Because there are not only numerous names, but also numerous places in this query, I suggest, Ron, that you post this on the Black Sheep query board, <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Special/BlackSheep> Ron McCandless wrote: > > As some of you remember, I had Jessee McBee /MagBee in Jackson Co. AL > then Johnson Co. AR then on to Atascosa Co. Texas. However, all the > families there (5) went different directions, some to MO and others just > seemed to disappear. One of the daughters had married Jesse Ward Dancer > and he was accused of murdering a man in Frio Co. in 1876. It appears > to be a land grab deal but the records were stolen and only bits and > pieces can be pieced together. One day everyone in the small community > along the Bishop Creek were law abiding citizens with no known problems > with the law and the next day they are all accused of rustling cattle > and the most vocal was accused of murdering a man whose body seems to > have disappeared and the law did not even know his name other than > Greeley. > > This is the reason I've searched out this Dancer connection. Dicie > McBee's first husband was my GGGF and she was my GGGM. She had three > kids by Alex McCandless, he died in 1869 and in 1870 she married J.W. > Dancer. Family history says he was captured, escaped, captured again in > Medina Co. and escaped again. County records show that the sheriff of > Frio Co. issued warrants to other counties as late as 1882. It appears > that Dancer lived in Wilson Co. for a while and the sheriff there either > did not find him or refused to take part in the scam but in any case did > not arrest him to return to Frio Co. Then he was McKinney Co. > (Bracketville, TX) where F. M. McBee lived. I've never found his > connection to the family yet either. From there it seems that Dancer > made his way to New Mexico. In the 1900's a Dancer researcher started > looking into the case and a man came by her father's house while she was > gone and threatened that she "had better drop it." > > As a side note, Dancer had a son who settled in Caldwell Co. and became > the Post Master of Sea Willow, TX and later became a deputy sheriff and > jailer in Gonzales, Gonzales Co. He was killed in a shoot out early one > morning on the streets. That too seemed suspicious but no investigation > seemed to have been done. > > Too late to make a long story short but I'm looking for information on > any McBee's in West Texas or New Mexico or if you run across the surname > Dancer, I'd like to know. > > Ron McCandless