Yes, I was the daughter-in-law of the owners, Stanley and Charlotte Knight. They built their home here on the foundation or part of the foundation of the old county poor house that had burned some years before. They combined the acreage from this location, the family farm of Mr. Knight's father Francis George Knight who was born in England, and a farm between the two farm's that Stanley's son Gerald and Stanley's wife Charlotte, inherited from a brother and sister James and Josie Smith. The buildings you see are of a great variety, there was an ice house that was full of straw and ice collected from the lake called Triangle which is close by. There was a large horse barn, cow barn for milking, a wooden silo, barn for pigs, outdoor buildings for washing the clothes, bedding etc. for the inmates of the farm. Remember this farm originally was for people that had no family, jobs, or place to go so, most counties through the United States had poor houses for people in this condition. They had to work the farm for the chance to be housed there. The facility was run by a person or persons that took care of the management of the farm and then provided rooming, meals, etc for the men and once in awhile a woman or two that stayed there. Mr. And Mrs Francis Knight were caretakers there for a few years in their early years of marriage. Others buildings on the farm included a large potato or root seller, a smoke house to smoke meats, a smoke house for the men to go and smoke, play cards and just relax from the days work. There was also among other buildings a dead house where an inmates would be taken upon his or her death, to Wait for the supervisor and a couple of other inmate to dig the grave for the deceased. There is a small grave yard in the area that has been surrounded with a fence that still exists near the present subdivision that sits on or near the beautiful old farm. I neglected that the main building that I spoke of earlier was a three story brick building that housed the occupants of the farm when it was a poor house. After it burned in the 1930, the farm and building were bought by the Knights. I'm sure that I may have some missed spelled words, and other errors in this story as far as grammar etc. Sorry!

I have so many great memories playing on the farm! We used to play the ouija board and have saence's in the potato cellar! I remember playing around the cemetary! It was so old, you could see some of the coffins sticking through the dirt! There was always work on the dairy farm. Once we completed chores, we were given money to go out on the town!! And then there was melon time! A lot of work planting, picking, delivering and selling but there was nothing better than sitting under a tree and cutting into that first melon of the year!!! Good memories!!

Some of my favorite childhood memories was at the Knight Farm, planting, picking, feeding cows, riding horses, an awesome way to grow up. Thanks for the Memories!!