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Priscilla Knighton 1774–1836 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1774

Birth Location: Kershaw, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 7 October 1836

Death Location: Sumter, Alabama, USA

Father: Isaac Knighton

Mother: Susannah Hollis

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Priscilla Knighton was born in 1774 in Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, the child of Isaac Moses Knighton And Susannah Hollis. Priscilla Knighton passed away in 1836 in Sumter, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • Priscilla Knighton was born in 1774 in Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, the child of Isaac Moses Knighton And Susannah Hollis.
  • Priscilla Knighton passed away in 1836 in Sumter, Alabama, USA.

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Priscilla Knighton's Ancestors

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Priscilla Knighton
1774–1836
Birth Place: Kershaw, South Carolina, USA
Parents
Isaac Moses Knighton
1732–1795
King George, King George, Virginia, United States
Susannah Hollis
1730–1815
Fairfield County, South Carolina
Grandparents
Moses Knighten
1690–1755
Virginia, USA
Martha (Elizabeth) Frank
1680–1735
Westmoreland, Virginia, United States
Moses ((LT)) Hollis
1728–1794
Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
John KNIGHT
1670–1750
Kate Coggins
1673–
Robert Jr
1655–1726
Eliza Beasley
1657–1715
John Hollis
1700–1768
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Knighton
1650–1709
Alice Unkn
1650–
Sarah Coggins
1637–1720
Robert Sr
1625–1726
Elizabeth Woodbridge
1631–1685
James Beasley
1630–
William Hollis
1681–1737
Katherine Sylvester
1681–1736

Priscilla Knighton's Timeline

2 Records

1774
1774
Birth of Priscilla Knighton in Kershaw, South Carolina, USA
Kershaw, South Carolina, USA
1836
7 October 1836
Age 62
Death of Priscilla Knighton in Sumter, Alabama, USA
Sumter, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1774
    Event Place: Kershaw, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 October 1836
    Event Place: Sumter, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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