Individual Details

Death

Ezra Knapp was born in 1816 in Ohio. As a young man growing up in Ohio, Ezra became what was called a "bound boy". He was "bound" to someone to learn a trade — in his case, carpentry — and was then to work for that individual for a certain period of time. The man he was "bound" to was cruel and beat him often so he ran away to Mississippi, finally settling in Franklin County. In 1842 Ezra married Martha Jane Godbold (born ca. 1824 in Franklin County, Mississippi and daughter of James Godbold and Elizabeth Kendall Wright, half sister of Reason Erwin Godbold and sister of Levi Right Godbold). They had seven children. Land records recorded in Meadville, Franklin County, Mississippi indicate that Ezra acquired 200 acres of land between 1849 and 1859. Ezra Knapp enlisted April 1, 1862 and served in Company D of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment. He died 1886 in New Boston (Bowie County) Texas and was buried there. His wife died about 1888 in McAlester, Oklahoma and is buried there. Courtesy of Ed Godbold
Source: Bios - Co. D - 33rd Mississippi Infantry - Angelfire Karl & Paula Morley