Wow! What a great example of a far-fetched genealogical legend! On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > I was going thru my many genealogy piles and found this: > > FYI > From Brinkerhoff's History of Marion County, IL > > "Shortly after the War of the Revolution...Mr. Tully and his wife...emigrated > to Virginia and settled just a few miles west of what is now called Harper's > Ferry...." > The story goes on to tell of his (Tullys) murder at Harper's Ferry > .. "The murderers were the notorious Harpe brothers known throughout the West > as Big Harpe and Little Harpe.... from that time the ferry was called Harper's > Ferry." > > The Tully line is my family line. > Diane Payne > >