John Knight, Jr., St Helena Parish, LA
Finally found, a verifiable date & place of death for John Knight, Jr. husband of Christiana Crissie Sims. Online in Louisiana Land Records in the Commissioners Report of Actual Settlers, Greensburg (LA) 1819-1853. Land Office of St. Helena., Certificate No. 106.
We certify that John Knight is entitled to a section of land situated in the Parish of St. Helena "on which he now resides as an actual settler" and so certified by the commission in the report of actual settlement claims given under our hand this 24th day of Mar 1824. Attest, Samuel Runnels Registrar, Clerk Will Kinchen. Page 278-279.
1824 and 1826 Tax Assessment Rolls of St Helena Parish, LA, both list the heirs of John Knight of Pontchatoula, LA.