Joseph W. Knight

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1795

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1871-02-19

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"Joseph W. Knight" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00008348, (accessed May 2, 2024).

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Louisville, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Ann C. Knight. Father of Elizabeth Knight Wingate, Mary H. Knight Shelby, Sarah Knight, and Emma Knight. Resident in Shelbyville, Kentucky, in 1830. Owned four enslaved persons in Shelbyville in 1830. Physician in Louisville in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Physician in Louisville in 1859. Physician in Louisville in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, Shelbyville, p. 238.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, p. 342A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 7th Ward City of Louisville.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 505.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville.
"Dr Joseph W Knight (1795-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial #101174344, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101174344, (accessed on December 2, 2019).
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482706.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482707.
The Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1859-60, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Maxwell & Co., 1859), 133.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016189, Jefferson County Deaths, Film #7007126: Louisville, Books 1-4, p. 324.

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