Searching for information on David McKnight he married Martha P. McWhirter Dec. 9,1819. He served in the war of 1812. Descendants of David McKnight Generation No. 1 1. DAVID2 MCKNIGHT (JAMES1) was born April 11, 1792. He married MARTHA PATSY MCWHIRTER December 09, 1819, daughter of GEORGE MCWHIRTER and MARTHA MCCANDLESS. She was born April 07, 1797 in Tennesse, and died August 03, 1845. Notes for DAVID MCKNIGHT: Was a first Lieutenant under George Barnes in the militia in Rutherford County Tennessee 1812-1815. Children of DAVID MCKNIGHT and MARTHA MCWHIRTER are: i. ELIZABETH3 MCKNIGHT, b. May 07, 1822. ii. JAMES MCKNIGHT, b. January 09, 1824. iii. MARTHA J. MCKNIGHT, b. March 26, 1826. iv. SAMUEL H.A.MCKNIGHT, b. January 28, 1828. v. SARAH JANE MCKNIGHT, b. March 08, 1830. vi. GEORGE DAVID ANDREW MCKNIGHT, b. April 19, 1832. vii. ELEANOR MARGARET MCKNIGHT, b. November 11, 1834. viii. WILLIAM J. MCKNIGHT, b. 1835. Jesse McWhirter Fayetteville, Tn.