H.M. Williams Branch of Knights

Information and Photos courtesy of H.M. Williams
Photos are posted AFTER the chart of names. **LOTS of pictures... take time to load.
Following information provided by H.M. Williams 
Descendants of JOHN TEDFORD KNIGHT

    1          JOHN TEDFORD KNIGHT     1857 - 1929

.       +MARY C YOUNG 1859 - 1915

........        2      EVA KNIGHT 1879 - 1956

............            +WILLIAM MARTIN HOWELL     1873 - 1937

...................     3      HUBERT "BUDDY" T. HOWELL   1898 - 1986

...................     3      GERTRUDE HOWELL    1901 - 1989

.......................         +WARREN SHINALL     1902 - 1968

...................     3      ARMARETTA HOWELL        1903 - 1983

.......................         +CHARLIE JEFFERSON "SHORTY" SHINALL     1905 - 1955

...................     3      HOWARD CHARLIE HOWELL      1905 - 1977

.......................         +MARY LOUISE MOSS  1912 - 1970

...................             *2nd Wife of HOWARD CHARLIE HOWELL:       

.......................         +ANNA MAE ELROD     1913 - 1999

...................     3      EMERGENE "EMER" HOWELL    1907 - 1997

.......................         +WILLIAM "BILL" BROOKS 1906 - 1971

...................     3      HOY PAUL "SID" HOWELL  1911 - 1990

.......................         +BONNIE LEE NEWBERRY   1916 - 2005

...................     3      MYRTLE "DUDE" HOWELL 1914 - 1998

.......................         +NAT DANIEL ABERNATHY        1914 - 2001

...................     3      HERMAN W "JAKE" HOWELL      1917 - 2000

.......................         +HAZEL ABERNATHY  1922 -

...................     3      HAROLD  HOWELL       1921 -

......................          +MARION BORING                1923 -

........        2      CHARLIE T. KNIGHT    1882 - 1974

............            +EVELYN LEE ABERNATHY       1884 - 1982

...................     3      unknown KNIGHT  1903 - 1903

...................     3      ODESSA (DESSIE) KNIGHT  1912 - Unknown

...................     3      ESSIE KNIGHT       1915 - Unknown

........        2      FRANCIS "FANNIE" KNIGHT       1885 - 1928

............            +THOMAS GARSON KEEVER       1888 - 1979

...................     3      QUIMBY KEEVER 1908 - 1941

.......................         +ELIZA ABERNATHY   1912 - 2002

...................     3      CLIDE KEEVER     1909 - 1910

...................     3      HERSCHEL KEEVER     1912 - 1912

...................     3      BESSIE KEEVER    1915 - Unknown

.......................         +unknown BROOKS                Unknown - Unknown

...................     3      EDWIN KEEVER    1922 - 1990

...................     3      CHARLATENE KEEVER        Unknown - Unknown

.......................         +unknown WOODARD   Unknown - Unknown

...................     3      FAY KEEVER         Unknown - Unknown

.......................         +unknown ETHERIDGE Unknown - Unknown

...................     3      SALLIE KEEVER           Unknown - Unknown

.......................         +unknown ANGLE          Unknown - Unknown

...................     3      WILLIAM KEEVER                Unknown - Unknown

........        2      JOHN M. KNIGHT  1888 - 1973

............            +LAURA ANN WILSON 1895 - 1908

...................     3      LOLA (LORA) EVELYN KNIGHT 1908 - 1985

.......................         +WILLIAM ANDREW SUMMEY   1905 - 1932

...................             *2nd Husband of LOLA (LORA) EVELYN KNIGHT:    

.......................         +BENJAMIN HOWARD  Unknown - Unknown

........                *2nd Wife of JOHN M. KNIGHT:   

