Sutton taylor feud book

Of all the texas feuds, the one between the sutton and taylor forces. Narrated by david ackroyd this is possibly a repackagedrebranded episode of historys mysteries. The sixshooter was both judge and jury as lawlessness ran rampant. 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. Phillip goodbread taylor, also known as doboy taylor was a texas gunfighter who was involved in the sutton taylor feud. The suttontaylor feud of dewitt county, texas legends of. Page 63 however much we may feel disposed to consider a matter prescribed by the constitution illadvised or useless however much we may be inclined to doubt the propriety of inserting into the organic, fundamental law of the state requisites of forms with regard to procedure and practice in the courts the answer is, the people themselves, the source of all power and authority in a. The suttontaylor feud celia hayes the accidental texan. The taylorsutton feud texas history and genealogy, written.

The deadliest blood feud in texas ebook written by chuck parsons. Aug 19, 2010 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The taylorsutton feud published september 5th, 2017 by unknown from hunters frontier times, november, 1924 did you ever hear of jim taylor. Its much to complex and involved for me to try to explain it. Stephen tiano book designer, page compositor and layout artist. Apr 02, 2009 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. Mobs formed in comanche county in retaliation for john wesley hardins killing of a brown county deputy sheriff. The blood feud continued into the 1890s when the final court case was settled with a government pardon.

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. When he grew up, phillip and his brother, jack hays taylor, were both active in the taylor sutton feud in the 1860s and 1870s. For western scholars curious about the realities behind every range war oater theyve ever seen, the suttontaylor feud provides the gory goods. 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. The sutton taylor feud of dewitt, gonzales, karnes, and surrounding counties began shortly after the civil war ended. Sutton and a companion, gabriel slaughter, while they waited on a steamboat platform in indianola, texas on march 11, 1874. The suttontaylor feud nonfiction true west magazine. The suttontaylor feud of dewitt county, texas legends. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the suttontaylor feud.

The taylors were descendants of josiah taylor, a virginian who settled near cuero in dewitt county. The sutton taylor feud by chuck parsons, 2009, university of north texas press edition, in english. The suttontaylor feud was written by robert c sutton, jr. William sutton, a former confederate soldier and rancher, headed the sutton family. The suttontaylor feud of dewitt, gonzales, karnes, and surrounding counties began shortly after the civil war ended. Phillip was born in texas to creed and nancy matilda goodbread taylor in about 1843. The feud cost at least 35 lives and eventually included the outlaw john wesley hardin as one of its participants. Does anyone know if jim taylor son of pitkin had any children. Having grown tired of the feud, william sutton was planning to leave the area for good. The two families involved in the feud were the taylor s, headed by pitkin taylor, brother of creed taylor, a renowned texas ranger. Robert c sutton the days after the civil war were tempestuous times in texas.

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 suttontaylor feud, the longest and bloodiest in texas, grew out of the bad times following the civil war. Opposing them were the suttons, headed by william e. A rancher, sutton also became a deputy sheriff in clinton, texas and on march 25, 1868, shot and killed a taylor. Apr 01, 2019 what kicked off the feud has been lost to history, but it seems likely that it had to do with land, cattle, and a lot of hard feelings brought about by reconstruction. 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. The suttontaylor feud began as a county law enforcement i. The two families involved in the feud were the taylors, headed by pitkin taylor, brother of creed taylor, a renowned texas ranger. Sutton a former confederate soldier, who had moved with his family to dewitt county, texas, originally intending to simply raise.

This notorious range war began as a county law enforcement issue between the taylor family headed by pitkin taylor, brother of creed taylor, a renowned texas ranger, and local lawman, william e. The sutton taylor feud b ill sutton stepped down from the hack first, and then helped his pregnant wife laura, holding her arm gently. The blood feud continued into the 1890s when the final court case was settled with a governmental pardon. Suttontaylor feud the handbook of texas online texas. On a saturday, august 16, just days after the siege had been lifted, he wrote the chief executive, stating that since the murders of cox and christman a party of about forty men headed by john wesley hardin, brown bowen, george c. Im off to goliad saturday morning, for their christmas on the square event. He fought for the confederacy during the civil war, but worked as a lawmen for the union during reconstruction. If you enjoy texas history this is a great resource for you. The road leads thru cuero, which is very sleepy these days, although the shale oil discoveries have livened it up a bit.

Of all the texas feuds, the one between the sutton and taylor forces lasted longer and covered more ground than any other. Texas historian chuck parsons strongly rebuts that argument in his new book. His sons, pitkin and creed taylor, their sons, nephews, inlaws, and friends were the mainstay of that faction. Tennille, lazarus nichols, and his son mack had surrounded. The feud was supposedly the bloodiest, and longest, in texas history. Sutton, did an excellent book, the sutton taylor feud, published in 1974. The longest, bloodiest feud in the history of the west was very much a product of time and placereconstructionera texas. There are several books and magazine articles about the feud. The sutton taylor feud the sutton taylor feud of dewitt, gonzales, karnes, and surrounding counties began shortly after the civil war ended.

In this definitive study of the suttontaylor feud, chuck parsons demonstrates that the violence between the two sides was in the tradition of the family blood feud, similar to so many other. The taylor family was led by pitkin taylor, whose brother, creed, was a famous texas ranger. Rose is a history of the most famous blood feud in texas history. A curated virtual cemetery for names in sutton taylor feud. The sutton taylor feud in texas began shortly after the civil war ended and continued into the 1890s. Rose 18421893, the author was an editor, lawyer, poet, and texas historian born in victoria texas. In this definitive study of the suttontaylor feud, chuck parsons demonstrates that the violence between the two sides was in the tradition of the family blood feud. Originally published in the october 2009 issue of wild west. The suttontaylor feud reached its apex when cousins james creed jim taylor and bill taylor gunned down william e. 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 dewitt county, texas. Dec 12, 2008 the sutton taylor feud was written by robert c sutton, jr. Sutton, a former confederate soldier, who had moved to dewitt county, along with his family.