In the same year that the raid took place on the James farm, Frank James joined up with a guerilla organization that rode into Lawrence, Kansas, and slaughtered around 200 civilians. Mary Hines (c1755-p1810) 10. The sun was about to set, so Getler postponed digging until morning. Similarly, when searching for land deed records or probate records, members of the Younger family may not have wanted official government recognition involved with their transactions, thus negating any record that those Younger family members may have left behind. Two of the outlaws took up sentry positions outside while the rest of the robbers went in to crack the safe. However, one way some arborists estimate a beech trees age is to divide a trees circumference in inches by 3.14 (or pi) and multiply by six. Left home to preach the Gospel to the gold miners in California[4], died about 3 weeks later there. Jesse James and his brother Frank served for the Confederate Army before embarking on criminal careers in the Old West. These raiders wound up staging wildly fraudulent elections to make Kansas a slave territory. (Getler is the son of the late Michael Getler, who was a deputy managing editor and ombudsman at The Washington Post.) But Ohio is one of the last places I would have chosen to dig for treasure buried by Jesse James. The Boone family; a genealogical history of the descendants of George and Mary Boone who came to America in 1717; containing many unpublished bits of early Kentucky history, also a biographical sketch of Daniel Boone, the pioneer, by one of his descendants by Spraker, Ella Atterbury, b. Simpson family genealogy as well. WHO WAS JESSE JAMES? Unfortunately, the surest ways to tell a trees age is to cut it down, or bore a hole into it, and count the rings. Mother But the tree where Getler saw the signature would be only about 110 years old. You can contact the owner of the tree to get more information. Until Monday, March 6th, 2023 at 11:59PM Mountain time, any customer may purchase RootsMagic at this special $20 price. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. "She was a wonderful woman, with a typical James sense. When his six slaves and 100 acres failed to make him a millionaire there, he packed light and moved to California to get in on the Gold Rush. There was a diagram that Getler interpreted as a shaft with tunnels, and beside it was a portrait of a man with a broad brim hat and what could be a vault or a chest near where his heart should be. That there was something in his writing, in his future . The Youngers pleaded guilty to murder and robbery, for which they received life sentences. Its too wet.. Jesse Amos James Maternal Grandparents James Cole (1804-1827) [x] married Sallie Lindsay 1822 children Zerelda Elizabeth Jesse Richard Parents Robert Salle James (1818-1850) born Logan County, Kentucky July 17, 1818 Baptist minister graduate Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky married Zerelda Elizabeth Cole December 28, 1841 died August 1850 In addition, Somers and Getler proposed that when the map was turned to reflect the north-south direction of the creek in Ohio, the N in the locational note From Nashville could become the Z in From Zanesville.. Robert Sallee James (1818-1850) 3. While Jesse James is often the first man to come to mind when reducing the idea of the Old West to an individual, his image of being a hero is just a myth. Genealogy of Jesus Jesus' genealogy can be found at two places in the Bible: Matthew's gospel ( Mat 1:2-16). Your great-grandfather Paul Younger was listed as 1 year old in 1880. Public DomainA portrait of a young Jesse James. This is the home page for the family trees of WMGS Members. Jesse James joined up with these outlaws, too, in 1864 at just 16 under the leadership of Bloody Bill Anderson. David Montgomery is a staff writer for the magazine. Jesse Woodson James, born in Clay County, Missouri, on September 5, 1847, was the son of Kentucky native Zerelda Cole James and her husband, Robert James, a Baptist minister and. You can chuckle at it. Brewer, whod retired from a Navy career including combat service in Vietnam, believed that some elders in his extended family in the early 20th century had been sentinels guarding caches of supposed KGC gold. Robert James married Zerilda E Cole on 28 Dec 1841 in Scott, Kentucky, United States [1] Sometime after their marriage, the marriage record was amended with the words father and mother of Jesse James and Frank James. Dobbins .. 5 Nannie Mimms +George Shelton .. 5 John Mimms 4 Drury Lilburn Mimms 1833 - 4 David Woodson Mimms 1833 - 4 Mary Elizabeth Mimms 1837 - 4 Lucy Francis Mimms 1839 - 1879 +Boling Browder .. 5 Mary Browder .. 5 John Browder 4 George Tillman Mimms 1841 - 4 Nancy Catherine Mimms 1843 - +Charles McBride .. 5 Thomas William McBride +Gertrude .. 5 Xenia (Zennie) McBride .. 5 Male Mcbride 4 Zerelda Amanda Mimms 1845 - 1900 4 Thomas Martin Mimms 1846 - +Mary Giberson .. 5 Irene Mimms +William Purnell .. 5 Thomas JamesMimms 4 Sarah Ann (Sallie) Mimms 1849 +Willis Sullivan .. 5 John Sullivan .. 5 Conn Sullivan +Mary Grimes . 6 Nannie Sullivan +Herbert Finely . 6 George Robertson Sullivan .. *2nd Wife of Conn Sullivan +Tessie Dyer .. 5 Fay Sullvan +Andrew Gootee *2nd Husband of Sarah Ann (Sallie) Mimms +James Nicholson Groom 4 Henry Clay Mimms 1857 - . 3 William James 1811 - 1895 + Mary Ann Varble 4 Julia James 4 Thomas James 4 William James 4 Mary James 4 Laura James 4 George James 4 Alice James 4 Luther James 4 Gustavus James . *2nd Wife of William James +Mary Ann Gibson Marsh . 3 John James 1815 - 1887 +Amanda Polly Williams 187 - 1871 4 Robert Woodson James 1838 - 1922 4 Susan Prudence James 1845 - 1919 4 John F. James 1849 - 4 Thomas M. James 1852 - 1854 . *2nd Wife of John James +Emily Bradley . 3 Robert Sallee James 1816 - 1850 +Zerelda Cole 1825 - 1911 4 Alexander Franklin James 1843 - 1915 +Anna Ralston 1853 - 1944 .. 5 Robert Franklin James 1878 - +May Sullivan .. *2nd Wife of Robert Franklin James +Mae Sanboth ..4 Robert B. James 1845 - 1845 ..4 Jesse Woodson James 1847 - 1882+Zerelda (Zee)Mimms 1845 - 1900 .. 5 Gould James .. 5 Montgomery James .. 5 Susan Lavenia James 1870 -+Allen Parmer .. 5 Jesse Edward James 1875 - 1951+Stella McGowan . 6 Lucille Martha James 1900 - +Frank Lewis .7 James Curtis Lewis 1935 +Angelica Gloria Alvarado . 6 Josephine Frances James 1902 +Ronald Ross .. 7 James Ross 1926 - +Rosemary Henderson . 8 Bonnie Jo Ross 1957 - .. +Davis James Barnes . 8 Randall Glenn Ross 1961 - . 8 David James Ross 1963 - . 8 Elizabeth Danielle Ross 1968 - . 6 Jessie Estell James 1906 +Mervyn Baumel .. 7 Donald James Baumel 1933 - .. 7 Diane June Baumel 1933 - +James Fairchild . 8 Michael James Fairchild 1960 - . 6 Ethel Rose James 1908 +Calvin T. Owens .5 Mary Susan James 1879-1935+Henry Lafayette Barr 1867-1935 . 6 Lawrence H. Barr 1902 - .. +Thelma Duncan 1906 - .. 7 Elizabeth Ann Barr 1937 - . 6 Forster Ray Barr 1904 - .. +Gerie Essary 1914 - . 6 Chester A. Barr 1907 -+Beatrice Holloway .. 7 Frederick Arthur Bar 1937 - . 6 Henrietta Barr 1913 - 1913 4 Susan Lavenia James 1879 - 1889 . 3 Elizabeth James 1816 - 1904 +Tillman West - 1884 4 Luther Virgil West 4 Mary Mourning West 4 Henry Clay West 4 Nancy Woodson West 4 Oscar Dunreath West 1840 - 4 Richard James West 1843 - 1886 4 William Newton West 1847 - . 3 Thomas Martin James 1823 - 1903 +Susan Woodward - 1916 4 John Crawford James 1843 - 1944 4 Luther Tillman James 1850 - 1916 . 3 Nancy Gardner James 1823 - 1875 +George B. Hite 4 Mary Hite 4 John Hite 4 Olive Hite 4 Irene Hite 4 Robert Woodson Hite 4 Clarence Jeff Hite - 1883 4 George Hite 4 Cornelia Hite 4 Lucy Hite 4 Jeff Davis Hite 4 Henry Clay Hite . 3 Drury Woodson James 1826 - 1910 +Mary Louisa Dunn 4 Maria L. James 4 William James 4 Helen James 4 Lena James 4 Caroline James 4 Charles James 4 Edward James .. 2 Nancy Ann James 1777 +David Hodges .. 2 William James 1782 - 1807 .. 2 Thomas James 1783 +Mary B. Davis .. 2 Martin James 1789 - 1867 +Elizabeth Key I hope this helps ya outI looked it up because I too have a maybe line but don't really think it is true because everyone who has a James in thereline thinks they have relation to them. I am unfamiliar with the name Poorer myself, I can tell you. And he said, Dont worry about it; Ill take care of it. We next found Burl Younger (spelled Burrell) in the 1880 U.S. Federal Census, living in Benton, Yazoo County, Miss. A James family was also granted land in Surrey by William the Conqueror. Self published by the author, 1954. In 2003, Simon & Schuster published their book Shadow of the Sentinel (retitled Rebel Gold for the paperback) with 21 pages of endnotes, about the quest to crack the code of KGC treasure. He snaked a camera deeper into the hill, and as this story was going to press, he was sending back images that he and Getler interpreted as signs of objects and tool work. Jesse James, son of a Baptist minister, was born at the family home in 1847. Mary Susan James Married 6 March 1901 to Henry Lafayette Barr. But the hunters grew suspicious when the agents wouldnt let them watch the excavation, and after residents later told reporters they had heard digging at night and seen convoys of FBI vehicles leaving the site. After his bull-riding days in his 20s, he fell on hard times. Dowling In March 1949, a posse of men claiming to be intimates or kin of Jesse James blew into town with a primitive land mine detector to search for $1.5 million in gold that they said was buried somewhere just to the north. Wikimedia CommonsPortrait of Frank James, Jesse James older brother. . The account, however, stretches credulity. Today, the James-KGC-gold connection forms an active subculture within treasure-hunting culture, spawning books like Jesse James and the Lost Templar Treasure and TV movies like Jesse James Hidden Treasure.. A portrait of a young Jesse James. Zerelda was one of twelve children. Henry Washington Youngers parents were Charles Lee Cole Younger and Sarah Sullivan Purcell. Betty's descendant line from Jesse James is as follows: 1. I hadnt found what I was looking for, either something solid to hold on to in this swirl of legend, fact and fantasy; a final verdict. Circa 1864. Perhaps it is fitting that the mythic idea of Jesse James as a gunslinging frontier vigilante should represent the imaginary idea of the American Frontier as depicted in Hollywood. Its become my legacy, its my lifes work, says treasure hunter Warren Getler about his search to find gold that he believes was buried by Jesse James. When Somers was about 10, a neighbor his grandfather did some work for told the boy there was a rumor that James had buried gold down by a creek where the boy was headed to play. Before the war they focused on agitating for secession and building a slaveholding empire in a geographic circle encompassing the southern United States, the Caribbean and parts of Latin America. FamilySearch Family Tree enables all descendants to share information that others might not know and add sources to confirm correct information. Starts with Abraham and lists his descendants all the way down to Jesus. On July 21, 1873, infamous outlaw and American folk figure Jesse James robbed his first train in Adair, Iowa with the help of his posse, the James-Younger Gang. Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results Jesse James Watlington (1912 - 1984) . The remaining Youngers were captured in the disastrous attempted robbery of First National Bank in Northfield, Minn., from which Jesse and James escaped. Chad Somers, 43, the former bull rider, was raised in a speck of a rural crossroads called Purity, near the treasure site. To learn more about what he was looking for, he ordered Getler and Brewers book, and it became his bible. Connect with Other Family Members From the bottom of my heart, I cant wish him more luck and every good tiding, he says. Jesse Woodson James was born in Missouri on September 5, 1847. He is a tattooed, thrill-seeking, motorcycle enthusiast who perfectly encapsulates a certain "outlaw" archetype. That bomb killed Jesse James younger half-brother who was sleeping at the time and injured his mother. Lost in the din of underground resistance activity, the outlaws of the James Gang went largely unnoticed until December 1869, when Jesse James outright murdered a bank cashier he mistook for the Union officer who had killed his old boss, Bloody Bill. Getler thought the implications of Brewers experiences the existence of a powerful secret network after the Civil War could be the biggest story of his career. His father, Robert S. James, of Welsh ancestry, was a commercial hemp farmer and Baptist minister in Kentucky, who migrated to Missouri after marriage and View Site Frank James - geni family tree The treasure hunters also cited a letter from Howk to another participant in the 1949 Zanesville treasure search. She died in 1889. This book was released on 1988-06 with total page 32 pages. Local law enforcement was already converging on the scene and the gang fled. She then married Dr. Reuben Samuels in 1855. When he recovered, outlaw Jesse James took part in a jailbreak that freed several members of his guerilla gang under leader Archie Clement. 3. It was time to call in a track hoe and start major digging. Research genealogy for Jesse James WESTLAKE of Locust Springs, Greene County, Tennessee, as well as other members of the WESTLAKE family, on Ancestry. The papers editor sensed an opportunity in Jesse James. Kinship of Jesse James Jesse James Outline Family Tree Samuel Outline Family Tree Woodson-Poor-Mimms Outline Family Tree John Cole Family Tree Back to Main Page Born in Prestonsburg, Floyd, Kentucky, USA on 26 February 1941 to Jesse James Prater and Sarah Sallie Ann Kilburn. Today, the place where outlaw Jesse James died is marked by a stone plinth while the house itself has been moved to St. Josephs and painstakingly preserved for thousands of visitors a year. Rescued in the Internet archive. The fighting between pro and anti-slavery forces lasted 12 years in a period known as Bleeding Kansas, until the end of the war. That morning, the James-Younger Gang rode into town and converged on the bank.