Glynda, you don't say a word about the son, Moses; he is the one who came to Texas before the Civil War that was in Brown Co so long; it was his descendants who perpetuated the Brown Co. Bloody Bill Story. You do say that Moses' older brother, William, also had the same story about one of his children. Is this a correct interpretation of what you said? I know only what is on the recorded documents for Moses' family. After the civil war, it was easy to follow those people in the censuses up to 1930. Since the Wm M. died in 1883, you might have the names of all his children. It is reasonable for both these brothers to have a son, Wm. Did you actually find William and his Scruggs wife in all the censuses in Brown Co, up until their deaths?? If you didn't, I can do that easily. I doubt that any Texas people believe this Brown County connection to "Bloody Bill", outside of Moses' family. They had to create so many scenarios to make their story fit the facts. I finally decided the son, William, had come home from the Civil War after being "lost" for awhile, and made the story up himself as an excuse for his absence from home and family. My Andersons have no connection to this family whatsoever. Always interested in more central Texas Andersons!!! Mary Alice ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com