This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCGHEE, JONES, HOWARD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RgB.2ACE/236 Message Board Post: Seeking any information on this so called feud in Monroe County prior to 1920. My grandfather told several of his grandchildren of this after witnessing a killing of a Howard at the Monroe County Courthouse in Madisonville. any help or info will be appreciated.

Totally Copied from "Vonore, Yesterday and Today." Page 451...... Fear is a terrible thing to live with, as can be seen in the life of Moultrie Jones. It all started back in 1900, during the second trial for the McGhee-Howard shooting and killing, a trial that was to take place at the Monroe County Courthouse. Moultrie's father, Charles Jones, was unarmed and standing on the porch of the Clew Hicks Hotel when a fight broke out between the Howards and the McGhees. When Jones saw that guns had been drawn he held up his hands and shouted, "peace." That did not stop the shooting, however, and Charles and his brother, Josh, were caught in (page 452 begins) a crossfire between Howard and the McGhees. Both men were shot. Charles was killed; Josh did not die, but carried a bullet in his chest until he died in the 1920's while living in Knoxville. In 1902 Moultrie took his gun to W.R. (Robert) Hughes for repairs. He told Hughes that he had to use the gun once more and he had to be sure it would fire. Because his gun had been hanging up, he decided to trade it in for a new one. From Carrie Hughes we learned that the gun that Jones traded is still in the possession of the Hughes family. Later that year Josh and Moultrie traveled to Knoxville to seek out Tom Howard, who was then on the police force. A gun fight erupted at a Knoxville shooting gallery. It is said that "Josh Jones shot first from outside the gallery through the north window, hitting Tom. Moultrie continued shooting after Tom either ran or fell behind the counter and died." Josh and Moultrie turned themselves into the police. The verdict at their trial was "not guilty." They were free from the law but not from fear. Moultrie Jones built a house in Vonore that had a unique alarm system. Bells and other warning devices were installed around the house. Jones always had a holstered gun strapped to his body and never left the house after dark. He lived in Vonore until he died in 1956." Sharon Boyer Bates Surnames: Barr; Broyles; Denton; Hogg; Isbill; Lee; Lowery; Maze; Reagan; Rogers; Wilhoit: Wilson; and Moore Surnames: Hawkins; Lusk; McCoy; and Sayne ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 10:07 AM Subject: [TNMONROE-L] McGhee, Jones, Howard "feud" This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCGHEE, JONES, HOWARD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RgB.2ACE/236 Message Board Post: Seeking any information on this so called feud in Monroe County prior to 1920. My grandfather told several of his grandchildren of this after witnessing a killing of a Howard at the Monroe County Courthouse in Madisonville. any help or info will be appreciated. ============================== 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