Clay County AlArchives Photo Tombstone.....Mitchell, Lobina Elizabeth Knight 
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Cemetery:           Cragford Memorial Marker Placed In 1949
Name:               Lobina Elizabeth Knight Mitchell
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Marker placed at the site of Lobina/Sabina Knight Mitchell's death and her
murderer's hanging. Near Cragford, Clay County, Alabama.  

"In Memory of the tragic death of
Mrs. Lobina Knight Mitchell
June 30, 1881 
by the cruel hands of Charles J. Waldrop
age 24 who was hanged on this spot by
the public July 3, 1881
Erected by M. D. Amason
Commissioner District No. 3
Clay County Alabama 1949


Additional Comments:
"Biney" (1862 - 1881) was the daughter of David Ellerson Knight and Charlotte
Dean.  She was married to Alfred Knight in 1880 or 1881 and tragically murdered
by Charles Waldrop in a case of mistaken identity on June 30, 1881.  It is
possible she was named for her maternal grandmother Sabina Dean as her name
appears as Sabina in the 1870 and 1880 census.  The enumerator's formation of
the letters "L" and "S" leave room for question.

Several Knight siblings married Mitchell siblings.  Biney, her parents, and
other family members are buried at the Cragford Cemetery, Clay County, AL.

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