In addition to the information from Judi, ---- here is a bit more about the nightriders. Somewhere in one of my books I have an account of how they just about burned Hopkinsville to the ground, on one of their raids. I'm going to look it up and read it again. There is an old family story that one of my grandfathers was a nightrider. Also, I read that they took it upon themselves to keep people in line--- if a man wasn't being good to his family, he was paid a visit in the night and taught a few manners. Juanita At 06:46 PM 8/6/01 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Rae Ann, it's me, Judi. I have an excerpt from the book "Riders in the >Night". It is the story of the revolt of the tobacco growers against the >American Tobacco Company, and the organization of a resistance movement know >as the "Night Riders", which undertook by whip, firebrand and gun to break >the hold of the "Trust". The "Hillbillies" growers who continued to deal >with the Trust were forcefully brought into the fold and made to take the >secret oath of the Riders. Chapter 27 of the book describes the trail of >Dr. Amoss. There is a mention of two Wadlingtons, Lee and Walter, >testifying in his behalf. > >Judi Wadlington Clark > > >==== KYCALDWE Mailing List ==== >to search the archives of this mailing list visit: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >and type in: KYCALDWE-L > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library