On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:53:39 -0800 Karen Perry <KarenPerry01@aol.com> writes: > > Source: GC-Rockcastle Co. Ky Query Forum > URL: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Rockcastle/2435 > Subject: Bullock related hanging > > > Surname: Bullock, Parker, Shelton, Burton, Brooks > ------------------------- > > I am searching for information regarding a hanging that occured in > Laurel > County on May 13, 1870. According to the information that I have, a > lynch > mob broke into the jail and demanded five prisoners- Pleasant L. > Parker > JR, Daniel Parker, Willis Parker, Alex Parker JR, and William > Shelton. > Alex Parker managed to escape. The mob was supposedly lead by Bob > Bowling > and involved 70 men from Jackson and Breathitt Counties. They were > retaliating > for the wounding of James Bullock and killing of his son Peter > Bullock. > The reports that I have read does not specify why they attacked the > Bullocks. > To further the story, James Bullock was married to Matilda Parker so > the > Parker men were her brothers, uncles, etc. > > James' and Matilda's youngest child, William, is my GGGF. He married > Mary > Elizabeth Burton, the daughter of Jesse Burton(b. 1816 VA) and > Margaret > Brooks (b. 1820 VA). The Burtons lived in RC and I know that William > and > Mary lived in Rockcastle County for some time. I need info about the > Burtons > and also any leads about James Bullock would be appreciated. He was > born > around 1819, supposedly in TN according to the 1850 Laurel census. > Jeff Scism, Flockmaster, IBSSG http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ International Blacksheep Society of Genealogists/ Blacksheep Genealogy, San Bernardino, Ca.