Newton Knight
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Better known as the leader of Knight's squad, gangs of deserters from the army of the Confederate States of America who opposed the confederate troops during the Civil War .
After the war, he married a second marriage to his grandfather's freed former slave. Since she was black, Mississippi did not recognize this marriage.
His son Tom wrote a biography of his father. The fate of Knight is devoted to the feature films “Roots” (1948) and “ Jones Free State ” (2016).
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Family
- Grandfather - John (1773-1861)
- Father - Albert (1799-1862)
- First wife (from 1858) - Serena Turner (1838 - 1923)
- Son - Thomas Jefferson (1860 - 1956)
- Son - George Matthew (1859 - 1911)
- Son - Joseph (1866 - 1908)
- Son - William (1860 - 1951)
- Daughter - Elsa Ann (1864 - 1917)
- Daughter - Susan (1868 - 1947)
- Daughter - Khazar (1871 - 1952)
- Daughter - Cora (1874-1950)
- Second wife - Rachel Knight (1840 - 1889)
- No children in common
In movies
- Jones Free State (2016)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000