VERNON COUNTY, MISSOURI, BUSHWHACKERS

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These are the known Bushwhackers in Vernon County, Missouri, plus those accused, killed or imprisoned as Bushwhackers, who may have been innocent. Many of them served in the Confederate Army and had served their terms or deserted, and returned home to protect their families from Jayhawkers. Some were not Vernon Countians, but were operating in, and were arrested in Vernon County.

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Alexander, Jackson : Secesh. Arrested in Vernon 19 Nov. 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Alexander, P.: Arrested for being a suspicious character, 10 Nov. 1862.  Arrested in Vernon. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Alexander, William : Deerfield.  Arrested, then paroled. Young son of Joseph Alexander.

Amos, F. J. : Born Kentucky.  Taken from a sickbed and killed by Cedar County Militia, Feb. 1863. From Kentucky. Lived at Montevallo.

Archer, Benjamin : Drywood Twp. Benjamin Archer and cousin Benjamin Simpson, Jr.,  two young bushwhackers,  waylaid two Kansas soldiers at the Davis house and robbed them. See Ben Simpson below for the full story.

Baker, A. : Killed by Federals near Montevallo Aug. 1862. Was going to  join Coffee.

Ball, Lt. Wesley L. : Montevallo. From Greenwood, Mississippi.  Regular CSA,  Came home and posted  $2000 bond when arrested for aiding the enemy 1862, then shot in his yard as a Bushwhacker, by three Union men who were neighbors, fall 1862. He would probably have been killed by Bushwhackers, anyway. While in prison in Ft. Scott, he had sold out fellow prisoners who were planning an escape.

Barnett, Mac : Drywood Twp. Involved in the fight at the Riggs house,  27 Feb. 1862. Lived next door to Ben Simpson, mentioned elsewhere on this list.

Bayles, Bob : One of the leaders in the attack on Federals in the Scobey  hotel in Montevallo, Apr. 1862.

Beagles, Ransom H. : From Cass Co.  In Missouri State Guards, shot in Westport and tried as a Bushwhacker. His son was still in Vernon in 1900.

Blankenbaker, Abraham : Killed in Bates Co., Aug. 31, 1863.

Blanton, Lt. James : Elected Capt. of Taylor's Command after Taylor was captured in 1862.

Boyd, William : Vernon County, arrested in McDonald Co. 12 Aug. 1863.

Bratton, L. S.  :  Lived in Sheldon, Mo. McDowell's 1st Mo. State Cavalry Regt.  Also with Quantrill.

Bradley, Doctor Lee : Clear Creek. Killed 2 Aug. 1862. ( Doctor was his given name, not a professional title) His brother, Roger Pendleton Bradley, a Confederate Captain, was killed about two weeks later in the Battle of Lonejack.

Bradley, John : A Bushwhacker in the Avola area.

Bradley, Mary : With Gabbert. Helped bury the seven Bushwhackers killed at the Gabbert house, May 1863.

Brewer, James P. : Montevallo, shot by Kansas Troopers, 1863.

Bridgman, Capt. William : From Jackson Co.,  a member of Gabbert's band. Killed at Gabbert's house, May 1863.

Brooks, James : Escaped capture, Aug. 4, 1863 near the Marmaton River. His unknown partner was killed.

Brown, John T : Early settler in Vernon Co. Murdered by Kansas Troops in 1863 near Montevallo.

Brown, John: Sheldon and Montevallo. His father was the John T. Brown listed above.The family moved to Vernon County, Missouri, when Brown was a  boy. When his father was killed  by Kansas troops, Brown deserted the Confederate Army, went home and joined Quantrill. He took part in the Lawrence Raid and was good friends with Jesse James. After the war, he went back to his home in Vernon County. He married Mattie Gilmore in 1888, and died at Sheldon, Vernon County, MO on September 20, 1940.

Brown, Jonathan : Montevallo, father of Philip Brown. died a prisoner at Ft. Scott.

Brown, Philip : Montevallo Twp.: Killed in Dover Twp. as a Bushwhacker by Kansans June 1863.

