The Knight Cemetery
The Knight Cemetery is located approximately one half mile east of Chestnut Mound,
Tennessee, 100 yards west of the house at # 927 Cookeville Highway. The cemetery
is located in a pasture and some stones are down. It is, however, clean and accessible.
36-12-31N 85-49-33W
Knight, Robert H. 22 Nov 1875 - 9 Apr 1904
Knight, Sammie E. 26 Dec 1876 - 21 July 1891
S/O E. H. & Eliza Knight
"Darling Boy Farewell"
Cooper, Walton Fain 12 Nov 1912 - 12 Nov 1912
Knight, Dr. Elijah Haynie 20 Aug 1841 - 26 May 1923
"None knew thee but to love thee
None named thee but to praise"
Knight, Eliza Fain 17 Sept 1852 - (no death date)
Knight, Susan Haynie 20 Aug 1818 - 13 Jan 1903
W/O R. W. Knight
Knight, Robert W. 24 Oct 1811 - 14 Dec 1896
"Erected to the memory of father and mother by their children"
Knight, Fannie Mahaney 20 July 1862 -25 Sept 1927
"A loving wife, a mother dear, lies buried here"
Knight, H. L. 22 Oct 1852 - 25 Jan 1944
"An honest man the noblest work of God"
Note- Dr. Elijah Hayne Knight was a Confederate Soldier serving in Co. B, 7th
Tennessee Infantry. He was wounded with a minie ball in his lung and was sent
home to die, which he did in 1923. A history of the life of Dr. Knight is in
Goodspeeds History of Smith County, Page 950 or on this website.
Go To Goodspeeds History of Smith County
Copied by Retta Waggoner, March 5, 2002
