Taliaferro K. KNIGHT

1814 - Aft 1901  (86 years)

• Name	Taliaferro K. KNIGHT
  Born	24 Feb 1814	Virginia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1840	Stafford Co, VA
  Residence	SINCE 1844	West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   [3]
  Occupation	1857
  	Justice of the Peace
  Census	1850, 1860	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870, 1880, 1900	West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
  Occupation	shoemaker, Clerk of Circuit Court of Doddridge County  [4, 5]
  Died	Aft Jan 1901  [3]
  Buried	Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   [6]
  	Headstone has birth date, but no death date.
  Person ID	I56586	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2021

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jane HOLLIDAY,   b. 21 Mar 1819, Stafford Co, VA ,   d. 18 Jan 1901, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 81 years)
  Married	1842  [3]
  Notes	1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 16 1850: Talifaro Knight, 35, shoemaker, value of real estate $300: Elizabeth, 30; John B, 7; Robert K, 1. All born in Virginia. 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 11 1860: T. K. Knight, 45, Clerk Cir Ct, value of real estate $500, value of personal estate $260; Elizabeth, 40; Blackwell, 16; Marshal, 8; Kendal, 11; Catherine, 5. All born in Virginia. 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Borough of West Union), enumerated on Jun 6 1870: Taliaferro K. Knight, 56, shoemaker & Clerk of County Circuit Court, value of real estate $2,100; value of personal estate $1,000; Elizabeth J, 51; Robert K, 21, common laborer; William M, 18; Elizabeth C, 15. 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 2 1880: T. K. Knight, 65, Clerk of Circuit Court of Doddridge Co; wife E. J., 61; son R. Kendall, 30, single, painter; dau Kate, 24, single; boarder Marshall Dye, 21, single, laborer; servant Laura Washington, black female, 21, b. WVa; servant Annie Yates, white female, 17, b. WVa., single. 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Jun 4 1900: T. K. Knight, 86, b. Feb 1814, farmer, married 58 yrs; wife Elizabeth J, 81, b. Mar 1819, married 58 yrs, mother of 5 children (4 still living); son Robert K, 51, b. Apr 1849, single, painter. [7]
  Children	1. John Blackwell KNIGHT,   b. CA 1844,   d. 5 Sep 1864, Andersonville Prison, GA  (Age ~ 20 years)   2. Robert Kendall KNIGHT,   b. Apr 1849,   d. 1908, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age ~ 58 years) + 3. William Marshal KNIGHT,   b. 30 Apr 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. 15 Aug 1904, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 52 years) + 4. Catharine Elizabeth "Kate" KNIGHT,   b. 15 May 1855, West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. 27 Feb 1915, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F23445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Headstone. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). [S692] Obituary of wife. [S1999] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). [S2148] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)). [S1567] Marriage record of son.