Some of the tales in our family include the time the confederates came to steal milk, so our family pretended it was sour and they overlooked taking it. Another tale is that the confederates wanted to take all the eating utensils so the family silver, such as it was, was buried in the yard. And lastly, our sole stay at home guy, William Stacy, known as Big Billy, weighed over 500 pounds. If the confederates saw him they would surely have killed him. He was put in a gully in the front yard and covered with leaves and told not to move. The family prayed that the confederate officer who rode about on his horse would not step on the pile of leaves protecting dear william and their prayers were granted. After the civil war William (Big Bill) was chosen to be the father of 28 children so they could repopulate the farms that had lost males to the war. He was married to Rebecca Proffit, and his sister in law Sarah Proffit said she wanted to have her babies by Big Billy as well. stacey-stacytales@egroups.com On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Bob Cooke <cookerl3@aol.com> wrote: > > Excellent discussion gentlemen, thank you. My direct line of the Cook > family owned a farm about a mile and a half southeast of the town of > Dillsburg in Carroll twp., York Co., Pa. Dillsburg was occupied twice by > the Confederates who ruthlessly pillaged the town and raided farms > throughout the area including ours. John Cook (1813-1889) owner of the > Dillsburg farm at the time, was fortunate and smart enough to foresee what > was coming. He moved all of his livestock, a neighbors horses and the women > and children of several families, all were hidden up on Round Top Mountain > from where our farm sits on the southern slope. > > John Cook had good intelligence, he knew which areas the Confederates were > "raiding" at any given time and when it came their turn to be searched, > that's when he moved everything up the mountain for the day and it worked > they were never discovered. > > Robert Cooke > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Robert Stacey has moved to Casa Glendale where he is surrounded by lords and ladies of all kinds. Emeritus Glendale is the best.