>From 1873 through 1896, eighty-seven men were executed on the gallows at Fort Smith. All the men executed were convicted of rape or murder. After the Civil War, there was a mandatory federal death sentence in cases of rape or murder. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- August 15, 1873 John Childers October 10, 1873 Six Killer Tunagee, alias Tuni Young Wolf April 3, 1874 John Billy Isaac Filmore John Pointer January 15, 1875 McClish Impson September 3, 1875 * Edmund Campbell * First execution under Daniel Evans Judge Parker Samuel Fooy Smoker Mankiller James Moore William Whittington April 21, 1876 Gibson Ishtanubbee William Leach Orpheus McGee Isham Seeley Aaron Wilson September 8, 1876 Samuel Peters Osey Sanders John Valley Sinker Wilson December 20, 1878 James Diggs John Postoak August 29, 1879 William Elliot Wiley, alias Colorado Bill Dr. Henri Stewart September 9, 1881 William Brown Abler Manley Amos Manley Patrick McGowen George W. Padgett June 30, 1882 Edward Fulsom April 13, 1883 Robert Massey June 29, 1883 William Finch Martin Joseph Te-o-lit-se July 11, 1884 John Davis Thomas Thompson Jack Womankiller April 17, 1885 William Phillips June 26, 1885 James Arcine William Parchmeal April 23, 1886 Joseph Jackson James Wasson July 23, 1886 Calvin James Lincoln Sprole August 6, 1886 Kitt Ross January 14, 1887 John T. Echols James Lamb Albert O'Dell John Stephens April 8, 1887 Patrick McCarty October 7, 1887 Seaborn Kalijah, alias Seaborn Green Silas Hampton April 27, 1888 Jackson Crow Owen Hill George Moss July 6, 1888 Gus Bogles January 25, 1889 Richard Smith April 19, 1889 Malachi Allen James Mills August 30, 1889 Jack Spaniard William Walker January 16, 1890 Harris Austin John Billy Jimmon Burris Sam Goin Jefferson Jones Thomas Willis January 30, 1890 George Tobler July 9, 1890 John Stansberry June 30, 1891 Boudinot Crumpton, alias Bood Burris April 27, 1892 Sheppard Busby June 28, 1892 John Thornton July 25, 1894 Lewis Holder September 24, 1894 John Pointer March 17, 1896 Crawford Goldsby, alias Cherokee Bill April 30, 1896 Webber Isaacs George Pierce John Pierce July 1, 1896 Rufus Buck Lewis Davis Lucky Davis Maoma July Sam Sampson July 30, 1896 George Wilson, alias James Casherago <A HREF="http://www.nps.gov/fosm/history/executions.htm">Fort Smith National Historic Site - Executions at Fort Smith</A> Arkansas. I do not know any more about this that what I have pasted here. Happy Holidays, Karen in CA I am a Pottawatomie Co., OK Genie Angel http://www.geocities.com/heartland/flats/6878/ My gedcom: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=Kilee Maternal; B.U.R.T.O.N - C.O.L.E.Y - D.U.N.L.A.P - E.L.L.I.O.T.T - E.M.M.S - F.E.A.R.O.N - F.L.A.C.K - H.E.N.D.E.R.S.O.N - H.E.S.T.E.R - H.I.C.K.E.Y - H.U.G.H.E.S - Sarah L.O.V.E - (Vernon & Vernona) M.O.R.R.E.L.L or M.E.R.R.I.L.L. - N.E.W.B.Y - P.A.C.E - P.E.A.R.S.O.N - P.O.R.T.E.R - S.M.I.T.H - T.A.Y.L.O.R - V.I.N.E.Y.A.R.D - W.A.R.D Paternal; A.R.M.S.T.R.O.N.G - C.L.A.R.K - C.R.E.S.S.Y - D.O.D.G.E - F.L.A.C.K - H.E.R.R.I.C.K - H.O.L.M.E.S - H.O.U.L.T - M.O.RS.E - N.A.P.P.E.R - N.E.L.S.O.N - P.E.R.K.I.N.S - S.P.R.O.U.S.E..N - W.O.O.D.B.U.R.Y