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Newton Knight. Newton Knight (November 10, 1829 – February 16, 1922) was an American farmer, soldier and Southern Unionist in Mississippi, best known as the leader of the Knight Company, a band of Confederate Army deserters who resisted the Confederacy during the Civil War. Local legends tell of Knight and his men forming the "Free State of ...
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. Written and directed by Gary Ross, the film stars Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, and ...
Rachel Knight. Rachel Knight (1840 - February 11, 1889) was the African-American common-law wife to Confederate army deserter Newton Knight (1829-1922). In 1881 she was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was depicted by Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Gary Ross ' 2016 feature film Free State of Jones.
The home gained its notoriety for being haunted after Major Amos McLemore was assassinated in the home. McLemore, a Confederate officer was sent to Jones County to round up a group of deserters led by Newt Knight. A friend of the Deasons, Major McLemore was a guest in their home and was using the home as his headquarters while in the area.
December 31, 1999. (1999-12-31) Ned's Newt is an animated television series created by Andy Knight and Mike Burgess and is co-produced by Nelvana and German company TMO Film GmbH (later renamed as "TMO-Loonland Film GmbH" in seasons 2-3) in conjunction with Studio B Productions. It aired on Teletoon in Canada from October 17, 1997, to December ...
Andrew James Knight (November 23, 1961 [1] – April 10, 2008) [2] [3] [4] was a Canadian animator, film and television director, voice actor, and creator of Ned's Newt, Pig City and Get Ed. Life and career
The Amos Deason House is a historic one-story house in Ellisville, Mississippi, U.S.. It was built in 1855–1860, and designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. [ 2] According to the Hattiesburg American, it is "the oldest house in Jones County." [ 3] During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, Confederate Major Amos McLemore was ...
In AD 932, King Arthur and his squire, Patsy, travel Britain searching for men to join the Knights of the Round Table.Along the way, Arthur debates whether swallows could carry coconuts, passes through a town infected with the plague, recounts receiving Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake to two anarcho-syndicalist peasants, defeats the Black Knight, and observes an impromptu witch trial.