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Post by kathy on Jun 19, 2009 10:34:15 GMT -6
Looking for information on the Knight Family. Charlie Hubbard Knight. Cannon,Cobb,Barnett,Barnhill families.
Any info greatly appreciated! Thank You, Kathy
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Post by Diane Merkel on Aug 2, 2009 20:54:01 GMT -6
Kathy sent some additional information that may help solve some of her family mysteries. The following is a transcript of a letter by Jessie Turner, mentioning Charlie Hubbard Knight and Cannontown: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
I, Jesse C. Turner, am 65 years old, born in Walton County, Florida December 31, 1894. I am a descendant of two of the first families that settled in Walton county. Elijah Ward on my Mothers side settled here in 1821 and Z.N.P.(Zaph) Turner on my Fathers side settled here in 1841.
In the fall of 1934 my work carried me into the community known as Cannontown, a few miles north of Baker in Okaloosa County, Fla. Where Jack Cannon operated a Country Cross-Road store. Jack always called me "Cousin" as a joke, due to the fact that my Grandmothers brother, Andrew Ward, son of Elijah Ward, married Jack's Aunt, Malissa Cannon.
There was a man in the store holding a small baby in his arms. Jack introduced me as his cousin, to the man, Charlie Hubbard Knight who styled him self as an Indian Doctor and showed me his little Boy baby in his arms. After telling how Jack and I were near- kin folks, I said that Andrew Ward's father, Elijah Ward was the son on an Indian Woman named Nancy Knight who married John Ward. - Charlie Hubbard Knight asked me a few questions about my family and then said, "my Grand Father was Jackson Knight a younger brother of your Great Grand Mother Nancy Knight the wife of John Ward and mother of Elijah Ward."
At the time I did not think anything about the family history but since have become interested and have found through the family of Andrew Jackson Knight that he was a Creek Indian and had a sister named Nancy Knight who married a John Ward.
Charlie Hubbard Knight lived next house to Cannon Store and had a daughter named Katie Knight who married Will Cannon the brother of Jack Cannon. (signed) ----------------------- (signed Perloca Linton) Jesse C. Turner ----------------------- Notary Public June 1, 1959 Below is the census record, showing C. H. Knight as an "herbalist." Kathy wrote: My Grandfather had is first child in 1901. Her name was Katie Knight and, when she grew up, she married Will Cannon (Katie Cannon) which is the family in "Cannontown." Where I am sure the name came from. . . . So this puts my Grandfather living there in approx 1901 and then back there again in 1935.
My Mother is listed also in the census in 1935. Charlie Hubbard Knight had married a Sebie Buntin in 1901 and had 4 children, Then in 1924, he married my Grandmother Myra Harris and had 8 more children. Myra is listed with him in the 1935 Okaloosa census. . . . Also in the census records you will see the name Cobb listed living next to the Knight family. I believe that they are also somehow possibly related to the Knight family. Many years later my Grandfather moved , traveled down to South Bay Florida. Some of the members of the Cobb family also moved to South Bay Florida. My Grandfather died [1949] at the home of Walter Cobb, who was originally from Okaloosa. I have confirmed this by actually speaking with Mr. Cobb's Jr, age 80's+. He remembered my Grandfather from South Bay and shared his memories of him and how is family all lived in Okaloosa., which brings in the Barnhill name. . . . Mr. Cobb's Sr. Wife, Mrs. Cobb's maiden name was Barnhill, also from that area. This photo is very small, but it may be of the building in Baker that now houses the Baker Block Museum.
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Post by bmoore on Jan 1, 2010 11:32:02 GMT -6
I have also been researching the Knight family. Elijah Ward is my ggggrandfather. I found Nancy Elizabeth Knight from Eugala Creek Nation, Geneva Co. Al. Born- 21 June 1760 and Died Dec. 1851. Her Creek Name was Na-ho-ga or No-hem. I have been told her father was Andrew Jackson Knight and mother was Katie Martin recently, but have no proof. Barbara McClellan Moore- Texas
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Post by jaxjaguar on Mar 28, 2012 17:06:29 GMT -6
My Grandfather was Walter M. Cobb and Grandmother was Mattie Maude Barnhill Cobb. Both were originally from Okaloosa County, FL. He was born on 09/11/1890 and passed away on 01/02/1972. She was born on 11/29/1893 & passed away on 02/02/1984. He moved to south Florida in 1931, and brought the family down in the summer of 1932. My grandmother was pregnant at that time with my father (Buck Cobb) who was born on 09/14/1932 just south of South Bay, Florida. They later built a house that was 1 mile south of South Bay and was located right beside highway U.S. 27. I spent many, many, many days and nights at this house. And the bedroom where I always slept was where Dr. Knight passed away. I just recently told my wife about Dr. Knight. No one is alive now from the Cobb family (from the children of Walter and Mattie anyway) other than Walter M. Cobb, Jr, who lives in South Bay. He was pastor for many, many years of the Church of All Nations and a missionary to several central America countries. He will be 84 on 7/24/2012. I have several Barnhill family members that are still in and around Crestview, Florida. One is Bill Barnhill. My grandmothers baby brother Hereford Barnhill, passed away in 2003, in Crestview. He was the last surviving member of my grandmothers siblings. My wife and I were privileged to visit him in the hospital the night before he passed away. The facial resemblance between him and my grandmother was astonishing. If anyone wants to get in touch with Bill Barnhill, or Walter Cobb, Jr, I can pass along their information.
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Post by Diane Merkel on Mar 29, 2012 12:01:30 GMT -6
Thank you for sharing some of your family history!
Diane
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Post by loretta on Apr 3, 2012 10:53:13 GMT -6
I "stumbled" upon your website and was flabbergasted to see a picture of my grandfather (Jack Cannon) with some of his children (including my mother Lillian Cannon). My mother Lillian married Lewey Thomas Powell and they had nine living children - I'm am third from the youngest. All siblings' first names start with an "L," my four children are named with an "L," and I have two grandchildren with Ls - so we have four generations of L names. My mother's sister Bobbie (also in the online picture) married a Barnhill but I can't recall his first name - they lived in Crestview for a good while - owned a liquor store - I think on highway 90.
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Post by Diane Merkel on Apr 12, 2012 11:59:04 GMT -6
I'm glad you found us, Loretta! Thanks for the additional information. I hope others will contribute more.
Diane
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Post by holley on Apr 24, 2012 17:43:06 GMT -6
My name is Holley Diane Rhodes Hendrix. My mother, Lucille Mae Cannon, was Jack Cannon's daughter. She wasn't in the pic with the others in front of grandaddy's store. She married Edward Marshall Rhodes in Baker in a small one-room church, Pyron Chappel. The church is stil there. Mama & Daddy had 3 children - Lloyd Donald "Dusty" Rhodes, Sandra Gail Rhodes, and me. Dusty was actually born at home in Baker and lived in Baker for a long time; however, he has since moved across the FL/AL line. Aunt Bobbie (Cannon) did marry a Barnhill, and they called him "J.T" Barnhill. Loretta, who posted, is my first cousin. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by Diane Merkel on Apr 30, 2012 18:37:04 GMT -6
Great info, Holley! Thanks for sharing!
Diane
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Post by kathy on Dec 6, 2012 7:23:13 GMT -6
My Grandfather was Walter M. Cobb and Grandmother was Mattie Maude Barnhill Cobb. Both were originally from Okaloosa County, FL. He was born on 09/11/1890 and passed away on 01/02/1972. She was born on 11/29/1893 & passed away on 02/02/1984. He moved to south Florida in 1931, and brought the family down in the summer of 1932. My grandmother was pregnant at that time with my father (Buck Cobb) who was born on 09/14/1932 just south of South Bay, Florida. They later built a house that was 1 mile south of South Bay and was located right beside highway U.S. 27. I spent many, many, many days and nights at this house. And the bedroom where I always slept was where Dr. Knight passed away. I just recently told my wife about Dr. Knight. No one is alive now from the Cobb family (from the children of Walter and Mattie anyway) other than Walter M. Cobb, Jr, who lives in South Bay. He was pastor for many, many years of the Church of All Nations and a missionary to several central America countries. He will be 84 on 7/24/2012. I have several Barnhill family members that are still in and around Crestview, Florida. One is Bill Barnhill. My grandmothers baby brother Hereford Barnhill, passed away in 2003, in Crestview. He was the last surviving member of my grandmothers siblings. My wife and I were privileged to visit him in the hospital the night before he passed away. The facial resemblance between him and my grandmother was astonishing. If anyone wants to get in touch with Bill Barnhill, or Walter Cobb, Jr, I can pass along their information.
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Post by kathy on Dec 6, 2012 7:29:55 GMT -6
Hi, Just came across post/reply to the pictures I posted on my Grandfather Dr. Knight and Knight family. Please contact me at McKat1711@yahoo.com. I would like to speak with you and exchange information. I have additional information also on families. I can be reached on email or # 813 406-4247. Look so forward to hearing from you, Kathy
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Post by kathy on Dec 6, 2012 7:30:39 GMT -6
I have also been researching the Knight family. Elijah Ward is my ggggrandfather. I found Nancy Elizabeth Knight from Eugala Creek Nation, Geneva Co. Al. Born- 21 June 1760 and Died Dec. 1851. Her Creek Name was Na-ho-ga or No-hem. I have been told her father was Andrew Jackson Knight and mother was Katie Martin recently, but have no proof. Barbara McClellan Moore- Texas
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Post by kathy on Dec 6, 2012 7:32:24 GMT -6
Hi Barbara, I would like to speak with you. McKat1711@yahoo.com or telephone, 813 406-4247. Thank You, Kathy
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Post by missykw4 on Aug 2, 2022 16:37:17 GMT -6
Hi everyone. I'm of the Knight branch you are discussing.
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