When Salley Lebulah Maroney was born on 9 October 1872, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Alfred Maroney, was 29 and her mother, Millie Padgett, was 29. She had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters with John Erskine Knight. She lived in Rocky Springs Twp, Aiken, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Wagener, Aiken, South Carolina, United States in 1948. She died on 3 November 1948, in Aiken, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Springfield, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.