Roger - I am familiar with the various black metal historical markers organized and placed by Hamilton Cross in 1976 around the Oregon area, but wondered where this very lengthy written piece/monument is located? Is it perhaps the one over near White Rock in the area of the original Campbell Farm or elsewhere? Appreciate knowing, thank you. Beth Simeone ----- Original Message ----- From: <RogerCubs@aol.com> To: <ilogle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [ILOGLE] The Driscolls > In a message dated 12/1/2006 4:48:45 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > chewlye5@hotmail.com writes: > > Hi! There are germs of truth to the story as quoted by Roger, but there > were startling details that have been overlooked, or purposely altered. > It > is my understanding that the Driscoll descendants are not pleased with > the > semi-annual alterations. > > > The story was written in 1909. It would be interesting if descendents > would > share other versions. I don't know about Driscoll descendents, but I > know > there are Campbell descendents still in the area. There is a historical > monument in Ogle Co. which says the following: > > In the 1830's and 1840's an organized criminal gang known as the > Banditti > of the Prairie was active on the midwestern frontier. In 1841 six members > were arrested and held for trial in Oregon, Illinois. On March 21, the > day > before the trial, the new Oregon courthouse was burned. In retaliation, a > group > led by W.S. Wellington organized the Regulators and ordered several > suspected > Banditti to emigrate or be whipped. Some left but those remaining forced > Wellington to resign as Regulator leader. He was replaced by John > Campbell. > > A Banditti leader, John Driscoll, and his four sons (Pierce, William, > David, and Taylor) made a career of horse stealing and murder. When the > Regulators gave the Driscolls 20 days to leave Illinois, the Banditti > decided to kill > Campbell and Phineas Chaney. Another Regulator leader, Chaney escaped but > on > June 27, 1841, Campbell was killed by David and Taylor while John, > William, > and Pierce waited nearby. John was caught and jailed at Oregon. The > Regulators > apprehended William and Pierce and forcibly took John from jail. The three > were "tried" in Washingon Grove on June 29 by a jury of 111 Regulators. > Pierce > was released but the other two were found guilty. John was shot by 56 men > and > William by 55. Although Banditti activity continued for several years, it > was no longer centered in Ogle County. > > The Regulator judge and jury (112 men) were tried three months later in > Ogle County Circuit Court for the vigilante murder of the Driscolls and > were > acquitted. > > Historical Marker erected by the Illinois Department of Transportation and > the Illinois State Historical Society, 1967 > > Roger > --------------------------------- > Visit the Ogle Co. Genealogy Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/ > > If you have an obituary or biography for an early Ogle Co. settler (born > 1875 or earlier) and would like it added to the Ogle Co. Genealogy Site, > please send it to me. > > Roger Cramer > List Administrator > rogercubs@aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILOGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message