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 > >