Martha Knight

Martha Knight

• Father: Charles Knight b. circa 1795
• Mother: Lucy Evans b. circa 1802

• Martha Knight was born circa 1823 in North Carolina.
• She married Thomas Gray on 6 August 1844 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, with James W. Holman, JP, officiating.
• Lucy Evans appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Martha Knight, Thomas Gray and Susan Elizabeth Gray. Also in the household were children Jonathan (age 18), Charles (14), Joseph (12) and Nancy (6), and grandson John Gray (1.)
• Thomas Gray and Martha Knight appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Bigby Fork PO, Itawamba County, Mississippi, enumerated next to the household of Martha's mother. Other members of the household included Susan Elizabeth Gray. Also in the household were children John (age 12), Lucy (11), Mary (6), Caroline (5) and Fannie (1.)
• Martha Knight became a widow at the between 1864 and 1870 death of her husband Thomas Gray.
• Martha Knight appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Itawamba County, Mississippi, enumerated not far from the household of her sister Nancy Skoggins, where their mother was living at the time. Also in the household were children Mary (age 17), Callie (14), Fannie (12) and William (4.)
• Martha Knight appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Lee County, Mississippi. Also in the household were children Mary (age 25), Callie (23) and William T. (12.)

• Last Edited: 16 Jun 2015