Rizpah Lee (1774-1853)

Gathered here is the most comprehensive repository of materials on the life of Rizpah Lee, grandmother of Adaline Knight (wife of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap).  Click on the links below to access biographical and historical information about Rizpah Lee:

Letters

Letters to Rizpah Lee from:

• Mary Lee (sister-in-law) to Rizpah Lee (handwritten transcription; not in original handwriting), 11 Feb 1829
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Transcription
• Samuel Lee Knight (son) to Rizpah Lee (handwritten transcription; not in original handwriting), 1830s?
  • Transcription
• Vinson Knight, Kirtland, OH, to Rizpah Lee Knight (mother) [typescript copy], 24 Jun 1835
• Vinson Knight, Nauvoo, IL, to Rizpah Lee Knight (mother) [transcribed copy; not Vinson Knight’s handwriting], 14 Feb 1842
• Joseph Miles Lee (brother) to Rizpah Lee (handwritten transcription; not in original handwriting), 25 Feb 1843
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Transcription
• Martha McBride Knight, Nauvoo, IL, to Rizpah Lee Knight (mother-in-law), 8 Jul 1845
  • Holograph copy (with added transcription by Maureen Ursenbach Beecher) (received from Todd Compton) 
  • Page 1 (typescript copy)
  • Page 2 (typescript copy)
  • Page 3 (typescript copy)
  • Transcription

Census Records

• 1840 U.S. Federal Census, Collins, Erie, NY (1840)
• 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Pennfield, Calhoun, MI (7 Nov 1850)
  • Part 1
  • Part 2

Death Records

Photographs and Images

• Headstone: Hicks Cemetery, Pennfield, Calhoun, MI: Rizpah Lee (about 2005)

Spouse

• Rodolphus Knight (1768-1809)

Children

• Samuel Lee Knight (1802-1879)
• Vinson Knight (1804-1842)
• Austin Knight (1806-1806)
• Rodolphus Elderkin Knight (1807-1851)

Parents

• Sherebiah Lee (1747-1843)
• Esther Miles (1743-1794)

Last update:  15 May 2020