It is not in the book, except in the Shaw family story. As I recall, a black boy was accused of raping a white girl and was jailed in the courthouse. A mob surrounded the courthouse and finally burned it, but the prisoner was slipped out the back door and taken elsewhere. Carolyn In a message dated 1/27/03 8:58:52 PM, cjh1@charter.net writes: << The book is just wonderful. Received mine today via US Mail and have been glued to the pages since. I do have a question. I couldn't find anything in the book regarding the burning of the courthouse in 1934 except it was a mob riot. Why did the people riot? If it's in the book, I apologize. My eyesight is not so terrific these days. Jean Vaughn Hendricks cjh1@charter.net

This is the story my dad has always told, also, so I believe that's correct. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: <Carolyngenealogy@aol.com> To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 6:10 AM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Re: Bedford Co. Book > It is not in the book, except in the Shaw family story. As I recall, a black > boy was accused of raping a white girl and was jailed in the courthouse. A > mob surrounded the courthouse and finally burned it, but the prisoner was > slipped out the back door and taken elsewhere. > > Carolyn > > In a message dated 1/27/03 8:58:52 PM, cjh1@charter.net writes: > > << The book is just wonderful. Received mine today via US Mail and have been > > glued to the pages since. > > > I do have a question. I couldn't find anything in the book regarding the > > burning of the courthouse in 1934 except it was a mob riot. Why did the > > people riot? If it's in the book, I apologize. My eyesight is not so > > terrific these days. > > > Jean Vaughn Hendricks > > cjh1@charter.net > > > > ============================== > 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 >

Listers, Do you know or have ever run across a lady with the unusual given name of Haskey? I need to prove her maiden name and some of her marriages. Haskey and her children left Bedford County for Pope County, Arkansas before 1850. Her unproven maiden name is MADDOX. In Bedford County, she was married to William STEWART and an unproven McDANIEL and a NOBBLETT. She arrived In Arkansas as a NOBBLETT but then married (proven) a CRAIN and TALBOTT. My wife descends from her STEWART marriage. Thanks for ANY leads! Ron Adams Neighbor to Historical Fort Atkinson that overlooks the Missouri River Valley