I don't know anything about the name Captain Luck, but I know what you mean about giving strange names. One of my grandfather's brothers was named Rev John Newton Jett. His parents were admirers of the local minister whose name was Reverend John Newton. Thus, Rev (no period) John Newton Jett. He was called Rev all his life. I check a couple of books I have on Wilson Co., but could find nothing regarding this man. The only Knight listed was William M. Teresa [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 9:28 PM Subject: What's in a name? > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Knight, Jennings, Armstrong, > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UiB.2ACI/1302 > > Message Board Post: > > My Grandfather's name was Captain Luck Knight. They called him "Cap". Later in life he went by other names, i.e., Clyde, Grover, Charlie, etc....... but his "real" parent-given name was Captain Luck. I've tried to research what it meant. Is there any significance to the name or would it have any special meaning in the area ...... local hero, time period, etc??? >