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James "Jim" Knighton 1845–1930 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1845

Birth Location: lived Harrison County, Texas, USA

Death Date: 13 Oct 1930

Death Location: Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA

Father: Jacob Sr\mulatto

Mother: Charlotte Larche

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Thomas Knighten

James "Jim" Knighton was born in 1845 in lived Harrison County, Texas, USA, the child of Jacob Knighton Sr Mulatto And Charlotte Dit Lolote Larche. James "Jim" Knighton had children including Thomas Tom Knighten. James "Jim" Knighton passed away in 1930 in Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • James "Jim" Knighton was born in 1845 in lived Harrison County, Texas, USA, the child of Jacob Knighton Sr Mulatto And Charlotte Dit Lolote Larche.
  • James "Jim" Knighton had children including Thomas Tom Knighten.
  • James "Jim" Knighton passed away in 1930 in Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Knighton's Ancestors

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James Knighton
1845–1930
Birth Place: lived Harrison County, Texas, USA
Parents
Jacob Knighton Sr\mulatto
1811–1890
Tennessee, USA
Charlotte (Dit Lolote) Larche
1817–1912
Louisiana
Grandparents
Josiah (Knighton (Slave) Owner)
1762–1830
Craven, South Carolina, USA
Margaret (Smith) Anon
1768–1812
SC, South Carolina, USA
Francois (Larche) (FMOC)
1744–1834
New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Marie (De Lima) Gervais
1785–1819
Champlain, 1654506, Quebec, Canada
Great-Grandparents
Isaac Knighton
1732–1790
Margaret Frank
1740–1773
Jacques Larcheveque
1736–1809
Marie Gervais
–1833
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Moses Knighton
1690–1755
Margaret Frank
1705–1735
Moses Knighton
1690–1755
Anna Offenbaur
1705–1778
Santiago Larche
1694–
François Gervais
1707–1769

James Knighton's Descendants

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James ("Jim") Knighton (1845–13 Oct 1930)
  1. 1. Thomas ("Tom") Knighten 1869–1957
    1. 1. Cary Knighten 1895–
      1. 1. John (Author) Houston 1920–

James Knighton's Timeline

2 Records

1845
1845
Birth of James "Jim" Knighton in lived Harrison County, Texas, USA
lived Harrison County, Texas, USA
1930
13 Oct 1930
Age 85
Death of James "Jim" Knighton in Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA
Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1845
    Event Place: lived Harrison County, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Oct 1930
    Event Place: Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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