Over the course of his exhaustive three-year research, Free State of Jones director and screenwriter Gary Ross spent time in modern-day Jones County, where Knight remains a divisive character ...

As Mississippi was poised to vote on secession in 1861, Knight said, the men of Jones County gathered to take their own vote. Just seven favored secession, he said. Everyone else wanted to remain ...

JONES COUNTY, Ga. — A Jones County jury Thursday found three men guilty Of shooting a former friend in his bed. 13WMAZ has been covering this case for nearly five years when someone murdered ...

One of the lesser-known tales of the Civil War - told in the film "Free State of Jones," opening in theaters Friday, June 24 - is similar to one that played out in Alabama, in a county that became ...

After a big Confederate defeat in late 1862, Knight and other Jones County men deserted. ... Needless to say, Knight survives the war — even if the Free State of Jones did not.

Matthew McConaughey seethes with righteous fury in “Free State of Jones,” a tale based on an intriguing, little-known chapter of Civil War history that, despite impeccable intentions, becomes ...

The article, written by Richard Grant, succeeds in blending the present with the past about how Jones County became known as the “Free State of Jones.” A movie has been made telling this ...

Inspired by the real-life story of Confederate deserter and activist Newton Knight, the Civil War action movie “The Free State of Jones” is set in Mississippi, but most of the film was shot ...

The movie “Free State of Jones” with Matthew McConaughey in the lead role, focuses on the life of Newton “Newt” Knight, a tough, struggling white farmer who led a sizable revolt against ...