In response to Bill Wilson's inquiry about Wiley Urquhart, I found the following information in "Cemeteries of San Saba County Texas", compiled by Joyce Capps: W. B. Urquhart SR buried in the San Saba Cemetery; born 8-27-1870; died June 2, 1931. Also listed in this cemetery index are the following, also buried in the San Saba Cemetery: Mrs. W. B. URQUHART SR, born 2-20-1872; died 11-29-1956 W. B. URQUHART JR, born 5-15-1908; died 6-8-1966 Mrs. W. B. URQUHART JR, born 11-19-1910, died 9-29-1954 Baby URQUHART, died 7-18-1934 Nancy Lee URQUHART, born 10-15-1900; died 7-26-1901 > I am NOT researching the URQUHART name, but I saw your inquiry and happen to > have the cemetery index so I was happy to look it up. Hope this helps! Regards, Karen Gauny Crisalli

Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/SanSaba/636 Surname: Poe, Tankersley, Martin ------------------------- I have been searching for the parents of my ggggrandmother, Malinda A. Poe. It is believed that she is the sister of Martha Ann Poe, the daughter of James Poe. She has a son named Martin Walker Tankersley. If you can maybe help me make a viable connection, I would appreciate it. Link: Tankersley Ties URL: <http://www.genealogy.com/users/h/u/n/Sheri-N-Hunter/>

Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/SanSaba/635 Surname: URQUHART, BARNETT ------------------------- Looking for descendants of Wiley Barnet URQUHART, born 1870 in Pike County, Alabama, married abt 1894, and died in San Saba County, TX. Date and burial location not known. I have his ancestry back to approximately 1750. Any leads will be appreciated and I am willing to share my information.

Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/SanSaba/633 Surname: Merrow ------------------------- Hello, I am trying to locate a relative,Kenneth Merrow III,once lived in Marysville Ca,then in ST Marys,Or Kingsland Ga,last known residence was Alvin Texas,,,any information will be appreciated.

----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Many hours have been spent recently compiling a new "Texas Cemeteries Directory" which is hoped to benefit every Texas Genealogy Researcher and at the same time encourage the preservation of our Cemeteries. The new Directory shows over 21,000 cemeteries found on line with information about where each one was found in an easy to use format. The directory includes information about those cemeteries that have been inventoried and where to find them. So far those who have visited this new Directory have made such comments as "What a neat idea." & "You've really hit on something here." In addition our web site hosts the list of cemeteries which have reached the protected status of "Historic Texas Cemetery" designation, whose program was developed by "The Texas Historical Commission". We also have a special page where those who have labored to write books about our cemeteries can announce the availability of those books, sell the books, buy a book, or trade them. Most well organized cemetery inventory projects sell the books to fund the project. We all know how expensive it is to work in our cemeteries and believe this is a vital part of encouraging their preservation. There is lots more to see, so come check us out, and while you're there leave a message about a neglected cemetery in our guest book. These posts are followed up on by the folks at "Save Texas Cemeteries" and the folks who manage the "Historic Texas Cemetery" designation program. With your participation it is our hope to encourage the location, inventory and preservation of our Historic Texas Cemeteries. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txcemeteries/ We look forward to your visit, donna

