Birth : 8 Feb 1880
Death : 5 Feb 1933
Burial : St Luke Churchyard, Heywood, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England
Description : Sheriff C.C. Mcknight "Nobly he fell while fighting for liberty"

Son of Thomas Jefferson McKnight and Rosamond V. Hawks


His father Roby Matthew Young was Sheriff McKnight's deputy for western Grasyson Cty Va. He was called Sheriff then and McKnight was High Sheriff. Sheriff McKnight asked Roby to go with him to arrest John Posey Sexton. Sexton was standing with his back to McKnight.
After a poor frisking by another Deputy, Sexton pulled his gun and shot over his shoulder and shot in the head and killed McKnight.
Billy was 12 and said it was the only time he saw his father cry."

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    Charles Clark McKnight's memorial is located at: St Luke Churchyard, Heywood, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England.

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Coordinate: 53.6441200, -2.0943600

2. St. Paul's Churchyard
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3. St Martin Churchyard
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4. Ogden Baptist Chapel
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5. St. Thomas Churchyard
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6. St John the Baptist Churchyard
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7. St James Churchyard
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8. Saint Andrew's
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9. St James the Apostle Churchyard
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10. St James Churchyard
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11. St James the Apostle Churchyard
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12. Wardle Wesleyan Chapelyard
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13. Holy Trinity Churchyard
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Coordinate: 53.6441200, -2.0943600

14. Littleborough Cemetery
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Coordinate: 53.6407500, -2.1167500

15. Denehurst Cemetery
Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England
Coordinate: 53.6206199, -2.1821104

16. Quaker Cemetery
Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England

17. Rochdale Cemetery
Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England
Coordinate: 53.6132698, -2.1833401

18. Rochdale Cemetery and Crematorium
Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England

19. Rochdale Crematorium
Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England
Coordinate: 53.6160820, -2.1830570

20. St Chad's New Burial Ground
Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England

21. St Clement Churchyard
Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England

22. St. Chad's
Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England

23. St. James Ashworth
Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England
Coordinate: 53.6214693, -2.2261040

24. Union Street Chapel (Wesleyan)
Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England