Michael Bauknight Family

Michael Bauknecht (tailor), born 5 July 1711, was the son of Johannes Bauknecht (Tailor) and Anna Catharina Heimgärtner, of Neckartenzlingen.  Johannes Bauknecht and Anna Catharina Heimgärtner were married 29 April 1704.  Michael Bauknecht married November 1738, Maria Margaretha Stöcklin, born 10 May 1704, daughter of Hans Caspar Stöcklin (Linenweaver) and wife Anna.

The Bauknight/Bouknight family of the S.C. Dutch Fork was founded by Michael Baukneckt who arrived in S.C. with his family on the Rowand in 1752 (Council Journal 21(1):54). At that time he had a wife and one son, George, age 11. Michael Bauknecht was only one of three S.C. Dutch Fork immigrant German families listed in "Emigrants from Wuerttemberg: The Adolf Gerber Lists" (D. H. Yoder, The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Vol. 10, pp. 103-237, 1945).

    This family is described in much greater detail by Ivan M. Bauknight in "The Genealogy of the Bauknight-Bouknight Family in the United States of America."

   Michael Baukneckt was awarded a 150 acre bounty grant located on north side of Saluda River at the site of the Lake Murray dam. Michael Baukneckt's son, Johann George, obtained a nearby 100 acre grant in 1774.

Children of Michael Bauknight and Maria Margaretha Stocklin:

I. Johannes Bauknecht, born 25 September 1739, died 19 February 1747 Germany.

II. Johann Georg Bauknecht, born 11 January 1742.  Came to SC with parents. See family below.

III. Anna Barbara Bauknecht, born 21 September 1744, died 18 April 1747. Germany.

Family of Johannes George Baukneckt

  Johannes George Baukneckt, was born 4 January 1742, Neckartenzlingen, Germany and died 7 September 1836. He married 1) Magdalene Larey, born 21 February 1747 in SC, daughter of Michael Larey and Rachel Koch; , married  2) unknown; married 3) 23 March 1809, Mary Frye Pendarvis Jones, died 5 December 1831, widow of 1) Brand Pendarvis and 2) Charlie Jones.   Johannes George Baukneckt fathered seven children.

I. John Bauknight, born 2 June 1765, died 3 August 1853, married 1) Nancy Anna Sistrunk, and 2) Mary Anna Younginer.

Children of John Bauknight and Nancy Anna Sistrunk:

    A. John Bauknight, Jr., born 1789, died 23 April 1845, married  1) Elizabeth Baker, and married  2) Margaret Elizabeth Ellisor, born 12 January 1814, died 17 August 1888. Margaret Elizabeth Ellisor Bauknight married 2) John Koon and moved about 1852 to Upshur County, TX.

Children by first wife:

      1. Joseph Bauknight, born 1812, died 15 May 1865, married  Catherine Smith, born 17 January 1810, died  23 November 1891.

      2. Clarence Drury Bauknight, born 3 August 1813, died 8 June1857, married  1) Anna Barbara Meetze, died 14 September 1846, and married  2) Charlotte Carolina Bickley. Charlotte married  2) David Hiram Dunson. Only one child known from the union of Clarence Drury and first wife which is Celinda Lavinia Bauknight, died in infancy in 1847.

      3. Christiana Bauknight

      4. John Martin Bauknight, born about 1815, died 16 February 1862, married Elizabeth Ann Boon, born  about 1808, died 12 December 1905. Both buried in Family Cemetery, Irmo, SC.

Children by second wife:

      5. Alexander Osburn Bauknight, born 1 July 1829, died 11 April 1877, married  Elizabeth (Eliza) Busby, born  22 October 1822, died  20 October 1869 or 1889.

      6. Rebecca Frances Bauknight, born 1833, died 1873-80, married James Hilliard Busby, born 15 January  1824, died 1873.

      7. David H. E. Bauknight, born 14 April  1835, died 25 February  1913, married  Priscilla (Cilla) Busby Dailey, born 15 January 1820, died  24 November 1905, widow of William Dailey.

      8. Louisa J. Bauknight, born  1838, died  20 March 1936 Crab Orchard, Cumberland, TN married  before 1860 Harvey Kelley. They were living in TN in 1882, having had five children together at that time.

      9. James Logan Bauknight, born 6 January 1842, died 21 July 1919, married 1866, Eliza Jemima Dailey, born  29 February  1848, died 20 January 1926.

      10. Martha Mahalia Bauknight, born 1846, died 11 November 1893, married 25 October 1865, John Lowe Williamson, born 1826, died 25 June 1896.

    B. David Wesley Bauknight, born 23 December 1792, died 16 February 1852, married Catherine Romanstine, born 1793, died 1867.

      1. Eliza Jane Bouknight, born 18 August 1817, died 19 October 1822

      2. James Robert Lethco Bouknight, born 15 June 1819

      3. Margaret Lenora Bouknight, born  15 January 1820

      4. Jesse Lorrick Bouknight, born  28 December 1821, died 10 February  1834

      5. Thomas Wesley Bouknight, born  3 February  1825, died  2 February  1875, married  1) 23 May 1843, Mary Magdalene Sligh, born 27 February 1824, died  27 February  1844, and married  2) 19 September 1844, Martha Ann Elizabeth Derrick, born 3 May 1829, died 30 October 1913.

      6. Joanna Eve (Jane) Bouknight, born 29 August 1827, died  8 August 1882, married  15 February 1844, Samuel Thomas Mathias, born  4 November 1821, died  15 March 1856.

    C. George Bauknight, born about 1793, died about 1872, married  Elizabeth Smith, born 23 January 1802, died aft. 1880.

      1. Delilah E. Bauknight, born about 1818, died 17 December 1912, was second wife of John Slice, born  about 1806, died 16 March 1888.

      2. William Bauknight, born about 1820, died 18 November 1839

      3. Robert Alexander Bauknight, born about 1825, died 11 February 1917, married  Isabelle Busby, born  about 1827, died after 1880.

      4. Caroline Bauknight, born about 1822, married Lobe P. Jacobs, born about 1827.

      5. Harriett P. (or T.) Bauknight, born 18 January 1826, died  14 June 1922, married  Solomon B. Koon, born  16 February 1842, died  7 September 1897. Both buried Shady Grove United Methodist Church, Irmo, SC.

      6. Elizabeth Sarah (Eliza) Bauknight, born 11 September 1829, died 11 September 1897, married  1) Thomas Martin Derrick, born  24 July 1822, died 4 July 1854 and married  2) George Adam Slice, born  about 1825.

      7. Isaiah Warren Bauknight, born 1835, died about 1879, married  Susannah Elizabeth Bickley, born  about 1843, died 27 July 1908.

      8. Mary Bauknight, born about 1838, married  1) John D. Koon, born about 1840, died before 1870 and married  2) John Stone, born about 1846, died before 1880.

Children of John Bauknight and second wife, Mary Anna Younginer:

D. Mary Polly Bauknight, born 11 March 1798, died 14 September 1867, married  Christian Mickler, born  15 September 1792, died 1 March 1877. Both buried Salem United Methodist Church, Irmo, SC and married  2) Caroline Elizabeth Bouknight Bickley, widow of James Morgan Bickley.

E. Henry Michael Bauknight, born  21 August 1801, died  21 August 1853 near Micapony, FL, married  1 December 1825, Mary Magdalene Sistrunk Bookman, born  19 February 1802, died 21 August 1853 near Micapony, FL. Both buried Family Plot. She was the widow of John Bookman.

F. Rev. Samuel Bauknight, born  6 September 1806, died  30 June 1876, married  1) 3 December 1827, Mary Coogler, born 8 October1813, died  8 January 1863, and married  2) Rebecca Simpson.

G. Jemima Bauknight, born about 1809, married  Joseph Coogler, born about 1803, died  4 February  1877.

H. Elias Bauknight, M.D., born  29 January 1816, died 9 October 1885, married 1) 28 December 1838, Janie Elizabeth Katherine Smith, born 27 February  1821, died  8 March 1849, and married  2) 5 February  1850, Jane Elizabeth Mitchell, born 31 August 1830, died  6 April  1862, and married  3) 19 May 1864, Henrietta E. McClellan, born 20 February 1839, died  6 October 1914. Children by all three wives.

I. Amelia Bauknight, born 12 February 1818, died 28 September 1885, married 19 April 1838, John George Lindler, born 30 September 1813, died 23 December 1886.

II. Michael Bauknight, born about 1770, died 14 August 1839, married Mary Ellisor (Lexington Exchange Vol. 14 p. 156) born about 1773, died  8 October 1849. They were buried on Highway #6 but were removed and reinterred at the old Bookman Church off of Koon Rd , Irmo, SC.

    A. Jacob Bouknight, born about 1804, died August 1865, FL, married Mary A. Smith, born 28 August 1807.

    B. Daniel Bouknight, born about 1806, died 31 January 1836, married  1) Anna Bookman, born 9 November 1807, died 3 January 1864 buried in Grimes Co., TX, daughter of  Samuel Bookman. She married  2) 7 May 1839 John Jacob Lown II,  born 13 December 1795 Lexington Co., SC, died 24 April  1856.

    C. Joel Bouknight, born 1809, married 1) 3 February  1830, Catherine W. Rhea, born about 1819, and married 2) Charlotte Ballentine, born about 1823.

    D. Jesse Bouknight, born 1 January 1812, died 30 February 1887, married *29 January 1829, Naomi Meetze, born 21 January 1813, died 24 September 1878, daughter of John T. Metz, Jr. and Barbara Ann Smith.

III. Caroline Bauknight born 1776, married 1794, Martin Miller.

    A. Margaret Miller married Jacob Rumph, Jr. They lived in Orangeburg Co.

IV. Mary Elizabeth Baukneckt, born 1780, died  24 January  1821, married  1) ___ Bornemann, and married  2) 27 March 1799, John Poppenheim, born 20 October 1776, died about 1807.

    A. Elizabeth Poppenheim

    B. John Frederick Poppenheim, M.D., born 1806, died 12 April 1875, married  Aphra Anna Prichard 

V. George Bouknight, born April 1782, died 3 March 1824, married  Rachel Amaker, died 28 July 1822. They lived in St. Matthews Parish, Orangeburg County, SC.

(Children not in proper order/may not be a complete list of children)

    A. Elizabeth Bouknight, born 1805, died 1855, married  Sampson Smith.

    B. John M. Bouknight

    C. Henry Bouknight

    D. Joel Bouknight

    E. Polly Bouknight

    F. Orven/Owen Bouknight, died 10 September 1817

    G. Mary Bouknight, died 23 May 1832

    H. Unknown female Bouknight

VI. Daniel Bouknight, born 14 January 1785, died 11 October 1850, married  1) Mary Derrick and married  2) Mary (Miley) Smith. He moved to Edgefield (Saluda County) District after second marriage.

Children by first wife:

    A. William Bouknight, born 3 June 1807, died 30 June 1873, married 29 July 1830, Nancy Huiet, born 1 September 1812, died 30 August 1892.

    B. Mary Bouknight died as an infant.

Children by second wife:

    C. Richard Bouknight, born 2 February  1815, died 13 April  1815

    D. Caleb M. Bouknight, born 18 May 1816, died 22 April 1892, married  10 January  1839, Julia Ann Rebecca Meetze, born  about 1823, died 8 May 1900. Both buried Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC.

    E. Reuben Benjamin Bouknight, born 12 August 1817, died 1 August 1857, married  4 January  1838, Mary Magdalene (Polly) Huiet, born 25 May 1819, died 21 November 1896. Both buried Emory Methodist Church, Saluda Co, SC.

    F. Capt. James D. Bouknight, born  13 June 1820, died  1 January 1847, married  Martha Eidson.

    G.. Mary Ann Bouknight, born 16 February 1821, died 10 November 1882, married  14 February 1838, Rev. John Milton Norris, born 7 September 1817, died  7 January  1904. Both buried Norris Family Cemetery,  Saluda Co, SC.

    H. Sarah Cecelia (Leah) Bouknight, born 7 June 1823, died  22 October 1900, married 19 December 1839, William Joseph Barr, born 3 January 1819, died  24 May 1889.

    I.  Caroline Martha Bouknight, married Russell Eidson.

VII. Caleb Bauknight, born about 1786, died about 1800.

Note: *(asterisk) dates were obtained from copies of Family Bible Records which can be found at this site - Bouknight Bible Records

Submitter:  Marlene K. Walker

Bio last updated on: 30 June, 2003