This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------9CE3E3F98CA3FBCD4B424BDA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just to alert anyone that the book by G. B. Ray a native of that 'corner' of Texas, published in 1957, "Murder at the Corners" is available in reprint from the Whiteright, Texas Public Library. Don't have address or phone, but if you are interested, I'm sure you can find it. Denise Maddox wrote: > > I was happy to see the story of the Lee-Peacock feud on WFAA channel 8, but > I also recognized that is was very much a Peacock slant, as it would be, > Larry Peacock has been working several years to tell his side of the story. > > I am like Joy in that I have never read anywhere about Peacock's helping > former slaves or blacks escape the Lee's & others abuse. That was all very > new to me, and even confusing?!?! > > The most factual account of the Feud (to me) was written by T.U. Taylor a > professor at the University of Texas in the early 1900's + there are > numerous newspaper accounts of the time. I don't recall in any of these the > new Peacock slant on the Feud. > > Denise > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: GOUGH JOY <jfarrgo@home.com> > To: <TXCOLL-N-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 11:44 PM > Subject: Re: [TXCOLL-N] Lee-Peacock Feud > > > WFAA report -- I have read many write-ups on the Lee-Peacock Feud. Not > > one of them ever mentioned black people or the Lees abusing them. Since > > the story was researched by a Peacock, it is obviously very biased. > > Anyone else think it was/wasn't factual? > > Joy > > --------------9CE3E3F98CA3FBCD4B424BDA Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="mchamp.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Minnie Pitts Champ Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="mchamp.vcf" begin:vcard n:Champ;Minnie Pitts x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.collincountybooks.com org:Collin County Book Co.;"www.collincountybooks.com" version:2.1 email;internet:mchamp@airmail.net adr;quoted-printable:;;3000 Teal Ln. =0D=0A;McKinney, ;TX;75070-4187; x-mozilla-cpt:;28080 fn:Minnie Pitts Champ end:vcard --------------9CE3E3F98CA3FBCD4B424BDA--