For some of you, this is a repeat, but I shared this with this list very early on, and am repeating it for the sake of those whose surnames are listed here: This is a quote from a booklet called, Early Settlement of the Valley of White River Together with a History of Izard County. Page 4: "About the year 1811, the Trimble brothers--Wat, Bob, Bill, Jo, John and Jim Trimble--Lewis Partee, Tom and John Ramsey and Andy and Thompson..(came to the White River Valley).." Page 40, 41: "You will see this first period found the valley of white river with quite a run of imigrants without the restriction of law or the fear of God before their eyes, and every man was his own law. It must be observed, however that a predominance of sterling intellect prevailed amongst this class of pioneers, accompanied in many instances with education. Of the prominent families composing the mass, we will mention the Yocums, the Friends, the Bryants, The Trimbles, The Hawthornes, the Ramseys, the Partees, the Irons, the Laferties and the Carters. The Yocums and Friends were perhaps North Carolinians, the Cokers and Sneeds East Tennesseans, Ben Bryant a Portugee, the Trimbles, Hawthornes, Ramseys and Partees were Kentuckians. Partee being of French blood, the Irons North Carolinians, Lafferty, East Tennessean and Falenash a Frenchman" Page 49, 50: A circumstance occurred about the year 1827 or 1828 which claims notice in these sketches, which was the killing of Jeff Jones and young Jim Trimble, who was perhaps the son of Old Bob. Both young men still were in their twenties and between whom there seems to have been a grudge. They left the mouth ofn North Fork on horseback going down the south side of the river. Some days after, Jim Trimble came to Partees at the Hunt place, stayed several days, made some careless inquiries about Jeff's sons, whom he said had left him. He got some washing done, the girls afterward told, in confidence that they had washed Jeff Jones bloody clothes. Jeff Jones waws never heard of any more. He had friedns and perhaps relatives who were greatly aroused. Jim Trimble was arrested and carried to Liberty Court and strongly guarded in a log house. One night Jim Trimble had lain down, and there being a crack near him he took a stool or bench and laid it on its edge between him and the cra! ck. The officer and guard all roused up, stood on their feet around the fire. Soon after a gun was fired in at the crack next to Jim Trimble; the ball passed through the bench and through Jim Trimbles body. He sprang to his feet and fell on the hearth dead. This was the close of the career of Jeff Jones and young Jim Trimble."