If you subscribe to the message board for Chilton County . . . forgive the double-post. This excerpt is from page 264 of the above book: "Left on this road to a junction with another unimproved dirt road 4 m.; R. on this second road across a small creek where gold is sometimes panned. At the fording place occasional tiny flakes of gold may be seen in the creek bottom sand. The JIM COBB HOUSE, 4.5 m., is a three-room, frame structure (L) built in the early 1800's. The original whipsawed boards are still in place in the inner walls. When the War between the States began, Jim Cobb and his brother organized a group of men, unofficially, whose avowed purpose was to kill deserters from the Confederate Army. The families of some of the men that were killed retaliated by organizing a group of their own. They attacked the Cobb house and, after a three-day battle, broke into the barricaded room, took Cobb and hanged him to a crab-apple tree. The tree is not standing, but the bullet holes are still visible in the walls of the house. In the rear of the structure is the old Cobb family burying ground with the red brick va! ult, grass-grown and weathered, where Jim Cobb is buried. The Cobb family meet in this cemetery each Fourth of July for a family reunion and barbecue." Which brother is this story referring to? And maybe I missed it but I never heard about a "three-day battle"? Interesting description though . . . is the house still standing I wonder? Melissa --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! � Try it today!