Ancestors of Clarence Douglas Knippers Generation No. 1 1. Clarence Douglas Knippers, born July 10, 1924 in Fisher, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died October 13, 1991 in Jackson County, Pas., Ms. Serene Memorial Section 330-Section B-Space-4. He was the son of 2. James Douglas "Ned" Knippers and 3. Burlie Lutitia Dupree. He married (1) Ellie Mahaffey February 02, 1944 in DeRiddle, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. She was born April 01, 1925 in Mittie, Allen Parish, Louisiana, and died August 14, 1994 in Jackson County,Pas.,Ms. Serene Memorial-Section 330-Section B-Space-4. She was the daughter of Amos Mahaffey and Ola Saona Bailey. Notes for Clarence Douglas Knippers: Miss. Coast Cremartory Cemetery known as Serena Garden Cemetery--Hwy. 613, Escatawpa, Ms. Phone: 228-475-7705. FAMILY TREE DNA - GENEALOGY BY GENETICS, LTD. 1919 North Loop West, Suite 110 Houston, Texas 77008, USA PHONE: (713) 828-4200 - (Fax) 868-4584 info@FamilyTreeDNA.com KNIPPERS; - DNA R1b Haplogroup R1b is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype. Surnames in Project: Devine, O' Devine, Devin, Divin, Ó Duibhín, Ó Daimhín, Divine, De Vine, De Wine, Duane, Davin, Devenney, Dwane, Bacherach, Kelly, Drake, McCaffrey Devine ancestral lines, variously spelled, are being sorted and matched through their distinctive DNA patterns, and associated with the Irish places where they were first known. We also hope to link Devine lines of unknown origin to localities in Ireland where matching DNA patterns are found. To extend our initial findings, we need more members with known family origins in the area where most Irish Devines are clustered--from Strabane to Derry in Counties Tyrone and Londonderry, and in the adjoining area of County Donegal--as well as from smaller Devine clusters in Counties Cavan, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. Some project members, both men and women, have ordered mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) tests to identify maternal line ancestry and perhaps match to others with the same ancestry. While not formally part of the Devine study, earliest known surnames in mtDNA lines are also listed following Devine variants. Requirements: Since a Surname Project in essence traces members of a family that share a common surname, and females (a) don't carry their father's Y-DNA, and (b) acquire a new surname by the way of marriage, in order to be relevant to the Surname Project, the tested individual must be a male that wants to check his paternal line (father's father's father's...). The test to be ordered is either the Y-DNA or Y-DNAPlus, and females should look for a brother or cousin with that surname to be tested. Females can also order a test for themselves, which will be the mtDNA or mtDNAPlus, but the results of this test cannot be tied to the Surname Project. The main GeoCousins A M91 Ancient Africans B M60 Ancient Africans C M130 Eden in the East D M174 Ancient Asians E M40 Old Africa E3a M2 Bantu farmers E3b M35 Abyssinia G M201 Caucasus mountains H M69 Ancient Dravidians I M170 Gravettian culture J 12f2 Arabia J2 M172 Fertile Crescent Farmers L M20 Ancient Indians N3 M46 Uralic languages O M175 Rice agriculture O3 M122 Rice agriculture Q P36 Native Americans R1a M17 Kurgan culture R1b M269 Aurignacian culture NOTE: The house was built in October 03, 1962 1732 Sq. Ft. by Charles E. English & Patricia Lynn Rico and Patricia brother- Louis Rico b: 10/25/31 in Greeville, Ms. s/o Louis & Helen Rico of Jackson County, Mississippi. Eagle Construction built the building 51 X 31 X 20 at 4909 Lanier Ave., Pascagoula, Mississippi. Clarence Douglas Knippers live on the land that was known as Arthur Rene Krebs Estates. Actual First Settlers in Jackson County, Miss. Claims to land and establishing land offices in the Districts East of the Island Of New Orlean claim of Rene Krebs. Arthur Rene Krebs s/o Hilaire Krebs and Mary Louise Krebs. Live next door Francis Anthony Saucier "Hermit" b July 06, 1897 in Biloxi, Miss. d October 18, 1986 in Jackson County, Pascagoula, Miss. s/o Dr.Phillip W.W. Saucier and Cecelia Amanda Donovan of Jackson County, Ms. Mr. Francis Anthony Saucier great grandfather was LOUIS AUGUSTUS FREDERICH DE ST. FEROL at the age of 16, in the year of 1810 presented " The Legion Of Honor ", by NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, documents and pictures at Old Spanish Fort in Jackson County, Pascagoula, Miss. Mr. Francis Anthony Saucier employed at Stark Nurseries from Louisiana , Missour: James Hart Star and Jane Walls Founder. Favor plant was Sago Palm Plants & Camilela Plants varity five color. Mr. Francis Anthony Saucier first photography in Jackson County, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Was very well known. More About Clarence Douglas Knippers: Cause of Death: Respertory Arrest-Heart Attack Fact 1: July 21, 1943, US Navy-WWII { U. S. Navel Training Station, San Diego, Calif . } Fact 2: August 10, 1943, MEDICAL DISCHARGE - Arthritis Chronic Sacro-Iliac Joint - 846 79 73 Fact 3: Rank: AS , SV, V6 USNR Fact 4: CCC Camp Fact 5: PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH-MEMBER Fact 6: Honorary Mason-Moss Point, Ms. Fact 7: August 25, 2000, Societ Des Arbres ( Oak Tree ) Waltman-Knippers 134 yrs. old as 8/25/00 Fact 8: 1964, Billiups Service In Jackson County, Miss. Also Louisiana before 1964 Fact 9: January 1970, Waltman- Knippers Insulation Fact 10: 1964, Pas-Point Insulation In Jackson County, Miss. Fact 11: 1987, Jackson County Area Chamber Of Commerce Pascagoula, Mississippi Fact 12: HOME BUILDER ASS.-JACKSON COUNTY, MS. Fact 13: September 2003, http://www.familytreedna.com [ Knippers Or Waltman ] Medical Information: Signed By: Samuel Simmons, M.D.Hurt Back in 1941 for riding a bull { ACCIDENT },Arthritis Chronic Sacro-Iliac Joint More About Ellie Mahaffey: Cause of Death: Candiopulmonary Arrest-HEART ATTACK Fact 1: PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH MEMBER Fact 2: CO-Owner: Pas-Point Insulation Medical Information: Signed By: David H. Witty, M.D.Sepsis- Gangrene Of Distal Transverse And Descending Colon. Alzheimer's Diagnosis Generation No. 2 2. James Douglas "Ned" Knippers, born January 25, 1869 in Amite County,Mississippi; died July 17, 1960 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana-Warren Cemetery. He was the son of 4. Pvt. Harvey Benton Knippers and 5. Margaret Seal (Meg) Hildebrand. He married 3. Burlie Lutitia Dupree October 17, 1911 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. 3. Burlie Lutitia Dupree, born October 31, 1889 in Texas; died March 29, 1929 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana-Pine Knot Cemetery. She was the daughter of 6. Russel Browning Dupree and 7. Sally Jane Barton. Notes for James Douglas "Ned" Knippers: Funeral Records: James Douglas Knippers, Sabine Parish, La. K-516 Source: Warren Meadows Funeral Home Records, Book 1960 Pg 88 Submitted by: Pat Berel Census - 1880 US Census 1. James DUDLY - 1880 United States Census / Mississippi Son Gender: Male Birth: <1874> MS Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Harvey KNIPPERS Self M Male W 49 LA Farmer GER SC Margarett KNIPPERS Wife M Female W 24 LA Keeping House LA LA Josephene KNIPPERS Dau S Female W 20 LA At Home LA LA Cornelus F. KNIPPERS Son S Male W 19 LA Laborer LA LA Edwinnie KNIPPERS Dau S Female W 15 LA At Home LA LA Emmah KNIPPERS Dau S Female W 12 LA At Home LA LA Thomas B. KNIPPERS Son S Male W 7 LA LA LA Charley E. KNIPPERS Son S Male W 5 LA LA LA Ivy M. KNIPPERS Son S Male W 1 LA LA LA James DUDLEY SSon S Male W 7 LA MS LA Source Information: Census Place Middle Creek, Sabine, Louisiana Family History Library Film 1254467 NA Film Number T9-0467 Page Number 235B Syward (Sutton) de DUDLEY P: B: 1041 D: P: Holderness, York, England, Great Britain The Dudley family can trace their ancestors back to the ancient territories of England between the 11th and 12th centuries. The Dudley family traces their ancestral roots back to Anglo Saxon origin, and first appeared in ancient medieval records in Worcestershire ID: I141451 Name: John DUDLEY Surname: DUDLEY Given Name: John Sex: M Birth: 1675 in , , Ireland, Ireland Death: May 1755 in , , Ireland, Ireland Burial: May 1755 , , Ireland, Ireland Ancestral File #: 97CD-RJ _UID: 98D6B6EAA8FF8E48860AFAA5F9836D22C5BD Change Date: 26 Aug 1998 at 02:00:00 Father: Matthew DUDLEY b: 1645 in , Queen's, Ireland, Ireland Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown Children John DUDLEY b: 1701 in , , Ireland, Ireland William DUDLEY b: 1703 in , , Ireland, Ireland Abigail DUDLEY b: 1705 in , , Ireland, Ireland Robert DUDLEY Compact Disc #58 Pin #280159 (AFN: 97CF-G4) Sex: M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event(s): Birth: 1745 Place: Frenchay, , Ireland, Ireland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parents: