Hi all , I thought i'd add this info for the record to help prove that James Leander Lock of Lamar County Texas who was reportedly Hung in Gainsville in 1862 was falsely reported and continues to be reported wrong . The Census Records prove that Leander Lock(e) was alive and well as late as 1880 . I doubt that i'll ever prove who was Hung in his place , but I can prove who it wasn't and James Leander Lock b. Tn of Lamar County Texas was not the man who was Hung thats a fact :) Leander Lock had been living in Crawford County Arkansas ( Source : Land Deeds ) pryor to moving to Texas in the 1850's . LAMAR COUNTY TX CENSUS 1860 Paris Twp Page 160 , 187-212 L. Lock , age ? , White Male , b. Tn ( James Leander Lock ) ___? Lock , age ? , White Female , b. Mo ? M. A. Lock , age 18? , White Female , b. Ark M. Lock , age 17 , White Female , b. Ark E. Lock , age 12 , White Female , b. Tx 1870 Lamar County Tx Census Page 355A , Paris Farmer , $885. , $800. Leander Lock , age 53 , White Male , b. Tn Sarah Lock , age 58 , White Female , b. Mo F.P Lock , age 12 , b. Tx LAMAR COUNTY TX 1880 Page 156 , 330-340 Leander Lock , age 68 ,Widow , White Male , b. Tn , Father b. Va , Mother b. Ky . Leander is a Boarder in the house hold of : J.M. Walker , age 28 , White Male In one refernce , it says J. W. P. "Jacob" Lock . From my research , James Leander Lock had never used the name Jacob even as a Nick Name . The descendants of James Leander Lock of Lamar County Tx say he went by the name of Leander and nothing else . Todate , no one knows why the intials J.W.P Lock were used or what they stood for . As I have stated in the past , there are only 4 Lock(e) refernces listed in Cooke County Texas in that time period . (1)Hanging of James Leander Lock of Lamar County Texas 1862 (2)Marriage Record for George S. Lock in 1864 (3)Marriage Record for Edmonia Lock in 1864 (4)City Councilmen of Gainsville , Dr. W. Herbert Locke abt 1874 If there were any other Lock(e)'s in Cooke County Tx between 1860-1874 I sure haven't found them in the records . George S. Lock & Edmonia Lock were brother and sister , that I can prove . Seems to me that this Lock(e) who was hung has to be related to either George S. Lock and his Sister , Edmonia and or related to this W. Herbert Locke . Doubtful this mystery Lock(e) will ever be solved if infact he was a Lock(e) . My guess is who ever was hung , he had used a False Name to protect his Family . And it is a good guess that the man who was Hung had known James Leander Lock. Just thought i'd toss out this info for future refernce :) Donald Locke http://members.aol.com/LOCKEroots/index.html