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    1. Re: [GRAYSON] Re: Welcome to Grayson County!
    2. Janice Hancock
    3. Hi Ann, I seen the GARNER surname. My husband's maternal g/m was Dora Bell Hunt, her parents were John B. Hunt and Susan Garner they were from AR. When Dora married Fletcher Lee Burns they moved to Grayson CO. Dora Bell died in 1925 in Whitesboro and is buried in Cedar Mills Cemetery. This is all the info I have on the Garner's at present. However, on a census a George Garner was listed as brother to Susan Hunt. If any of these are familiar would like to discuss it with you. Janice Hancock -----Original Message----- From: Anne Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, July 01, 2000 6:51 AM Subject: [GRAYSON] Re: Welcome to Grayson County! Hi from South Tx, I appreciate Barbara's welcome and invitation to provide my family search interests. As so many Grayson County early pioneers and founders, my ancestors came from Kentucky, using the expressway equivalant of the day, and I have found mention of their early residences in several Northeast localities. I am speaking primarily of the SAMUEL EDWARD BRUTON , WILLIAMS, NEIGHBORS, and GARNER families. I will appreciate any clues. Best wishes, Anne Bruton Fitzpatrick ==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== --- Author Retains Copyright --- -- Copyright 2000 Author -- All Rights Reserved Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com Unsubscribe Requests: [email protected]

    07/01/2000 09:58:28
    1. [GRAYSON] Response from LIST
    2. Anne Fitzpatrick
    3. What a great response from my recent subscribing..a really warm welcome ! I thank all of you for all the clues, locations and names, and Sharon gave me some documentation, even. I visited the Friendship Cemetery (I think that is one of the earliest , isn't it?) last summer and was startled yesterday when I read of the cemetery destruction. The three I visited in Sherman last summer were so pretty. Many thanks, Anne

    07/01/2000 09:44:08
    1. [GRAYSON] Rasor surname..
    2. Ed Walker
    3. I'm searching for a Charlie Rasor, born July 04, 1864, last record found of him on 1880 Bastrop census..I've found a C.M. Rasor death date 3-29-1917, Grayson co. on Texas death index microfilm..Would I be o.k. asking for a look-up from someone of you or a confirmation if buried there? I'd sure appreciate it.. Thx. Ed Walker [email protected]

    07/01/2000 02:26:26
    1. [GRAYSON] LeRoy (Peggy) Walls
    2. Looking for any info on LeRoy (Peggy) Walls, and family. Lived in Sherman Twsp, was born there in 1888. Thanks for any help. R. Gillette [email protected]

    07/01/2000 01:57:36
    1. [GRAYSON] RE: Coy
    2. Tom & Sandra Stephens
    3. I'm looking for information on the COY family of Whitesboro. Mary Coy married my grandfather's brother Arch E. McWilliams sometime around 1900. Who were Mary's parents and siblings? Thanks! Sandra

    07/01/2000 08:10:52
    1. [GRAYSON] Re: Welcome to Grayson County!
    2. Anne Fitzpatrick
    3. Hi from South Tx, I appreciate Barbara's welcome and invitation to provide my family search interests. As so many Grayson County early pioneers and founders, my ancestors came from Kentucky, using the expressway equivalant of the day, and I have found mention of their early residences in several Northeast localities. I am speaking primarily of the SAMUEL EDWARD BRUTON , WILLIAMS, NEIGHBORS, and GARNER families. I will appreciate any clues. Best wishes, Anne Bruton Fitzpatrick

    07/01/2000 07:50:18
    1. Re: [GRAYSON] Federal Protection Cemetery Petition
    2. frana
    3. Thank you. Frances ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hawkins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:11 AM Subject: [GRAYSON] Federal Protection Cemetery Petition > As you know in the past months we have discussed the awful condition of > this or that cemetery in these counties. Terrible conditions and > treatment of cemeteries has left me speechless at times while I read the > stones and try to figure out even how big a cemetery used to be by the > debris . > Very few times has anyone come to rescue a cemetery. Coontown > Cemetery Association is one of the few lately and they are going to have > to fight an uphill battle to protect it from further damage. > Texas does not protect its cemeteries . They have passed a few laws > but the local law enforcment do not respond. I have been at a cemetery > with serious damage to one of those fancy above ground vaults where > someone had taken a truck on top of other tombstones and used it to > chain and yank the doors off the vault after removing the hinges. The > sheriffs dept took hours to repond and then were actually scared to look > inside the vault! All they did is scribble notes and leave as fast as > possible . Nothing was done. In that same week someone tore into the > same type of vault in Greenville texas that made the news because the > thieves were after the bones of the dead! > Fannin county Sheriffs do not repond, cemetery damage is the lowest > priority. > Please consider signing the petition! > http://www.PetitionOnline.com/sg0001/petition.html > Susan Hawkins > There is a new movement afoot to make damaging a cemetery a federal > offense and to give protection . > > > ==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2000 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe Requests: [email protected] >

    06/30/2000 11:11:54
    1. [GRAYSON] Federal Protection Cemetery Petition
    2. Hawkins
    3. As you know in the past months we have discussed the awful condition of this or that cemetery in these counties. Terrible conditions and treatment of cemeteries has left me speechless at times while I read the stones and try to figure out even how big a cemetery used to be by the debris . Very few times has anyone come to rescue a cemetery. Coontown Cemetery Association is one of the few lately and they are going to have to fight an uphill battle to protect it from further damage. Texas does not protect its cemeteries . They have passed a few laws but the local law enforcment do not respond. I have been at a cemetery with serious damage to one of those fancy above ground vaults where someone had taken a truck on top of other tombstones and used it to chain and yank the doors off the vault after removing the hinges. The sheriffs dept took hours to repond and then were actually scared to look inside the vault! All they did is scribble notes and leave as fast as possible . Nothing was done. In that same week someone tore into the same type of vault in Greenville texas that made the news because the thieves were after the bones of the dead! Fannin county Sheriffs do not repond, cemetery damage is the lowest priority. Please consider signing the petition! http://www.PetitionOnline.com/sg0001/petition.html Susan Hawkins There is a new movement afoot to make damaging a cemetery a federal offense and to give protection .

    06/30/2000 10:11:08
    1. [GRAYSON] Winton Family Reunion
    2. Peggy C. Wilson
    3. Winton Cousins! It’s time to gather the clan for “Christmas with the Winton’s”! Bring swimsuits, homemade ice cream makings & freezer, Bingo prizes, Auction items, family memorabilia, volleyballs, basketballs, baseball equipment, dessert contest entry, musical instruments, bedroll, pillow, towels, etc. We can provide sleeping arrangements for 150 people. There are 6 dorms in two buildings. Cost is $7/person/night. Please make reservations as soon as possible to insure you have a bed. RV’s are welcome. We begin Saturday, July 15th with registration at 9 a.m. At 11 a.m. we will have the Winton Dessert Cookoff Bring your best desserts...we will enjoy them with our lunch! Prizes to be awarded! Catered Lunch 12 Noon Auction at 1 p.m. Please bring items & help support the Winton reunion. Other afternoon activities: business meeting, Bingo, Genealogy session, our traditional Piñata, activities for the youngsters & a new game for young and old...Trash or Treasure! Catered Dinner at 6 p.m. Sat Night 7 p.m. Ice Cream Supper bring your favorite recipe, make ahead or churn there. Sunday July 16th Breakfast 7 to 9 a.m. Song Service 9a.m. Cemetery Tour Meals are to be catered $6/person Saturday Lunch BBQ with all the fixings $6/person Saturday dinner....hamburgers & hotdogs Meals are $3 for children 12 and under Sunday Breakfast----NO CHARGE We need reservations for ALL meals by July 1 Visit our web page. Winton Family Homepage http://sites.netscape.net/mawpeggywilson/homepage -- Peggy <'}}}}><