Birch, Oliver : With Marchbanks in the attack on Federals in Nevada in May 1863.  Reportedly also with Quantrill, using the name "Bunch".

Burrus, Nancy : Captured in 1864 with the Mayfield sisters. Accused Confederate spy. Related to the Mayfield girls' mother,  Justen (Burrus)  Mayfield.  Miss Burrus was released upon taking the oath in Kansas City.

Burton, Henry Clinton : Arrested in Vernon.  Confined at Fort Scott, Kansas; took up arms as an insurgent, stole horses and other items; eleven witnesses 04-14-1862

Camp, John A. : Little Osage. Killed by Federals near Montevallo Aug. 1862. Lived with the McNeil family in 1860.

Camp, Joseph B. : Taken prisoner, charges include murder, being a Jayhawker, being a member of Dillard's band, being a rebel  04-23-1862.  Later killed by Federal Troops in Vernon Co.  Former 1st Lt. in Hunter's Regt.

Campbell, John : Montevallo. Member of the Gabbert band. Killed at the Gabbert house, May 1863.

Campbell, Wilber : Montevallo. Arrested about 4 miles from home near Coffee's Camp.  08-17-1862

Campbell, William : Montevallo. Member of the Gabbert band. Killed at the Gabbert house, May 1863. Brother of John.

Campbell, George : Montevallo.  Dragged from his home at night and murdered by Cedar County Militia, Feb. 1863.

Caton, Orville : Died in prison in Springfield, Mo. 3 May 1863.

Champion, George. W. : Little Osage. Killed by Federals near Montevallo Aug. 1862.

Clein,  A. : Arrested in Vernon for being a member of Cockerell's Band, Secesh. 19 Nov. 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Clendenin, John : Montevallo.  Dragged from his home at night and murdered by Cedar County Militia, Feb. 1863.

Clendenin,  William : Montevallo Twp, born North Carolina. One of Capt. William Henry Taylor's men. Killed in a raid in Henry  County.

Cogswell, H. C. : Joined Quantrill after his home was burned and his stock stolen by Jayhawkers.

Collins, David: imprisoned at Fort Scott, KS, Charges and Specifications. Accused of stealing from citizens of Vernon County, Mo.  Collins, with Jacob Butler, attempted to rob Matilda E. Ball, threatened to burn her house and kill her. 05-11-1862.

Cones, Samuel : Vernon Co., In prison in Ft. Scott and being transferred to Springfield. 4-17-1865

Connor, John : Harrison Twp.  Killed by Jim James, winter 1863.

Courcey,  Major John : From Newton Co.  In 1864, he led a group of Bushwhackers from Vernon and Newton Counties and destroyed Marmaton, Kansas.  With Marmaduke.

Crenshaw, J. W. : Little Osage. Killed by Federals near Montevallo Aug. 1862.  Was going to  join Coffee.

Crockett, John : Member of the Gabbert  band. Killed at the Gabbert house, May 1863. From St. Clair County.

Crockett, William : Brother of John.  Member of the Gabbert  band. Killed at the Gabbert house, May 1863.

Cruse, Ralph : Killed on Drywood, Sept. 1861 by Jayhawkers . He was a son of Daniel Cruse who was killed by John Brown in 1858.

Custar, William V. : Metz.  Charged with stealing cattle. 07-11-1862 .

Dade, Dr. John : Montevallo Twp.. One of the leaders in the attack on Montevallo, April 1862.

Davis, Dr. : Killed on Short Creek, near Joplin, summer 1864.

Deeds, Wm.: In the guardhouse at Jefferson City, from Little Osage, Vernon County. 10-04-1862

Dickeson, Albert : Lived at Balltown, 16th Mo. Inf., but considered a Guerrilla by the Federals. Son of Humphrey.

Dillard, James : Clear Creek Twp. He may have been a guerrilla leader who escaped the history books. He was 42 and born VA on the 1860 census. Reuben Faulkner, John and Isaac Huckeby, and John W. Ream were arrested 4-23-1862  and accused of being members of "Dillard's Band".  James was the only Dillard in Vernon in 1860.  James Dillard moved to Clinton County in 1862 after those arrests and was still there in 1870.  In 1876, he went to Texas.

Doke, J : Arrested in Vernon for being a bushwhacker, robbery 19 Nov. 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Duncan, Peter : Vernon Co. Bushwhacker, after returning home wounded from the CSA.

Duncan, John :  Arrested in Vernon by  3rd Wisconsin Cavalry August 19, 1863 and sent to Fort Scott to stand trial.

Dunnagin, Samuel : Dover Twp., very active Guerrilla with many followers.

Eades, Riley : Arrested. Prisoner of War, Gratiot Prison; 04-11-1864 sent to Alton 01-09-1864. Hunter's Regiment.

Eddy, F. F. : Papinsville, Shot by St. Clair County Federal Militia at old Belvoir,  Vernon Co.

Elder,  Thomas "Bud", from Bates Co., but with Marchbanks in Vernon, killed in the Stockton raid, late 1863.

English, Charles : Arrested in Vernon  for being a bushwhacker, murder. 19 Nov. 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Erwin, Marion D., in Vernon in 1860, moved to Saline, hanged as a Guerrilla Mar. 18, 1865, Macon City, Mo.

Evarts, John : From Carroll Co., a member of Gabbert's band, killed at the Gabbert house, May 1863.

Farris, Sampson M. : Osage Twp., killed by Dick Parmenter in 1863.

Farwell, Horace : Montevallo Twp.  Killed by Jayhawkers in 1863.

Falkner, Reuben : Virgil Twp. Taken prisoner in Vernon, charges include murder, being Jayhawker, being a member of Dillard's band, being a rebel, 04-23-1862.

Fitzwater, H. M. : Nevada. Killed by Kansas Troops in 1863.

Ford, John : Killed in Bates Co. by a Unionist.

Forest, Allen R. : Bates County. "Killed at night" (no details given-VC History).

Frazier, James M. : March 1862. attacked State Militia party under McCabe in Cedar Co. and attacked Humansville, Polk Co.

Frazier, Joe : Dover Twp., took part in the Riggs house fight, 27 Feb. 1862. Also had his own small Guerrilla Band.

Gabbert, Eliza : Member of her father's band.

Gabbert, Jeff : Member of his father's band.

Gabbert, John : Member of his father's band.  Killed 23 April 1863 in Vernon Co., between Montevallo and the Gabbert farm, by Federals. Was married to Lenora Mayfield.

Gabbert, William "Old Man" : Dover Twp., leader of his own large Bushwhacker band.

Gantier, Hugh : From Cass Co., lived in Montevallo. Killed by Manuel Collins, a Federal Militia Man, who "beat out his brains with a smoothing iron".

Gatewood, George P. : Vernon County. Son of James M. Gatewood. Taken prisoner and tried in St. Louis.

Giboney, David P. : Killed by Kansas Troops, 1861.  Married to Sarah (Sallie)  Mayfield. Son of Isham Giboney of Jasper County.

Gilmore, James M. P.: Barton Co.  A Bushwhacker and stepfather of Benjamin Archer.

Gilmore, James W.: Barton Co. Was in the fight at the Riggs house. Captured and sent to prison in St. Louis.

Godfrey, William : Bates Co.  Bushwhacker killed north of Nevada, Aug 4, 1863.

Guess, Jim : Bushwhacker with Marchbanks.

Hamblin, Cally : From Vernon, in prison in Springfield 26 Aug. 1862.

Hardwick, (Unknown) : Killed by 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry on the Lamar Road Aug. 1862.

Hartman, J. : Arrested in Vernon for being a member of Cockerell's Band, Secesh. 19 Nov. 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Hartman, John : Bates Co.  Arrested in Vernon. Killed by a guard while a Federal prisoner.

Henley, Daniel "Irish Dan" : A bushwhacker killed in the fight at Montevallo, April 1862. . Lived in Livingston Co. in 1860,  age 21.

Hightower, Joshua : Blue Mound Twp., was being hanged by Federals, but was cut down when he proved he was a Mason.

Hill, J. : Arrested in Vernon for being a bushwhacker, murder. 19 Nov. 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement. This may be Pony Hill.

Hill, James N. "Pony" : Osage Twp. -  One of the best known Bushwhackers, with Marchbanks at Nevada in May 1863.

Hinch, George : Montevallo Twp. With the Bushwhackers who attacked the Federals in the Scobey hotel in Montevallo, April 1862.

Hinman, John : Member of the Gabbert band.

Holeman, Jacob : Montevallo. Killed by Cedar County Militia 1863.

Holmes, J. W. : Lived in Sheldon, with Quantrill.

Hornsinger, Jacob E. : Clear Creek Twp., prisoner in Butler, July 1862, released. killed by Federals, fall 1862.

Houser, Stephen (Hogue) : In 1861, he is suspected of killing two people around Warsaw, MO, later he killed a man in Bolivar and then rode out of town with D.D. Jones, with the apparent intent to rob him, but shot him dead in the road. He was followed to Vernon County by a posse and killed there.

Howard, Avery : Blue Mound Twp. Wounded by Federal Militia, 1864.

Howard, Willett : Son of Avery. Sought by Federals in 1864.

Huckleby, John : Taken prisoner in Vernon , charges include murder, being Jayhawker, being a member of Dillard's band, being a rebel  04-23-1862.

Huckleby, Isaac : Taken prisoner in Vernon, charges include murder, being Jayhawker, being a member of Dillard's band, being a rebel  04-23-1862.

Hunton, Welby : Captured on Drywood, along with "Crack" Mayfield Sept. 1862.

Hutchinson, Jordan : Taken prisoner in Vernon, Charges and specification: took a horse from  a loyal man; took 50 hogs from Morley, a loyal man; belonged to Gabbert's guerrilla band. 12-25-1861.

Ingram, Thomas : Bushwhacker.  Accused of  killing Sheriff Joseph Bailey after the war. Lynched by townspeople in Nevada.

Jackson, Father and Son : Killed by Jayhawkers near Ball's Mills winter 1860-61.

Jarboe, Shelby : Dover Twp. Killed by Kansans.

Jent, John : Vernon.  Robbed John L. Wilson, Vernon County, Feb. 1, 1862 of horse, clothing, etc. 04-29-1862.

Johnson, Dan : Killed by Federal Militia.

Johnson, James : With Price. Hanged on Clear Creek by Kansans.

Kelly, John Duke : Nevada.  Lt. Missouri Militia (Vernon Rangers). Later a Bushwhacker.

Kelley, William : Dover Twp. : A Bushwhacker who  "died fighting".

Kimble, Francis M. : From Vernon, in prison in Springfield 17 Aug. 1862. 2nd Lt. Hunter's Regt.

Kuhfuss, William : Former CSA . A German who lived four miles south of Moundville. Killed at home by Kansans.

Linn, John : Lived in Deerfield in 1860,  age 62 and born in North Carolina. Bushwhacker with the Mayfields.

Livingston, Major Thomas : Well known Guerrilla leader.  Led Vernon Co. men on a number of raids in Drywood area and into Kansas. Killed in the raid on Stockton.

Lowrey,  John : Drywood Twp. Killed by Jayhawkers in 1863.

Luke, George Alexander : Vernon Co. In prison at Ft. Scott. 2-9-1863

Maddox,  William : One of the Bushwhackers who attacked Federals in the Scobey hotel at Montevallo, April 1862.

Maddox,  Wilson : One of the leaders of the Bushwhackers who attacked Federals in the Scobey hotel at Montevallo, April 1862. He was the Hotel Keeper .

Majors, David : Cass Co., with the Gabbert band in Dover Twp. Married to Ella Mayfield.

Marchbanks, Robert : State Guard. Became a Bushwhacker with his brother, was later with Quantrill. Imprisoned at Ft. Scott briefly. Was a Captain under Sidney Jackman in Arkansas.

Marchbanks, William : Son of Judge N. R. Marchbanks, was a peace officer before the war. commissioned in the State guards 1861, came back to Mo. after Pea ridge with recruiting authority. Became Vernon County's leading Bushwhacker. Imprisoned at Ft. Scott briefly.

Marcum, Wilson : Barton Co. He and his son were killed by Federals on Horse Creek.

Matthews, John : Burned Humbolt Kansas, along with Tom Livingston, and a group of Vernon County Bushwhackers.

Mayfield, Brice : In Gatewood's State Guards, captured at Drywood, released and became a Bushwhacker. Killed on Shoal Creek near Neosho, late 1862.

Mayfield, Ella : Most famous lady Bushwhacker. Married to David Majors, a noted Bushwhacker of Cass Co. and with Quantrill.

Mayfield, Jennie :  Captured with her sister and taken to St. Louis at age 16.

Mayfield, Crawford "Crack" : : In Gatewood's State Guards, captured at Drywood, released and became a Bushwhacker. Killed on Shoal Creek near Neosho, late 1862.

Mayfield, Lenora : John Gabbert's wife. Helped bury the seven Bushwhackers killed at Gabbert house, May 1863.

Mayfield, Sallie : Captured and imprisoned in St. Louis. She and her sister escaped. Married to D. P. Giboney, who was killed in 1861.

McConnell, Nannie : With the Mayfield girls when they were captured with Bushwhackers in 1864.

McCullough, Joseph : Deerfield, Shot and left for dead by Kansans.

McCrohan, Thomas "Irish Tom" :  Montevallo. One of the band that attacked the Scobey hotel in Montevallo,  April 1862.

McNeil, John : Son of Pro-Union Robert McNeil, owner of the Balltown mill, became a Bushwhacker. Supposedly saved from hanging in Springfield by Ella Mayfield. Was sentenced to hard labor at Alton Prison 28 Aug. 1862.  Also imprisoned at Ft. Scott briefly.

McWaters, William :  Charges of jayhawking and stole goods from Ryan and Sartorious. With Miles V. Tate.  In jail in Butler, July 1862. Notorious outlaw after the war. Killed in a prison escape in Nebraska.

Monroe, Unknown : Killed by Jayhawkers 1863.

Montgomery, Samuel L.: Violation of Oath by taking up arms against the Government. Sentenced to hard labor at Alton prison for the duration of the War.1-20-1864.

Moore, Tom : Bushwhacker of Dover Twp.

Morgan, Alexander :  Killed as a spy by Kansans on Drywood Creek.

Murray, Joe : One of Marchbanks' men. Killed on Turkey Creek 1864.

Murray, John : One of Marchbanks' men. Killed on Turkey Creek 1864. Brother of Joe Murray.

Murry, James: A Dispatch to Capt. R. L. Ferguson details the arrest, escape, rearrest, 2nd escape and 3rd arrest of James Murry of Vernon County.

Mushaney, Edward M. : With Henry Taylor. Arrested,  charges and specifications: member of marauding guerrilla band that took gun from Patrick Keating, gun, ammunition and saddle from Edward Coe, aided capture of Union picket guard and theft of Union property.

Mushaney, Frank : Co. G, 11 Mo. Inf., then later a Bushwhacker. Taken prisoner, charges include murder, being Jayhawker, being a member of Dillard's band, being a rebel  04-23-1862.  Exchanged. Rearrested , charges against prisoner confined 29 Nov 1862: secesh and robbery; had U.S. horse, saddle and bridle; sent to Ft. Lincoln, Kansas for confinement, escaped . Killed near Bellamy,  Dover Twp. after the fight at the Gabbert house.

Mushaney, Valentine : Father of Edward and Frank. Killed for aiding Bushwhackers.

Myers, Isaac :  One of Marchbank's men. Killed on Turkey Creek, near Joplin, 1864.

Nelson, Oliver : Little Osage. Killed by Federals near Montevallo Aug. 1862. . Was going to  join Coffee.