Father: Jonathan DUDLEY Disc #58 Pin #280168 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage(s): Spouse: Elizabeth MALONE Disc #58 Pin #280160 Marriage: 1771 Place: , , Ireland, Ireland Spouse: Mary STOKES Disc #58 Pin #280170 Marriage: Place: , , Ireland, Ireland Spouse: Hannah JESSOP Disc #58 Pin #280169 Marriage: Place: , , Ireland, Ireland More About James Douglas "Ned" Knippers: Cause of Death: Pneumonia Fact 1: Farmer Fact 2: DNA: Sutton, Dudley or De Sotto Fact 3: de Neuville, de Sotto Of Spain, de Sutton, de Suttune, Dudley, Humphrey, Neville Children of James Knippers and Burlie Dupree are: 1 i. Clarence Douglas Knippers, born July 10, 1924 in Fisher, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died October 13, 1991 in Jackson County, Pas., Ms. Serene Memorial Section 330-Section B-Space-4; married Ellie Mahaffey February 02, 1944 in DeRiddle, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. ii. Ervin Knippers, born 1912 in Many, Sabine Parish, La.; died 1912 in Many, Sabine Parish, La. More About Ervin Knippers: Cause of Death: Blue Baby Fact 1: 1912, Infant iii. I. C. Knippers, born September 27, 1914 in Many, Sabine Parish, La.; died February 19, 1988 in Fisher, Sabine Parish, La; married Pawnee Self December 08, 1940 in Sabine Parish, La; born May 21, 1921 in Peason Community, Sabine Parish, La.. iv. Effie Mae Knippers, born May 24, 1917 in Sabine Parish, La.; died January 19, 1996 in Many, Sabine Parish, La; married James "Jimmy" Pleasant in Sabine Parish, La; born October 17, 1910 in Sabine Parish, La.; died April 1958 in Many, Sabine Parish, La.. v. Bessie Vea Knippers, born January 27, 1921 in Many, Sabine Parish, La.; died January 1987 in Sabine Parish, La; married Newell Wilson Slaughter December 23, 1968 in Sabine Parish, La; born December 23, 1928 in Hornbeck, Vernon Parish, La; died September 1969 in Sabine Parish, La./Mountain Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery. More About Bessie Vea Knippers: Fact 1: Warren Meadows Funeral Home Records, Book 1985 Pg 105 Fact 2: LSU Medical Center in Shreveport vi. Dorothy Louise Knippers, born February 03, 1929 in Sabine Parish, La.; died June 15, 1997 in Haynesville ,Clairborne, La; married (1) William Allen Loftin in Sabine Parish, La; born in Louisiana; married (2) Norris Holley; married (3) Rusty Layfield. Generation No. 3 4. Pvt. Harvey Benton Knippers, born December 18, 1837 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana; died October 16, 1927 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of 8. Thomas Theopolis Knippers and 9. Margaret Deseria Lamberth. He married 5. Margaret Seal (Meg) Hildebrand March 26, 1878 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. 5. Margaret Seal (Meg) Hildebrand, born February 17, 1850 in La.; died April 14, 1942 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana-. She was the daughter of 10. James N. Hildebrand and 11. Josephine R. "Jane" Ferguson. Notes for Pvt. Harvey Benton Knippers: This document was passed down in our family from Harvey Benton Knippers, my great-great grandfather, whose name appears on the Roll. I do not know who compiled and published it because there is no information of that sort on the document. It was given to my mother, Ruby Lee Manasco Dowden, many years ago by her aunt Annie Knippers Self Smith, and it remains in my mother&amp;#39;s possession. I have transcribed the Roll without changing the spelling, punctuation, or grammar. Someone through the years folded the document and that has rendered one surname illegible. There are some blank spaces for given names and places and I did not change them. Submitted by Sharon Dowden Watkins MUSTER ROLL OF THE ST. HELENA RIFLES, Fourth Louisiana Regiment The &amp;amp;amp;quot;ST. HELENA RIFLES&amp;amp;amp;quot; were organized in Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, in November, 1860. Left Greensburg on the 28th day of April, 1861, for New Orleans, were mustered into the State service at that place on the 30th day of the same month, and attached as Company &amp;amp;amp;quot;F&amp;amp;amp;quot; to the Fourth Regiment Louisiana Volunteers. Remained at Camp Walker about two weeks and were ordered thence to Camp Moore, and there transferred to the service of the Confederate States, in May, 1861. From Camp Moore the Company was ordered to the Mississippi Coast, thence to Berwick&amp;#39;s Bay, thence to Jackson, Tenn., thence to Corinth, thence to Vicksburg, thence to Baton Rouge, thence to Port Hudson, thence to Jackson, Miss., thence to Mobile, thence to Dalton, Ga., thence returned to Mobile, thence to Brandon, thence returned to Mobile, thence to Bon S cour, thence to the Army of the Tennessee, under command of Gen. Johnson, then confronting the Federal army under Gen. Sherman, near New Hope Church, Ga. and remained with that command until captured near Nashville, Tenn. in the memorable winter of 1864. During the war the St. Helena Rifles were engaged in the battles of Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Jackson, New Hope Church, Altoona Valley, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Lick Skillet, Jonesboro, Franklin and Nashville. Some members of the Company were in the seige of Port Hudson, and at Spanish Fort, and a detail also accompanied the expedition that captured the United States gunboat Indianola, on the Mississippi River, between Vicksburg and Grand Gulf, in the winter of 1863. In all of the battles, on all of the marches, and under all circumstances, the St. Helena Rifles fully sustained the high renown won by the brave, gallant and chivalrous soldiers of the Confederacy; shriuking from no duty, no matter how onerous, and braving every danger for the sake of Southern independence. Peace to the ashes of those who fill the sacred and hallowed graves of Southern soldiers. Success and prosperity to those who survive. Appended is a list of the Officers and Men, those who were killed, wounded, died in hospitals or at home, transferred, discharged, promoted, etc. This list is believed to be accurate and reliable in every particular. ______________________________________________________________________________ __ 1. J. BUNYON TAYLOR, Captain - Mortally wounded at Shiloh. 2. H.M. CARTER, 1st Lieutenant - Slightly wounded at Shiloh; afterward organized and was elected Colonel of a Battalion of Cavalry. 3. JAMES B. COCKERN, 2nd Lieutenant - Promoted to Captain and Inspector General on Gen. Allen&amp;#39;s Staff; afterward organized and was elected Major of a Battalion of Cavalry. 4. THOMAS SPILLER, 2nd Junior Lieutenant - Resigned in October 1861; died at home of disease contracted while in the army. 1. P.R. BREWER, 1st Sergeant - Elected Lieutenant January , 1863; taken prisoner near Nashville, December 17, 1864. 2. W.N. HYDE, 2nd Sergeant - Killed at Jonesboro, Ga., 31st August, 1864. 3. JAMES M. BLOW, 3rd Sergeant - Wounded at Baton Rouge, and also at Spanish Fort. 4. WM. L. QUIN, 4th Sergeant - Died at Canton, Miss., May, 1862. 5. H.T. A(illegible), 5th Sergeant - Killed at Shiloh, April 7, 1862. 1. C.C. Thompson, 1st Corporal - Killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. 2. B.C. Quin, 2nd Corporal - Transferred to Stockdale&amp;#39;s Cavalry Battalion in 1863: afterward promoted to Lieutenant in the same. 3. R.J. Carter, 3rd Corporal - Transferred to Wingfield&amp;#39;s Cavalry Battalion in 1863: afterward promoted to 1st Lieutenant in Carter&amp;#39;s Cavalry Battalion. 4. A.C. Dean, 4th Corporal - Wounded near Atlanta, Ga., August 18th, 1864. 1. Allen, J.H. 2. Allen, T.H. - Taken prisoner at Nashville, December, 1864. 3. Allen, J.S. - Afterward promoted to Sergeant; wounded near Atlanta, Ga., August, 1864. 4. Addison, W.P. - Afterward promoted to Sergeant; Killed at Jonesboro, Ga., August 31, 1864. 5. Addison, I.A. - Transferred to Trans-Mississippi Department, 1863. 6. Arbuthnot, W.C. - Died at home in 1862, from disease contracted in the army. 7. Arbuthnot, J.W. - Wounded at Baton Rouge and discharged in consequence, 1863. 8. Belue, J.L. - Died at Camp Moore, June, 1861. 9. Brewer, A.A. - Wounded at Jonesboro, Ga., 31st August, 1864; promoted Sergeant in 1864. 10. Brewer, T.G. - Killed at Jonesboro, Ga, 31st August, 1864. 11. Bennett, E. - Transferred to ______in 1863. 12. Bennett, W.T. - Wounded at Shiloh, Baton Rouge, New Hope Church; and also wounded twice and taken prisoner at Jonesboro, Ga., 31st August, 1864. 13. Bickham, J.S. - Died at Edwards&amp;#39; Depot, 1862. 14. Bickham, T.A. - Captured near Nashville, December 17, 1864. 15. Barron, J.W. - Wounded at Shiloh; taken prisoner near Nashville, December 17, 1864. 16. Ballard, H.W. - Died at Clinton, Miss., May, 1862. 17. Bridges, G. - Wounded at Shiloh; being under age, was discharged in July, 1862. 18. Bradford, R.W. - Transferred to 16th Louisiana Regiment, July, 1863; died in 1864. 19. Clayton, J.R. - Killed at Shiloh. 20. Corkern, S.C. - Wounded near Marietta, Ga., July 4th, 1864; killed at Jonesboro, Ga., August 31st, 1864. 21. Crittenden, B.P. - Transferred to Pointe Coupee Artillery in 1863. 22. Crittenden, J.H. - Discharged, June 1861. 23. Carter, H. - Promoted to Sergeant in 1862; in 1863 promoted to Captain in Carter&amp;#39;s Cavalry Battalion. 24. Carter, A. - Wounded at Jackson, Miss., July 1863; died in hospital in Alabama. 25. Carter, I.F. 26. Carter, Laban - Wounded at Shiloh, and also at Baton Rouge. 27. Carter, W.M. - Taken prisoner near Nashville, December 17, 1864. 28. Carter, C.W. - Taken prisoner near Nashville, December 17, 1864; died Camp Chase. 29. Daliet, Jules - Taken prisoner at Altoona Valley, in June 1864. 30. Eady, E.S. - Transferred to Army of Northern Virginia, in 1863. 31. Edwards, C.H. 32. Easley, W.A. - Wounded at Baton Rouge. 33. Easley, J.W. - Transferred to Wingfield&amp;#39;s Cavalry in 1863. 34. Easley, H.W. 35. Easley, George - Mortally wounded at Shiloh. 36. Easly, N.Q. - Wounded at Shiloh; discharged in 1863. 37. Easley, W.E. - Discharged in 1863. 38. Friehland, Columbus - Transferred to Trans-Mississippi Department in 1863. 39. Furlow, John - Taken prisoner near Nashville, December 16, 1864. 40. Frierson, W.G. 41. Gyles, J.R. - Wounded near Atlanta, Ga, 28th July, 1864; appointed Ensign; taken prisoner near Nashville, December 16, 1864. 42. Glasscock, G.W. - Wounded at Shiloh; died at home in 1862. 43. Goodman, E. - Transferred to Beaver Creek Rifles in 1861; killed in 1865. 44. George, John - Discharged in 1861. 45. Hyde, C.H. - Appointed Hospital Steward in 1863. 46. Hutchinson, S.P. - Killed at Baton Rouge. 47. Hutchinson, M.S. - Killed at Jonesboro, Ga., August 31st, 1864. 48. Hurst, T.W. - Transferred to a Mississippi Regiment in 1863. 49. Hart, James. 50. Jones, A.O. - Wounded and taken prisoner at Shiloh; the only man of the Company that was with the Brigade at the time of the general surrender. 51. Jenkins, James A. - Died in hospital in 1862. 52. Kemp, T.D. - Discharged in 1861. 53. Killian, J.D. - Orderly Sergeant in 1863; elected Lieutenant in 1864; wounded at Jonesboro, August, 1864, and captured at Spanish Fort in 1865. 54. Lambert, Joseph - Died at Edwards&amp;#39; Depot, 1862. 55. Kennon, C.E. - Elected 1st Lieutenant at the reorganization of Regiment in May, 1862; promoted to Captain in 1864; captured near Nashville, December 17, 1864. 56. Kemp, S.W. - Appointed Sergeant in 1864; wounded at Jonesboro, Ga. 57. Morgan, D.A. - Killed at Baton Rouge, 1862. 58. Mayfield, J.M. - Died since close of war. 59. Nettles, J.M. - Elected Lieutenant at reorganization of Regiment, May, 1862; resigned in September, 1862. 60. Nichols, _____-- discharged in 1861. 61. Parker, J. G. - Died at Mobile in 1863. 62. Pipes, J.H. - Being over age, was discharged in 1862. 63. Richards, A.P. - Wounded at Shiloh, 1862, and also near Atlanta in 1864. 64. Raborn, W. T. - Wounded at Shiloh; elected Orderly Sergeant in 1862; died at Mobile in 1863. 65. Ramsey, W.H. - Elected 2nd Lieutenant at the reorganization of Regiment in May, 1862; promoted to 1st Lieutenant in 1864. 66. Staples, J.M. 67. Saunders, H.A. - Slightly wounded at Jackson, Miss.; died in hospital in Georgia in 1863. 68. Self, W.D. - Taken prisoner at Port Hudson; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, June 1864, and also at Jonesboro, Ga., August 31st, 1864. 69. Self, W.B. - Elected Corporal in 1862; killed at Jonesboro, Ga., August 31st , 1864. 70. Spencer, W.T. - Transferred to Medical Department in 1861 71. Thompson, B.W. - Discharged in 1862. 72. Travis, H.D. - Died at home in 1862 of disease contracted in the army. 73. Taylor, J.M. - Died at Berwick&amp;#39;s Bay, 1862. 74. Viers, H.K. - Appointed Sergeant in 1863; promoted to Orderly Sergeant in 1864. 75. Wright, J.M. - Appointed Corporal in 1863; wounded at New Hope Church, May 27, 1864. 76. Williams, M.C. - Wounded near Atlanta, 28th July 1864. 77. Webb, James - Wounded at Port Hudson; afterward captured and died in prison. 78. Watson, T.G. - Elected Sergeant in 1862; killed at Jonesboro, Ga., August, 1864. 79. Watson, G.W. - Wounded at Jonesboro, Ga., 31st August, 1864. 80. Watson, J.L. - Transferred to 27th Louisiana Regiment in 1863; afterward killed at the siege of Vicksburg. 81. Watson, J.C. - Wounded and taken prisoner at Shiloh; transferred to 27th Louisiana Regiment, and captured at siege of Vicksburg. 82. Womack, J.K. - 1st Corporal in 1861; elected Lieutenant in October 1861; elected Captain at the reorganization of Regiment, May 1862. 83. Womack, J.H. - Elected Corporal in 1862; Killed near Atlanta, August 1864. 84. Womack, G.W. - Sergeant from September, 1863, to April, 1864; wounded near Atlanta, Ga., August, 1864; killed at Jonesboro, Ga., 31st August, 1864. 85. Womack, W.F. - Discharged in 1862. 86. Youngblood, J.T. - Died in hospital in 1862. 87. Youngblood, W.H. - Discharged in 1862; afterward joined the enemy. 88. Zachary, T.W. - Wounded at Shiloh; elected Sergeant in May, 1862; killed at Jonesboro, Ga., August 31st, 1864. 89. Brewer, J.H. - Transferred to Company in 1863; captured at Port Hudson. 90. Cohe, David - Joined in 1862; died at Canton in 1863. 91. Carter, Martin - Joined Company in 1864; killed at Jonesboro, Ga., August 31st, 1864. 92. Dennis, _____, -- Joined Company in 1863; captured at Port Hudson. 93. Day, M.P. - Transferred to Company from 27th Louisiana Regiment in 1863; appointed Sergeant in 1864; captured near Nashville, December 17, 1864. 94. Eddins, P. - Transferred to Company from an Alabama Regiment in 1863. 95. Easley, D.T. - Transferred to Company in 1863. 96. Green, Wm. - Transferred to Company in 1863; since killed. 97. Goodman, David. - Joined Company May, 1864; captured at Spanish Fort in 1865. 98. Knippers, H. - Joined Company May, 1862; wounded at Jonesboro Ga., 1864. 99. Knippers, T.B. - Joined May, 1862; killed at Jonesboro, Ga., 1864. 100. Knippers, L.W. - Joined in 1862. 101. Kent, T.H. - Transferred to Company from 27th Louisiana Regiment in 1863; wounded and captured near Nashville, December, 1864. 102. Lea, R. - Transferred to Company in 1863; transferred to a Mississippi Regiment in 1864. 103. Strickland, C.D. - Joined Company in 1862; wounded near Atlanta, 28th July, and also at Jonesboro, Ga., 31st August, 1864. 104. Shaw, J.W. - Joined Company in 1862. 105. Story, Wm. - Transferred to Company in 1863. 106. Womack, N.B. - Joined in 1862; wounded near Atlanta, Ga., 28th July, 1864. 107. Womack, H.P. - Transferred to Company from the 16th Louisiana Regiment, 1863. 108. Yule, Thomas - Joined in May, 1862; detached in 1863. 109. Zachary, C.A. - Joined in 1862; afterward promoted to Lieutenant in Cavalry. RECAPITULATION Total number of officers and men belonging to the Company from the date of its organization to the surrender of the Confederate armies........................................................................ .......................... 122 Number killed in battle, 19; mortally wounded, 2....................................................... 21 Died in hospitals, 13; died at home from disease contracted in service, 4.. .................. 17 Killed at home during the war, 1; killed since the close of the war, 1........................... 2 Died in Federal prison, 2; died since the close of the war, 1........................................ 3 Wounded during the war, 34; captured, 21............................................................... 55 Transferred to other organizations, 17; discharged, 12............................................... 29 Number of recruits that joined after January, 1862.................................................... 12 Transferred to the company from other organizations................................................. 9 Number promoted in the Company – Commissioned, 10; Non-Commissioned, 15.... 25 More About Pvt. Harvey Benton Knippers: Burial: Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery Cause of Death: Sinslity Fact 1: May 1862, US ARMY "The Saint Helena Rifles-Organized In Greensburg, La." Fact 2: 4th Louisiana Regiment,Com F. Fact 3: Wounded At Battle Of Jonesboro Fact 4: Saint Helena Rifles Muster Roll Fact 5: Farmer Medical Information: Signed By: W. D. Lostin , M.D. Notes for Margaret Seal (Meg) Hildebrand: Mrs. Margaret Knippers, Sabine Parish, Sabine Index, Many, LA, Apr 17, 1942 17 Apr 1942 - Last rites for Mrs. Margaret Knippers, age 92, relict of the late Harvey Knippers, were held at Warren cemetery Wednesday at 11 o'clock, Rev. W. G. Bailey officiating, Dennis-Green funeral home in charge. Surviving are five children, three sons, J. D., I. M., and E. C. of Many; two daughters, Mrs. J. R. Isgitt and Mrs. Walter Bailey, Many; 24 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren More About Margaret Seal (Meg) Hildebrand: Burial: Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery Fact 1: Her Son James Douglas Harris was Adopted by Harvey Benton Knippers Children of Pvt. Knippers and Margaret Hildebrand are: 2 i. James Douglas "Ned" Knippers, born January 25, 1869 in Amite County,Mississippi; died July 17, 1960 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana-Warren Cemetery; married (1) Ella Mitchell September 09, 1877 in Louisiana; married (2) Burlie Lutitia Dupree October 17, 1911 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. ii. Ivey Monroe Knippers, born December 1877 in Sabine Parish, La.; died September 27, 1966 in Sabine Parish, La./Warren Baptist Church Cemetery; married Missouri Ellen " Zudy" Mitchell November 19, 1871 in Sabine Parish, La; born January 28, 1877 in Sabine Parish, La.; died March 14, 1942 in Sabine Parish, La./Warren Baptist Church Cemetery. iii. Elijah Crawford Knippers, born September 14, 1881 in Sabine Parish, La.; died August 16, 1950 in Sabine Parish, La./Warren Baptist Church Cemetery; married Martha Moss February 07, 1901 in Sabine Parish, La; born September 03, 1870 in Sabine Parish, La.; died February 14, 1951 in Sabine Parish, La./Warren Baptist Church Cemetery. iv. Kizzie (Kater) Knippers, born December 31, 1883 in Sabine Parish, La.; died September 27, 1964 in Sabine Parish, La./Warren Baptist Church Cemetery; married John Robertson Johnnie Isgitt in Sabine Parish, La; born August 26, 1872 in Sabine Parish, La.; died June 01, 1933. v. Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Knippers, born December 17, 1890 in Sabine Parish, La.; died February 21, 1877 in Sabine Parish, La; married David Dave Goodman; born February 1847. 6. Russel Browning Dupree, born February 04, 1854 in San Augustine, Texas; died December 21, 1930 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of 12. Byrd Dupree and 13. Miranda Elizabeth Dupree. He married 7. Sally Jane Barton September 17, 1874 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. 7. Sally Jane Barton, born April 06, 1855 in Texas; died October 30, 1934 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. She was the daughter of 14. William Green Barton and 15. Rhoda Isabell Hughes. Children of Russel Dupree and Sally Barton are: 3 i. Burlie Lutitia Dupree, born October 31, 1889 in Texas; died March 29, 1929 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana-Pine Knot Cemetery; married (1) Long; married (2) Long; married (3) James Douglas "Ned" Knippers October 17, 1911 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. ii. Goerge Jessie Dupree, born January 16, 1886 in Nacodoches, Texas; died July 17, 1959 in Provencal, Louisiana. More About Goerge Jessie Dupree: Burial: Provencal Cemetery iii. Henry F. Dupree, born August 07, 1875 in Many, Louisiana; died July 12, 1967 in Many, Louisiana; married Leona Brumley; born October 02, 1874 in Hemhill, Texas; died January 08, 1952 in Shreveport, Texas. More About Henry F. Dupree: Burial: Pine Knott More About Leona Brumley: Burial: Shady Grove Cemetery iv. Leslie Dupree, born 1880 in Florien, Louisiana; married Julia Whittlear; born in Florien, Louisiana. v. Merindy Melvin Dupree, born February 05, 1883. vi. Ona May Dupree, born January 09, 1905. Generation No. 4 8. Thomas Theopolis Knippers, born May 15, 1803 in Holland/Germany; died May 09, 1866 in Lambert Cemetery, St.Helena Parish, La.. He was the son of Lodewijk Knippers and Hendrikka Nieuwenhuisen. He married 9. Margaret Deseria Lamberth July 08, 1828 in St. Helena Parish, La. 9. Margaret Deseria Lamberth, born 1795 in Orangeburg District of South Carolina; died October 12, 1873 in Natchitoches Parish ,Louisiana. She was the daughter of Frederic (Fred) Lamberth and Mary Loof. Notes for Thomas Theopolis Knippers: Young man Thomas ( Tom ) Theopolis Knippers went get some bread for his sister and stow-away on BRIG JOHANNA CATHARINE and came to USA. Started the Knip Clan in Louisiana-Mississippi. CIVIL WAR RECORDS: HENRY KNIPPERS- Pvt. Co. F. Fire Bat. La. Mil. Present on Roll, New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 23, 1861. HENRY KNIPPERS- Pv. Co. I, 4th La. Inf. Enlisted May 09, 1862, Edward Depot. On roll Nov. 1862 to Aug. 31, 1864 State Plant. Enrolled for Aug. 31, 1864 to February 28, 1865. Absent, Wounded, Absent in Consequince Aug. 31, 1964. LEWIS ( L.W.) KNIPPERS- Pvt. Co. B, 17th La. Inf. Enrolled Nov. 25, 1861, Camp Moore, Louisiana. Present on roll to April 1862. T. B. KNIPPERS- AS { Thomas B. Knippers } Pvt. Co. B, La. Inf. Enrolled May 10, 1862, Edwards Depot. Enrolled in Nov. and Dec. 1862. Absent, sent to hospital, sick. Present on roll from Dec. 31, 1862 to Aug. 1864. Enrolled Aug. 31, 1864 to Feb. 28, 1865. Killed August 31, 1865 at Jonesboro, Georgia. (Note - T. B. was killed after his enlistment period had expired. Many of the soldiers who were far away from home continued to fight after their enlistment time had run out. We feel T. B. was one of that group of men, who loved his county enough to continue fighting}. FAMILY TREE DNA - GENEALOGY BY GENETICS, LTD. 1919 North Loop West, Suite 110 Houston, Texas 77008, USA Phone; (713) 828-4200 - Fax: (713) 868-4584 info@FamilyTreeDNA.com KNIPPERS - DNA MOVED: Amite, Mississippi to Sabine Parish, Louisiana approx. in 1870. The Ancestors Of George & Hazel Mullins by Philip Mullins -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 18 - Stricklands 1805-1960 Summary: The Strickland family of Pike County, Mississippi, maintained contact with related families in western Louisiana through visits and intermarriage. The Stricklands were landlords, merchants and mechanics as well as farmers. Percy Strickland, Sr. opened one of Pike County's first garages for the repair of automobiles. He became widely known in Pike County. In 1805 Henry Strickland was born in the State of Georgia. He and several other Strickland men moved to Pike County, Mississippi, and married daughters of pioneer families already settled in the area. Henry married Clarissa Varnado, a grandchild of Leonard Varnadoe of South Carolina. Leonard Varnadoe had come to Mississippi in 1811 with his father, Samuel Varnadoe Sr. Clarissa was an aunt of Solomon Simmons' wife, Sophronio. Solomon and Sophronio Simmons were the parents of George Simmons to whom I have devoted an entire chapter. One of Henry Strickland's brothers (or cousins) married a daughter of another pioneer couple, Richard and Ann Tyler Simmons. They parented a large group of Stricklands who live down along the Mississippi-Louisiana state line and who claim no relation to the Pike County Stricklands. Other Strickland brothers or cousins married other Varnadoe women who were either nieces or cousins of Henry's wife Clarissa. In 1850 Henry and Clarissa Strickland were living in the vicinity of Mt. Zion Church in Pike County. This area was densely populated by Simmons families. Their immediate neighbor was John Simmons, a son of Richard and Ann Tyler Simmons. Like Henry Strickland, John Simmons was a farmer. John's wife, Mary Hope, had recently died in childbirth and Clarissa helped him manage after his wife's death. She was probably was instrumental in his marriage to one of her nieces, a woman who herself was widowed. Migrations to Sabine Parish, Louisiana Just as there was a familial connection between the inhabitants of Pike County, Mississippi, and those of Barnwell County, South Carolina, so there was a similar connection between Pike County and Sabine Parish in western Louisiana. This connection was created and maintained by immigration westward to Louisiana and Texas. The first group to leave for Sabine Parish was the Sibley family. Just prior to 1850, the brothers Robert and John Sibley and their father Reddick moved to land near Toro, Louisiana. The Sibley's had arrived in the area of Mt. Hermon from near Savannah, Georgia sometime beore 1830. They brought a number of slaves with them. By 1830 the younger son, John, had ten slaves working for him. His brother-in-law, George Simmons, had one slave and John Strickland, another of George Simmons' brothers-in-law, had one slave as well. In 1830 most Pike County families owned either no slaves at all or one or two. The Sibley's, by contrast, possessed a great many Negroes and were always described as being rich. After 10 or 15 years in Mississippi, some of the Sibley's sold their farms and moved further west. In 1851 Reddick Sibley, the father, died in Sabine Parish. He was Mary Simmons father. In September, 1854, George Simmons and his wife, Mary Ann Sibley, went overland to Sabine Parish to collect her inheritance. She received $396.06 in cash and four slaves valued at $2,150. from her father's estate. Her half-brother had died in 1852 in Sabine Parish and she received $338.81 from his estate as well. George Simmons and his wife were probably accompanied on this trip by a nephew and a niece, both of whom moved permanently to Sabine Parish. Richard Simmons and his family and Emeline Simmons (now married to John Bond) and their family moved to Sabine Parish at the same time. In 1850 Richard Simmons and his sister were living on a farm between that of their father John Simmons and the farm belonging to Henry Strickland. Richard and his brother-in-law worked the farm together and were probably working on shares for John Simmons. When these two families left, a large group of friends and relatives accompanied them to the new promised land in Sabine Parish. George W. Addison and his wife Lucinda Simmons, and their two children were among the group. These last two were received by letter into the Toro Baptist Church in Sabine Parish in December, 1855. About three years later, in February, 1859, the preacher Henry Simmons and his wife were received into the same church. In 1859 Henry Simmons was 55 years old and had been a Baptist preacher for 25 years. He stayed in Sabine Parish until his death in 1865. Preacher Henry's nephew, Richard Simmons moved his family across the Sabine River to Newton County, Texas, in 1860 but the other migrants from Pike County stayed in Louisiana and have descendants in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, to this day. Other groups, some of them quite large, left Pike County and its surrounding area for Sabine Parish in 1868 and subsequent years. There was a constant stream of settlers moving to Texas from Mississippi and, in these early years, many stopped and stayed in Sabine Parish. The reason for this is that Fort Jessup was the main port of entry into the Republic of Texas. It was located near the town of Many. It became a major population center along the Texas-Louisiana frontier. Fort Jessup was on the trail that was used to bring cattle from Texas to eastern markets. It also had a sizable community of cotton farmers. The bottom land along the Sabine River and its tributaries was ideal for cotton and the river was navigable all the way to the Gulf Coast. After the War Between the States, some of the Confederate veterans found it difficult to settle down to civilian life. Several local men headed west to the California gold fields. Some of them, such as Reddick Simmons, eventually returned and settled down again in Pike County. Other men never returned. Some men, like Jeff Simmons, shuttled back and forth between Pike County and Sabine Parish for several years. Of course, many others moved to Sabine Parish and stayed for good. In 1866 the patriarch of the Knipper's clan, Tom Knippers, died. For some reason, the entire family decided to leave their farms in St. Helena Parish, just southwest of Osyka, and move west. The Knippers had already received reports of the good land in Sabine Parish. In 1838 "Tom Knippers" was a member of the Line Creek Baptist Church along with John Sibley and his sister Mary Ann Sibley. John Sibley was one of the first to move to Sabine Parish and Mary Ann had the opportunity to see the land when she and her husband, George Simmons, went there in 1854. The "Knippers" probably received favorable reports about Sabine Parish from both parties. In the late 1860s, Louisiana was torn by violence between the freedmen and the ex-Confederates. Perhaps because of this, the Knippers packed their wives, husbands, children and their widowed mother and traveled by way of Alexandria and Natchitoches to Many in Sabine Parish, a distance of 200 miles. The migration occurred in 1868. All of the " Knippers" children except for one went along. Several allied families went with them. Several of Henry and Clarissa Strickland's sons went to Sabine Parish with this group. One of them, named Green, married one of the "Knipper's" daughters. Another son, Henry, followed somewhat later. We are told that the group led by the Sibleys left Pike County before 1850 because there was not enough land in Mississippi to suit their needs. For whatever reason, once the first contingent was settled there, it was inevitable that some of their relatives would follow. Maintenance of contact between families There were many ways these connections between families were maintained. The connection operated in generation after generation as cousins moved back and forth to visit and to live. The " Knippers" were allied to the Stricklands who were, in turn, cousins of the Simmons. The Sibleys and the Simmons visited back and forth several times before the Civil War. For example, one of the sons of George Simmons moved to Sabine Parish with his uncles before 1850. He married and had a daughter. His wife died of TB and the baby was carried to her grandmother Simmons in Pike County. The baby grew up in Mississippi. When she was in her middle twenties, she went to Many to visit her father. She met and married a man there and stayed in Sabine Parish the rest of her life. Of course, her friends and family from Mississippi would have occasion to visit and so the connection would be maintained. Remarkably, this connection between the pioneer families of Pike County and Sabine Parish continued actively until the 1940s. The Stricklands of Pike County Back in Mississippi, Henry and Clarissa raised 14 children on their farm in Pike County. The fifth child and the second son was Francis Sylvester Strickland. Francis was born in 1839 and farmed in Pike County until he died in 1917. Francis was 21 in 1860 and he, his older brother and, at least, two of his younger brothers were of age to serve in the Confederate army. Most of the white men of military age in Pike County were involved in the war and the Stricklands were probably not exceptions. In 1870 Francis was living next door to his father's farm. By then he had been married to Emily Courtney for nine years. They already had five children. Francis was tall and lanky. He wore a neatly trimmed beard and apparently liked both dogs, cats and children. In contrast to her husband, Emily was plump. Like almost all women of her time, she kept her hair long. It was parted down the middle and worn in a bun on the back of her head. Francis was a farmer as were all of his brothers and most of his neighbors. It seems that none of the Stricklands of Pike County were well off when compared, for example, to their cousins the Simmons. In 1870 Francis owned land valued at $400. This meant that his farm likely consisted of 160 acres. He had $150 in personal property. His personal property consisting mostly of household effects and farm implements. He was well off when compared to his immediate neighbors but they were Negro farm hands. Most of the Strickland's black neighbors owned no property and were illiterate. However, not all of the blacks of Pike County were poor. One black family in the neighborhood, the Nelsons, owned more real estate and personal property than did either Francis or his father Henry Strickland. This family was exceptional. Most of the blacks owned no land at all and were either laborers, tenants or sharecroppers. Beginning in 1877, Francis began acquiring more land. He bought 40 acres from his younger brother for $100. Two years later, he bought 160 acres at public auction for $25 and, in 1881, he paid $22.75 for 80 acres that had gone to the state for taxes. This was a time of great distress for the farmers of Mississippi and many farmers lost their land because they could not pay the school taxes. By 1875 over a quarter of the total land area of the state had been forfeited for taxes. This was one of the major outcomes of Reconstruction and it led ultimately to the end of Negro participation in government. The fact that Francis had money to buy land while his neighbors could not even pay their taxes showed that he managed his farming operations extremely well. The land that Francis Strickland was buying was not all adjacent to each other but they were all within a mile or two of his house. He likely farmed most of this acreage with tenants and sharecroppers. H. Strickland: country merchant Henry James Strickland was the third child of Francis and Emily Courtney Strickland. In Henry's later years, he was called simply "H". He was born a year after the Civil War had ended. He grew up on his father's farm in Mississippi. He left Mississippi and went to live with his uncles Green and Henry in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. He stayed there long enough to marry one of his cousins, Delilah Hayes. Delilah's father was originally from southwestern Mississippi. Like Francis Strickland's brother, Green, he had married a daughter of Tom Knippers. After Tom's death in 1866, John Hayes moved with his wife's family to Sabine Parish, taking with him his seven children. John Hayes had served in the Confederate States Army during the war in the quartermaster corps and, in this capacity, had probably become familiar with the area around Many. Thousands of cattle were driven from Texas through Many to supply the Confederate army that had it's headquarters at Alexandria in central Louisiana. Delilah was born in Mississippi and was a year old when her family moved to western Louisiana. She grew up on a farm near Many. In 1887, when she was 20, she married her cousin from Mississippi, H. Strickland. H. and Delilah were a handsome couple. Delilah was quite pretty. She too wore her hair in a bun but, instead of parting it straight down the middle, she clipped the first few inches short and combed it forward to make bangs. H. had a long drooping mustache that he kept all of his life. The mustache made him look mischievous which, in fact, he was. He was well-known for his practical jokes. Neither H. nor his wife were ever skinny and in their old age they both became fat. They did not stay in Sabine Parish. Instead, they moved back to H's home in Pike County in the late spring of 1896. They lived on a farm on the Osyka-Holmesville road, just west of H's parents. As usual, in those days, Delilah gave birth to a child about every two years beginning in 1889. The couple had 11 children and all but one survived to become adults. The first five were born in Sabine Parish. Delilah did not lose contact with her family in Sabine Parish. There were visits back and forth. My mother recalls making several trips to Sabine Parish in the 1930s and there are photos of several of Delilah's brothers visiting the Strickland home in Pike County. During one such visit in 1928, the wife of Randal Hayes sickened and died in Delilah's home. For that reason, Mollie Hayes lies buried in the Strickland Family cemetery in Pike County. Her husband is buried near Florien, Sabine Parish. Visits continued through the years. The Hayes family has a reunion every year at or near Fort Jessup and they eagerly welcome visits from their Strickland and Knippers cousins in Mississippi. The Stricklands have their reunion in Mississippi and sometimes one of the Hayes will join in. In February, 1917, H's father, Francis Sylvester Strickland, died. In November his mother, Emily Courtney, also died. Neither left wills and the four surviving oldest children sued the two youngest children for their share of their parent's personal effects. Since both parents died intestate (without written wills), the Chancery Court appointed an administrator to divide the estate. In the meantime, the two youngest boys tried to take possession of the household effects. The older children claimed that they wanted to sell everything because they were insolvent. Probably the two youngest boys were still living at home. For whatever reason, the older children felt that a partition in kind was not practicable and they insisted that everything, even the family albums and Bibles, be sold. The complaint that H. filed listed in detail most of the moveable property of his mother along with an estimated value of each item. The list is a catalog of what a well equipped household of that time would have had and so I have copied it here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is the list of exempt personal property belonging to Emily Strickland at the time of her death on November 22, 1917: 60 barrels of corn of the value of $90. 4 hogs of the value of $60. 4 shoats of the value of $14. 1 cow of the value of $50. 1 buggy and harness valued at $10. 1 set of agricultural implements consisting of: 1 spring harrow $6.50 1 turning plow $6.50 1 shovel .85 1 pitch fork .85 1 rake .50 1 saddle $7.50 1 grind stone $1.00 2 axes $1.00 1 wheel barrow $2.50 1 set plow gear $2.00 lot of household and kitchen furniture consisting of: 1 stove and kitchen utensils and two dairies valued at $40. 12 tables $25. 1 safe $3. 2 benches $1. 1 lounge $5. 1 armor $12.50 3 rockers $6. 10 chairs $10. 1 clock $2.50 2 pair andirons $1.70 4 lamps $4. 1 wash bowl and 1 cedar bucket $1.50 1 bowl and pitcher $1.50 8 feather pillows $10. 3 sadirons $1.50 3 cotton beds $12. 1 machine $5. 12 quilts $25. 1 bed spread $2. 8 sheets $4. 2 table cloths $3. 2 albums $1.50 2 Bibles $3. 2 cow bells $1. 2 looking glasses $5. 1 shot gun $3. 2 lace curtains and 2 shades $3. 3 rugs $6. 1 beef hide $3. 1 bank of potatoes of the value of $5. 1 large nickel lamp of the value of $2.50 1 meat mill $2.50 1 iron furnace .50 1 brace and bits $1.25 1 grind stone .25 All of the aggregate value of about $400.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some of the items listed are unknown today and so I've given below some explanations and comments. A barrel of corn refers to a certain quantity of unshucked corn weighing about 60 pounds. It probably was the equivalent of a bushel of shelled corn. The corn was not actually in barrels. the 60 barrels referred to here would have been in a corncrib. Shoats are young pigs, just weaned. The cow was probably a milk cow of mixed breed. A set of plow gear would be plow points, the singletree and everything else between the plow and the harness. The harness was mostly made of leather while the plow gear was made of wood, metal brackets and chain. A dairy and a safe are cabinets where food was kept. They were free standing, made of wood and measured about six feet high, three feet side and one or one and a half feet deep. A dairy had solid doors and was deeper than a safe. It had to be deep enough to hold the stoneware milk bowls into which the milk was placed to allow the cream to rise. The safe had screen doors and was used to store fresh food. It was not refrigerated and was simply a safe place to keep the food from the flies. Both a dairy and a safe contained nothing but shelving and were usually home-made. A lounge was an upholstered bench. Like a bench, it had no armrests or backrest. An armor was a free-standing closet with drawers and a place for hanging clothes. Armors were often store bought and featured a mirror on the door of the clothes closet. Andirons were fireplace dogs and sadirons were the solid irons used for ironing clothes. Sadirons usually came in a set of three because they had to be used hot. They were heated by placing two of them on the stove or in front of the fire while the third was being used to iron clothes. The washbowl was used for washing hands and feet. It was always kept near a cedar bucket filled with water. When someone was thirsty, a dipper hanging nearby was used as a drinking glass. If someone wanted to wash, water was dipped from the bucket into the wash bowl. There was no indoor plumbing so the dirty water was thrown out the door and into the yard. A matching bowl and pitcher were kept in the guest room and served the same function as the wash bowl and cedar bucket but in a more formal setting. Cotton beds were mattresses stuffed with cotton. They were cheaper than the feather mattresses which were used in cold weather. The machine valued at $5.00 may have been a Singer sewing machine. The five lamps were glass coal-oil lamps with wicks. The two albums were picture albums containing tin-type pictures made by traveling photographers. The cow bells were iron bells that were tied around the neck of the lead cow so the farmers could locate the herd. Cow bells were also sometimes puts on any cow who had a history of going through fences and becoming separated from the herd. The looking glasses were probably reading glasses although I don't think that either Frank Strickland or his wife could read. Perhaps they are more properly called sewing glasses. The lace curtains were probably hung in the living room windows and the two shades were roller shades used in the bedroom windows. The beef hide was kept around as a source of rawhide, some of which was used as bottoms or seats of chairs. A bank of potatoes refers to potatoes stored in a hole in the ground and covered to keep them dark and to prevent them from freezing in the winter. The large nickel lamp belonged in the parlor. It was decorated and may have had a polished reflector built into it. The iron furnace may have been a type of fireplace insert that could be used to bake bread or pies or it may have been the kitchen stove. The small grind stone listed here for 25 cents was for sharpening knives in the kitchen. A larger grind stone valued at one dollar and listed under agricultural implements may have been a foot-driven circular stone made of a much coarser stone. It is noteworthy that this list makes no mention of auxiliary equipment such as tools for blacksmithing, woodworking, sawmilling, syrup making, corn grinding or shingle making. It seems that Francis Strickland was strictly a farmer without other occupational interests. The dispute over his estate was not settled quickly. I have seen another written complaint dated December, 1919, relating to the same matter. This was almost two years after Emily's death. I don't know either the outcome of the dispute or, indeed, what really caused it. H. may simply have needed some cash money to stock his new store. However, I suspect that the dispute dated back to before 1890. H. left home when he was 18 or 19 years old and went to Sabine Parish to live with his uncle. After he left, the homestead of 40 acres was sold to the youngest son, Louie Oliver Strickland, for $100.00. It was a common practice for the youngest son to stay on the farm and work it with his father until his father was too old to work. In return for inheriting the place, the youngest son cared for this parents in their old age. By the time his parents died in 1917, Louis was 45 years old and had a family of his own. The other brother named in the suit was only a year younger and he too had a family. They were both apparently still living at home with their aged parents. Certainly, there was no disputing that the house and the land belonged to the two younger sons. Other than that, with the exception of the wash pot and the kitchen sink, the older children were claiming a share of everything. Much of the household equipment that H. wanted sold were essential items that a farm could not operate without. Louie Strickland probably assumed that, when he entered into his agreement with his parents in 1890, that all this came with the farm. Certainly if he was insolvent, as H. alleged, then Louie would have been hard pressed to replace any of it. If there was not already bad blood between the Strickland children before the death of their parents, then this story surely illustrates that dying without a will can only make sibling rivalry uglier. After 1918 and before 1925, when H. and his wife were both in their fifties, they sold their farm on the Osyka-Holmesville Road to their son, Percy Strickland. H. bought a store on the State line Road about two miles east of Osyka. They ran that store until the 1930s when they moved up to the Magnolia-Progress road near where the Bluff Springs Baptist Church stands today. Percy Strickland: auto mechanic and farmer Percy Edward Strickland was the fifth of the eleven children of H. and Delilah. He was born in January, 1896, in Sabine Parish and moved to Mississippi with his parents when he was less than six months old. He grew up on his father's farm in Pike County, just a few miles south of where he built his garage in 1926. In 1915 he married Carrie Lee Simmons, a daughter of George and Sophronio Simmons. Percy and his brother, Clarence, courted two of the Simmons girls together. Most of their courting took place in the parlor of the girl's home some four or five miles from that of H. Strickland. In those days, there were no electric lights and, when the boys overstayed their time, they had to return home in the darkness. They made it back home only because the mule pulling the wagon had memorized the way. On cloudy or moonless nights, the long rides back home in the middle of the night and their overactive imaginations convinced the boys that old Bloody Bones, the devil, came out of the woods where the road crossed the Bala Chitto Creek and followed them all the way home. Many nights the two men, still just teenagers, arrived home in a sweat. Leaving the mule and the wagon in the yard, they would rush up to their parents bedroom until they calmed down. The two Strickland men eventually married the two Simmons women. The couples remained close friends throughout their lives. After their marriage on Christmas, 1915, Percy and Carrie moved to the house on the Osyka-Holmesville Road since occupied by Hubert Simmons (one of Carrie's brothers). George Simmons offered 40 acres of land to each of his children who waited until they were 21 before marrying. Both Essie May and Carrie qualified for this gift and Clarence and Essie May lived on the forty acres that George Simmons gave them. When Carrie and Percy married, George Simmons offered Percy forty acres just east of the H. Strickland place. Percy refused it. The land had no road leading to it. Percy preferred instead to rent a house out on the highway that ran between Osyka and Holmesville. Percy and Carrie's first child died as an infant. Their second child, my mother, came very close to dying of pneumonia while the family was living in that rented house. The doctor had done all he could do and had left. Fortunately, during the night the baby passed through the worst of the disease and lived. During World War One, Percy left Pike County and worked in a shipyard in Slidel, Louisiana. None of the Strickland brothers were in the military during this war although several left home to work elsewhere. Percy may have had a draft deferment in mind when he took the job in Slidel. One of the older Strickland boys went to work for the railroad. In 1916 he was caught between two railroad cars and crushed to death. Percy returned from Slidel and worked his father's farm until he bought his parents out sometime before 1925. By 1926 Percy was farming part-time. He was spending most of his time repairing automobiles. Automobiles were just then making their appearance in Pike County. Percy had a car as early as 1920. He and his father-in-law, George Simmons, had two of the first cars in Pike County. One of my mother's earliest recollections is of an incident involving that car when she was two years old. Her parents took her to H. Strickland's place and left her there for her grandmother Delilah to baby-sit. The baby didn't want to be left with grandma and she ran after the car, crying. Percy got out of the car and spanked her. She said that this was the last time he ever spanked her. In 1926, Percy sold the old H. Strickland place to his brother, Clarence. Percy bought some land where the Osyka-Holmesville and the Magnolia-Progress roads intersect. He built a garage on the southwest corner of the crossroads and spent most of his time there. He relegated his farming duties to a young black man named Alvie Taylor. Alvie began working for Percy when the family lived at H's farm. Alvie was 16 when his mother brought him to Percy. She said, "You want this boy? You can have him." When Percy moved to the crossroads, Alvie followed. At first, Alvie boarded with the family. After he married Sis he build a house on Percy's land behind the garage on the Holmesville road. When Percy stopped farming altogether after his older daughters left home, Alvie worked in the garage. It was Carrie, the older girls and Alvie Taylor who kept the farm going. When necessary, the two girls would change their clothes after coming home from school and then go out into the cotton fields to work. Later Percy sold the cotton field, which was behind the garage. More About Thomas Theopolis Knippers: Cause of Death: Heart Attack Fact 1: January 14, 1820, Arrive on ' BRIG JOHANNA CATHARINE ' from Amsterdam,The Netherland Fact 2: Stowed-away arrive in Port Of New-Orleans. Fact 3: Farmer Fact 4: United With Baptist Church in 1844 was Baptised Fact 5: July 31, 2003, DNA- Ireland Fact 6: 1870, Knippers Wagon Train Story Attached Fact 7: Knepper, Kneppers, Kneper, Knepers, Knepperes, Kneppere, Knepperr, Kneepper, Fact 8: Knepperr, Kneepper, Knepere and many more Fact 9: Spelling variations include: Knapp, Knappe, Knap, Knapper, Knapp, Knapman, Knapp Fact 10: Knapman, Knapper,Kneppe, Knape, Knappen, Cnape, Cnappe and many more Fact 11: Some Knippers In Utrecht,UT (NL) Notes for Margaret Deseria Lamberth: Founding of Natchitoches by St. Denis as the oldest permanent settlement in Louisiana and the entire Louisiana Purchase territory west of the Mississippi. Natchitoches Indians, allies of the French, gave their name to the city. Buried By Grandaughter: Letisha Knippers (b.March 20, 1870 and d.September 16, 1873 - daughter of Harve Knippers and Kizzie Hughes) and her son, Anthony Frank Knippers. More About Margaret Deseria Lamberth: Burial: Old Bellwood Cemetery Fact 1: Known as [Montgomery-Addison Cemetery] Children of Thomas Knippers and Margaret Lamberth are: 4 i. Pvt. Harvey Benton Knippers, born December 18, 1837 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana; died October 16, 1927 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; married (1) Kizzie A Hughes; married (2) Margaret Seal (Meg) Hildebrand March 26, 1878 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. ii. Anthony Frank (Ant) Knippers, born 1829 in St Helena Parish, louisiana; died 1862 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana/Montgomery Cemetery. More About Anthony Frank (Ant) Knippers: Fact 1: "ANT KNIPPERS" Pvt., Co. F, 3rd Regt., 1st Div. La. mil Fact 2: STATE OF LOUISIANA ARCHIEVES AND HISTORY AT BATON ROUGE, LA. iii. David Sylvester Knippers, born November 14, 1831 in St.Helena Parish, La; died April 10, 1862 in St. Helena Parish,La./Old Home Place near Hinson Cemetery; married (1) Sarah Jane Roberts January 30, 1855 in St. Helen Parish, La; born March 30, 1831; died June 03, 1859; married (2) Caroline Strickland June 30, 1860 in St Helena Parish, Louisiana; born September 18, 1840 in La.; died April 12, 1917 in St. Helen Parish, La.. Notes for Caroline Strickland: Con and Sarah Strickland "Knippers" Hinson built there home on the Bogue Chitto River, located in the Southern section of Walthall County. iv. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Knippers, born 1834 in St Helena Parish, louisiana; died December 03, 1917 in Sabine Parish, La./Mountain Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery; married Green Walton Strickland January 26, 1865 in St Helen Parish, Louisiana; born February 10, 1843 in St Helena Parish, louisiana; died in Sabine Parish, La./Mountain Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery. Notes for Elizabeth (Lizzie) Knippers: Lizzie and Green Arrived in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, between 1870 and 1880 , with the migration of the other members of the TOM KNIPPERS family, of which some settled in Natchitoches Parish, also. v. Mary Rosena (Rose) Knippers, born January 16, 1833 in St Helena Parish, Louisiana; died December 03, 1917 in St Helena Parish, Louisiana/St. Carmel Baptist church Cemetery; married John A. Hayes August 29, 1853 in Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana; born February 15, 1822 in Mississippi; died September 14, 1889 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana/St.Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery. vi. Mary Elizabeth (Ann) Knippers, born 1840 in St Helena Parish, Louisiana; died February 21, 1877 in St Helena Parish, Louisiana; married David "Dave" Goodman May 09, 1862 in St. Helen Parish, La; born February 21, 1847 in Mississippi. Notes for Mary Elizabeth (Ann) Knippers: When papaw's mother died, she took all the children in to raise. She kept them for a couple of years, until granpa B. came along with a new wife and wanted them back. she worked, she cleaned, she was honest, and if anyone did not do the same, she put a fire under them. Papaw liked her. vii. Thomas T. Knippers, born March 01, 1844 in St Helena Parish, Louisiana; died August 31, 1866 in Jonesboro, Georgia. More About Thomas T. Knippers: Fact 1: Twin Fact 2: Confederat States Army in May of 1862, in Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, La viii. Lewis Wilford (Dock) Knippers, born March 01, 1844 in St Helena Parish, Louisiana; died April 11, 1913 in St Helena Parish, Louisiana/ L. W. Knippers Family Cemetery; married (1) Mary Ann "Mae" Waskom; born July 25, 1846 in Kisatchie, Natchitoches Parish, La.; died February 21, 1877 in Kisatchie, Natchitoches Parish, La. Kistchie Cemetery; married (2) Elbinia "Ellen" Graham in Sabine Parish, La; born April 27, 1861 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; died January 08, 1879; married (3) Mary E. Mitchell in Sabine Parish, La; born August 30, 1844 in Wallnut Grove, Vernon Parish, La.; died August 10, 1915 in Sabine Parish, La./Morman Church. More About Lewis Wilford (Dock) Knippers: Fact 1: Twin Fact 2: St. Helena Rifles, CSA Fact 3: 4th Louisiana Regiment, Company F, of the Stelena Riffles, CSA Fact 4: Journeyed to Natchitoches Parish, in the Western part of the state of La. Fact 5: Had Five Children with his first marriage 10. James N. Hildebrand, born May 28, 1860 in Miss.; died June 05, 1959 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana-. He was the son of David Hildebrand and 9. Margaret Deseria Lamberth. He married 11. Josephine R. "Jane" Ferguson in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. 11. Josephine R. "Jane" Ferguson, born November 22, 1865 in Miss.; died November 09, 1916 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. She was the daughter of William T. Ferguson and Jennie. More About James N. Hildebrand: Burial: Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery More About Josephine R. "Jane" Ferguson: Burial: Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery Children of James Hildebrand and Josephine Ferguson are: 5 i. Margaret Seal (Meg) Hildebrand, born February 17, 1850 in La.; died April 14, 1942 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana-; married (1) Harris; married (2) Pvt. Harvey Benton Knippers March 26, 1878 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. ii. William M. Hildebrand, born December 16, 1880 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died April 13, 1969 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; married Emma Stuart; born June 30, 1885; died July 17, 1980. More About William M. Hildebrand: Burial: Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery More About Emma Stuart: Burial: Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery iii. Freddie H. Hildebrand, born December 08, 1891 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died December 31, 1969 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. More About Freddie H. Hildebrand: Burial: Warren Cemetery iv. Charley H. Hildebrand, born April 13, 1893 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died August 23, 1980 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; married Ella Eason. More About Charley H. Hildebrand: Burial: Warren Cemetery v. Obie H. Hildebrand, born December 04, 1883 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died December 22, 1964 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. More About Obie H. Hildebrand: Burial: Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery vi. Hezikiah Taylor Hildebrand, born March 27, 1880 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died July 17, 1972 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; married Helen Isabell Hildebrand. More About Hezikiah Taylor Hildebrand: Burial: Florien Cemetery vii. Edgar Warren Hildebrand, born 1895 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died August 22, 1981 in Warren , Texas. More About Edgar Warren Hildebrand: Burial: September 30, 1981, Allison Cemetery viii. Kitty M. Hildebrand, born April 02, 1899 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died June 16, 1993 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. More About Kitty M. Hildebrand: Burial: Warren Cemetery 12. Byrd Dupree, born 1816 in South Carolina. He was the son of La Frea Dupree and Elizabeth. He married 13. Miranda Elizabeth Dupree. 13. Miranda Elizabeth Dupree, born 1822 in Alabama. Notes for Byrd Dupree: Origin: French Spelling variations include: Dupre, Dupré, Duprat, Dupraz, Dupréel, Dupréelle, Dupréau, Duprès, Duprey, Dupray, Dupres and many more. First found in Auvergne. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: 320 individuals of the lineage who arrived from France onto Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. Among them, Nicolas Dupré married in 1656 in Quebec. Children of Byrd Dupree and Miranda Dupree are: 6 i. Russel Browning Dupree, born February 04, 1854 in San Augustine, Texas; died December 21, 1930 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; married Sally Jane Barton September 17, 1874 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. ii. Elizabeth Dupree, born 1841 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. iii. Sophia Dupree, born 1843 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. iv. Jasper Dupree, born 1844 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. v. Newton Dupree, born 1844 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. vi. James Dupree, born 1848 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. vii. Henry Dupree, born 1850 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. viii. William Dupree, born 1852 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. ix. Napoleon Dupree, born 1857 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. x. Joseph T. Dupree, born 1859 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. 14. William Green Barton, born 1825 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died 1883 in Texas. He was the son of Isaac Barton and Nancy Snow. He married 15. Rhoda Isabell Hughes. 15. Rhoda Isabell Hughes, born 1830; died 1885. More About William Green Barton: Property: Sabine Parish, Louisiana Children of William Barton and Rhoda Hughes are: 7 i. Sally Jane Barton, born April 06, 1855 in Texas; died October 30, 1934 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; married Russel Browning Dupree September 17, 1874 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. ii. Isaac Franklin Barton, born 1852; married (1) Georgia Ann McBride; married (2) Sylvany Elizabeth "Betty" Laymance. iii. William Monroe Barton, born 1857; married Julia Grissom. iv. Eli Pinkney Barton, born 1863; married Letty Masinia Laymance; born 1868; died 1943. v. Hendrix Snow Barton, born 1865; married Phoebe Jane Darden. vi. Curtis Neel Barton, born 1870; married Thomas Elizabeth "Tommie" Panther; born 1876; died 1917.