Thanks Becky, I will look for those resources. :-) Kim >From: "Becky Quinn" <bquinn@dialnet.net> >Reply-To: MO-AR-WRV-L@rootsweb.com >To: MO-AR-WRV-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MO-AR-WRV] Christian County Baldknobbers >Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:25:24 -0600 > >There are several sources on Bald Knobbers. A Living History of the Ozarks >by Phyllis Rossiter outlines basic details. Also The Land of Taney is an >excellent resource for Ozark Geneologist. Written by Elmo Ingenthron, it >has numerous lists and is heavily footnoted. It contains Taney county >officials from 1837 to 1974, incomplete 1840 census, Civil and foriegn war >Veterans up through WWII, Post offfice, schools and teachers and names of >newspapers in the county. Both of these resources are available in most >libraries. Over the years OzarksWatch magazine and Ozarks Mountaineer >magazine have done articles on the Bald Knobbers. Both of those books may >still be available at the Ozark Mountaineer bookstore down in Taney >County. Usually Public libraries in Southwest Missouri and Northern Ark >will carry those in periodicals. Try Springfield library site >http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org. > > >Becky > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: K T > To: MO-AR-WRV-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 12:58 AM > Subject: [MO-AR-WRV] Christian County Baldknobbers > > > Hi all. I have heard that there is mention of all those involved in the >Bald > Knobbers in some books that are out there. I was wondering if any of you >who > have researched the Bald Knobbers had access to any of those books that > might deal with the Bald Knobbers in Christian County. I have heard that > there are Hiles and McDaniels mentioned in one of those books, was >wondering > if someone could do a lookup for me if at all possible or at least tell >me > where I could find a book for check-out or purchase. It makes sense to >me > that some of my ancestors would have been involved since 2 of those in > Christian County that were hung in 1889(Dave Walker and his son William > Walker) were related to me...Mrs. Dave Walker--Sarah Shipman--was my > ggggrandmother's sister. Those names I am mostly interested in, but any >that > could be related would be great too, are: Andrew Hiles, William >McDaniel, > Andrew McDaniel, George McDaniel, also any other Walkers or Shipmans. > > If anyone knows any ancestral information on the above mentioned Dave >"Bull > Creek" Walker I would appreciate it also...he is probably related to my > ggggrandmother CAtherine Walker-Hiles, wife of Andrew Hiles, mother of > Elizabeth Hiles-McDaniel. Thier family lived next door to DAve's >parent's > home. She had the same last name, and was born in Kentucky as was Dave >and > his siblings...but she was not his sister. That is one of my brick walls > right now...greatly appreciate any help that anyone could dig up. > > Have a great week! :-) Kim > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== > Do you have records or data for the WRV? Transcribe it! > Do you have a webpage with information for the WRV? Link it! > Get involved! > > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > >==== MO-AR-WRV Mailing List ==== >Visit the White River Valley web! >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~moarwrv/ > > >============================== >Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life >If you know how to reduce these risks. >http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com