I really don't know anything about the Reed except that he married Cora Belle Cope who is a sister to my grandmother. The story goes: "Robert was going somewhere in the morning hours and was riding his horse (many years ago, Oklahoma was not even a state until 1907) and he met three young Indian men who were also on horse back and after they had passed, the young men turned around and shot Robert. At the trial when asked why they killed him their answers were very simple. The three had decided that morning that they would kill the first white man they met and Robert just happened to be the luck one. I have not been to the records which I think are stored in Muskogee, OK at the Federal building but my plan is for a trip this year. The records were not kept at the county in which this happened since OK was not a state and when we became a state, older court records where sent to a depository. This is a wild gamble but maybe I will get luck and find the facts somewhere. Thanks for you answer and good luck in searching. ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [REED] Robert Reed > Hi Ellen - There were Reed's and Copes in St. Louis - do you know if either > came from there? > Reed Livingston (nee SQUIER) > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >