I recently learned that my ancester John Peter Hale who lived near Proctor in Comanche Co. disappeared about 1876/1877. The story goes that he left home to be a witness at a murder trial and was never seen again. On a recent trip to Comanche we checked the court records for something that sounded like this. Unfortunately almost all the murder trial files for that period have walked. We have no way of knowing where this trial may have occured. The family would likely have gone into Erath Co. to do business rather than cross the river to go to Comanche. Does anyone find anything familiar about the disappering witness story. Thanks in advance Sheila I Hale Fort McMurray,AB,Canada