    06/26/2000 10:09:44
    1. [GRAYSON] Re: Coffman
    2. In a message dated 06/23/2000 11:11:28 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:05:41 CDT > From: "Carl Coffman" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: [GRAYSON] COFFMAN SEARCH > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Good Morning Grayson List, > I think I have may traced an Ancestor to Sherman. Are there any one on > list tracking the Kauffman/Coffman lines? Will be back in a day or some with > > my data, I am a Genealogist and have lots of files to share. Bye Carl in > Wichita > Dear Carl and listers; I have Coffmans (listed below) and ancestors of D.H. Coffman III on file. I have been searching for more information on his daughter Mary E. Coffman and her (?first marriage?) to an Alonzo Hendricks and the father of her first child James Monroe Hendricks. The family story is that "Alonzo Hendricks rode off on his horse one day and never was heard from again." We have found some possibilities of another family that he probably started. He was supposedly a school teacher and boarded with the Coffman family. He supposedly married Mary Elizabeth when she would have been 15-16 yrs. (age according to the 1880 census). . I have found only one Alonzo Hendricks/Hendrix in the 1880 census in the Parker Co. area and he was a married man w/ a wife and baby. I'm beginning to wonder if the other Alonzo might have been the father and she never actually married him, and that the story was told to save her reputation back then. (grasping for straws!) I have searched for a marriage certificate for Alonzo and Mary E. with no luck so far. I have also tried to find out if there was any Alonzo Hendricks as a school teacher in the area with no results either. If he was a teacher, he was not there in 1880. Mary later married 2nd a man with the last name of "Davidson?" I have no info on him. Would love to share Coffman info and appreciate any help on these puzzles. Thanks in advance, Heather Descendants of David Harmon Coffman III 1 David Harmon Coffman III b: December 01, 1827 Tennessee d: October 16, 1880 Denison Grayson Co. Texas .. +Harriet Jones b: Abt. 1823 Tennessee m: 1847 Alabama or Tennessee d: 1887 Wise Co. Texas ..... 2 James More Coffman b: 1847 Alabama ......... +Temperance // b: 1847 Missouri m: Abt. 1870 Missouri ..... 2 Thomas E. Coffman b: Abt. 1853 Missouri ......... +Sarah T. // b: Abt. 1854 Tennessee m: Abt. 1874 Missouri ..... 2 Robert "Rob" Coffman b: 1856 Missouri ..... 2 David "Dave"Harmon/Harman Coffman, Jr. b: 1859 Missouri d: 1906 Denison Grayson Co. Texas ......... +Octavela Miller b: 1865 m: 1882 Denison, Grayson Co. Texas d: 1946 Denison Grayson Co. Texas ..... 2 [3] Sterling Price Coffman b: 1863 Missouri d: 1922 from 2nd stroke after fall from wagon on road ......... +Letitia Layne b: 1872 m: 1886 Denison, Grayson Co. Texas d: 1898 Denison Grayson Co. Texas ..... *2nd Wife of [3] Sterling Price Coffman: ......... +Mary Catherine "Molly" Simmons b: Denison Grayson Co. Texas m: 1899 Denison, Grayson Co. Texas ..... 2 [13] Mary Elizabeth Coffman, * b: 1865 Missouri ......... + Alonzo Hendricks b: 1848 m: Bet. 1880 - 1881 Denison, Grayson Co. Texas? ............ 3 [14] James Monroe Hendricks b: September 07, 1881 Denison,Grayson Co. TX d: March 15, 1969 Riverside, CA ................ +[15] Fanny Belle Everett b: January 05, 1884 Weatherford, Parker Co.TX? m: September 11, 1901 Old Magee, Indian Territory-OK-Stratford-OK d: April 21, 1969 Riverside, CA ..... *2nd Husband of [13] Mary Elizabeth Coffman, *: ......... + Unknown Davidson

    06/26/2000 05:58:03
    1. Re: [GRAYSON] Headstones,
    2. Hawkins
    3. They are in Fannin County . I have the early record of the Hunter stone but don't have that Fletcher stone yet. I assembling my notes for that cemetery to go up now. my Cemetery pages are at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfannin/cemeteries.html susan in Texas Fannin county CC http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfannin/ [email protected] wrote: > > Back in March of 1983, I was new to genealogy but an eager beaver. While > looking for ancestors in Grayson and Fannin counties, I photographed a > lot of headstones that I didn't think were my family but were the same > surnames. However being new, I didn't always write down the names of > the cemeteries (thought I would remember, how dumb could I be?) > > In one cemetery, I found two old wooden markers, > > by rubbing chalk on them I made out the names carved into them. I don't > know if they are still standing or not, or if a person can read them > today even with chalk, however thought I'd post the information just in > case someone is hunting. > > To the best of my "feeble" memory, they were in the Dodd City Cemetery, > but I really can't be sure. > > E. FLETCHER S. A. HUNTER > born 1815 born 1841 > > Nothng more on either one, no death dates. > > Alice Moore in San Antonio > > ==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2000 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe Requests: [email protected]

    06/26/2000 02:40:24
    1. [GRAYSON] Headstones,
    2. Back in March of 1983, I was new to genealogy but an eager beaver. While looking for ancestors in Grayson and Fannin counties, I photographed a lot of headstones that I didn't think were my family but were the same surnames. However being new, I didn't always write down the names of the cemeteries (thought I would remember, how dumb could I be?) In one cemetery, I found two old wooden markers, by rubbing chalk on them I made out the names carved into them. I don't know if they are still standing or not, or if a person can read them today even with chalk, however thought I'd post the information just in case someone is hunting. To the best of my "feeble" memory, they were in the Dodd City Cemetery, but I really can't be sure. E. FLETCHER S. A. HUNTER born 1815 born 1841 Nothng more on either one, no death dates. Alice Moore in San Antonio

    06/26/2000 02:10:39
    1. [GRAYSON] Coffman-Layne Cemetery
    2. marjorie currin
    3. Recent posts have given me hope that there may be some records available for the Coffman-Layne Cemetery. On Michael Cross's tombstone transcriptions for this cemetery I found a Maggie Hunt - 1882. The name, date and place make it possible that this could have been my g-grandmother's grave. Since someone said there seem to have been some recent burials in that cemetery, does anyone know if there is someone to whom I could write to see if there are any additional records for this gravesite? Family legend has it that after the death of Sarah Martha (Maggie) Hunt her husband (Green Webster Hunt) took their three small daughters back to Tennessee. Thank you very much for any help on getting more information. Marge Currin

    06/26/2000 11:00:08
    1. [GRAYSON] I am not receiving email
    2. Janice Hancock
    3. Hi everyone, I have not received any email from these lists since 12 noon today. Am checking to see if my email will go out. Please bare with me and thank you for your assistance. Janice [email protected]

    06/25/2000 09:47:30
    1. [GRAYSON] [email protected] Peters
    2. William G. Chase
    3. I am trying to find information on Sarah Jane Peters who was born in Mo May 31, 1852. and married Austin Wiley Hammer of Tioga,Tx, Nov. 1869, she had a sister Mattie who married a Bates, any information would be appreciated. Idalue Chase [email protected]

    06/25/2000 10:05:59
    1. Markham Family
    2. I am a descendant of Josiah Markham. Here is part of my family tree. If these names are familiar to anyone, please get in touch with me. Descendants of Josiah Markham 1 Josiah Markham 1801 - 1841 b: 1801 in Tennessee d: May 03, 1841 in McMinn County, Tennessee .. +Barbara Sherrill Abt. 1815 - 1903 m: December 15, 1834 b: Abt. 1815 in Tennessee d: March 15, 1903 in Missouri ..... 2 Eli Wilson Markham 1835 - 1902 b: December 11, 1835 in Knoxville, Tennessee d: December 14, 1902 in Sherman, Texas ......... +Nancy Elizabeth Pennington 1838 - 1893 m: December 20, 1860 in Taladega County, Alabama b: September 04, 1838 in Taladega County, Alabama d: January 14, 1893 in Sherman, Texas ..... 2 Ranson Markham ..... 2 Asbury Markham Signed, Frances Bruce

    06/25/2000 04:44:09
    1. Re: [GRAYSON] COFFMAN SEARCH
    2. Carl Coffman
    3. Hi. Yes we did, But we sure thank you for telling us just the same, as someone might not of know. It's called the Coffman/Lane ceme and it on the web with index. There is a story about how that ceme. come to be. I forgot the first name of the Coffman but he can home from Civil War, I guess he bought the farm. I'm not sure on that. But one day to had a accident and shot himself in the leg, and just knew he was going to die. He went and pick out a spot to be buried. He got well of course, but others died and his spot was used for them and in good he did use it. I can just see him, with his leg all raped up setting under a tree, with a jug, his huntings dogs around him, saying woo-is-me, and looking at his spot. Thanks again and bye Carl in Wichita. Did you know there is a Coffman cemetery along Hwy 75 going to Sherman from Dallas? I'm not sure if it is in Grayson Co or Collin Co. I have stopped there but it has been several years ago and I didn't find any names I was looking for. You can see it from the hwy and although it is pretty old and not very big, there have been some recent burials. Sonia Carl Coffman wrote: > Good Morning Grayson List, > I think I have may traced an Ancestor to Sherman. Are there any one on > list tracking the Kauffman/Coffman lines? Will be back in a day or some with > my data, I am a Genealogist and have lots of files to share. Bye Carl in > Wichita > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > ==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2000 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe Requests: [email protected] ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

    06/24/2000 12:09:39
    1. [GRAYSON] McGehees
    2. Still looking for anyone researching McGehees. Jack

    06/24/2000 09:25:13
    1. [GRAYSON] Zella/Carl/Rabbit Story
    2. Sandra Wright
    3. Zella and Carl, Great reading ! Sandra

    06/23/2000 10:45:22
    1. [GRAYSON] Fwd: The Rabbit A Coffman Story
    2. zella coffman
    3. > > Part Two > > >And Away Went the Rabbit, Part II > >Greetings! I believe I’d better add a bit of Part I, to catch you up, for >those of you that are like me and forget a bit. Do you remember how they >used to do it on Saturday Morning Movie Serials? Lets see, we were saying, >"Well, it looks like the Rabbit is slowing down. I don't think he is >looking over his shoulder as much as he usually is. He married Laura F. >Brown, who lived in Bonham, Fannin Co., TX, March 19/1871, under his >correct name, Andrew D. Coffman, and also sold three plots of land, that >had been in Magdaline's name, as Andrew D. See what four wives, and a girl >friend in Sherman, Grayson, Co. TX, plus being on the run can do to you? >What? You want to hear about the girl friend? And you want to know about >how this case of mis-direction was solved? >I can't answer those two questions quite yet. We have to go back and look >at some county history in Polk County and some hot saddles on the Military >Road, and also a bit more about these Polk County outlaws who took the Army >Road to Oklahoma Territory, Louisiana, and Texas to continue their crime >spree. They were finally stopped in Bonham by getting hung. And last, >where was the Rabbit from 1850 to1866. >I think I will put in the two paragraphs of exact history, so that you can >see just how bad things were in frontier Missouri before the Civil War, and >I have read they didn't differ much from Tennessee and Alabama. Another >reason for the exact history is to show Andrew Jones’s actions in Missouri, >that were repeated in Texas with others. And we begin: The Missouri Militia >in the past, when there was a Civil upset, could go in and make a few >arrests and things in the county would quiet down. Not so with the Slickers >and Anti-Slickers. In Warsaw, MO, the courts were full of lawsuits, and >between 75 and 100 armed men stood around in a camp facing off each other. >Anti-Slicker Andrew Jones pulled a gun on Slicker Thomas Cox, but did not >fire, not that he hadn't shot a lot of people in the past, but this time >the Army was watching. Mackey shot a Jones supporter who hand knifed a >Turk supporter. Two Slickers, Turk and Hobbs, clubbed an Anti-Slicker. >Somehow, Militia Captain John Holloway stopped the outbreak >of violence. Lots of the group that were charged by the Army for crimes, >made bond, and ran to the Military Road, which is a few miles west of >there. They made a left turn and burned leather going south into Texas and >the Oklahoma Territory. At that time the law could not go into a territory >and bring you back to trial. The Military Road would be what is now U.S. >69. Remember these outlaws were having a nice day, because the law and Army >were watching. The cases that brought these two groups to town read like a >roll call of Slicker war participants. The spring term of court was to hear >a large variety of cases: Abraham Nowell was to be tried for murder; Henry >Hodge, >Hilton Hume, and the Keatons, also for murder; Archibald Cock for >conspiracy; Andrew Jones for stealing, assault, and assault with intent to >kill; Morgan Traham for stealing horses; Tom Turk for kidnapping; and Tom >and other Slickers for assault. Wow, what a bunch of bad boys, and a lot >of them will be on their way to Texas. You see they could pull crimes in >Texas, step across the Red River into Oklahoma and be safe from the law. We >will be out of the Show-Me-State real quick now, just a bit more on the >Baptist Church at Aldrich and the up-roar with the Slickers. You see >preachers changed towns a lot and his name may be important somewhere else. >One other thought - "The people were left a legacy of violence and >bitterness that would take years to subside". Lots of the Slickers would >remain in Polk Co. and that's why Andrew D. Coffman, I believe, may have >been on the run, for his life. Maybe the Rabbit did the right thing. The >Baptist Preacher in Aldrich, Mo. was Richard Ownings. This was about 1843 >and at that time you had hard working and respectful people trying to build >a country for their children and a place for themselves. In Polk you also >had the slickers, most of the Anti-slickers had been run out by then (Jones >is on his way to Texas). The Slickers took exception with the sermon >Ownings was giving. One of them stood up in front of the church and said, >"If the Baptists took sides against them, the Baptists would be run out of >the county, too." This was their undoing. Peace was soon to be, but the >Slickers would never forget how powerful they once were, and who took them >down. The slickers even went as far as to make phony graves along >the road with Baptists’ names on a wooden cross to try to scare them. It >didn't work, and good prevailed in the end. But at what a great cost it >was! We now go back to the Rabbit and the Red River Valley. Isn't it real >interesting how the Anti-Slickers and the Rabbit's trails keep crossing; >The Rabbit was married in Harrison County, and then went to Shreveport. >The Slickers went to Shreveport to sell their loot. The Anti-Slickers >pulled crimes in Fannin Co. The Rabbit and wife, Magdaline, bought land in >Fannin, Co. There are some years between the times, but the Rabbit was >missing from 1850 to 1866. The Rabbit may not have been too afraid of the >Anti-Slickers, but more so of the Slickers back in Missouri, but I find the >Slickers had a reach into Texas and Caddo Parish, LA. It seems that >Shreveport was like a capitol to the whole area. I don't know why, because >of the waterway near by, maybe? Now, on to the sad crime wave of the >Anti-Slickers. Besides what follows, Andrew Jones and others were also >reported to have been in Arkansas doing a murder for hire type thing. So >when you read his last words before getting hung you will understand more >on what he was saying. After this story about the crime wave we will nail >down the Rabbit and take away his running shoes. Remember the Rabbit was my >great-grandfather and I sure would like to have a talk with >him. (Does anyone know a Swami?) Also keep in mind this is the crime >Jones got caught doing, and there were many more he didn't get caught >doing. Fate caught up with Andy Jones in 1844. After leaving Missouri in >1842 with his family, Andy along with Loud Ray, Harvey White, and many >other men, went on a rampage in present day Bonham, TX. One of their >sprees turned out to be a fatal mistake. Jones et al entered an Indian >campsite, pretending to be friendly and killed three members also seriously >injuring one. One of the Indians they killed was a little boy who was >reportedly held at arm’s length by Reed while Mitchell gutted him with a >knife, all the while the little boy pleaded for his life and those of his >family. What loot did they carry off for this disastrous deed? Twelve >horses, four guns, and some knives. Their mistake was soon evident when >Mitchell, who lived just seven >miles south of the crime scene, was arrested. It seems he was recognized >and identified by two of the survivors of the camp. Either Mitchell ratted >on his buddy or Loud Ray was also recognized because he was soon hunted >down and captured by a posse. He was found on his return trip from >Shreveport, Louisiana where he had sold off the stolen goods and stolen >more on the way back. Caught red handed with his newly stolen merchandise >Loud Ray had no choice but to talk, and talk he did. Acting on Loud Ray's >information, Andy Jones and Harvey White were retrieved by a posse of >twenty men. White and Jones were found passed out from too much liquor in >Fort Houston, near Bonham. The pair was surprised and disarmed before they >were fully awakened. Andy shrieked and fought as he awakened, and when >later questioned he revealed that he thought the Turks had him and relayed >many of the events in Missouri. Jowland, Harris, and Bob Jones were also >apprehended, and they were all presented to South Sulphur in Fannin Co, TX, >where a "trial" took place. The “impartial” jury was selected right out >of the crowd of two hundred, most of whom had at one >time or another been either directly or indirectly victimized by Jones and >his gang. Loud Ray, Harvey White, Mitchell, and Andy Jones were sentenced >to hang on the charges of murder and theft. Bob Jones, Harris, and >Jowland, who were only found guilty on the charge of theft, were sentenced >to hangthe others and get out of the county in ten days. (???) Old Andy >went out subdued and very calm, if not somewhat remorseful. An eyewitness >account was published in a Texan newspaper: "Andrew Jones told his wife, >who was present, that he had expected this for the last six years, and that >he considered his arrest a providential event, by which he had been saved >more crime, and men's lives had been saved, as had they been awake (he and >Harvey White), at least four men would have been killed. He commenced >praying and preparing for death, and said, finally, that he believed he was >going to a better world. The tenor of his, and his wife's conversation, >was >an admission of long and continued guilt, without specification of acts >committed." What of the Turks? Well Nathan Turk, who was said to have a >hand in apprehending Andy, was killed in Shreveport, Louisiana, in a brawl >over a card game. He was never again seen or reported as being in Missouri >after Andy's death. Ironically his death place in Shreveport was not far >from where Andy was laid to rest. But the fighting continued for many >years after the end of the Slicker War, bad blood between neighbors took >many generations to fade. Those who escaped the law, such as Reed, Harris, >and others in Missouri, vowed never to give up on their mission for >revenge. Wow, what a story! Maybe it could make us thankful for our law >and order today, and also that we are not at war somewhere in the world >this year. We must continue this story with the ending next time. If you >have questions >thus far, e-mail us. > Submitted by Zella and Carl Coffman in Wichita, Kansas > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

    06/23/2000 10:11:27