THANKS FOR THE INFO. I DONT THINK THAT THEY ARE MY FAMILY BUT I AM WILLING TO CHECK OUT ANYTHING WITH THAT NAME. MY GGRANDFATHER WAS JOHN HENRY BOLEY OR BOLEYPAUGH FROM ARKANSAS AND MY GRANDPARENTS WERE FROM THE RED RIVER CO. AREA. LIVED IN PARIS TEXAS MOST OF THEIR MARRIAGE AND THEY WERE WHITE. THANKS FOR CHECKING ANYWAY. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Hawkins" <hawkins@texoma.net> To: <WHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [WHITE] White Brothers, rode with Jessie James > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > >