Hello, It is not just a story.....it is actual fact. Did much research on the hanging in Limestone Valley, Arkansas of James Smith, David Flood and Berry Stone (all on the same tree) in May 1863. Hung by Confederates. Have the Civil War Pension records of James and David and wrote a story of this hanging, using the depositions of many men; story can be found on my "Kinfolks Stories by Evelyn Flood" on my Newton County, Arkansas Website. Evelyn Flood RKinfolks@aol.com <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~arnewton/kinfolks3.htm">(1)Kinfolks Stories by Evelyn Flood</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~arnewton/kinfolks3.htm <A HREF="http;//www.rootsweb.com/~arnewton/index.htm">(2)Newton County,Arkansas Web Site, 1850,1860&1870 Census OnLine</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~arnewton/index.htm <A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/newton/census/1900CPIndex.txt"> (3)1900 Newton County,Arkansas Census Plus Surname Index Online</A> this changes; you can access this from site No.2 above. <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/rkinfolks/myhomepage/heritage.html"> (4)RKinfolks Web Site on America On Line(AOL)</A> http://hometown.aol.com/rkinfolks/myhomepage/heritage.html <A HREF="http://www.mcrush.com/history/">(5)Newton County, Arkansas Historical Society(Books,Sites,Pictures)</A> http://www.mcrush.com/history/