You know guys I watch the History channel alot, I love the civil war journals, and I remember watching a show on James' brothers, and that did come up, I didn't have the sense to write down names, of the men involved. If you get a chance to watch, this show it is very interesting! Take care, Princess The names John and James run all throughout my lines! ----- Original Message ----- From: Red Anthony <redpata@hotmail.com> To: <WHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [WHITE] White Brothers, rode with Jessie James > Rilla: You were probably the one that contacted me before. At this link, > U.K.,,is where I found the list of Quantrill's Raiders. It has James and > John White listed. > > http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/research/quantrill.txt > > This got me interested in Quantrill and the James Gang..I have lots of Civil > War Books, but not much on these two. I just ordered 3 books from Amazon, > they are: > 1. The Devil Knows how to Ride,,,The true Story of William Clarke Quantrill > and his Confederate Raiders. > This is a large book,,over 400 pages,,and I haven't read it yet, and the > index is not very good. > > 2.Three Years with Quantrill, by his Scout, John McCorkle. > He didn't give lots of names, and its good reading, but the James and John > White are not mentioned. Its about 250 pages and I have finished it. > > 3.Jesse James Was His Name, by William Settle. > I am reading it now. The White brothers are listed in the index of this > book. On page 36,,,this was one of the first bank robberies blamed on the > James Gang. It was supposed to have been Jesse & Frank James and 10 others. > The robbery was at the Hughes & Wasson Bank, Richmond, Missouri, on May 22, > 1867. Warrents were later issued for 7 of the men, including James & John > White. This is all I've found so far. If you have access to any other books > on Quantrill or Jesse James, I would like to know if you find anything. > > This is how I connect to a couple of brothers, James & John White; > My G.G.Grandfather was Burgess White, b.1808, S.C., d. 1869, in Blount > County, Alabama. One of his brothers, Elbert White, also born in S.C., lived > in Walker Co., Al., moved to McNairy Co. Tn., before 1850, then moved to > Polk County, Arkansas about 1855,,and was there in the 1860 census, and > James, b. abt. 1838, and John, b. abt.1846, were living at home. They were > in the right place,,right time and about the right age, but will probably be > inpossible to find out if they are the outlaws. > Red Anthony > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >