Could that be an abbreviation for Syprus Springs?? -----Original Message----- From: WIB0415@aol.com <WIB0415@aol.com> To: TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 11:16 PM Subject: [TXCOLL-N-L] 'Pinky" Boyett, TX 1895 >I am researching my greatgrandfather, "Pinky" Boyett. He came to Texas about >1895 to pick cotton. He brought his two daughters with him. He got in a fight >with some mexicans and they cut his throat while his daughters watched. They >called him "Red" and he perferred "Pinky". He was supposedly killed at Sipe >Springs, in Commanche Co., TX. and his body was being returned to Arkansas, >but was buried in or near McKinney, TX. I heard at one time that there was a >Sipe Springs near McKinney, but cannot verify that now. I wonder if that is >why he was buried near McKinney. >I would like to locate the burial place. Any help would be appreciated. >Thanks, >Bill Baker >wib0415@aol.com >