Dixon's ancestry:
son of Thomas R. &Isabella(Sasser) Kirby
Kirby grandparents: Henry &unknown Kirby
Kirby g-grandparents: Thomas &Milly(LNU) Kirby
Kirby gg-grandparents:
Jesse &Penelepah(Parker) Kirby
Sasser grandparents: Josiah &unknown Sasser
Sasser g-grandparents: Arthur &Elizabeth(LNU) Sasser

The relationship on the Sasser side, if any, between
Dixon's mother, Isabella(Sasser) Kirby, and
Jonathan's mother, Piety(Sasser) Humfleet, is unknown.
On the Kirby side, Dixon's g-grandfather, Thomas, is
a brother to Jonathan's g-grandfather, James; thus,
Dixon & Jonathan are Kirby-side 3rd cousins.

"Jonathan Umfleet and Thomas Tuttle were privates in Burrough's Light
Artillary Company, C. S. A." There is more on other names but Robert goes
further by saying to Daniel, "Your father's company was commanded by
Captain William H. Burrough C.S.A.......Burrough's Light Artillary Company
was at the siege of Cumberland Gap and then occupied it for a long time.
Then it was abandoned by the South and the company went into Virginia
where it engaged in several fights. It remained in Virginia
until the end of the war."

From my research, I believe that Burrough's Light Artillary was part of
Maj. Gen. John P. McCown's Division. He is noted as part of Kirby Smith's
invasion of central Kentucky in 1862, but is only mentioned as such and
not credited with any action during the three phrase battle of Richmond.
This leaves me to believe that Burrough's Light Artillary first arrived at
Cumberland Gap during this time and remained after Morgan's Union
occupation was given up due to the possibility of his supply routes being
cut off. It was later that the Union force's siege of Cumberland Gap
prompted the Confederate's withdrawal into Virginia and
Jonathan was likely a part of this withdrawal.

Now, family tradition suggests that Jonathan, as well as others from the
Knox and Laurel County area may have been impressed into service, which
had happened to others. Also, that he had been captured and paroled and
never went back to his unit. Thus, when he applied for available pension,
he was considered a deserter. All of this is unsubstantiated, but so
related by Jonathan's son, Bert Felix Humfleet, and family.