Cooke Co., TX: George Washington Diamond's Account Of The Great Hanging ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jack Ware September 27, 2001 ************************************************************************ George Washington Diamond's Account Of The Great Hanging Abolitionists, xiii-xv, 7n Anadarko Indian, 14 Anderson, C. F., trial of, 16 Anderson, E. F., 66 Anderson, George W., 66; trial of, 76 Anderson, Richard, 66; trial of, 70 Anderson. William, 66; biographical sketch of, 66n; trial of, 85 Andrews, W. H., 93 Arizona (Organization Password), 66 Atkinson, O. B., 78 Austin, 25 Baily, J. M., 7 Baily, Mansell, 73 Baker, Parson, 73 Baker, Thomas, trial of, 76 Barnes, Ben F., 77: trial of, 76 Barrett, Reverend Thomas, 38, 41-42, 67; biographical sketch of, 38n; book by, xi-xii, xvi, 2n Bewley, Reverend Anthony, xiv-xv Bicknell, Mr. 98 Birch, Barnabas, biographical sketch of, 84n; trial of, 84 Blain, S. A., 97 Bluff Springs, 94 Bonham, xiv Bourland, Colonel James G., xvi, 17, 29, 27, 82, 33, 43, 45, 95, 94; biographical sketch of, 17n Boutwell, Captain Alexander, 52. 58; biographical sketch of, 52n Boyles, William, 77-79, 83, 93-94; biographical sketch of, 77n Boyles, Mrs. William, 94 Bradley, George, 93-96 Brown, John, xiv, 14 Brushy Creek, Fannin County, xiv Bumpass, Captain (John K.?), 33 Burr, Aaron, 10 Butler, Benjamin F., New Orleans Proclamation of, 64 Butterfields Southern Overland Mail, 5, 87 Caddo Indians, 14 Camp Tishomingo, 33 Carmichael, Samuel: biographical sketch of, 75n; trial of, 75 Carroll, H. Bailey, xi Chance, Joseph C., 28, 47 Chance, Colonel Newton J., 26, 28, 53, 55, 64; biographical sketch of, 26n; testimony of, 27, 45-48 Cherokee Indians, 14 Chickasaw Battalion, 15 Chickasaw Nation, 16, 74 Childs, Ephraim, 20, 23-24, 52, 63; trial of, 56-58 Childs, Henry, 19-22, 24, 27, 55-58, 61-64, 76; biographical sketch of, 19n; execution of, 52-54; trial of, 44-51 Choctaw Nation, 16 Citizens Court, xi, xvi, 1-3, 19, 92; members of, 37-42; organization of, 43; proceedings of, 44-91; records of, xi, 1-3 Clark, N. M., trial of, 76 Cochran, "old man", 78 Cochran, Henry, trial of, 76 Collin County, xi, xv, xvi, 47 Collinsville, 83 Comanche Indians, 14 Committee of Public Safety, see Texas: Secession Convention Confederate States of America, 10; Army of, xvi, 15, 32-34, 45-47; Conscript Law, 16, 46, 59, 64 Cooke County, events in, 1-99; see also Citizens Court, Gainesville, and Unionists Cottrell, John, first trial of, 32; second trial of, 87-89 Creek Indians, 14 Crisp, Mr., 71 Crisp, John M., biographical sketch of, 73n; trial of, 73-74 Crisp, Samuel, 73 Dallas, xii, xiv, xv Davenport, James B., 37; biographical sketch of, 37n Davis, Jefferson, 10, 48 Dawson, Arafax, 77-78; biographical sketch of, 77n; trial of, 85 Dawson, Mary, 77n Delaware Indians, 14 DeLemeron, Joel Francis: trial of, 92-98 DeLemeron, Mrs. Joel Francis, 94 Democratic National Convention of 1860, xiv DeMorse, Charles: biographical sketch of, 32n Den. Hollow, 9 Denton, 23 Denton County, xi, xvi Diamond, Eli Franklyn, 1n Diamond, George Washington, xi, xii, xvi, 1-3; account of the Great Hanging, xi, xii, xvi, 2-3, 41n; biographical sketch of, 1n Diamond, Greene, 1n Diamond, James, 1n Diamond, James J., xi, xi, xvi, 1n, 17; biographical sketch of, 17n Diamond, John R., ln Diamond, Nancy, 1n Diamond, William W., 1n Dister, George, 93, 95-96 Dixon, James (M.?), 97-98; biographical sketch of, 99n; death of, 99 Dixon, Mrs. James, 99 Doss, Samuel C., 28, 38, 42 Dripping Springs, 96 Duncan, Robert, 77 Dye, Ramey, 79, 81, 84-85; biographical sketch of, 77n: trial of, 77-78 Edmonson, Doc, 30 Eleventh Texas Cavalry, xi, xvi, 1n Esman, H. J., 73, 78; trial of, 81 Essman, H. J., see Esman, H. J. Fannin County, xiii-xi Fields, Henry, 76, 89; trial of, 64-65 Floyd, "old man", 69, 89 Forks of the Trinity River, xii, xv Fort Arbuckle, xvi, 15 Fort Cobb, xvi, l5, 75, 98 Fort Washita, xvi, 33 Fort Worth, xii, xiv, xv Foster, E. Junius, 9, 26n Foster, Dr. James, 77-78; biographical sketch of, 86n: trial of, 86 Gainesville, xi, xii, xvi, 16, 18, 20, 23, 31-33, 46, 49, 52, 56, 61, 74, 77, 78, 81, 87, 91, 93-97; see also Citizens Court Galveston, 21, 25 Garrison, Reverend Captain, 33, 34, 74, 95-97 Gilman, Harry, 77-78 Gilmore, John T., statement of 88 Gooding, Lemuel, 88 Goss, Curd, trial of, 85 Grayson County, xi-xiii, xv, xvi, 5, 39, 32, 34, 46, 47, 87 The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Cooke County, October, A.D., 1862, xi, 2n Hamill, John William, 38, 41, 67 Hampton, Edward, trial of, 72 Harlan, Harry, xii Harlan, Mrs. Harry, xii Harper, M. D., 31, 69, 70, 76-77, 82; biographical sketch of, 34n; trial of, 61-63 Harper's Ferry, Virginia, xiv, 14 Harris, Ruth, xi Harryman, James, 74 Hawley, Mr. 87-88 Hawley, Miss, 87-88 Hawley, Mrs., 87-89 Hays, Mr., 71 Helm, J. N., 64, 71 Henderson, 1n Henderson Times, 1n Hibert, Charles, 74 Hill, Aaron, 37, 48; biographical sketch of, 37n Hinkle, Ell, 73 Houston, Sam, xiii-xv, 21, 24, 25 Howard, Parson, 74 Howeth, Harry, 74 Hudson, General William, xvi, 15, 17, 33, 96; biographical sketch of, 15n Hughes, J. A., 39, 42 Hughes, Kathryn S., xi Indian Territory (Oklahoma), xiii, xvi, 11 Indians, 14-16, 41, 74, 98 "Institution", see Unionists Ioni Indians, 14 Jack County, xv, xvi Jefferson, 49 Johnson, Mr., 87 Johnson, A. N., trial of , 87-89 Johnson, W. W., 61, 63; trial of, 82 Jones, C. A., trial of, 76 Jones, James, 39, 42; biographical sketch of, 39n Jones, Reason, 38, 42; biographical sketch of, 38n Jones, Wiley, 38, 42; biographical sketch of, 38n Jordan Creek, 77 Kansas, xiii, xvi, 7, 21, 25, 30, 47 Keechi Indians, 14 Kickapoo Indians, 14 Lamar County, xv Lane, James Henry, 21, 24, 25; biographical sketch of, 21n Lattimer and Richie Steam Mill, 77, 82 Leffel, D. M., trial of, 79 Lincoln, Abraham, xiv, xv Lock, I. W. P., 12, 34, 70, 74, 76 ; trial of, 66-68 Long, J. Pope, 38, 42; biographical sketch of, 38n Love, Mr., 74 McCarty, Dr., 73 McCool, William A., biographical sketch of , 89n; court-martial of, 87, 89 McCool, Mrs. William, 89 McCurley, J. B., 18-25, 56; biographical sketch of, 18n; testimony of, 20-22 McNeese, Abraham, trial of, 76 Magill, W. B., 74 Marshall, Captain (A. B. or A. M.?), 33 Martin, Joseph, 74 Martin, Richard N., trial of, 83 Martin, "Squire", 71 Martin's Partisan Ranger Battalion, 33n Methodist Episcopal Church, ministers of, xiii-xv Methodist Episcopal Church, South, xiii Miller, John, trial of, 85 Missouri, 47 Montague, Daniel, 27, 38, 40-41; biographical sketch of 27n; foreman of grand jury, 93; president of the Citizens' Court, 42, 44, 52, 57, 58 Montague County, xiii, xv, xvi Montague Grove: Indian fight at, 41 Moore, I. A., 98 Morris, I. W., 77 Morris, Jobn A., trial of, 72 Morris, John W., 78 Morris, M. W., trial of, 85 Morris, W. W., biographical sketch of, 69n; trial of, 69 Mounts, I. H., see Mounts, Jackson H. Mounts, Jackson H., 66; biographical sketch of, 66n North Fork of the Canadian River, 95 North Texas: pre-Civil War politics in, xiii-xv; new state of, proposition for, 8-9; see also Citizens' Court and Unionism "Order", see Unionists "Organization", see Unionists Overland Mail Route, see Butterfield's Southern Overland Mail Ozmont, I. L., 83 Password of Unionists, see Unionists Patton, Colonel (S. P. C.?), 33 "Peace Party Plot", see Unionists Peery, James M., 28, 36, 39, 43; biographical sketch of, 28n Peery, William, 28, 37; biographical sketch of, 28n Peters, Mr., 71 Piper, R. G., 37, 43; biographical sketch of, 37n Potter, Cincinnati, 43; biographical sketch of, 43n Powers, James, 78; trial of, 76 Powers, Moses, 78 Rain storm, 31 Randolph, John S., 33; battalion of, 33, 87 Red Circle (secret order), xv Red River, xvi, 33, 78, 89, 96-97 Red River Campaign, 1n Reeder, W. W., 56 Republican Party, xiv Richie Steam Mill, see Lattimer and Richie Steam Mill Robinson, Mr., 94 Rodes, William, trial of, 76 Roff, Charles L., 17, 28, 74; biographical sketch of, 18n Runnels, Hardin R., xiii Russell, Captain (John?), 32, 34 Russell, P. Q., 66 St. Louis, Missouri, 47 Scanland, Ben, 38, 42; biographical sketch of, 38n Scott, A. D., 49, 50; biographical sketch of, 49n; trial of, 59-60 Scott, Eli M., trial of, 76 Secession Convention, see Texas Secessionists: in North Texas, xiii-xv Seminole Indians, 14 Shawnee Indians, 14 Sheegog, J. A., 43; biographical sketch of, 43n Sherman, 1n, 16, 41, 46, 61, 66, 69 Sherman Patriot, 8-9 Simpson, W. J., 38, 42; biographical sketch of, 38n Sivil's Bend, xvi Slavery, dispute over, xii-xv Smith, Gilbert, 78 Southern Overland Mail, see Butterfield's Southern Overland Mail Stone, J. B., 38; biographical sketch of, 38n Stroud, Mr. , 94, 95 Tawakoni Indians, 14 Taylor, W. B., trial of, 80 Terrell's Texas Cavalry Regiment, 1n Texas: annexed to the United States, xii; election of 1859, xiii; secession of, xv-xvi, 8-10; vote on, 10n; Secession Convention, xv, 8; Committee on Public Safety, xv Texas legislature, xvi, 1n Texas State Historical Association, xi Third Texas Cavalry, xi, 1n Thomas, Dr. Eli, 66, 73, 74; biographical sketch of, 71n; trial of, 71 Tonkawa Indians, 14, 98 Tourly, John, 66 Trinity River, xii, xv Twenty-ninth Texas Cavalry, 32 Twitty, William C., xvi, 17, 28, 33, 34; biographical sketch of, 18n Unionists: in North Texas, before the Civil War, xi-xvi, 5-7; organization of, arrest of members, 29-31; extent of, 13-16; oath of, 66; origins of, 5-7, 12; password of, 66; purposes of, 6-7, 11, 15-16, 20-22, 46, 49, 59, 61 United States: Army of, 14, 16, 21, 25, 46, 47, 49, 50, 53, 61, 62, 69, 77, 78, 95; sectional dispute in, xii-xv Waco Indians, 14 Waddell, Judge R. S., 97-98 Ward, James A., trial of, 80 Ware, John, 77, 78, 93, 94 Ware, Mrs. John, 94 Welch, Enoch, 61 Welch, Isham, 77-78; biographical sketch of, 77n Wernell, William, 69; trial of, 76 West, William, 74 Wett, Mr., 71 Wheelock, Robert, 95-96 Whitesboro, xii, 1n Whitesboro News, 1n Wichita Indians, 14 Wiley, John M., 77; biographical sketch of, 77n Wilson, Nick, 33 Wisdom, John L., 94, 96 Wise County, xi, xv, xvi Wright, George C., 96-97 Wright, Thomas, 39, 42; biographical sketch of, 39n York, A. H., 95, 96 Young, Captain James D., 9n, 26n, 33, 87 Young, Colonel William C., xvi, 9n, 33, 36, 39, 40, 97-98; address of, 36-37; biographical sketch of, 36n; death of, 99 -------------------------------