thanks for much for the information on the boley's i cant find anything on my ggrandparents until now. NOW i have a very silly question but i have to ask. i know that boley oklahoma was started by a man named boley and supposely he was black. i was just wondering if these boleys were black or white because i thought i was looking for white people named boley. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Hawkins" <hawkins@texoma.net> To: <WHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [WHITE] White Brothers, rode with Jessie James > actually they like to hang out north of Kentucky Town in Grayson and sometimes > on the Choctaw Creek bottoms, (these are in Grayson county west of the Bonham > Post office area) Same area that John Wesley Hardin was born in. > Kentucky town was about between the Sherman/ Bonham area , I live there. > The Boley's were Cherokee or Choctaw I can't remember which tribe ,and they > were Freemen ,their papers are available in the NARA website. The founded a > town in the Indian Territory. > Many of their relatives are here in the area. > so many historical things happened around here! Kentucky Town and Pilot Grove > were major towns in Texas at the time. here before Bonham or Sherman . > We had so many troubles after the war especially with local feuds and hangings. > Quantrill camped just above KentuckyTown which is NE of where Tom Bean Texas is > today about 3 miles. There was a church Camp ground where people camped for a > month for revivals in spring and fall. It has perfect water, woods and is on > high prairie. Also not too far from the freightlines which is where all the news > of the area traveled from. Rumors got here first. Even back in the War between > the states riders could get word about the yankee movements and quickly slip > from place to place. The bad times after the war drew the whole place apart > though and it was only safe at times. > From what I can tell Kentuckytown was mainly of pro Confederate, while Pilot > Grove had both sides and had a feud called the Lee-Peacock feud tearing it > apart. > > Red Anthony wrote: > > > Hello List: Someone asked about the name Boley being connected to the James > > Gang,,,and I have not found it so far. Texas was a favorite place for the > > Civil War Guerrillas and later after the war, for the James Gang. I have > > found several references to Bonham, Texas as a winter quarters for the > > Guerrillas. The men that rode with Quantrill were probably born before 1850, > > as he started in 1861 and was killed in early 1865. Frank James was with him > > most of the time, and was there in Kentucky when the war ended and Quantrill > > died. Jesse James, just 16 when he joined the raiders, had left them and > > went with a group to Texas. After the War is when the James Gang was > > started. Jesse learned his trade from the best, or worst, the likes of > > Quantrill, "Bloody Bill" Anderson, and George Todd, who was probably the > > best and smartest of the Raiders. Todd was probably the bravest, and was the > > best with a hand gun. He took over the raiders and drove Quantrill away at > > gunpoint, this is when he took a small group and went to Kentucky. > > Jesse's gang started about 1866-67, and lasted over 15 years. He had many > > different members, and was in contact with hundreds of people in this length > > of time,,,guess that's the reason there are so many Jesse James stories. > > With the common surname , White, there were surly many who met Jesse. I hope > > our list owner doesn't get tired of the James Gang. LOL Red Anthony > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > >