Dave, I will have you know I do not have much time for fishing or rocking either one currently. You needa hang out on the porch more and you will know that a) I am taking care of elderly aunts, b) I am now senile, and c) I am going to be a granny soon. I will look for your Outlaws, just hang on, will ya???? jan At 10:42 PM 12/16/01 -0700, you wrote: >Brenda, > >Apologies for referring to you as 'boy'.....call our youngest, Brittany >Janielle, "BJ", and know how she hates it (didn't think very hard as >parents when we started calling her that.......love her very much.) > >Your 'Outlaws" were very prominent in Stewart Co.......They had a Hotel in >the area......Ira sent me pictures of it. I posted them on the Web a >number of years ago - they may be in the Stewart County website still. >Talk to Jan in Stewart Co. (if she ever gets out of her rocking >chair......us 'old folks' have a tendancy to do that.....except she goes >fishing alot......but we're not as bad as Ira - who plays with trains all >day). > >Keep in touch......(that is.....let me know if they're responding to your >inquiries).....if not......we'll get Cheryl from Dickson Co. on them... > >Dave >------------------------------------------------------- > > > >At 11:01 PM 12/16/01 -0600, Brenda London wrote: > >You seem to have a lot of information about this area. Would you by any > >chance know anything about a Tennessee Porter Outlaw. born 1823 Stewart Co., > >Tn but lived and died in Humphreys Co. There seems to be a mystery > >somewhere, There is no mention of her on any list anywhere until she > >married James F. Summers. Then nothing else. She is my gg grandmother. > >Could you tell me how to go about finding info. I have searched everywhere > >I know and have not been able to find anything about her birth or parents. > >Anything would help. Thanks > > BJ > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "David L Snow" <dlsnow1@qwest.net> > >To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 6:33 PM > >Subject: Re:Who did What ????? > > > > > >Chris, > > > >I understand your desires for Tom and the events surrounding his > >murder...and will help you here..... > > > >However.....let me take a few steps deeper....where you may not want to > >go....EVER ....to set the dynamics and nature of the people who shot your > >ancestor......your choice....been here..done this.....Get some Balls....... > > > >The Associated Press today published a story on 'Black Lynchings' and 'Land > >Grabs' by WHITES from the 'upstart niggers' who were progressing 'to fast' > >for their local communnities post Civil War. Unbeknownst to most 'White > >Folks", the Chicago Tribune has been compiling since 1880, a list of > >'nigger' lynchings, per County, till the 1960's. Guess what........??????? > > > >Do you know, BENTON COUNTY HAS NEVER HAD A BLACK > >LYNCHING.....NADA...ZERO....NEVER. WHY???? (Chris, this fact is important > >to your search). Nor Houston (but IT is a NEW county, ca. 1870). Stewart, > >HENRY, Humphreys & Perry have ALL LYNCHED NIGGERS between 1880 and > >1930....not once... but UPTO 5 TIMES during the period...(Read the AP story > >for your answers.........Talk to folks about 'The BLACK BOTTOMS' in > >Paris.........you will begin to understand.the 'NATURE' of these > >folks......I come from a different place and time.....don't understand > >them.....they 'marry their own'....happened and can under Tennessee Law in > >the last few years........(email me "privately" and I tell you who and when) > > > >Do You have any Idea of from where the KKK came up with the Idea of the > >Burning Cross........and what It Means ????? Look to the Revolutionary War > >Scots and the 'Battle of 'Widow Moors Creek Bridge' for the answer......... > > > >You're a JOURNALIST.........search the truth....... > > > >Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > >GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > >They Hide & I Seek !! > > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >Okay.... so I don't descend from anyone...... >Now What ????