Comments on: Origins of “Jones County Jubilee”

By: renegadesouth

renegadesouth — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:18:10 +0000

Curtis, I wish I could help you. Almost twenty years ago, when Gregg and I were searching for the land once owned by Newt Knight’s parents, we ran into Julius Huff, who was working in his field. When Julius learned that I was working on a history of the Free State of Jones, he took us to the Jackie Knight cemetery (and also to Ben Knight’s grave). Not being familiar with the area at that time, I have no idea how we got there. I do know that he had to use a key to open the gate to the land where the cemetery was located, and that in 1992, it was owned by a lumber company.

Hopefully a reader will supply more precise information.

Vikki

By: Curtis Magee

Curtis Magee — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:09:31 +0000

Is there anyone who can tell me who to contact to see the Jackie Knight cemetary. My email is curtdawg1985@hotmail.com. I drove and drove on where I believe the cemetary is located yesterday, so undoubtedly it is off of the main road behind one of those iron gates. Thanks ahead of time for your input. The locals had never heard of it.

By: Curtis Magee

Curtis Magee — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:21:31 +0000

Thanks! As you can tell I’m fairly new on my geneology esp. this part of my family. They did not talk about their ancestors. I thank both of for your help, and I try to unravel my families history.
Curtis

By: renegadesouth

renegadesouth — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:18:51 +0000

I caused the confusion, Vikky, by proclaiming your find a “match” without checking my files (or my own book!). I have since found your George F. Whitehead in my files, however. He was the son of William and Ali Whitehead, and he appears in their household in the 1850 census for Covington Co., MS.

His father, William Whitehead, was one of three brothers: John, Riley, and William, who were the sons of Daniel Whitehead.
Thus, Curtis’s ancestor George was the first cousin of this George F. Whitehead.

I’m sorry, Curtis, for the confusion that my hasty reply caused!

Vikki

By: Vikky Anders

Vikky Anders — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:21:32 +0000

My most sincere apologies. I merely meant to SUGGEST that George F Whitehead who married Elizabeth Ann Welborn was related to the Whitehead families of Jones Co MS and that Elizabeth Ann Welborn of Covington MS was also kin to the Welborn families who settled in Jones Co MS. Chances are good (to my mind,) that Ernest Welborn Whitehead who while living in OK, during World War 1, listed his birthdate as April 28 1891, is also related. Albeit distantly.

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By: renegadesouth

renegadesouth — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:52:17 +0000

Hmmm, certainly sounds like Vikky Anders’s George Whitehead is not yours. I will check files for another George, although there aren’t that many Whiteheads in Covington County.

Vikki

By: Curtis Magee

Curtis Magee — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:44:24 +0000

I am confused the George Whitehead I am kin to is the youngest son of Mary Ann Knight and John Whitehead, according to his tombstone he was born November, 1852 and died on November 30, 1928. George Whitehead married Nancy Ellen Chain who was born November 1851 and died on January 22, 1930. And renegadesouth, you have listed on Appendix I under John “Jackie” Knight and Keziah Davis desendents Marry and Knight married John Whitehead having seven children, the youngest being George (b. 1852) on page 192 of The Free State of Jones

By: renegadesouth

renegadesouth — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:28:16 +0000

Good detective work, Vikky! I believe we have a match!

Vikki

By: Vikky Anders

Vikky Anders — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:21:45 +0000

Being nosey, I checked into my Family Treemaker database. I knew that I had one Whitehead entry. Okay, no leads there. So I went on to the Whitehead genforum. On a hunch, I punched in the name Welborn and found this post. “George F Whithead b c 1837 m Elizabeth Ann Welborn” from Covington Co MS. By applying the “duck theory”, I am assuming that these Whitehead and Welborn families of Covington MS are related to the Jones Co MS families of same surnames.

I do so love this blog.

Vikky (Wilburn) Anders

By: renegadesouth

renegadesouth — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:01:03 +0000

Hello, Curtis, it’s nice to meet you. John Thomas Whitehead, son of Mary Ann Knight and John Whitehead, is buried in the Jackie Knight cemetery. There is a triple headstone there that is marked with his name (he is misidentified as T.H. Whitehead), and also those of Sil Coleman, and Thomas Yates (Ates). The headstone says that the men were “buried here in unmarked graves,” and that they were “summarily executed by the Confederate cavalry during the War Between the States because of their honest convictions.”

I will post a photograph of the gravestone (which is reproduced in my book, The Free State of Jones), as soon as possible. I’ll also check my notes and see if I have any information on the burial spots of Mary Ann and John Whitehead.

Meanwhile, I invite readers to contribute additional information on the Whiteheads for Curtis.

Thanks for your comment,
Vikki