Diane Maybe you could post the article and someone might know more from the context. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: dsmall2 To: MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 1:21 PM Subject: [MSJEFFER-L] Fayette Rips Does anyone know what the "FAyette rips" are? Found a brief article dated 1881mentioning them in association with my great grandfather Ernest Shackleford Thanks Diane Shackleford Small researching:Shackleford, Cotton(en) Ferguson ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== "What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." ----Albert Pike