Alli - Yeah - you're right. I'm even on the James list because of this. Or at least, I was - I'd have to check and see if I still am! LOL Red: Let me check on this tomorrow for you. I'm out the door for the night in a few minutes. Take care all! Rilla At 07:37 PM 5/13/2000, you wrote: >I think a lot of families were in contact with the James Gang. My grandma >said that when she was little she was sitting at the R & R tracks or depot & >she saw them ride past her or get on the train. I don't remember now. It'd >be neat if someone who was around them got their autograph to pass on to >their descendents >Alli >Researching: >ABRAM--JOHNSON--ADAMS--LOVELL--WHITE--PHARISS--McCALL--McKAY--THOMPSON >Adams-L listowner >Pampered Chef Consultant >----- Original Message ----- >From: jean mccoy <mccoy@gvtc.com> >To: <WHITE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 7:57 AM >Subject: Re: [WHITE] White Brothers, rode with Jessie James > > > > I do not know these Whites, and names do not fit my line. However, I will >say > > that an old family tale was that Jesse James came to see my Grandfather in > > Uvalde, Texas somewhere just prior to 1900....of course Jesse was supposed >to be > > dead, and my family always heard, it was not true because of the visit. >It was > > further related that my Grandfather's mother, who was Mariah >Munday(Cherry) > > White, had been left a widow after the Civil War when Capt Absalom White >of > > Tippah Co, Ms died of injuries suffered during the war. According to >records > > found, they had been large land owners, but after his father died, my GF b >1859 > > and a young teen, took his mother Mariah and a sister to Memphis, Tn where >he > > pedaled milk until he could make enough money to bring them to Texas. But >GF > > said when they still lived on the plantation, Jesse and his boys would >come by > > and his mother would feed them, and she said if they didn't hurt her, she >had > > no problem with them...She treated them nice and they treated her nice! >My GF > > was about 17 when he arrived in Hill Co, Tx. Somewhere there was a Mo > > connection, but I have been unable to unravel it. I do know that >connecting > > familes in Hill Co came from Mo...the Ince...McMillan family. For what a >little > > gossip is worth. Jean mccoy@gvtc.com > > > > Red Anthony wrote: > > > > > Hello Listers: I posted this to a couple of the Gen-forum pages >yesterday, > > > thought I would list it here also, maybe someone knows something about >these > > > White brothers. > > > > > > I have posted to most of the boards in the last 2 or 3 years, and I >received > > > a message a year or so ago, asking if I had ever heard anything about >some > > > Whites that rode with Jessie James. This person said it was an old >family > > > story, and I didn't know anything about it then, and lost the message >later. > > > Since I study the Civil War quite a bit, I recent found a list of men >that > > > rode with the Confederate Raiders of William Quantrill. There were some > > > brothers, James and John White, listed. Jesse and Frank James rode with > > > Quantrill also, and after the war continuied with their robbery careers. >In > > > one of their first bank robberies after the war, James and John White >were > > > two of the twelve men involved along with Jessie and Frank James and >others. > > > Just wondered if any White Family researchers knew anything about these > > > brothers, or what family they belonged. Most of the members of >Quantrill's > > > raiders were in their early to mid twenties, although some were >teen-agers. > > > Quantrill was just 28 when killed in 1865. These White brothers would >have > > > probably been born in the 1835-45 period. Most of these raiders came >from > > > Missouri, Kansas, and a few from Arkansas and Texas. I have a couple >distant > > > cousins from western Ar. that fit, name and age wise, but looking for > > > someone else to claim these outlaws too. LOL ,,,,Red Anthony, Arkansas > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > >