When I first seen the trailers for this movie I automatically knew what it was going to be about. I'm a genealogist. In press releases I was surprised to see that my cousin, Wyatt Moulds, Professor of History at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi was the technical and historical adviser to the movie.
My mother's side of the family is from Jasper County, next door to Jones County. Wyatt had stated in a press release that Newton Knight, the ringleader of the Jones County Rebellion during the Civil Was was a cousin of his. Yesterday I did the research to see how those of us, the grandchildren of Luna Moulds Reynolds, may be related to Newton.
We are not blood related to Newton Knight. He is technically described as "the 1st cousin, 3 generations removed, of the wife of our great-uncle, Wyatt Benjamin "Dub" Moulds (1915-1982).
Uncle Dub's wife was Reba Gail Sims (1924-2000). She was the 3x great-granddaughter of John Jackie Knight (1774-1861). Newton Knight was a grandson of J.J. Knight.
Newton Knight had at least 5 kids by his black 2nd wife, Rachel. J.J. Knight was the former owner of Rachel. This means that my Aunt Reba had cousins of mixed race. This was something that was not talked about by the elders in my family.
Newton's mixed race kids were not liked by the black or the whites. They lived in seclusion in Jones County. They were protected as long as Newton lived. Everyone knew that Newton would get your ass if you messed with his kids. He was one bad dude. He once helped to build a school but when they wouldn't let his mixed race kids attend he promptly burned it down. Thins changed after his death. Many of his mixed race descendents could pass for white but had to leave the county to do it because everyone around there knew who they were.
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