This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.searcy/3550.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Well, I live in KS and that's what we're called however during the civil war this is the definition of Jayhawkers--Jayhawkers: A term (signifying a bird that ambushes and attacks a weaker prey) applied to anti-slavery, pro-Union Kansan free-state guerrilla fighters opposed to Confederate Missouri during the struggle over Kansas in the years prior to the Civil War. They were considered by some to be undisciplined, unprincipled, murderous thieves who ranged around Kansas and Missouri in guerrilla bands. It was later attributed to part of the 7th Kansas Cavalry (Jennison's Jayhawkers). Jayhawking became a term to describe robbery, pillaging, destruction and even murder -- often with a sporting connotation. But Jayhawking carried no social stigma. Some prominent, influential and highly regarded leaders were associated with Jayhawking.