I normally don't give you two tips in one week, but it is important that this post be made. Several years ago, I did a series on the noted feuds in Kentucky - one being the JONES and WRIGHT feud and the REYNOLDS and WRIGHT feuds. My sources, which normally are correct, contained errors and a descendant read them. He wanted to make some corrections to the original accounts and I felt it important enough to post his email, in total, and with his permission, to "set the record straight." I have no further information, this is for your information only. Dear Ms. Gorin, I saw your contribution, 'Feudin', Fightin' and Fussin' ' on Ancestry.com. I looked further and was amazed at all your other contributions. You mention the two feuds, Jones and Wright and Reynolds and Wright as being connected. This had to come either directly or indirectly from Noah M. Reynolds's account, 'The Mountain Feuds of Eastern Kentucky'. These two Feuds were not connected in anyway. The Jones and Wright feud occurred in the 1880's and was between Bad John Wright and Claib Jones. This was a conflict between lawmen from Knott county and lawmen from Letcher county. In his account, Noah Reynolds has William S. Wright involved in this trouble when, in fact, he had nothing to do with it. This trouble between John Wright and Claib Jones pretty much ended by the late 1880's. Noah Reynolds, the leader of the KKK in Letcher county, would slander the man he murdered from ambush in his account. William S. Wright had strongly opposed the KKK in Letcher county and this cost him his life. John Wright was a second cousin to William S. Wright. They knew each other but were not closely acquainted. The Reynolds and Wright feud you mention was a struggle between William S. Wright's family and the Ku Klux Klan, it had nothing to do with the Jones-Wright Feud. Noah M. Reynolds, Morgan Reynolds and John Reynolds organized and led the KKK in Letcher county in the 1890's. Noah and John Reynolds were neighbors to William S. Wright. On your site it states that the Reynolds-Wright feud died down in 1900. This is not true. It escalated because on January 30, 1900, the same day William Goebel was assassinated, William S. Wright was assassinated by the KKK. He was shot from ambush. The bullet that entered the left side of his head behind his ear was an exploding dynamite bullet and, on exiting, it blew the right side of his face off. Following this the KKK repeatedly attacked William S. Wright's family on their farm. It was a very difficult time for them. In November of 1900 the KKK raided the home of Mrs. Jemima Hall and murdered her and her son, Sherwood Reynolds. They robbed her as well. It was at this point that John Wright, who was a deputy sheriff in Letcher county, joined in the effort to capture the killers of Mrs, Hall and her son and disperse the KKK. Since many of John's nephews were in the KKK he had, up to this point, avoided any confrontation with them. Except for trying, half-heartedly, to arrest Noah and John Reynolds. William Wright, a son of William S. Wright, and two of his brothers, were deputized to help capture the killers of Mrs. Hall, her son, and their father. The KKK would also shoot William from ambush. He was murdered by the KKK when he was 18. This happened on 10, April 1901. Not long after this the members of the KKK were either all captured or had left the State. Most of them got away with the brutal murder of Mrs. Hall and her son, Sherwood Reynolds. The KKK in Letcher and surrounding counties preyed upon poor women, some of whom did make money from men. If they were poor and had no family support this was the only way some of them could survive. The KKK would whip them with barbed switches and make them tell where their money was. The KKK whipped, beat and raped women. It claimed to be a group formed to enforce morality but it was nothing but a group of thugs. Many of its members were from the most prosperous families in the county. Some of the counties highest officials were supporters of the KKK. Several lawmen were in the KKK and were involved in the murder of Mrs. Jemima Hall and her son. The KKK also resorted to robbing travelers on Pound gap and other locations. It would mean alot to me if you would correct this information in your past and any future postings regarding the so-called Reynolds and Wright Feud. I have considerable documentation regarding these things. I am the grandson of William S. Wright and my father ran with his mother to William's body just after William was assassinated. They heard the gun fire. We have remained silent for a century because we have always feared the KKK. Sincerely, Ben Luntz Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ SCKY resource links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html < >< God Bless America ><>