Yes, I have one of the new publications, I get all the old books when they become available again as soon as they are off the presses! Loyalty on the Frontier or SKETCHES OF UNION MEN of the S O U T H - W E S T with incidents and Adventures in REBELLION ON THE BORDER By A. W. BISHOP Lieutenant Colonel, First Calvary Volunteers *************************** ST. LOUIS E.P. Studley and Co., Printers, south-west Cor. Main and Olive Strs. 1863 REPUBLISHED in 1993 by : Philip A. Sperry copyright and published by: Oldbuck Press, Inc. P.O. Box 1623 1025 Watkins St. Conway, AR 72032 (501) this may have changed to the new area code?? 336-8184 Don't remember what I paid or other details it is available in both soft-bound and hardbound . Maybe they were at the ancestors fair when I bought it back then. Don't remember. And we didn't get to go to the fair this year for the first time in 8 years. Faye in Tx. ----- Original Message ----- From: heather e blair <h431@midway.uchicago.edu> To: thesandys <thesandys@email.msn.com> Cc: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [ARSEARCY] Paris Strickland > Has anybody reprinted "Loyalty on the Frontier"? An index would be > wonderful, too. > > I found my ggg-grandfather, Martin Blair, as one of the badguys (from > the author's point of view) acting as a judge in the case of Paris > Strickland. This conflicted with our family legend that Martin was > shot and killed by Confederate supporters at the end of the war, > because he was either a Union supporter, or trying to stay neutral. > > In lists of the members of the Peace Society, I've found a William > Blair; I do not know whether this is Martin's brother, or the other > William O. Blair of Searcy County. > > I think in the mix ups of wartime, people would be killed by their own > side, or many guerilla fighters (who claimed to be on one side or the > other) were just plain robbers. If anybody knows more about Martin > Blair's story, I'd be interested in hearing it. > > - Heather > > On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, thesandys wrote: > > > Well, Heather, We all know that Searcy, Marion and other related counties > > were RIPPED > > right through the Heart during the civil war........Much of the county was > > made of of the "Secret Peace Society" or the "Yeller Rag Boys". As they > > were known by friends and neighbors. Paris Strickland and most of his > > neighbors were part of that society, including my > > Jameson men. Loyalty on the Frontier is a good reference that includes many > > of our neighbor's on the Buffalo River.......rather sad reading isn't it??? > > The men suffered so and their wives and children too. What a terror filled > > life they all lived for so many years because of their beliefs of "Not > > suceeding from the Union".....their grandfathers, uncles, cousins and even > > father's were back home in the Union States and they DIDN'T want to fight > > them. But, because of their resistance to Succession, they were put onto > > lists and rounded up and arrested, then marched all the way to Little Rock, > > two by two, in log chains, to stand trial for Treason. > > > > I sometimes feel them looking down on that beautiful land of Forest and > > Rivers in Searcy County and smiling that in the end........they won, even > > though they lost in the beginning. > > > > My great grandfather died Feb. 17, 1862, in the Confederate Army of > > Arkansas, he fought with his brother-in-law Captain James Harrison Love, who > > survived the war. I will never know if Great Grandfather, (like his > > brothers, relatives, and friends like Paris Strickland), was in fact in > > agreement with them about the Union, but, I suspect he was. The unit he > > joined is the one they were "allowed" to join in exchange for not being hung > > for Treason. He was a brave man in a sorta "No Win" situation and he didn't > > win................He lost his life. (and left a wife and children behind). > > Faye in Tx. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Heather Blair <h431@midway.uchicago.edu> > > To: <ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 10:10 AM > > Subject: [ARSEARCY] Paris Strickland > > > > > > > Posted on: Searcy County, Ar Query Forum > > > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Searcy/11602 > > > > > > Surname: Turney, Strickland, Jones, Blair > > > ------------------------- > > > > > > How are John Gordon Strickland m. Cinthia Robertson related to Samuel > > Smith > > > Strickland m. Aetna Jane Robertson? Were the two Stricklands and two > > Robertsons > > > siblings? > > > > > > I also found a book in the library: > > > Bishop, A. W. (Lieut. col. First Arkansas Cavalry volunteers) Loyalty on > > > the Frontier, or Sketches of Union Men of the South-west; with incidents > > > and adventures in Rebellion on the Border. St Louis (R. P. Studley and > > > Co., 1863). > > > > > > This book gave an account of Paris Strickland's travails during the Civil > > > War, and how he had to face a fake trial and was almost executed. It seems > > > that Paris was a Union sympathizer, while his father-in-law William Jones > > > was a Confederate. Not quite brother-against-brother, but close enough! > > > > > > I also found William Jones as the official County Judge Searcy County, > > > 1862-1864. Source: "Historical Report of the Secretary of State Arkansas > > > 1978" ed. Janice Wegener, published by Secretary of State Winston Bryant. > > > Vol II, p. 377. > > > > > > - Heather > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > >