Cletes told me he had always heard this story and I had heard it also from others. The Union Army came to Confederate Major William Grimsley's house and was going to take him as a prisoner. Major Grimsley did not have his shoes on. He asked the men if he might put his shoes on before they took him. He went out on the porch and put his shoes on and when he got them on he made a run for it. He met the Cato slaves coming up the road with a load of loose hay. The slaves hid him under the hay and smuggled him out of the state to Arkansas. (no doubt to Scatterville as he is only 5 or so miles from there in the 1870 census.) William Grimsley was the first sheriff of Bollinger Co Mo and a neighbor the the Cato's and McGee's. My great grandfather and brothers and sisters ended up with Major Grimsley in the 1870 Greene Co census as orphans. Their father (my great great grandfather) died in Alton prison as a citizen on 2/5/1863. I have no idea what happened to their mother. Adruain

Good story!!!!!!!! My late husband's g-grandfather purchased land from some McGees in Texas County, Missouri. They all supposedly came from Ray County. I have not been able to locate any of them in Ray or Clay counties. We were told that g-grandfather changed his name after the Civil War. The McGees were named B. L. "Boston" McGee, Robert M. McGee, and Margareth McGee. Wondering if they were related to the ones you mentioned? Rose Mary Lankford ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cato324@wmconnect.com> To: <MO-CW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [MO-CW] Samuel Hildebrand > Cletes told me he had always heard this story and > I had heard it also from others. > The Union Army came to Confederate Major William Grimsley's > house and was going to take him as a prisoner. Major Grimsley > did not have his shoes on. He asked the men if he might put his > shoes on before they took him. He went out on the porch and put > his shoes on and when he got them on he made a run for it. He met > the Cato slaves coming up the road with a load of loose hay. The > slaves hid him under the hay and smuggled him out of the state > to Arkansas. (no doubt to Scatterville as he is only 5 or so miles > from there in the 1870 census.) William Grimsley was the first > sheriff of Bollinger Co Mo and a neighbor the the Cato's and McGee's. > My great grandfather and brothers and sisters ended up with Major > Grimsley in the 1870 Greene Co census as orphans. Their father > (my great great grandfather) died in Alton prison as a citizen on > 2/5/1863. I have no idea what happened to their mother. > > Adruain > > > ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >