The Sutton-Taylor feud : the deadliest blood feud in Texas

The Sutton-Taylor feud : the deadliest blood feud in Texas / by Chuck Parsons.

The Sutton-Taylor Feud of DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, and surrounding counties began shortly after the Civil War ended. The blood feud continued into the 1890s when the final court case was settled with a governmental pardon. Of all the Texas feuds, the one between the Sutton and Taylor forces lasted...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parsons, Chuck
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2009.
Series:A.C. Greene series ; 7.
Subjects:
Sutton family.
Taylor family.
Sutton family
Taylor family
1800-1950
Pioneers > Texas > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
Vendetta > Texas > History > 19th century.
Violence > Texas > History > 19th century.
Peace treaties > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Frontier and pioneer life
Peace treaties
Pioneers
Vendetta
Violence
Texas > History > 1846-1950.
Texas
Biographies
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Sutton-Taylor feud
  • The Taylors and the Suttons : Texas pioneers
  • Homicides and private quarrels
  • A killing in Clinton
  • The state police : "murder most foul"
  • Rampant killings
  • Treaties of peace
  • McNelly and the Rangers arrive
  • Bloody 1875
  • Last killings
  • Prisoners and trials
  • With the smoke cleared
  • Epilogue: All is forgiven.

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