Cooke County was one of seven Texas Counties that voted not to leave the Union. The southern citizens of Cooke County believed they had uncovered a plot to take over the land owned by sourthern landowners by members of a group called the Union League. The southern citizens rounded up the Union League members they could discover, a illegal tribunal and sentence their captive to death. Throughout the day a slave carrying two prisoners at a time in a cart when to a tree just east of town, where the men were hanged. ----- Original Message ----- From: <BONLEB8@aol.com> To: <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 1999 8:30 AM Subject: [TXCOLL-N-L] Re: TXCOLL-N-D Digest V99 #84 They surely hung a lot of people, please explain a bit more . Were they guilty of not wanting to be included in the United States? Who had them hung? I am from Texas, and I had never heard of this. Bonnie BonLeb8@aol.com