William H. Knipp: Pvt. Co., D. 5th., Ky., Inf.  Oct 1861 to Feb 1862.
"Confed".  Information on this veteran was given by Mary Scaggs, the former
widow of William H. Knipp.  She stated that he "died of measles" and that
her post office in 1890 was Ibex.
        The information did not indicate that the soldier died during or after the
war, but it is my belief that he contracted measles while in the army, and
most likely died very soon thereafter.
        William H. Knipp married Mary Wilson, most likely in Carter Co, KY, but i
have seen no date of marriage for them.  Using census records, I calculate
that their marriage was in 1859 or 1860. 
        When the 1870 Elliott Co census was taken, Mary Wilson Knipp was married
to Annanias Skaggs (Aug 24, 1868).  She was the second wife of Annanias,
and stated that she was 30 years of age and born in KY.  Children named in
the 1870 census were: Sena, 15; Harva, a son, 12; Louisa, 10; Susan, 9;
Martha, 8; Joseph, 7; Silvina, 5; and William, 1.
        The child listed as Sena was actually Delcena, a daughter by Annanias'
first wife.  Harva was, of course, Harvey, and was also child by Annanias'
first wife.
        We can get the following information from the 1880 Elliott Co Census:
Annias Skaggs, age 48, and Mary, age 40, which does correspond with her age
as given in 1870.  Children of Annanias and Mary: Louisa Knipp, age 20, and
Rachel S. Knipp, 19.  Nine children were listed as Skaggs and were,
undoubtedly, the children whose mother was also Mary Wilson Knipp Skaggs.
        As I previously stated, I do not know the date of William H. Knipp's
death, neither do I know where he is buried.

        Eli Lambert: "Sol. (Conf.)  This was the only information given in the
1890 Military Census.  He was a resident of the Moccasin Precinct at the
time.
        A Lambert descendent stated recently the Eli was "a major in the Drum and
Fife Corps during the Civil War".
        The source quoted above also indicates that Eli Lambert was born Sept 16,
1836, possibly in Wythe Co, VA.  He was a son of Henry and Emaline Leedy
Lambert.  (Henry traces to Johann Heinrich Lambert and his wife, Mary
Magdalene Daude, natives of Otterburg, Germany).
        Around 1860, Eli Lambert and Elvina Catron were married in VA.  Before
they moved from VA, they had the following children: Ephrain (1860),
William (1861), James (1863), Frances Ann (1867) and Sarah ( 1870).
        It is said that the Lambert family left VA in early 1870, traveled by
wagon down the Big Sandy Valley, and eventually settled in Elliott Co.
When the Elliott Co census was taken in June of 1870, the Eli Lambert
family was already established in the Moccasin area.  Eli stated that he
was 33 years of age and born in VA.  Elvina was 28, and likewise, born in
VA.  Their children named in this census report were: William, 9; James, 7;
Ephraim, 5; Frances, 2; and Sarah, 2 months.  It was indicated that all of
these children were born in VA.
        Some of the Lambert descendants say the date of Elvina's death is unknown.
Since she is not named in the 1880 census, she apparently died during the
1870s.
        When the 1880 Elliott Co census was taken, Eli Lambert was still a
resident of the Moccasin area.  He indicated that he was 43 years of age;
Manervey, his wife, was 37.  The Lambert children named in this report
were: Stuart, 14, and must have been the son recorded as Ephraim in the
1870 census; Francis, 12; Elizabeth, 10, and most likely the infant, Sarah,
in 1870; John, 17; Margaret, 11; and Toby, 1 month.  Step-children listed
were: Sylvester Brown, 13; Frances Brown, 11; and Roda Brown, 6.
        Minerva Lambert was a daughter of Tobias and Frances "Fannie" Steagall
Cocke (Cox), natives of VA.  Information given on her tombstone show that
she was born Aug 19, 1840, I believe in VA.
        Minerva had first married Thomas Brown, a son of Stephen and Mary Dehart
Brown, and they are found named in the 1870 Elliott Co census.
        I am not sure of the date when Thomas Brown died, but if Rhoda, the
youngest Brown child named in 1880, was 6 years of age, we may conclude
that Thomas' death probably not
before 1874.  Typhoid fever struck this particular Brown family in the
1870s, killing many of them, with Thomas being, perhaps, one of the
victims.
        I have not see a marriage date for Eli Lambert and Manerva Cocke Brown
Lambert.  With their son, Toby, being only 1 month old when the 1880 census
was taken, it may be that their marriage was about 1879.
        In 1900, Eli Lambert stated that he was born in Sept 1836, and was, at
that time, 63 years of age.  Minerva, his wife, was 58, indicating that she
was born in Aug 1842.  They stated that they had been married 21 years and
had 8 children, 1 of which was deceased.  Children named in the 1900 census
were: Tobias, age 20, born Apr 1879; Lydia J., 18, Oct 1881; and Doctor D.,
15, May 1885.
        Eli and Minerva Lambert are buried, along with several of their
descendants, in the Crix Cemetery in Rowan Co.  According to their
gravestone, which I have seen, Eli died Mar 20, 1926, and Minerva died Jan
30, 1937.
        I have heard the late Ida Brown Adkins speak often of her "Aunt Nerv
Lambert".  Ida's parents were Steve and Liz Cox Brown.