Hi, I'm a descendant of a Silas Knight and so I'd be interested in knowing the name of Elizabeth Cooley Knight's husband also. Please let me know if you find out what his first name is and something about him. Reva Wilson >From: "Barbara Wisdom" <jdwisdom@cox.net> >Reply-To: morandol@rootsweb.com >To: <MORANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [MORANDOL] Civil War era murder of a man named Knight >Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:32:22 -0500 > >Does anyone know the name of the man killed in Randolph County by Quantrill >and his Riders? I have read of it in books about Quantrill. > >The story told in my family concerns my Great Great Grandmother, Sarah >Elizabeth Cooley Knight Heifner. She is the daughter of William and >Elizabeth Fields Cooley, born 1845. Sarah was married first to a man named >Knight who, according to family legend was killed by bushwhackers. I can >find nothing to confirm this story. Also on internet, one site states that >Sarah Elizabeth herself was a Captain in the Confederate Army with General >Price. Another site lists a Knight man in Randolph County murdered by >drowning with a stone tied to him. I can find no more about that story. >Sarah had two children by the Knight man. One was named Nettie that >married >a Phillips. > >In 1868 Sarah married my grandfather, George Washington Heifner, son of >Bartholomew Heifner. I would like information on the murder of Sarah's >first husband, whose last name was Knight. I do not know the first name. >I >suspect this marriage was between census, therefore not recorded. It is >possible the marriage may have taken place in a neighboring state such as >Chariton. Where did General Price live at the beginning of the Civil War? >It is believed that the William Cooley and the Price family were neighbors. >Was there any newspaper in Randolph County during the Civl War? I have >also >read the newspaper during that time was moved to Macon County. Can anyone >shed light on this history? >Thanks for any help. >Barbara Wisdom > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MORANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Booking a flight? Know when to buy with airfare predictions on MSN Travel. http://travel.msn.com/Articles/aboutfarecast.aspx&ocid=T001MSN25A07001