My ggreat grandparents moved around so much it is hard to keep up with. But they were with her folks, the BILBERRY's on that first trip to New Mexico and the Indian Territory. As you can tell by the chart below, my great grandmother's sister, Jennie was born in Indian Territory. Some of the familt made a second trip to NM , the one my great grandparents, Noah Hinton and Mary (MOORE) THOMPSON used to talk about. Thay were married in 1907 and went to NM shortly after. They weren't there long as my granfather, William Blake THOMPSON was born in Coryell County, TX. I guess Noah did not have the same pioneer spirit as the BILBERRY clan. He lived the rest of his life in Coryell County. So did most of his children. My dad however, Noah's grandson, Tennessee BILBERRY MOORE's great grandson had that pioneer spirit. He moved us around alot, alsways following his dream. I will have to ask Dad if his grandpa Noah every mentioned the Mob and the San Saba killings. Rose (THOMPSON) Denson 1 Matthew Jefferson Stanford II MOORE 1862 - 1919 b: September 05, 1862 in Hot Springs, AR . +Mary Tennessee BILBERRY 1867 - 1956 b: September 19, 1867 in Cook County, TX ........ 2 Mary Elizabeth MOORE 1886 - 1977 b: July 26, 1886 in Mason, Mason County, TX ............ +Noah Hinton II THOMPSON 1875 - 1961 b: November 02, 1875 in Madison County, MS m: April 30, 1907 ........ 2 Sarah Jane (Jennie) MOORE 1888 - 1987 b: March 28, 1888 in Navajo Reservation, NM Territory ............ +Charles Steels ........ 2 Willam Myers ( Mars) MOORE 1890 - 1968 b: February 23, 1890 in Mason, Mason County, TX ........ 2 Floyd Dennis( Dick) MOORE 1892 - 1971 b: August 26, 1892 in San Saba, TX ........ 2 Stella Mae MOORE 1895 - b: May 13, 1895 ........ 2 Fannie MOORE 1897 - 1897 b: April 08, 1897 ........ 2 Annie MOORE 1898 - 1958 b: September 17, 1898 in Comanche, Comanche County, TX ............ +Earnest COWN ........ 2 Susan Elmira MOORE 1901 - b: March 16, 1901 in Stonewall County, TX ........ 2 Matthew Jefferson Stanford III ( Booger) MOORE 1903 - 1970 b: November 07, 1903 in Comanche, Comanche County, TX ............ +Oma Alene COLE m: April 15, 1935 ........ 2 Arettia Murdock ( Etty) MOORE 1905 - 1984 b: November 26, 1905 in Commanche, Commanche County, TX ............ +Theodore WHITT 1906 - 1975 b: October 20, 1906

> > I am sending you a revised article that appeared in the Ft. Worth > Star-Telegram some 5 plus years ago. It was concerning the Old West Mob of > San Saba you had been interested in. I hope it is of some interest or use > to you. Written by Art Chapman, staff writer for the telegram. > > > OLD WEST MOB > > In the dark of night, vigilantes once rode through the thick cedars and > sandy river bottoms of this Central Texas county. Now, more than 100 years > later, it is finally OK to talk about it. > > Or maybe not, cautioned the county attorney. > Stories of those days are still not suitable for discussion at local > cafes, he warned. Some families remain stung by the county's history and > want the tales of the "San Saba Mob" buried forever. > > The fear thy [the mob] inspired was so terrible nobody would even talk > about it, "said David Williams, the San Saba county attorney. "Even as late > as the 1970's, people still didn't talk about it in public". > > San Saba County, now known for its abundant pecan harvests, was > organized in 1856. Like many areas in Texas, it was left nearly defenseless > during the Civil War. Law and order were scarce. Renegade Comanche's, > deserters and outlaws moved through with impunity. > Because the area--bounded on two sides by the Colorado River and split > by the San Saba River--was a remote, sparsely populated region, the locals > had to fend for themselves in matters of safety, Williams said. > > Vigilante groups were formed in the mid- 1870's and 1880's to protect > lives and property. They soon became lawless themselves. They became the > mob. > > Kathy Cox, who leads the local historical commission, said some > great-grandchildren of original mob members live in the county, but not all > of them know much of the mob's history. "Some of them know very little, > some know nothing." she said. > > There was a time when everyone knew, but no one talked. In historian > CO.L. Sonnichsen's 1951 book, I'll die before I'll Run, The Story of the > Great Feuds of Texas, the chapter on the San Saba mob began: > "There was a time in Central Texas, not son long ago, when a group of > church people used to gather at the Buzzard's Water Hole to plot > murder--when as many as two hundred citizens from one small district were > frightened from their homes under threat of death...." > Sonnichsen went on to say that the story of the mob was "not an easy one > to tell, partly because people connected with it are still alive, and partly > because so much of it was dark and mysterious, full of secret fears, > midnight plottings, and unknown figures moving behind the scenes." > > Much of that story is still unknown, Cox said. It has become too > difficult over the years to sift the truth from the fiction, separate the > real history from the folklore. > > But a couple of events have been retold so many times, in similar ways, > that they have become legends founded in fact. > > It is guessed that the mob was probably fully organized by the > mid-1880's. One of its first known expeditions was to cross the Colorado > into Brown County, where it intended to kill a man accused of stealing. > > A curious San Saba school teacher wanted to go along and watch, the > story goes. When the mob arrived at the thief's house, the school teacher > crept closer. He got a little too close for comfort, though, because > spooked and broke into a run. > > The mob members, thinking it was the thief on the run, opened fire and > killed the school teacher. They slung him across the saddle of his horse > and dropped him off in the small community of Locker on their way home. > > Later two men who took part in the debacle got drunk in a saloon in > Lampasas and laughed at the way the schoolteacher's horse pitched when the > dead man as tied to the saddle. > > A few days later, they too were shot. They had violated the code of > secrecy. > > "The penalty for talking was death, whether the talker belonged to the > group or not," Sonnichsen wrote in his book. "Consequently it was almost > impossible and always dangerous to find out much about them". > > The mob ran roughshod over the county for most of the mid-1880's and > 90's. Lives were lost, people were forced from their homes. > > "The first members of the mob were some of the large property owners, > ranchers," said Cox. "They were trying to protect their property and they > hung a few people, and shot some. But most were just scared away. They got > a note telling them to clear out. They were usually given 20-30 days to > leave." > > Eventually, Cox said, it all got carried away. The good men dropped out > of the mob. They didn't want trouble with the law. They didn't want to > became outlaws themselves. But others stayed. > > "It wasn't racial," said Cox, brushing away notions of anything like the > KKK. "There weren't any blacks in the county then. There were very few > Hispanics. And religion played no real part in it, either. Some of the > members were probably ministers, but not from any one religion. Some people > say the original members of the mob were all Freemasons." > > In the end, she said, the only common denominator was greed. "Some of > them wanted their neighbors' land and they simply ran them off to get it. > That's what brought them down. > > Another of their downfalls was the senseless killing of William James in > 1896. James had never been involved in any trouble, but was bothered by the > mob activities, saddened by their killings. He discussed his fears with his > family. > > His children repeated their father's apprehensions on the playground at > school, and the word got around that he had "talked". On July 28 he went to > the river after water and was shot and killed. > > James left a wife and a "house full of children". That, along with the > cruelty of his death, finally aroused the ire of the entire county. The day > after the killing, District Judge W.M. Allison wrote to the Texas adjutant > general asking for permanent Ranger camp in the vicinity. > > W. C. Linden was district attorney at the time, and with the help of the > Rangers he got indictments, and later convictions, against several suspected > mob members. > > He reportedly warned the rest that although he probably didn't have > enough evidence to convict them, he could prolong the court cases against > them enough to drive them to bankruptcy. Their only choice was to sell > their San Saba holdings and relocate to some other part of the state. They > did. > > In the way they run so many others out of the county, they too had been > dispatched. > > Alma Ward Hamrick, in her book The Call of the San Saba, a History of > San Saba County, called the period of the mob, "the darkest days possible" > in the history of organized San Saba County. > > "Texas Rangers spent two years in the county," she reported. "It is > estimated that 43 lives were lost to the mob. > > There is still some shame left over from those days, Cox said of the > events, al now a century or more old. But many of those families never > repeated the stories of the mob. > > " I think you can discuss it now". she said, "but not everyone will know > what you're talking about". > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gayla" <gayladean@hotmail.com> > To: <TXSSABA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 11:16 AM > Subject: [TXSSABA] Mob killings > > > > Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List > Posting > > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/SanSaba/625 > > > > Surname: Dean, Brandon, Walker, Dunlap > > ------------------------- > > > > This is very interesting to know. I am NOT related to the James or > Henderson > > family that I am aware of but I was wondering did they know who made up > > this mob and during what years did this type of action take place? Are > > there other surnames that you could let us know about. Most of my Dean, > > Walker, Brandon and Dunlap families had left San Saba county by 1880 going > > to Oklahoma but stories hand down over the years are that they left > because > > of trouble in the area but that is all that was known. I would love to > > hear more on this if you could. > > > > > > ==== TXSSABA Mailing List ==== > > To send a post to the SAN SABA COUNTY, TEXAS list, > > send your message to TXSSABA-L@rootsweb.com > > > > ============================== > > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1

Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/SanSaba/632 Surname: Campbell, Harper, Simmons, McMahan, Hannah ------------------------- I am looking for George Washington Campbell b.1850 TN and his wife Elizabeth "Bettie" McMahan Campbell b.1854 TN and a small child, David Sanders Campbell b.1869 San Saba Co., TX on the 1870 San Saba Co.,TX Census. They may have used another last name at the time. It could be Harper, Simmons, McMahan or Hannah.

Am looking for some kind of evidence of an AMIS family who lived in Richland Springs, San Saba Co., in the early 1890's. John Rankin Amis, with wife Amanda Avis (Mulkey) Amis, had twins in 1892 - Margaret Ethel Amis (my husband's mother) and Edwin Amis. If someone can come up with something on them, I'd be eternally grateful! Leslie Knowles handlknowles@home.com

Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/SanSaba/631 Surname: Dean, Brandon, Walker, Dunlap ------------------------- In the late 1877 or early 1878, Bailey Dean, wife Matilda & their youngest son Elisha Dean moved from Burleson county, Texas to San Saba Couty Texas. They lived with thier son, John Dean and his family(Wife, Lou & sons Joseph & Lee). Near the Baby Head and Cherokee township. Other children of Bailey and Matilda Dean that moved to this area about the same time from Burleson County are: Abner Dean, Henry Dean Olive(Dean)Dunlap (husband Archibald) and Mahulda (Dean) Walker (husband William) and their families. In the years of 1878 through 1887 San Saba county Tax rolls. I didn't find Bailey Dean having any property to pay taxes on and Mahulda, John nor Henry showed any acres owned, but they did show having some taxable things. Abner and Olive families owned some land. Abner Dean was later shown in Llano County, Texas where he lived until his death. John and Henry Dean were not listed in San Saba tax rolls after 1887. But one of Henry's daughters is said to have been born in San Saba county, July 31, 1889. What was happening in their lives during the years of 1877 to November 1889 is a mystery to me. But I do know that Lou (Brandon)Dean wife of John Dean was in Indian Territory by November 30, 1889, because that is when their child Effie was born. If they had any knowledge of the Mob I do not know. The story was not handed down well over the years only that there was trouble so they left Texas. If you do come across any of their names please let me know. The stories are very interesting. Thank you for sharing them.

Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/SanSaba/630 Surname: Hamrick, Barnett, Ellis, Alford ------------------------- Thanks Margaret.....we just ordered a copy of the book "I'll Die Before I'll Run - the story of the great feuds of Texas" by C.L. Sonnichsen that you recommended. Found it on Powell's Bookstore online. They have 6-7 more copies if anyone is interested....$16.95 plus $5 ship & hand. address is orders@powells.com John & June Hamrick Schaub

Margaret, can I jump in on your conversation with Nancy?? Nancy and I know each other. My ggreat grand mother was Mary Tennesse BILBERRY, daughter of John C BILBERRY and Vian WILSON. My great grandparents Noah Hinton THOMPSON and Mary Elizabeth MOORE ( Mary was the daughter of Tennessee BILBERRY and Matthew Jefferson Stanford MOORE II) were married in Mason County . I am not sure exactly when. But they also went to NM with a wagon train of Bilberry's and Kin in the late 1800-early 1900's. I have often heard my great grandparents talk of the hardship of this trip. They were back in Coryell County, TX by 1904 or so. I am sorry I am being so indecisive about dates. I am at work and not near my data, so I am going by my somewhat unreliable memory. I will email you from home tonight and we can exchange data if you like. Rose

Rose, Please do jump in. My Family did not go to New Mexico, but migrated to Stonewall Co and settled there. My Dad was born in 1910 in Peacock. If you are familiar with the book "Between the Forks of the Brazos" There is a picture of my Grandpa Waldrop in front of his blacksmith shop and also a story called the Bilberrys and the Waldrops. It tells some of the way it was when they (my gr-grandparents) settled in Stonewall Co, living in dugout homes. I would love to share and compare. Maybe we will find we are kin, too. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: Rose Lyne Denson <doug@itexas.net> To: <TXSSABA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 4:36 PM Subject: Fwd: [TXSSABA] Re: Bilberrys > Margaret, can I jump in on your conversation with Nancy?? Nancy and I know > each other. My ggreat grand mother was Mary Tennesse BILBERRY, daughter of > John C BILBERRY and Vian WILSON. My great grandparents Noah Hinton > THOMPSON and Mary Elizabeth MOORE ( Mary was the daughter of Tennessee > BILBERRY and Matthew Jefferson Stanford MOORE II) were married in Mason > County . I am not sure exactly when. But they also went to NM with a > wagon train of Bilberry's and Kin in the late 1800-early 1900's. I have > often heard my great grandparents talk of the hardship of this trip. They > were back in Coryell County, TX by 1904 or so. I am sorry I am being so > indecisive about dates. I am at work and not near my data, so I am going > by my somewhat unreliable memory. I will email you from home tonight and > we can exchange data if you like. Rose > > > ==== TXSSABA Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact Gaylon L Powell at gaylon@flash.net > (Please indicate the list in question.) > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >

Nancy, Maybe we are some kind of kin. Susan Bilberry is sister to my Gr-grandmother, Martha Miranda Bilberry, wife of Will James. Their parents were Henry J and Delilah (Cannon) Bilberry. The Waldrops mentioned in the book by Mary Stoneman are the other side of my family. William F. Waldrop was a preacher. During all of the bad times in San Saba he did not go armed and would not allow his sons to. One son was my Grandpa, Jim Waldrop who married Will and Martha James' daughter, Mary Florence. They were married in Stonewall county. You mentioned double connections....one of my Grandpa's sisters, Nettie Waldrop married Sanford Columbus Bilberry, brother of Mary Stoneman. Sallie Bilberry, Mary's sister, married Leon Goodrich who is a nephew of Will James. I believe this is just the tip of the iceberg.... Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy <rockartgal@uswest.net> To: <TXSSABA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 2:25 PM Subject: [TXSSABA] James/Bilberry/Bilbrey > Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/SanSaba/627 > > Surname: Peacock, Bilberry, Bilbrey, Cardell, Hamby, Clifton > ------------------------- > > Margaret, > I thank you for the posting on the San Saba Mob, etc. Lige Henderson was > either the husband or kin to my Susan Wilson. > Susan Wilson was daughter of Maggie Roden Wilson Peacock, and Maggie is > a step-daughter of John C. and Elizabeth Jane Walker-Wilson...then Maggie > and Bill Peacock's son, Lafayette Monroe Peacock married Josephine Bilberry...daughter > of Esaw and Susan. Esaw is son of John C. and Margaret (I think) Cruce/Crews. > Double connection there. Anyway, because of the connections, this all interested > me. > In fact, I am pretty sure that the Peacock family and other kin (Danforth) > came out to Stonewall county all together, at least in 1896 migration. > The Stoneman book is most interesting! I loved it. > Thank you for the update! > Nancy > > > ==== TXSSABA Mailing List ==== > Visit GenWeb's archive records for SAN SABA COUNTY, TEXAS, > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/sansaba/sansabtoc.htm > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >

Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/SanSaba/629 Surname: JAMES, BILBERRY ------------------------- The book "I'll Die Before I Run, The Story of the Great Fueds of Texas" by C.L. Sonnichsen has a chapter called the "Pious Assassins" which tells some of this. And the book "Pioneering in New Mexico" by Mary Stoneman, tells about it, too. There is other information, but I think there were some people back then who did not own up to that part of San Saba's history. Writing about it was not appreciated I read someplace that possibly 40 people were killed in that period of time. Will James was the last. His murder finally raised some outrage and the Texas Rangers were called in and the killing stopped. There are various stories about the reason for all the killing. My Grandma said he father was killed because he was a "squatter", but we know he owned 160 Acres. I don't think he was a squatter. Vigilante actions grow and this grew into land grabbing. Some people were chased away with threats on their life. Will James had been threatened. He never left the house unarmed for about 5 years. For some unaccountable reason he left his guns home that day as he went for water. They were ready for him. If he had been armed, they probably would not have come after him. He was 49 and left a pregnant wife, three older boys and 7 younger children.

Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/SanSaba/627 Surname: Peacock, Bilberry, Bilbrey, Cardell, Hamby, Clifton ------------------------- Margaret, I thank you for the posting on the San Saba Mob, etc. Lige Henderson was either the husband or kin to my Susan Wilson. Susan Wilson was daughter of Maggie Roden Wilson Peacock, and Maggie is a step-daughter of John C. and Elizabeth Jane Walker-Wilson...then Maggie and Bill Peacock's son, Lafayette Monroe Peacock married Josephine Bilberry...daughter of Esaw and Susan. Esaw is son of John C. and Margaret (I think) Cruce/Crews. Double connection there. Anyway, because of the connections, this all interested me. In fact, I am pretty sure that the Peacock family and other kin (Danforth) came out to Stonewall county all together, at least in 1896 migration. The Stoneman book is most interesting! I loved it. Thank you for the update! Nancy

Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/SanSaba/626 Surname: Dean, Brandon, Walker, Dunlap ------------------------- There are some newspapers on micro film that can be viewed at the local San Saba libary. Also a libary at Austin Texas has many of the San Saba newspapers. I am not sure of the names of the libary's or the dates that are available but if you were to make contact with them they could let you know what they have. Sorry I don't know the exact years or names.

Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/SanSaba/625 Surname: Dean, Brandon, Walker, Dunlap ------------------------- This is very interesting to know. I am NOT related to the James or Henderson family that I am aware of but I was wondering did they know who made up this mob and during what years did this type of action take place? Are there other surnames that you could let us know about. Most of my Dean, Walker, Brandon and Dunlap families had left San Saba county by 1880 going to Oklahoma but stories hand down over the years are that they left because of trouble in the area but that is all that was known. I would love to hear more on this if you could.

Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/SanSaba/624 Surname: JAMES, BILBERRY ------------------------- This should go with the previous message, but I missed the rest of the information. The child born after Will James death was a girl named Willie Lee.....instead of Willuie. The son who is said to have witnessed his father's death was probably one of the Nelson boys, who were step-sons to Will. When Will and Martha Bilberry Nelson married in 1881 each had children. George Houston James, John Henry Nelson, and William Charlie Nelson. They were 20, 20 and 18 at the time of the killing. Margaret

Posted on: San Saba Co., TX Queries<br> with Automated Mailing List Posting Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Tx/SanSaba/623 Surname: JAMES ------------------------- Since my original post I have found much information about the killing of my gr-grandfather, William A. James. He was shot 28 July 1896. He had gone with a wagon, to get water from the river and was shot with the Mob-signature, nine bullets. At that time San Saba Co. had gained state-wide renown for Mob-Rule. There were other vigilante-type killings, including Lige Henderson. Will is buried in Shiloh Cemetery. The grave used to be a sandstone marker, but now has a proper headstone which bears the everlasting accusation, "killed by the Mob", placed there by his gr-grandsons My gr-grandmother Martha (Bilberry) James and other relatives and relatives of relatives removed to Stonewall, Dickens and Kent Counties. Gr-grandma was also known as Aunt Sissy and the Widow James in some of the writings. I believe there is probably a lot more to learn about the shooting and this time period in TX. Margaret