Frank and Jessie James at Bacon Creek...
I originally published the following in a small news letter called The Bacon Creek Express, 4th. edition
Kentucky's connection to the James family is interwoven with the history of this state. Frank and Jessie's father Robert James was a prosperous hemp farmer and Baptist minister born July 17th. 1818 in Logan County Kentucky, a place called Lickskillet on the Whippoorwill Creek..
Their mother Zerelda Cole was born January 29th. 1825 to Sarah (Lindsay) Cole and father James Cole of Woodford County Kentucky. Her grandfather Richard Cole Jr. owned the Black Horse Inn at the settlement of Versailles Kentucky. In June and July of 1785, his father Richard Cole Sr. help to survey "The Vacant Land," present day location of the Kentucky state capital of Frankford.
The James brothers spent a large portion of the Civil War in Kentucky, fighting with some of the war's most notorious CSA leaders; Quantrill's Raiders, Bloody Bill Anderson as well as Sue Mundy, a former member of Morgan's Raiders.
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*Jessie James was said to have been an important member of the KGC, (Knights of the Golden Circle)
*Important James brothers dates-June 1866 Frank James shot in Brandenburg- December 1867 both stay in Chaplin KY. -March 20th 1868 robbed Nimrod Long & Co. Bank in Russellville- April 29th. 1872 robbed Columbia Kentucky Bank- Sept8th. 1880 robbed the Key Stagecoach at Mammoth Cave Ky.
The photos that appear are from a great friend of mine, Steve Carver of Bonnieville Ky. It was Authenticated by the University of Louisville. On the left Frank James on the right Jessie James.
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