Ok group, I have been a busy camper working on a page for the site. This page is the end result of 7 years of work, and I am happy to share it with you all. The KKK link has been active for some time, but during the course of my family research I turned up some documentation on the unrest in Ripley Co during the 1870s. A murder trial aimed at the KKK that was active within the community. Long periods of soul searching behind me, I have decided to post this information. It contains not only, much information on life during that time period but the names of many involved in this trial on both sides. The page is incomplete yet as I add links to the text that is there. The links are to images of the actual hand written documents that exist. To get you all started, the links to the actual witness depositions are in place and active toward the bottom of the article. I will be adding links to images of subponeas, warrants, bonds, and multiple miscellaneous documents. This article is not a political statement or a story. It's mearly a presentation of facts for you to look at. I mean no offense to anyone on either side of this issue. If you have questions on this article feel free to address them with me. *There is an article included within this bigger article that was written by Ray Burson of the Ripley Co Historical Society. It is included here with his permission. I want to thank him publically for the original article that led me to find these documents. * *-- * "At the birth of the Sun, and his brother the Moon, their Mother died. So the Sun gave to the earth her body from which was to spring all life, And he drew forth from her breast the stars and he threw them into the night sky to remind him of her soul." Owner/Breeder Tanimara Great Pyrenees <http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/> CC: Ripley Co MO GenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/> CC: Harringtongen <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/> - a genealogy site for Harringtons and collateral lines.

Jackie, I didn't get a chance to e-mail you last night but I thought the article looked good. I was happy to be able to help transcribe some of those documents for you. If you need any more help just let me know. If you have any typed documents I can easily convert them over to text using my OCR software. Take Care, Matt Patterson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanimara" <tanimara@townsqr.com> To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:11 PM Subject: [MORIPLEY] New article posted on the KKK issue in Ripley Co. > Ok group, I have been a busy camper working on a page for the site. This > page is the end result of 7 years of work, and I am happy to share it with > you all. > > The KKK link has been active for some time, but during the course of my > family research I turned up some documentation on the unrest in Ripley Co > during the 1870s. A murder trial aimed at the KKK that was active within > the community. Long periods of soul searching behind me, I have decided > to post this information. It contains not only, much information on life > during that time period but the names of many involved in this trial on > both sides. > > The page is incomplete yet as I add links to the text that is there. The > links are to images of the actual hand written documents that exist. To > get you all started, the links to the actual witness depositions are in > place and active toward the bottom of the article. I will be adding links > to images of subponeas, warrants, bonds, and multiple miscellaneous > documents. > > This article is not a political statement or a story. It's mearly a > presentation of facts for you to look at. I mean no offense to anyone on > either side of this issue. If you have questions on this article feel > free to address them with me. > > *There is an article included within this bigger article that was written > by Ray Burson of the Ripley Co Historical Society. It is included here > with his permission. I want to thank him publically for the original > article that led me to find these documents. > * > *-- * > > "At the birth of the Sun, and his brother the Moon, their Mother died. So > the Sun gave to the earth her body from which was to spring all life, And > he drew forth from her breast the stars and he threw them into the night > sky to remind him of her soul." > > Owner/Breeder Tanimara Great Pyrenees > <http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/> > CC: Ripley Co MO GenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/> > CC: Harringtongen <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/> - a > genealogy site for Harringtons and collateral lines. > > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe to MoRipley GenWeb > mailto:MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > mailto:MORIPLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >