This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LindaF_V Surnames: Beasley, Baughn, Crane etc Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.marion/2318.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have read in "Stories and People" talked about in the Winston County site, regarding scribes from a book called "Tories of the Hills", written by Wesley S Thompson, and it seems to address the "Civil War", also a man named Charles C Sheats as being the "Free State Tory Leader", now I do not think some Tories were killers and thieves, it may have started out as a way to protect the land , but they ended up with stragglers,, that just wanted to rob and kill,,maybe,,,just a point of view. Surnames:Beasley, Curtis, Baughn, Crane, Bell and Barton. Regards, Linda Beasley-Vida Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.