Newman, J. N. :  Osage Twp. Arrested in Vernon by  3rd Wisconsin Cavalry August 19, 1863 and sent to Fort Scott to stand trial.

Olger, Joseph : Arrested by Federals Sept. 1864.

Osborn, Green : Killed by his neighbor "Militia Men".

Owen, Elias : Thought to be a Bushwhacker.

Owen, Thomas :  Brother of Elias, was with Quantrill.

Parks, John M. : Papinsville. Killed by Federals in Henry County.

Peters, Unknown. Killed by Jayhawkers 1864.

Pickerel, J : Arrested in Vernon for Bushwacking & Jayhawking 2 Dec. 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Pickerel, G. : Arrested in Vernon for Bushwacking & Jayhawking 2 Dec. 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Potter, Sam : Bushwhacker leader in Bates Co., also operated in Vernon.

Pottorff,  George W. : Montevallo Twp.  Bond, $1000, arrested for aiding the enemy.

Pringle, Sam : Johnson County. With Gabbert in the raid on Cedar County. Possible brother to John Pringle, who was with Anderson..

Prior (Pryor?), H. : Arrested in Vernon for horse stealing, 13 Aug, 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Pryor, George : Killed by 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry, at his home on clear Creek. Son of Daniel Pryor, Montevallo.

Pryor, Lafayette : Killed by 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry, at his home on clear Creek. Son of Daniel Pryor, Montevallo.

Rafter, John : One of Marchbanks' men. Killed 1863.

Ray, Joseph : Montevallo, from Tennessee. Killed by Federals at the Mayfield house, in May, 1864. With Gabbert and the Mayfields.

Ream, John W. :  Montevallo. Taken prisoner, charges include murder, being Jayhawker, being a member of Dillard's band, being a rebel,  04-23-1862.

Reed, James C. (Jim) :  Born in Metz, Vernon Co. in 1845. Lived in Vernon and Bates. Served with Quantrill. Married in Texas to Myra Shirley (Belle Starr). Killed in a gunfight in Texas.

Rider, Martin Wesley : Little Osage Twp. in 1860.  Martin Wesley Rider of Vernon and Lafayette Counties, came into prominence only in the last year of the war. He served with the southern Missouri State Guard (Hunter's Regt.) in 1861, was in regular Confederate service in 1862, then joined Quantrill's band in 1863.  He took the oath of Amnesty in Lexington, Mo. in May 1865, after his mother, wife, and children were arrested in Lafayette Co.,  and imprisoned in St. Louis.. Mart survived the war, was a Methodist preacher, and fathered 12 children.  He  died in 1919 in Johnson Co., MO

Riley, Elias : Montevallo Twp. With Gabbert. Helped bury the dead after the fight at the Gabbert house May 1863.

Roberts, Leroy : Vernon Co., in Gratoit Street Prison, St. Louis. 3-5-1865.

Rosnburgson, Unknown : Arrested in Vernon for theft. 30 Nov 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Ryan, Thomas : Montevallo Twp. Son of William Ryan. Hung by Kansas Federal troops in the spring of 1862 at the edge of Clear Creek Timbers, Vernon County, MO.

Sample, Col. Smiley H. : Deerfield. Shot by Jayhawkers 1863.

Scobey, William H. : From Tennessee. Owned the hotel in Montevallo that was attacked 14 April 1862. May or may not have been involved.

Scott, (Unknown) : One of Marchbanks' men. Wounded in Hickory Co.

Smith, J. G. : With Marchbanks.

Simmerman, J. L. : Arrested for being a bushwhacker, robbing a Union man. 19 Nov. 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Simmerman, J. T. : Arrested for being a bushwhacker, robbing a Union man. 19 Nov. 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Simms, Ella : Sister of Henry Clay Simms. Died in prison in Ft. Scott.

Simms, Henry  Clay : One of the band that attacked the hotel in Montevallo 14 April 1862. Son of Richard L.

Simms, H. S. : From Vernon, in prison in Springfield 16 Aug. 1862.

