The suttontaylor feud of dewitt, gonzales, karnes, and surro. The sutton taylor feud was written by robert c sutton, jr. Harry alonzo longabaugh 1867 november 7, 1908, better known as the sundance kid, was an outlaw and member of butch cassidys wild bunch in the american old west. For a thorough historical account from all sides chuck parsons the sutton taylor feud the deadliest blood feud in texas is backed by many historical facts, various eye witness accounts and written from an impartial point view. The town gained notoriety during the sutton taylor feud. Some historians have described the feud as a bitter continuation of the civil war, between diehard confederate partisans and those roughly aligned with the forces of reconstruction law and order. The sutton taylor feud in texas began shortly after the civil war ended and continued into the 1890s. Apr 01, 2019 at their core, communities are built on laws and those that enforce them, and the taylorsutton feud shows the worst of what can happen in the absence of law and order.
Place of publication not identified, author, 1937 ocolc1011047117. Texas vendetta or the suttontaylor feud by victor m. Seeking to gain insight into hardins homicidal mind, leon metz describes how hardins bloody career began in. The taylor faction consisted of the sons, nephews, inlaws, and friends of two brotherscreed and pitkin taylor. The sutton taylor feud the sutton taylor feud of dewitt, gonzales, karnes, and surrounding counties began shortly after the civil war ended. The suttontaylor feud celia hayes the accidental texan. Suttontaylor feud the handbook of texas online texas. In his way of thinking, hardin never shot a man who did not deserve it. Bell in attacking the taylor party in the sutton taylor feud. The suttontaylor feud of dewitt county, texas legends of america. The suttontaylor feud of dewitt, gonzales, karnes, and. The suttontaylor feud was written by robert c sutton, jr.
The deadliest blood feud in texas ebook written by chuck parsons. Rose is a history of the most famous blood feud in texas history. Rose 18421893, the author was an editor, lawyer, poet, and texas historian born in victoria texas. Its called the sutton taylor feud, but william sutton was the only sutton involved in this fight. Rose began writing his history of the suttontaylor feud in 1880. Tired of the feud, billy sutton had been planning to leave the area for good. The suttontaylor feud of dewitt county, texas legends.
The author uses histories of the feud, contemporaneous news articles, court. Marys series written by author jodi taylor consists of a total of 7 books, of which the first six have already been published between the years 20 and 2015. He had a lot of friends, including some members of governor e. The suttontaylor feud in texas began shortly after the civil war ended and continued into the 1890s.
The taylors were descendants of josiah taylor, a virginian who settled near cuero in dewitt county. Rose hardcover book at the best online prices at ebay. It started in march 1868, not reaching its conclusion until the texas rangers put. Mobs formed in comanche county in retaliation for john wesley hardins killing of a brown. This is a listing in alphabetical order of all of the authors that we currently list. The sutton taylor feud of dewitt, gonzales, karnes, and surrounding counties began shortly after the civil war ended. He quickly assumed his fathers leadership role and aimed for sutton faction leader, william sutton. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. The suttontaylor feud began as a county law enforcement issue between relatives of texas state law agent, creed taylor, and a local law enforcement officer.
Although the feud, now famous in the annals of texas history, has been chronicled in the past, robert c. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. Captain jack helm is more than a fine gunfighter biography. In june 1869 he was appointed a special officer to assist capt. The state police killed jack hays taylor on august 23, 1869 on charges of cattle rustling, and then on august 26, 1870, they arrested henry and william kelly, sonsinlaw of pitkin taylor, on what. The suttontaylor feud in texas began shortly after the civil war ended and continued into the. His sons, pitkin and creed taylor, their sons, nephews, inlaws, and friends were the mainstay of that faction.
