This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RAB.2ACI/1034.1137.1671.1847 Message Board Post: There are several books about John A Murrell the " gang leader" "river boat pirate" etc. "Reverend Devil" by Pelican Publishing Co. "John Murrell 1784-1849" by Allena Robinson Gould The Great Western Land Pirate" "Spawn of Evil" Wellman or Frances Camer ? Mark Twain also wrote about him. There is a lot of info on these message boards too.