Simms, Richard. L. : Charges and specifications: violating parole by taking a wagon and team from an old and sick Union man, whom he left on the ground.

Simpson, Ben Jr. :  Drywood Twp. Benjamin Archer and Benjamin Simpson, Jr. two young bushwhackers,  waylaid two Kansas soldiers at the Davis house. The soldiers were mounted and going from Lamar to Fort Scott. Archer and Simpson were in Davis' abandoned house; one had a musket and the other a horse pistol. The road ran by within thirty yards of the doors and when the soldiers came opposite the house the boys poked their weapons through a crack and called out, "Halt! Surrender or we will blow you through!" The soldiers stopped and threw their arms over the fence, when Archer went out and dismounted them. Simpson came out and the two buckled on the captured revolvers and carbines, mounted the horses and sent the prisoners on to Fort Scott. The Kansans were greatly chagrined when they found how they had been taken in. They swore and declared they believed Archer and Simpson when they said, "There are ten muskets and shotguns pointed at you." But at last they made the best of the situation and good-naturedly set out on their trudging journey to Fort Scott."

Slayback, Alonzo : Former Lawyer in Lexington Mo. Sunday morning fight with Federals on the Marmaton, Sept. 1862. With Marmaduke.

Steen, Earl : Sunday morning fight with Federals on the Marmaton, Sept. 1862. With Marmaduke.

Stegall, J. A. : Center Twp. Killed by 6th Kansas Troops fall 1861.

Steward, James : Brother of William (below). They rode together during the war and were together when William was killed..

Steward, William : With Quantrill. Killed on Sun Creek in Dade Co. 22 May 1864. Shot in the back as he was fording the creek. Buried in Cedar County.

Swafford, Thomas :  Montevallo. With Gabbert in the raid on Cedar County. Lived with the Gabberts in 1860.

Tapp, Samuel P. : Montevallo.  Dragged from his home at night and murdered by Cedar County Militia, Feb. 1863.

Tate, Miles V. : Charges of jayhawking and stole goods from Ryan and Sartorious. With William McWaters. In jail in Butler, July 1862.

Taylor, William Henry : Leader of the largest Bushwhacker Band in and around Vernon County.

Tucker, Erasmus : Little Osage. Killed by Federals near Montevallo Aug. 1862. . Was going to  join Coffee.

Turner, Levi : Secesh. 3 Nov. 1862. Arrested in Vernon. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Underwood,  Joseph : Montevallo Twp., Maj. Burnett reports that he has arrested Underwood and charged him with being a traitor; letter written from Fort Scott, Kansas 08-26-1862.

Vaughn, Captain : With Marchbanks. Killed in the raid on Stockton.

Wells, James M. : Barton Co. Charged with Bushwhacking in Vernon. March 1863.

Wells, William S. : Brother of James. Barton Co. Charged with Bushwhacking in Vernon. March 1863.

Williams, John A. : Arrested 24 Apr 1862 in Vernon County; tried by military commission  at Butler, sentenced to 12 months; sent to Alton 12 Sep 1862.

Willis, Unknown : Arrested for vagrancy. 19 Nov. 1862 in Vernon. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Wilson, Unknown : Arrested for Bushwacking & Jayhawking 2 Dec. 1862 in Vernon. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Wilson, M. T. : Arrested in Vernon for being a member of Cockerell's Band, Secesh. 19 Nov. 1862. Sent to Fort Lincoln from Ft. Scott for confinement.

Wood, William : Montevallo. Dragged from his home at night and murdered by Cedar County Militia, Feb. 1863.

Woodruff, Alexander : Deerfield. Killed March 1863 by Kansas Jayhawkers.

Woodruff, Marcus : Shot by Jayhawkers in 1863.

Woodward, Lucas : Shot while plowing his field. Former CSA. , 2 Feb. 1864.

Wyrick, John : Captured on Drywood Sept. 1862. Escaped.

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Sources:

1887 History of Vernon County, Mo., 1911 History of Vernon County, Mo , Other Missouri county histories,  vintage newspapers, the Official Records, and  Union Provost Marshal Records.

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