However, no one was willing to testify, and a series of legal maneuvers. Now, saddle up, get out there, and enjoy all that the great state of texas has to offer. Both sutton and slaughter fell mortally wounded, while jim taylor and the two men who were with him mounted their horses and rode out of town, stopping on the way, however at a saloon, where, over their drinks, they calmly told those assembled that the taylor sutton feud was at an end. He likely met butch cassidy real name robert leroy parker after cassidy was released from prison around 1896. The sutton taylor feud, the longest and bloodiest in texas, grew out of the bad times following the civil war. Thus spoke one lawman about john wesley hardin, easily the most feared and fearless of all the gunfighters in the west. It was then that william sutton determined to avenge her wrongs and pursued taylor, with. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Helm went to austin and became the leading figure in the band of special officers spoken of by nonmembers as regulators. The suttontaylor feud of dewitt, gonzales, karnes, and surrounding counties began shortly.
The sutton taylor feud of dewitt county, texas dewitt county courthouse in cuero, texas, photo by larry d. This months blog is about such a feud that took place in south texas during the 1860s and 1870s between the taylor and sutton families. The two families involved in the feud were the taylor s, headed by pitkin taylor, brother of creed taylor, a renowned texas ranger. The suttontaylor feud of dewitt, gonzales, karnes, and surrounding counties began shortly after the civil war ended. Some revisionist researchers say the suttontaylor warwhich claimed some 80 lives between 1868 and the early 1890swasnt a feud but an outlaw gang the taylors fighting the law the sutton faction. The taylorsutton feud texas history and genealogy, written. If you enjoy texas history this is a great resource for you. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. A rancher, sutton also became a deputy sheriff in clinton, texas and on march 25, 1868, shot and killed a taylor. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full access to all. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the blood feud, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country.
Mobs formed in comanche county in retaliation for john wesley hardins killing of a brown county deputy sheriff. The seventh novel of the series is about to be published early in the year 2016. So if looking for stephen king you would search by s, not k. He fought for the confederacy during the civil war, but worked as a lawmen for the union during reconstruction. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. The book is well documented thru newspaper articles, court records, private papers as well as material in the archives division of the texas state library. Rose began writing his history of the sutton taylor feud in 1880.
Smallwoods thesis smallwoods thesis is that the socalled sutton taylor feud was actually an undeclared war between confederate sympathizer creed taylor and his extended clan, and the texas state authorities represented by the postwar reconstruction government. Nobody knows the exact number of his victimsperhaps as few as twenty or as many as fifty. The suttontaylor feud, the longest and bloodiest in texas, grew out of. The suttontaylor feud was the longest and bloodiest feud in texas, costing some 35. Jim taylor 18521875 the son of pitkin taylor, jim swore revenge on the sutton faction when his father died in 1873 during the sutton taylor feud. The sutton taylor feud began as a county law enforcement issue between relatives of texas state law agent, creed taylor, and a local law enforcement officer, william sutton, in. Philip taylor, doboy, suttontaylor feud geni family tree. Suttontaylor feud under the lone starauthor john spiars. Helms aggressive enforcement of his version of law and order resulted in a deadly confrontation with two of his enemies in the midst of the suttontaylor feud.
Hardin, john wesley the handbook of texas online texas. This work was reproduced from the original artifact. A series of legal maneuvers lasting over twenty years resulted in only. She was now in her early months, strong, smiling, and confident, but to loving husband bill she was delicate and fragile, and he was more than ordinarily concerned about her. The sutton taylor feud, the biggest of the feuds rooted in the war, began in 1869 and continued to cause litigation until 1899, though most of the bloodshed was over by 1876. There are several books and magazine articles about the feud. Pony deal or diehl a former member of the john kinney gang, diehl joined the jesse evans gang during new mexicos lincoln county war. Sutton, did an excellent book, the sutton taylor feud, published in 1974. Doboy 18431871 a gunfighter and son of creed taylor, phillip was with his brother, jack, when he killed two cavalry soldiers at fort mason, texas. Of all the texas feuds, the one between the sutton and taylor forces lasted longer and covered more ground than any other. The sutton taylor feud by chuck parsons, 2009, university of north texas press edition, in english. The texas vendetta, or, the suttontaylor feud victor m. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the suttontaylor feud. The blood feud continued into the 1890s when the final court case was settled with a governmental pardon.
