Ancestry of
Don Knotts

TV and Movie Actor

Enoch South

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Don Knotts — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 18 
  • Father:
  • Benjamin South 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Slack   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Jul 1787 
  • Birth Location:
  • New Jersey 
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Sep 1863 
  • Death Location:
  • Greene County, Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • South Cemetery, Greene County, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Ruth Gregg
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Aug 1808 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Ruth South (Ahnentafel No:9 )

• Sources for Enoch South

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A107282.
  • ² Federal Census, PA, Greene County, 1850, Dunkard, Image 33 of 34.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/03/2020).
  • ⁴ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #84468, Membership application for Furman South, III.
  • ⁵ Gee, Christine South, Genealogical Notes on the South Family: From the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia . . ., Greenville, South Carolina: Keys Printing Company (1963), 38.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 344.