This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Talley, Bagley, Morris Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zhB.2ACI/1112.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks you for your reply. That is an interesting bit of history. I've learned more U.S. history through genealogy than in high school. It's too bad some of these stories didn't make it to our Texas history books. I had visions of the War of Roses being a local vendetta between families. Thanks so very much. Gerry