Evidence of the life General Levi J. Knight, earliest settler of Ray City, GA, is well documented in historical archives. From the Civil War period, CSA military documents and newspaper clippings tell of the General’s Berrien County Minute Men. Internet and print histories often relate an interesting passage of command upon the General’s resignation:
“1862-Levi J. Knight resigned a commission as major in the Confederate Army. His son, Levi J. Knight Jr., succeeded to his command.”
But who was this Levi J. Knight, Jr.? Does the historical evidence bear out that he was the son of General Levi J. Knight? The Ray City History Blog will devote the next few posts to the examination of this question.
Related Posts:
- L.E. Lastinger and the two Captains Knight
- Levi J. Knight ~ Wayne County Beginnings
- Levi J. Knight ~ Settling Lowndes County 1827-1836
- Levi J. Knight’s 4th of July Address at Franklinville, GA 1835
- Levi J. Knight Reports Indian Fight of July 13, 1836
- The Commission of Major General Levi J. Knight
- Levi J. Knight and the Confederate Payroll Fraud
- Levi J. Knight and Lowndes First Superior Court.
- Levi J. Knight ~ Next Generation
- Levi J. Knight’s Military Heritage
- Civil War Letters of William Washington Knight 1861-1863 in VSU Archives
- Knights Come to Lowndes County, GA
- Pioneers of Old Lowndes Toasted State Rights and American Independence
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