More info fr my cuz..... THE STORY THAT FREDERICA WYATT TOLD ME SHE FOUND IS AT http://www.forttours.com/pages/tocgentry.asp GEORGE GENTRY SHOOTS INDIAN ABOUT 1871, THE INDINS CHARGED THE RILEY GENTRY PLACE AT KOUNTZ SPRING, ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF JUNCTION. THE NATIVES WERE ATTEMPTING TO STEAL HORSES, BUT GEO. GENTRY, A SON OF RILEY, BEGAN TO DRIVE THE BULLETS SO STRAIGHT AND FAST, THE SAVAGES FLED WITH ONE OF THEIR NUMBER WOUNDED. J F MILLIGAN, BUCK NOLAN AND GEORGE GAMMEL WERE OUT KILLING CATTLE FOR THE HIDES, AT THE TIME. FIFTEEN OR TWENTY MEN WENT TO THEIR RESCUE BUT FOUND THEM UNHARMED. ABOUT TEN DAYS LATER, J F MILLIGAN, WHILE HUNTING HIS OXEN ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF JUNCTION, FOUND AN INDIAN SHIELD, HAIR ROPE, BLOODY INDIAN SHIRT AND DISCOVERED SIGNS OF TWISTED GRASS USED BY INDIANS TO PUNCTURE A WOND. EVIDENTLY GENTRY WOUNDED AT LEAST ONE WARRIOR. NOTE: AUTHOR INTERVIEWED: J F MILLIGAN THE ABOVE STORY IS FROM THE BOOK, "THE WEST TEXAS FRONTIER, BY JOSEPH CARROLL MCCONNELL. I BELIEVE THIS RILEY GENTRY WAS ROLEY GENTRY AND HIS SON GEORGE WASHINGTON GENTRY. THIS IS FROM "HISTORY OF FORSYTH COUNTY" PAGES 73 AND 74 TWO COMPANIES OF FORSYTH COUNTY VOLUNTEERS, THE "FORSYTH GUARDS" AND THE "FORSYTH VOLUNTEERS, TOTALING 162 MEN, WERE RAISED IN LIEU OF THE DRAFT ARTHUR ERWIN, COLONEL OF THE 80TH REG'T., 7TH DIVISION OF GEORGIA MILITIA. HE WROTE TO GOVERNOR WILLIAM SCHLEY FROM CUMMING ON JUNE 25 1836. THE SECOND COMPANY (FORSYTH VOLUNTEERS) WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN GREEN BENNETT; OTHER OFFICERS WERE MOSES CANTRELL 1ST LT, OBADIAH GRAVITT, 2ND LT., PRIVATES INCLUDED HENDRICK GRAVITT, WILLIAM GRAVETT, ALFRED GRAVETT AND ROLLEY JENTREY. I BELIEVE THIS ROLLEY JENTREY IS MY ROLLEY GENTRY. ===== Medicine Woman's Vision-"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."~Ancient Indian Proverb May the warm winds of heaven blow softly on your home, and the Great Spirit bless all who enter there. May your moccasins make happy tracks In many snows and May the Rainbow Always touch your Shoulder~~Cherokee Blessing Researching: Pocohantas>Powhatan>Ashby>DavidGentry>Tiana Rogers>Sam Houston>RollyGentry>Bollings>Strother>Ash __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com