----- Original Message ----- From: "Clyde V. McKnight" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 5:57 AM Subject: McKnight family tree > Jimmy, > > I stumbled across your web site doing a search for our ancestors. > Your have a Robert McKnight listed who was born in 1732 and died in 1818 > in Tennessee. My great aunt has done quite a bit of research on the > family tree and has a picture of Robert's gravestone in Tennessee with > the dates. She also has listed 9 children for Robert (wife unknown) > with the names of the spouses of all, date of marriage of 5, and date of > death of 4. Mary McKnight is listed as married to George Shannon on May > 2, 1797. However, the only other child of Robert you have listed (Jane) > is not on her list of 9. Could Jane be a middle name or vice versa with > one on her list? > Other data I have not gotten into much suggests that the William > listed as a son of Robert (and married to Elizabeth Bell) was actually > the father of most of the other children in the above list, making them > grandchildren of Robert. There are oral records that a William > emigrated from Scotland in 1767. Connections here are unknown. > I get to look at geneology very little, but keep hoping that a > search on other childrens names will start tying to other peoples > geneologies and give a clue as to who was before Robert. It seems to be > a brick wall though. Would you be interested in the data that I have, > and would you be interested in helping to fill out our tree? I am > interested in geneology, but am still very much a novice at it. I have > letters the Shannons wrote in the early 1800's, letters of a Mrs. Dedman > to my great-aunt concerning records she had researched in Tenn., and a > lengthy paper of research done by Mr. Matthews on our and related family > trees. > > Looking forward to hearing from you, > > Clyde V. McKnight > 1694 Wild Rd. > Van Alstyne, TX 75495 > 903-546-6604 > > >