Author: Michigan Historical Records SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Inventory of the County Archives of Michigan, No. 21. Delta County (Escanaba)
Author: Michigan Historical Records SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Brush Men and Vigilantes
Author: David PickeringPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585443956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
As Charles Frazier's novel Cold Mountain dramatized, dissenters from the Confederacy lived in mortal danger across the South. In scattered pockets from the Carolinas to the frontier in Texas, some men clung to a belief in the Union or an unwillingness to preserve the slaveholding Confederacy, and they died at the hands of their own neighbors. Brush Men and Vigilantes tells the story of how dissent, fear, and economics developed into mob violence in a corner of Texas--the Sulphur Forks river valley northeast of Dallas. Authors David Pickering and Judy Falls have combed through court records, newspapers, letters, and other primary sources and collected extended-family lore to relate the details of how vigilantes captured and killed more than a dozen men. The authors' story begins before the Civil War, as they describe the particular social and economic conditions that gave rise to tension and violence during the war. Unlike most other parts of Texas, the Sulphur Forks river valley had a significant population of Upper Southerners, some of whom spoke out against secession, objected to enlisting in the Confederate army, or associated with "Union men." For some of them, safety meant disappearing into the tangled brush thickets of the region. Routed from the thicket or gone to ground there, dissenters faced death. Betrayed by links to a well-known Union guerrilla from the Sulphur Forks area, more men of the area were captured, tried in mock courts, and hanged. Other men met their death by sniper fire or private execution, as in the case of brush man Frank Chamblee, who for years eluded his enemies by clever tricks but was finally gunned down after the war, reportedly by one of the area's most prominent men. Anyone with an interest in the new history of the Civil War or Texas should find much to digest in this compelling book, whose authors Richard B. McCaslin congratulates for taking their place "in the ranks of Texas' literary reconstructionists."
Cyndi's List
Author: Cyndi HowellsPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806316789
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
A two volume set which provides researchers with more than 70,000 links to every conceivable genealogical resource on the Internet.
Michigan Cemetery Source Book
Author: Library of MichiganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920
Author: William ThorndalePublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806311886
Category : Census districts
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Genealogical research in U.S. censuses begins with identifying correct county jurisdictions ??o assist in this identification, the map Guide shows all U.S. county boundaries from 1790 to 1920. On each of the nearly 400 maps the old county lines are superimposed over the modern ones to highlight the boundary changes at ten-year intervals. Accompanying each map are explanations of boundary changes, notes about the census, & tocality finding keys. In addition, there are inset maps which clarify ??erritorial lines, a state-by-state bibliography of sources, & an appendix outlining pitfalls in mapping county boundaries. Finally, there is an index which lists all present day counties, plus nearly all defunct counties or counties later renamed-the most complete list of American counties ever published.
Antoine Deloria
Author: Anne LaVallee ThousandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French-Canadians
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Historical and Genealogical Record of the Michigan Daughters of the American Revolution
Author: Sourcebook of Michigan Census, County Histories and Vital Records
Author: Library of MichiganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The Searcher
Author: Bodies of Evidence
Author: Anne L. GrauerPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471042792
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A group of contributors highlight advances made in paleopathology and demography through the analyses of historic cemeteries. These advancements include associations of documentary evidence with skeletal evaluations, insights into history gained through the use of skeletal analyses when no documentation exists and applications of new evaluative techniques. Provides a glimpse into the problems faced by researchers embarking on the excavation and/or analysis of historic human remains.