In a message dated 5/31/2002 5:50:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time, bhlee@wcnet.org writes: > > How about Daniel Boone? I used to think I was a descendant of him through > my Mother, but as it turns out I am descended from him through my Father. > > How about Captain Harry Morgan, the pirate? In finding the connection to > Daniel Boone I also came across the connection to Morgan. Or does a Rum > commercial jingle count as a song? > > If you believe the connection to Charlemagne, then you have to believe the > connection to Peppin, and there is a whole Broadway Musical written about > him, named "Pippin." Nice songs and a good musical. > > Sharyn McCrumb usually has a short section at the back of her books that > tells the sources of her material. Good author, fascinating books. If you > have ever been through the state of Franklin (northwest North Carolina and > northeast Tennessee) that's the part of the country she is writing about. > She lives just north of there in Virginia. I believe that there is a web > page address for her in the latest books. Write and ask her. I think that > that's the kind of question that would peek the interest of an author. > IMHO ;-} > > Mike Lee, greypiper, IBSSG > > > From: "Bobby & Sue Bates" <bsbates@netease.net> > > Reply-To: "Bobby & Sue Bates" <bsbates@netease.net> > > Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 23:45:53 -0500 > > To: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [BS-L] Frankie Silver > > Resent-From: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com > > Resent-Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 22:42:57 -0600 > > > > <HBalc27124@aol.com> wrote.... > >> Has anyone heard of Frankie Silver (I am sure Sue has) who was the first > > woman hung in NC in 1833?< > > > > Hi Terri, > > No, honestly, that's a new one on me but I'm wondering if Frankie Silver > > was maybe the basis for the old song "Frankie & Johnny". > > I think we've discussed on here before that the ballad "Tom Dooley" was > > based on a true event. There was actually a man named Grayson who was > > killed and Tom Dooley was hung for the murder. > > I wonder, can any of our Flock claim a kinship to any Blacksheep who had > > a song written about them? Jesse James comes to mind off of the top of > my > > head but I'm not sure if we have any of his relatives among us. :-) > > Best, > > SueB-TLC > > IBSSG > Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)