Notes for: Masa Davis

1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 23 1850:
John Knight (middle initial N, H or A), farmer, value of real estate $175; Mazzy, 22.

1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 16 1860:
J. A. Knight, 37, farmer, value of real estate $600, value of personal estate $250; Melissa, 30, cannot read/write; Jacob, 2; C. (female), 1.

1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 13 1870:
John A. Knight, 47, farmer, value of real estate $720, value of personal estate $500; Mizza, 42, cannot read/write; Jacob S, 12, attended school within the year, cannot read/write; Siella, 10, attended school, cannot write; Benjamin, 8, attended school; Wm. W., 6, attended school; John R, 4; Michael, 2.

John Knight, a widower, remarried Lucinda C. Keener in June 1876 in Marion County, where he was residing at the time, according to his marriage record. No record has been found of the death of his first wife.