They were Black and Indian and I am sure some of the family was white. There are some really good pictures of this family that I have seen and they are related quite a bit to other families here in north Texas. I am sure their name probably was of white origin but all of them that I have known are black or Indian or both. There is a new book that I have seen recently that talks about them , called "Black Indians' I regret I didn't write down the author. They are the family that started Boley Ok. I have heard of a few cowboys my father worked with with the surname of Boley they were black also. They rode rodeo circuit I believe too. This was in south central Texas. I have a lot of Cherokee in my family and noticed their papers in every place I was researching. Susan WhiteHouse wrote: > 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 > > > > > >