Hi, I must have been tired- the 8 th graders were wild that day. I meant to say a Courtney of Blevins, Texas , near Eddy and Cego and Troy , Texas. Now, we have another mistery: Why was the community named Blevins , where Jesse James died, and you or others reported that a Blevins family was in Grandbury about the time J. Frank Dalton- headstone says Jesse James- what was the connection of the Blevins families to the two Jesses, or was it the same man? Don't see how he could have 2 graves Another E mail this week has family records of the James Gang staying on her familiy's ranch, and this one has not been published. as the Texas Co-Op Power titled one of my letters- "Jesse here, Jesse there, Jesse everywhere. All these claims may have been a front to hide a third real identity- of other gang members. Take care, Charles Wyly On Tue, 7 Sep 1999 21:14:32 -0500 "Charles A. Wyly" <[email protected]> writes: >A Blevins of Eddy, Texas, north of Temple in Falls County says her >grandad at Blevins, Texas was jesse James and she has a photo of >Jesse's Choctaw mom with one arm missing, exactly like the on in the >Missouri museum. Texas Dept of Public safety labs in Austin examined >the photo and other items closely. This is in a new book and all her >cousins say they know the story but do not want Mr. Courtney's body >disturbed. This has been reported in issues of Texas Co-Op Power >members and suscribers magazine. The Austin labs say the photo has not >been tamperred with and even the print on Mrs. James's dress was a >perfect match to the Missouri Photo. > >a Frank James settled in South Bell County and 80 yeatr old men in our >church used to hunt on his land > >According to the Courtney researcher, eye witnesses said the body >exhumed in Missouri was lying face down in the coffin and the only DNA >missouri evidence came from a tooth of jesse's buried outside his >childhood home, not his grave and the corpse was the wrong size for >Jesse. a St. Cloud Minn, prof published a book about 1994 proving the >claims of his gang that he was not at Northfield Bank Robery as 2 of >the men were drunk enough to smell, one so drunk he fell. Jesse was a >businesman who did not work with drunks. The Mr. Courtney would >entertain guests by riding his horse full speed across the yard and >shoot an alarmed chicken's head off for extra meat for supper. > >One book written last year said Jesse onced visited Brushy Bill >Roberts of Hico, Texas AKA William Roberts raised as William Bonney by >his McCarty aunt and Billy's dad rode with Jesse and the Youngers >after the Civil War. According to this book Jesse and Brushy Bill >visited Cooney Caverns at Lake Whitney Brazos Bluff. They used torches >and sparklers to scare snakes back. There was supposed to be one >rattler over 12 feet. I never saw one more than 7 feet. Later, a >fishing camp operator displayed Spanish and early American coins from >the cave, but refused to return. A New Mexico judge refused to pay Pat >Garret an award for shooting Billy Barlow in the back and burying him >as Billy Bonney or Roberts. The judge said he had personal knowledge >that Billy was still alive. Marshalls and friends in Arizona said >jesse had visited Billy in an Arizona after his death.d in the >Tombstone Epitath. I knew this Billy in the 1950's. Visit the Hico >Billy the Kid Museum and study the court records closely before you >follow the Lincoln County story. Lincoln County actors performed their >version in an outdoor Hico theatre. > >If you believe theMissouri James story, you probably think the TV >Unsolved Misteries story of John Wilkes Booth showing up at Hico, >Texas. He was red headed, and had a broken and infected leg. He was >hunting a Dr. McNeil (My mom's first cousin by marriage was Dr. >McNeil's granddaughter in Stephenville. This red headed man served bar >in Grandbury about the time Jesse James was there and died in the >Grand Hotel, Enid, Okla., now a furniture store. The managed said Mr. >Booth had tb or Pneumonia, had few friends, but told one he was Booth. >An Enid dentist examined his teeth and they closely matched dental >records back east. > >Take care >Charles Wyly > >On Tue, 7 Sep 1999 08:57:22 EDT [email protected] writes: >>In a message dated 9/7/99 1:15:56 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [email protected] > >>writes: >> >><< I have more on Txerath Net from a lady who >> said her grandad Bishop of Chalk Mountain also rode with Quantrell, > >>and >> many say Jesse James (J.Frank Dalton of Grandbury, Texas visited >>them >> >> >>Jesse was exhumed a couple of years ago. DNA proved that the one in >>Jesse >>Woodson James' grave was Jesse, and J. Frank Dalton was not Jesse >>James. BTW >>Jesse is a descendant of Dr. John Woodson who came to Jamestown in >>1619. >>Betty. > > >==== Southern-Trails Mailing List ==== Please remember that real >people read the messages you post. Got a problem? Got a gripe? Don't >take it to the list! 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