this, we agree that the current > > treatment of women in Afghanistan is completely > > UNACCEPTABLE and > > deserves > > action by the United Nations and that the current > > situation overseas > > will > > not be tolerated. > > Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere, and it > > is UNACCEPTABLE > > for > > women in 2001 to be treated as subhuman and as so much > > property. > > Equality > > and human decency is a fundamental RIGHT, not a > > freedom to be > > granted, whether one lives in Afghanistan or > elsewhere. > > 1) Giuliana D. Black, Daly City, CA, USA > > 2) Mariam Nayiny, Palo Alto, CA, USA > > 3) Sunaina Gulati-Ruh, Palo Alto, CA USA > > 4) Megan McCaslin, Palo Alto, CA USA > > 5) Blake Hallanan, San Francisco, Ca. USA > > 6) Kit Henderson, Sacramento, CA USA > > 7) Kara Myers, San Francisco, CA > > 8) Ellen Tilden, San Francisco, CA > > 9) Vanessa Ross, San Francisco, CA > > 10) Jenna Shaw- Battista, San Francisco, CA > > 11) Jeanne Racik, B!erkeley, CA > > 12) Julie Silas, Oakland, CA > > 13) Renee Longstreet, Tarzana, CA > > 14) Susan Johnson, Encino, CA > > 15) Kenneth Johnson, Encino, CA > > 16) Terri Treas, Los Angeles, CA > > 17) Amy Retzinger, North Hollywood, CA > > 18) Babette Crooms, Los Angeles, CA > > 19) Olivia Kienzel; Santa Barbara, CA > > 20) Sean Dexheimer, Los Angeles, CA > > 21) Elio Chavez, Jr., Pasadena, CA > > 22) Gregory Kastigar, Los Angeles, CA > > 23) Robert Collie, Los Angeles, CA > > 24) Jeff Garvin, Brea, CA > > 25) Tricia Allen, Sherman Oaks, CA > > 26) Joleen Nordstrom ~ Hollywood, CA > > 27) Theresa Donahoe - Martinez,CA > > 28) Jennifer Horn - Concord, CA > > 29) Roxanne Ryan - Alamo, CA > > 30) Miriam Tyler- San Jose CA > > 31) John Burns- San Jose CA > > 32) Kristin Lynn Minick- Fort Worth TX > > 33) Jeff Neal- Marietta, GA > > 34) Anna Neal- Marietta, GA > > 35) Frances Murley-Fort Worth, TX > > 36) David Murley-London, England, UK > > 37) Jillian Dykhouse, Colleyville, TX > > 38) Bonnie Dykhouse,Colleyville,TX > > 39) Nancy Williams, Colleyville, TX > > 40) Georgene Farr, Sterling Heights, MI > > 41) Joanne Arensberg, Riverview, MI > > 42) Luann Ouellette, Vermillion, SD > > 43) Sandie Sullivan, Vermillion, SD > > 44) Troy Nelson, Minneapolis, MN USA > > 45) Joseph Miller, Minneapolis, MN USA > > 46) Kathleen Miller, White Bear Lake, MN USA > > 47) Jerry Marquis, Mpls. Mn. USA > > 48) Julie Stokes, Coon Rapids, MN USA > > 49) Tracy Ford, Blaine, MN USA > > 50) Sheila Lawrence, Monticello, MN USA > > 51) Brenda Kitchen, Westlake Village, Calif!ornia,USA > > 52) Teresa Burke, Sherman Oaks, CA, USA > > 53) Bruce Ehrlich, Sherman Oaks, CA USA > > 54) Yllania Francis, Los Angeles, CA USA > > 55) Drew Hedin, Los Angeles, CA USA > > 56) Laura Paridon, Laguna Woods, CA USA > > 57) Jeanie Hagedorn, Des Moines, IA USA > > 58) Sue Christensen, Des Moines, IA USA > > 59) Sybil Finken, Glenwood, IA USA > > 60) Luke Finken, Earth > > 61) Doug Gerace, Lincoln, NE USA > > 62) Cheryl Gerace, NE > > 63) Sheri Lew, CO > > 64) Raven Grace, Boulder, CO > > 65) Martha M.Mertz, EL, Michigan > > 66) Colleen R. Cooper, Okemos, Michigan > > 67) Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch, East Lansing, MI > > 68) Margaret A. Meyers, Okemos, Michigan > > 69) Mary Helen Espes, Okemos, Michigan > > 70) Maureen Kirchhoff, Allenspark, CO > > 71) Bart Johnson, Err, France > > 72) Sharon!O'Connor, Olympia, WA USA > > 73) Nancy Irving, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia > > 74) Martha Lindley, Seattle, WA, USA > > 75) Judith Alexander, Woodinville, WA, USA > > 76) Arlene B. Hawkinson, Seattle, WA, USA > > 77) Christine E. Mobley, Bothell, WA, USA > > 78) Trudie Breen, CA, USA > > 79) Catherine Standiford, CA, USA > > 80) Beverly Truett, AZ, USA > > 81) Christine Meehan,AZ,USA > > 82) Janice Gilbert, Valley Center, CA, USA > > 83) Dawna Upchurch, Anchorage, AK USA > > 84) Roxanna Groves, Olympia, WA USA > > 85) Lynda Lynde, Helena, MT USA > > 86) Constance Gelu, University Place, WA USA > > 87) Jodi Woolett, Tacoma, WA USA > > 88) Lisa I. Reeves- Lynden, WA USA > > 89) Amanda James-Bow, WA USA > > 90) Kelli J. Smith, New Port Richey, FL USA > > 91) Chris Poirier, Largo, Fl USA > > 92) Mike Carpenter, Palmetto, Fl USA > > 93) Alice Pryor, Melbourne FL USA > > 94) Ellen Catano, Manchester NH USA > > 95) Bevely Jennings, Cincinnati OH USA > > 96) Linda Feely, Norwood,OH USA > > 97) Sherry Stidham, Norwood OH USA > > 98) Brittany Brown, Cincinnati OH USA > > 99) Sandy Brown, Cincinnati, Oh USA > > 100) Tim Brown, Cincinnati, OH USA > > 101) Pat Brown, Cincinnati, OH USA > > 102) Amy Cregger, Memphis, TN USA > > 103) Kay Emerick, Logan, OH USA > > 104) Trina Bookman, Logan, OH USA > > 105) Mary Samuelson, St. Louis, Mo USA > > 106) Jeannette Ward, Memphis, TN USA > > 107) Elisabeth Davis, Memphis, Tn USA > > 108) Rose Klimek, Memphis, TN USA > > 109) Barbara K. White, Hoquiam, WA, USA > > 110) Paula J. Eriksen, Palm Harbor, Florida USA > > 111) Rag!nar Eriksen, Palm Harbor, Florida USA > > 112) MARILYN KING, CLEARWATER, FL, USA > > 113) Barbara Stiner,Oldsmar,FL,USA > > 114) Jac'line Weisgerber,Clearwater,FL,USA > > 115) Charlotte Beadles, Douglasville, GA, USA > > 116) Jody Hoadley, Powder Springs, GA, USA > > 117) Hope Howard, Atlanta, GA, USA > > 118) Cliff Howard, Atlanta, GA, USA > > 119) Kay Chicoine, Atlanta, GA USA > > 120) Mark Chicoine, Atlanta, GA USA > > 121) Paula King, Lexington, KY,USA > > 122) Sally Weissman,Minneapolis,Mn,USA > > 123) Susan Abbott, New Brighton, MN USA > > 124) Rachel Fine, St. Louis Park, MN, USA > > 125) Deb Harley,Eden Prairie, MN,Usa > > 126) Barb Handahl,Faribault, MN,USA > > 127) Ann Olson,Chamberlain S.D.USA > > 128) Deb Hunt,Sioux Falls S.D.USA > > 129) Anne Frankman, Sioux Falls, SD USA > > 130) Susie Kostel, Tabor, SD USA > > 131) Julie Anderson, Mount Prospect, IL USA > > 132) Janet Tilden, Fremont, NE USA > > 133) Debbie Bowman, Kingston Springs, TN, USA > > 134) Shari Watkins, Franklin, TN, USA > > 135) Teresa Beck, Columbia, TN USA > > 136) Amy Stephens, Brentwood, TN, USA > > 137) Vicki Warren, Lyles, TN, USA > > 138) Linda Lupo, Westland, MI, USA > > 139) Cathie McClary, Clinton Twp. MI, USA > > 140) Diane Catellane, Clinton Twp. MI, USA > > 141) Judy Mellen, Clarkston, MI, USA > > 142) Donna Waite, Lake Orion, MI, USA > > 143) Ann Acton, South Lyon, MI, USA > > 145) Tami Hall, South Lyon, MI, USA > > 146) Wendy Belsley, South Lyon, MI, USA > > 147) Gretel Coombs, East Lansing, MI, USA > > 148) Mike Jones, Lansing, MI, USA > > 149) Jeff Jones, Atlanta, GA, USA > > 150) Marion Jones , Atlanta, GA , USA > > 151) Pat Scott, Enumclaw, WA, USA > > 152) Bob Panzer, Houston, TX, USA > > 153) Pat Panzer, Houston, TX, USA > > 154) Joe Schwartz, Jacksonville AL USA > > 155) Stefanie Walfield, Fayetteville, NC, USA > > 156) Liz Dunkley, Milledgeville, GA, USA > > 157) Christine Dunkley, Milledgeville, GA, USA 156) > > Mike Dunkley, > > Milledgeville, GA, USA > > 157) Randy Parsons, Eatonton, Ga. > > 158) Bonita Platner, Kirkwood, NY. USA > > 159) Ralph Platner, Kirkwood, NY. USA > > 160) Charles Lundquist, Binghamton, N.Y. U.S.A. > > 161) Tracy Rowe, Hollywood, CA USA > > 162) Daniel Raphael New York, New York USA > > 163) Ann Brameier, New York, NY USA > > 164) Kazuko Tao, Healdsburg, Ca USA > > 165) Shelley Zavat, Rio Nido, Ca. USA > > 166) Kendall Smith, Fort Bragg, Ca USA > > 167) Candi Zizek, Sacramento, California USA > > 168) Annette Blackwood, West Hartford, CT USA > > 169) Frank Sentner, West Hartford, CT USA > > 170) Ann Steadman, Roanoke, VA USA > > 171) George Steadman, Roanoke, VA USA > > 172) Elizabeth Byam,Washington, DC USA > > 173) Mary Dougal,Montclair, NJ USA > > 174) Kathleen Ennen, Champaign, Il. USA > > 175) Patricia S. Berky, Baltimore, Md. USA > > 176) Wahiba Abu-Ras, Old Bridge, NJ. 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TX USA > > 189) Beth Nikiel, Texas, USA > > 190) Kim Rosales, TX USA > > 191) Stephen Rosales, TX USA > > 192) Lori Lutz, CO USA > > 193) Kathy McGinty, CA, USA > > 194) Marie Friedman, CA USA > > 195) Rana Gebara , Dubai, UAE > > 196) Hassib Gebara, Dubai, UAE > > 197) Youssef Naaman, Jeddah, KSA > > 198) Hiram Na'man, Beirut, Lebanon > > 199) Elham Na'man, Beirut, Lebanon > > 200) Paul Na'man, Beirut, Lebanon > > 201) Paula Na'man, Beirut, Lebanon > > 202) Joseph Na'man, Beirut, Lebanon > > 203) Audrey Na'man, Beirut, Lebanon > > 204) Eleanor Curtis, London, UK > > 205) Polly Davidson, London, UK > > 206) Charles Gollop, London, UK > > 207) Robert Devcic, London, UK > > 208) Antony Smith, London, UK > > 209) Nick Napier, London, UK > > 210) Alison Rowe, Los Angeles, USA > > 211) Emma Allen, London, UK > > 212) Shenoha Batho, London, UK > > 213) Natalie Clayton, London, UK > > 214) Elizabeth McGoldrick, London, UK > > 215) Sonja van Montfort, London, UK > > 216) Pauline Cornelissen, Groningen, The Netherlands > > 217) Astrid Menick, Groningen, The Netherlands > > 218)Margaret Ferguson Australia > > 219)Rod Ferguson, Australia > > 230)Jamie Ferguson > > 231) Cassie Ferguson > > 232) Carole Hardy, Qld., Australia > > 233) Wayne Hardy, Qld. Australia > > 234) Derek Hardy, Qld. Australia > > 235) Max Hardy, Qld. Australia. > > 236) Luke Martin, Qld, Australia > > 237) Sandra Martin, Qld, Australia > > 238) Catherine Brinsley, QLD, Australia > > 239) Catherine DeLacy, London, U.K. > > 240) Rebecca De Lacy, QLD, Australia > > 241) Bill Colbrahams, Ipswich, Qld, Australia > > 242) Austin Parry, Mundubbera, Qld, Australia > > 243) Robert & Bev. Perry, Gayndah, Qld, Australia > > 244) Lisa Perry > > 245) Lea-Anne Hooey, London, UK > > 246) David J. Jones, San Antonio, TX > > 247) Clif Barnhart, Crested Butte, CO > > 248) Kathy Barnhart, Crested Butte, CO > > 249) Michael E. Newell, San Antonio, TX > > 250) Brian Wangsgard, Centerville, UT > > 251) Clair S. Weenig M.D., Orinda, CA > > 252) Joan M. Weenig R.N.,Orinda, CA > > 253) Alyson S. Weenig, San Francisco, CA > > 254) Grant S. Weenig, Austin, TX > > 255) Irene Racz, Montpelier, VT, USA > > 256) Barb Stafford, Colchester, VT, USA > > 257) Madelyn Glase, Newfield, NY, USA > > 258) Michael Hall, Palo Alto CA, USA > > 259) Gail Dalrymple, San Antonio, Texas USA > > 260) Sandra C. Zamora, San Antonio, Texas USA > > 261) Gerald D. McFarlen, San Antonio, Texas, USA > > 262) Brett Anthony. Corpus Christi, Tx., USA > > 263) James Pettus, Corpus Christi, TX, USA > > 264) Shannon Mayo, Corpus Christi, TX USA > > 265) Glenn Mayo, Corpus Christi, TX USA > > 266) Jim Milam Pettus Goliad, Tx USA > > 267) Annie T. Gross, Carbondale, CO USA > > 268) Sheldon Gross, Carbondale, CO USA > > 269) Mary Dorman, Carbondale, Co USA > > 270) Ben Dorman, Carbondale, CO USA > > 271) Pamela Powers, Whitefish, MT USA > > 272) Michael Powers, Whitefish, MT USA > > 273) Jodi von Jess, Deerfield, MA USA > > 274) Kirsten Cirincione, USA > > 275) Jane Lynch, USA > > 276) Andrea Porter, Florence, MA USA > > 277) Michelle Phillips, Florence, MA USA > > 278) Kristina Fuller, san francisco, ca usa > > 279) Michele Bishop, San Francisco, CA USA > > 280) Joy McCollum-Franco, San Bruno, Ca USA > > 281) Sean Adams, Cupertino, CA USA > > 282) Melanie Kuhn, Sacramento, CA USA > > 283) Casey Hagopian, Redwood City, CA > > 284) Alicia Gamble, Union City, CA > > 285) Kristin L.Pope, Hayward, CA > > 286) REGINA RIESGO-WELLS, SAN JOSE, CA > > 287) Simone Campos, NC USA > > 288) Leah Almondia-San Jose, CA USA > 289) Lissette Roacho, San Jose, CA USA > 290)Aimee Koerner San Jose, CA. USA > 291)Fernando Leon, San Jose, CA USA > 292) Sonja Groff, San Jose, CA, USA > 293)Damon Daood, San Jose, CA, USA > > DIRECTIONS: PLEASE COPY this email on to a new > > message, sign the bottom and forward it to everyone > > on your distribution lists. If you receive this > > list with more than 300 names on it, please e-mail a > > copy of it to: sarabande@brandeis.edu > </ym/Compose?To=sarabande@brandeis.edu> > > Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate > > and do not kill the petition. > > Frances Alexander, Anderson SC USA >

Correction! I would like a look-up for Peter Knight's family a little earlier than that. Is there a 1790 census? Thanks, ---Karmella > Is there an 1800 census for Edgecombe Co.? If so, > could someone look up Peter Knight and family for > me? > I know he was in Edgecombe then...his oldest > children > were born in Edgecombe. > > Thanks, > ---Karmella > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com

Hi Sandy, Thank you so much for the will abstract! It is unfortunate he didn't name the slaves, but I do have a second shot. I saw an estate record for Peter in the estate abstracts pages I have. Maybe the slaves names are given there. It is interesting that Willis didn't receive any slaves from his father. > Dau: ELIZABETH > KNIGHT, negro. WALKER > KNIGHT'S 5 youngest chil: JAMES, MARTHA, SISLEY, > JOHN and CHARLES KNIGHT, 25 > Pounds each. Wit: DAVID LAWRENCE, JAMES WEEKS" I have been having trouble figuring out who this Walker Knight is. According to Walker's will abstract, his wife's name was Elizabeth. So is the Elizabeth in Peter's will a daughter in law, or his daughter? Is there an 1800 census for Edgecombe Co.? If so, could someone look up Peter Knight and family for me? I know he was in Edgecombe then...his oldest children were born in Edgecombe. Thanks, ---Karmella __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com