He broke jail in october and began stock raising but was drawn into the sutton taylor feud in 187374. The texas vendetta, or, the sutton taylor feud western americana. Hardin added at least four names to his death list before surrendering to the sheriff of cherokee county in september 1872. William sutton was the only sutton involved in this feud, but he had a lot of friends, including some members of governor e.
His sons, pitkin and creed taylor, their sons, nephews, in laws, and friends were the mainstay of that faction. The suttontaylor feud of dewitt county, texas legends of. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. The feud was supposedly the bloodiest, and longest, in texas history. Thank you for joining me for another stroll through texas history. He aligned himself with jim taylor of the antireconstruction forces and killed the opposition leader, jack helm, a former state police captain. The deadliest blood feud in texas the boycesneed feud is not the best known, most popular or most murderous texas feud but its worthy of a soap opera with romance, mystery, and characterdriven puzzlements. The longest, bloodiest feud in the history of the west was very much a product of time and placereconstructionera texas. The suttontaylor feud began as a county law enforcement issue between relatives of texas state law agent, creed taylor, and a local law enforcement officer, william sutton, in dewitt county, texas. Written by a descendant of a feudist, this book is not a traditional family account. Dewitt county, texas especially tasted the bitter dredges of this desolation and provided the backdrop for the suttontaylor feud. Alfred day a gunman in the taylor faction in the sutton taylor feud and a friend of john wesley hardin, he allegedly shot bill sutton in the back in 1876.
The suttontaylor feud nonfiction true west magazine. He was an active participant in the sutton taylor feud in and about dewitt county, texas. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the sutton taylor feud. The taylor faction consisted of the sons, nephews, inlaws and friends of creed and pitkin taylor. Holland was a city marshall as well as a range in texas. Sutton, a former confederate soldier, who had moved to dewitt county, along with his family. The feud cost at least 35 lives and eventually included the outlaw john wesley hardin as one of its participants. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the suttontaylor feud. In the fall of 1829 comanches kidnapped young matilda lockhart and three visiting companions as the children were gathering pecans in the guadalupe riverbottom. Opposing them were the suttons, headed by william e. Its much to complex and involved for me to try to explain it.
Moore, courtesy wikipedia though feuds and range wars in texas were not uncommon during the days of the old west, the longest and bloodiest was the sutton taylor feud, which arose out of bitter feelings following the civil war. The sutton taylor feud b ill sutton stepped down from the hack first, and then helped his pregnant wife laura, holding her arm gently. Some revisionist researchers say the sutton taylor warwhich claimed some 80 lives between 1868 and the early 1890swasnt a feud but an outlaw gang the taylors fighting the law the sutton faction. May 27, 2018 the suttontaylor feud began as a county law enforcement issue between relatives of texas state law agent, creed taylor, and a local law enforcement officer, william sutton, in dewitt county, texas. About philip taylor, doboy, sutton taylor feud phillip g. Jun 15, 20 the sutton taylor feud of dewitt, gonzales, karnes, and surrounding counties began shortly after the civil war ended. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures.
The suttontaylor feud ebook by chuck parsons rakuten kobo. The suttontaylor feud the area of texas where the suttontaylor feud was hottest. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. William riley hardina johanna creed pitkin james mary jane. Texas historian chuck parsons strongly rebuts that argument in his new book. Please note it is listed by the authors first name. The suttontaylor feud, the longest and bloodiest in texas, grew out of the bad times following the civil war. Grave marker of jim taylor, killed with arnold and. Jim taylor 18521875 the son of pitkin taylor, jim swore revenge on the sutton faction when his father died in 1873 during the suttontaylor feud. The taylor sutton feud is chronicled in the book fuel for a feud. Clinton, tx dewitt county the handbook of texas online.
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