Thanks! Does anyone know anything more about W. General and Susie Tharpe Kight, such as parents or other children? Eva > Here is my paragraph on John: > > John Esra Claxton was born June 24, 1884, in Johnson > County, Georgia. He married Rilla Kight Dec. 7, 1903, in > Johnson County. [She was born Jan. 30, 1887, in Johnson > County and was the daughter of W. General and Susie > (Tharpe) Kight.] Their children: Eddie; Bessie, who > married L. Ranzy Mixon; Clifford; Albert; Pauline, who > married Henry Lee Josey; Maudie Lee, who married first > James Allen Killingsworth and second Julian Leonard > "Mack" McLendon; and Ruby Inez, who married Windham Allen > Josey. From 1916 through 1933 John was in law enforcement > , as Johnson County Marshall and policeman for Kite, > Georgia. He died July 12, 1946, and Rilla died on Feb. 2 > , 1973. They are buried in Gum Log Primitive Baptist > Church Cemetery, north of Kite. > > Clyde > > emullins wrote: > > >Looking for the parents of Rilla Kight, wife of John > >Claxton. They are pictured in Images of America: Johnson > >County Georgia on page 120 with their children: Albert, > >Pauline, Ruby, Maudie, Bessy, Eddie and Clifford. Article > >states their father, John Claxton, "was a marshall in > Kite." >Thanks, Eva Mullins > >Descendant of Shadrick (Shadrack) Kight and Martha > Jewell. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== GAEMANUE Mailing List ==== > >Always try to be fair, honest and kind!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GAEMANUE Mailing List ==== > Always try to be fair, honest and kind!!! >