There is no record of a Sherriff Nat Kilgore in Jones County, strange for an important person as he. However, there was a Mathew Kilgore (Matt Kilgore?), a blacksmith, a man with no more value in property than Newt. Who, in 1864 was recovering from frost-bite and a Confederate soldier at home on a legal furlough. Mathew Kilgore was last seen alive when whe left home on horseback to go back to his unit. The horse later came back without him. Mathew Kilgore was later found dead near a swamp, one of the favorite hiding places of Newt's company. No one was ever caught for killing Mathew Kilgore, my GGG Uncle.
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David Upton