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1834 - 1926 (92 years)| Name | William Montgomery McKNIGHT [1] | |
| Birth | 2 Nov 1834 | South Carolina  |
| Gender | Male | |
| MILI | He served the entire four years of the Civil War. He was wounded at Battery Wagner in September 1863. In January 1865 the twenty-fifth Regiment was captured (this was his company) along with the Fort Fisher Garrison, Wilmington, North Carolina. The officers were separated from the enlisted men and all sent on barges to Fortress Monroe, from there they were sent to Elmira prison, where they remained until the end of the war. In Elmira prison they fared well, and there they found a large number of their comrades from Williamsburg District, who had been taken in battles before that time. Among them was Lieutenant Scott, who had been wounded in the battle on the Weldon Railway. He fell in battle, and his comrades left him thinking he was dead, because they saw a bullet hole in his clothing over his heart. But he had a New Testament and a wallet in his breast pocket. The bullet went through the Testament, but stopped in the wallet. The shock had left him unconscious. He said afterwards that when he first revived a big Irish Yankee soldier had him by the collar and was saying kindly, “Come on, Sonny.” Lieutenant Scott was then but a boy in years. He served as a Corporal in Co C, 25th SC Infantry. He was wounded at Battery Wagner between the 3rd-7th of September 1863. [2, 3] | |
| Religion | He served as a deacon and also an elder in his church. [3] | |
| _UID | D6D8B3B579564E4284398AA98A3D145F9F5D | |
| Death | 21 Dec 1926 | Clarendon County, South Carolina [1] |
| Burial | Midway Presbyterian Church Cemetery, New Zion, Sumter District now Clarendon County, South Carolina [3] |
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| Person ID | I124025 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 28 Aug 2004 | |
| Father | Major James McFaddin McKNIGHT, b. 1799/1801, Salem County, South Carolina d. Between 1880-1900, Clarendon County, South Carolina (Age 99 years) | |
| Mother | Susan Leonorah FULLWOOD, b. Abt 1800/1805, Sumter Distirct, South Carolina d. 13/14 Mar 1839, Sumter Distirct, South Carolina (Age 34 years) | |
| Marriage | Abt 1826 | Sumter Distirct, South Carolina [4] |
| _UID | AD986E9689DC4427B74DED1670B137DD552E | |
| _UID | AD986E9689DC4427B74DED1670B137DD552E | |
| Family ID | F45934 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Elizabeth Matilda “Eliza” EPPS, b. 22 Jun 1839, Williamsburg, Williamsburg County, South Carolina d. 1912, South Carolina (Age 72 years) | |||||||||
| _UID | E8BDF445A4F744AE812F2E92B9D05715D0D5 | |||||||||
| _UID | E8BDF445A4F744AE812F2E92B9D05715D0D5 | |||||||||
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| Family ID | F85261 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||||||||
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