I have an orginal book by one of Newton Knights sons and its a "raw-raw" story; and yesterday, I found at our local book store, in the half-off bin, "The State of Jones" by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer, 2009- Tom Brokaw loved it! (I'm going to read it on the airplane tomorrow). I also have "Legend of the Free State of Jones" by Rudy H. Leverett, 1984; this is a well done investigative history into the facts, although it left out much of Newton Knights post-war family history.

In the end, the Mississippi State, the Confederate and the U.S. Federal records do not support Newt Knight's and his families claims and stories.

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David Upton