Hello Sara, and list. I wasn't really sure anyone was interested. Anyway, the story as posted is below (and the URL) http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncburke/ncburke.htm#HISTORY Posted by Mary Jane Simmons [email protected] on 17 Mar 1999, in response to message "Frankie Silver", posted by Mary Nanney, 16 Mar 1999 Surnames: Silver, Stewart "Frankie Silver's maiden name was Stewart. She was tried and hanged in Morganton, Burke County, NC on July 12, 1833 for killing her husband, Charlie Silver. She killed him with an axe and chopped the body to pieces and burned some of it in the fireplace. Frankie and Charlie lived in what is now Mitchell county, but at the time was a part of Old Burke County. There are numerous records (papers) found about this case in the vertical files of the North Carolina Room of the Morganton Branch of the Burke County Public Library. And I am told that the old court records are still at the Clerk of Courts Offices in Morganton. There are many stories about Frankie Silver. The best book I have seen on the subject is The Untold Story of Frankie Silver by Perry Deane Young. The book is published by Down Home Press, Po Box 4126, Asheboro, NC 27204. Price is $14.95. This is perhaps the true account of this old tragedy and provides a genealogy of the descendants of Frankie's daughter. A novel, The Ballad of Frankie Silver, by Sharyn McCrumb is a very popular telling of the story. It is published by Dutton Books of the Penguin Group. I believe the Young book to be the authentic telling of the story."