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Free State of Jones is a 2016 American historical war film inspired by the life of Southern Unionist Newton Knight, who led a successful armed revolt against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi, throughout the American Civil War.
Newton Knight was born near the Leaf River in Jones County, Mississippi, most likely in November 1837, to Albert Knight and his wife. His birth year has been recorded by his son, Tom Knight, in a biography as 1830, and his grandniece, Ethel Knight, wrote that he was born in 1829.
Rachel Knight was born into slavery to parents named Abraham and Viney in 1840 in Georgia. [1] She was described as a 'Guinea Negro', "meaning she was racially mixed but did not look white nor was she light-skinned, but with 'nice hair' not kinky and shoulder length" similar to Australian aborigines. [2]
At about 8:50 p.m., in the hotel and casino area just outside the arena, Shakur, Knight and their entourage got into a brawl with a group that included Davis and his nephew Orlando “Baby Lane ...
Knight was known for having led the Knight Company in and around Jones County during 1863 and 1864 in resistance to Confederate authorities, trying to protect local farmers. After the war he lived in Jasper County for a time, where he was active in the Republican Party. In 1872 he was appointed as a deputy U.S. Marshal for the Southern District.
Jones claims that up to the time Davis turned 18, he made 230 payments to her totaling approximately $1.9 million, including $70,457 for a new Range Rover and $33,714 for a Sweet 16 birthday party.
In March 2022, Davis sued Jones in Dallas County, asking a judge to void a legal agreement she said her mother, Cynthia Davis, reached with Jones two years after she was born. The 1998 settlement ...
In 1941, Davis stopped painting, as she believed it did not feel appropriate during wartime. [4] At some point in the 1970s, Clark began to do yard work for Davis. On February 16, 1980, Clark attacked Davis with a knife outside her home. He sexually assaulted her and stabbed her to death, and later hid her body in the woods behind her home. [3]