This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SKIPWORTH, ROBINSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EhB.2ACE/1129 Message Board Post: Can anyone tell me if the Criminal Court proceedings for the years 1879-1881 are extant in Burleson County ? I am looking for the records of the case against James W. Skipworth, who was sentenced in Burleson Co abt 1880 and escaped from prison on Feb 14, 1881. He was from Milam Co and supposedly a member of William Sherrod Robinson's outlaw gang. Any help appreciated. Thanks.