............            +NORA TIDWELL  1887 - 1964

...................     3      GRADY WALTON KNIGHT   1911 - 1983

.......................         +M. LOUELLA BRANTON     1911 - 2003

...................     3      SUSIE MAE KNIGHT     1916 - Unknown

.......................         +unknown HOWELL              Unknown -

...................     3      CARINE KNIGHT           Unknown - Unknown

...................     3      HERMAN ELICE KNIGHT     1921 - Unknown

........        2      EARNEST AMOS KNIGHT    1890 - 1965

............            +MARY MONTIE FOWLER   1893 - 1941

...................     3      ALLA MAE KNIGHT     1913 - 1988

.......................         +BEN RICHARD SULLINS     1909 - 1964

...................     3      MARY ADA KNIGHT     1918 - 1926

...................     3      DELLA KNIGHT    1920 - Unknown

........        2      WILLIAM LEE KNIGHT        1894 - 1975

............            +AMANDA VICTORIA ABERNATHY   1899 - 1997

...................     3      WILLIARD L. KNIGHT  1915 - Unknown

...................     3      FANNIE KNIGHT   1918 - Unknown

...................     3      MARY KNIGHT      1920 - Unknown

...................     3      MINNIE KNIGHT   1928 - Unknown

...................     3      TED KNIGHT Unknown -

........        2      MARY C. KNIGHT 1896 - Unknown

............            +unknown EVANS  Unknown - Unknown

........                *2nd Husband of MARY C. KNIGHT:    

............            +ALFRED JENKINS        Unknown - Unknown

...................     3      WATSON JENKINS        Unknown -

...................     3      WALLACE JENKINS      Unknown -

...................     3      LUCILLE JENKINS        Unknown -

...................     3      J.T. JENKINS  Unknown
  • The Howell Family
    H.M.Williams writes: This is Eva Knight's family. Her husband William Martin Howell with their children.
    The little boy sitting on the chair in front Eva is Howard Howell, my grandfather
    H.M. Williams writes:
    Here are some photos of Eva Knight Howell (my great grandmother). She was the daughter of John Tedford Knight. The photo in the garden includes one of her son Hubert Howell. Hubert was once a moonshiner.
    He has appeared in the book Mountain Spirits and More Mountain Spirits.
    He was also was interviewed by Charles Kuralt, and appeared on
    his show On The Road With Charles Kuralt, as well as in the book by the same name.

  • Eva Howell-- Eva is a daughter of John Tedford Knight
  • Eva
  • Eva
  • Eva and son Hubert Howell
  • Knight-Howell Families
    H.M.Williams writes: Unknown Man, Unknown Man, (I believe these two may be sons of John Tedford), Earnest Knight, Mary Knight (maybe this is actually Fannie), Mary Knight (wife), Eva Knight Howell, John Tedford Knight, William Martin Howell. The children may be Eva's. The little girl on the left and the boy to her right are Gertrude and Hubert Howell, but I'm not sure of the others.



  • Allie Mae Knight
    ...........

  • Allie Mae and Ada
    Allie Mae and Mary Ada were the children of Earnest Knight and Montie Fowler.
  • Ernest (Earnest) and Montie (Fowler)Knight--Ernest was a son of John Tedford Knight



  • Will Knight and Mule, also Will Knight and Amanda(Abernathy)--Will was a son of John Tedford Knight
    ......
  • John and Nora Knight-- John was a son of John Tedford Knight

A Resting Place

H.M. Williams says this: I have a website about the Macedonia Cemetary where many Knights are buried.
It's here: Macedonia
  • Nancy Knight-- daughter of Joshua
  • Eva Knight Howell
    The next 4 photos....
    Here are some photos of the Knight Cemetery in Bartow County.
    It was on top of a hill in the middle of no where.
    There are some field stones, but no tombstones.
    My great grandmother Eva Knight Howell use to live close by, but it wasn't until I
    was contacted by someone who lives in a new house nearby that I was able to find it.
  • Pest House
    Joshua does not have a marked stone.
    He was buried in the Pest House cemetery in Bartow County.
    There is only one stone there with a name.
    Here is a photo of what this cemetery looks like.
  • County Line Cemetary
    Joshua Knight's wife Mary Spence Knight is buried in the County Line Cemetery (according to other relatives).
    She does not have a marked tombstone.
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