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Note: .S.A. . He was in the hospital in 2 different places with frozen feet, before he was sent home to recuperate. When he was ready to return to his Unit, he was murdered by the Knight Gang, a bunch of deserters from the Confederate Army. .
In "the Free State of Jones, Mississippi's Longest Civil War" written by Victoria E. Bynum on pages 72 & 73, it gives a better reason that Mathew Kilgore was killed by the Knight Gang. There was apparently revenge that prompted them to kill him. Victoria's Book, says that Matt was a Deputy Sheriff and attempted to arrest Thomas Jefferson Coleman for illegal ( and sinful) gambling. Under the guise of seeking to borrow money in order to post bond, Tom persuaded Sheriff Kilgore to take him to the home of his kinsman, Jackie Knight, who lived just across the Jones County line in Covington. When they arrived he taunted the sheriff, insisting that he could not arrest him now that they were standing outside Jones County. A violent melee followed that ended when the sheriff plunged a knife so far into Tom's neck that it severed his jugular vein. Tom then attacked Kilgore with a lady's pen knife.Tom died.
Kilgore was tried and found innocent of the murder.
Matthew was a Blacksmith( census) and he had a large family.
In the 1850 census He is listed in Perry Co., MS. Sept. 24
James Carpenter Asst. Marshall
In dwelling 125, there is a (Martha Kilgore) it is Mathew Kilgore listed as a farmer
His age is listed as 36,probably an error by the census taker.
Nancy is listed as 35
Melissa 12
Frances 10
Annabel 8
Emeline 6
Demarius 2
Next door dwelling:. 126 Joseph McLemore is listed with wife, Sarah , children: Nancy 18, Joseph 16, Susan 14 and Elizabeth Kilgore age 5 living with them., dtr. of M.T.G. & Nancy
1860 census of Ellisville, Jones Co., Miss.: Dwelling 233 M.T.G. Kilgore 43 Blacksmith $800.00 b. Miss.
Nancy 42 b. Ala. M.A. 21 ((Melissa Ann b. ca 1838,Jones Co. mar ---Yates)
Francis . 19 Female (Mary b. ca 1843 Ellisville, m William Jackson " Lang)
A. 17 Female (b. Jones Co., MS)
" Emaline 15 Female (b. ca 1845 Jones Co.)
" Elizabeth E. 13 Female (b. ca 1847 m Tom Ellinburg Oct 19 1876 Leake Co., Ms.) " D. 11 Female (b. ca 1849 Perry or Jones Co.,MS.)Demarius
" Rebecca 9 Female (b. ca 1851 Jones Co.) "
Candas 7 Female (b. 1853 Jones Co.) "
H. 5 Female (Henry b. ca 1855 Jones Co. m Miss P.F.Holly Aug 12,1879 Leake Co., Ms.)
A.D. 3/12 Male Alney Dozier b. 1860 Ellisville, Jones Co. m
The last name is Alney Dozier born 1860 and husband of Nancy Caldonia Clark married in Scott Co.., MS.
Listed in dwelling 234 next door to M.T..G. Kilgore is Elizabeth Kilgore age 61 born in South Carolina and property value of $200.00
There is a male named Samuel age 23 listed in the same house. born in Miss. (son?)
1853 census of Jones Co., MS.
M.T.G. Kilgore 1 male.............8 females
I received a letter from Duffy Kilgore listing all these names and I didn't know where to place them. Mrs. Jean Eady gave the answers to me in a letter.
1870 census Scott Co., Damascus Community
W.J. Lang 32
Fanny 26
Mary E. (Mollie) 1
Elizabeth Kilgore 18
Henry Kilgore 12
Alney Kilgore 9
Fanny is Mary Francis Kilgore b. 6 June, 1843 Jones Co., MS...she was married to William Jackson Lang in Jan 2, 1868 Leake Co., MS.
Her father was Mathew T.G. Kilgore and mother, Nancy Stafford...She brought Elizabeth, Henry, and Alney to Sebastopol after the death of her parents, M.T.G. & Nancy, and raised them there(according to a letter from Duffy Neil Kilgore)
Alfred Kilgore was an uncle to Fannie Kilgore Lang.
Mary Francis "Fanny" died 21 Mar. 1921 Scott Co.,M.S. and is buried at Antioch Cem. Scott Co...children of Fanny & William Jackson Lang were:
Mollie Francis who mar. Joseph B. Gay
Nancy Louella who mar. William E. Russell
William O. "Bud" who mar. Mary Louella Hunt
Minnie Ida who mar.Benjamin M. Guthrie
Exa Genettie who mar. Walter E. Lay
Florence who mar. W.L. "Fate" Graham
Virginia "Jenny" who mar. Willie G. Wolf Source: Jean Eady of Forrest, MS.
These records were taken from the Bible that Nancy Lang Kilgore passed on to her son, Jessie:Nancy Ann Langb. Sept. 10, 1831..d. Aug. 28, 1905, mar. March 13, 1851 to Alfred Kilgore b. 1825 d. Oct 18, 1877. (Alfred Kilgore was an uncle of Fanny Kilgore Lang)
children:
1. James Franklin Kilgore mar. Mary Jane Clark Feb 13, 1878, moved to Texas
children: William Elmer Kilgore b. Apr 13, 1879 d. Aug 28, 1882 Nancy Elizabeth Kilgore b. Sept 3, 1881 James Alfred Kilgore b. Feb. 10, 1884 Luther Madison Kilgore b. Jan 19, 1888 Mary Florence Kilgore b. June 11, 1890 2.William Jessie Creceleus Kilgore b. Jan 2 1870 d. May 3, 1920 mar.Maggie Green Aug. 24, 1898. one son: William Duffy Neil Kilgore b. Dec. 28, 1905 mar Pauline Stringer Jan 21, 1928
3. John Alfred Kilgore b. 1868 mar. Annie Finley June 14, 1907 d. Nov 14, 1914
children:William Oliver Kilgore b. Mar 18, 1909 John Victor Kilgore b. July 1, 1910 Mollie Virginia Kilgore b. Mar 30, 1913 J.A. Kilgore mar. Carrie Buntin June 16, 1919 John is buried in Damascus Cemetery in Scott County. He lived in Texas for awhile and served in the Spanish American War.
M.T.G. Kilgore Military Service: Jones County Rosin Heels 27 Inf...Enlisted Aug. 10, 1861 at Ellisville, Miss, Jones County was murdered by outlaws called Knights Raiders as he was returning to service. He had been furloughed home to recover from frozen feet.he had been in hospital previously.
Note: As stated before in the notes on Alney Dozier, he was a soldier in the C
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