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Recollections of a 1840s counterfeiter and a Turnbull fort
The article recounts 1840s and 1850s local crime and politics in Barr Oak township including Capt. Wowmack’s taxes, John Plummer tied to a counterfeit gang, the Turnbull fort near Dob's creek, and the deadly clashes with the anti-slickers and slickers. It details the Plummer family murder in 1831 well, the 1849 land sale, and the 1864 transfer to Nelson Carpenter, plus the 1840 deed to Turnbull, the 1860s assault on Turnbull’s fort, and the later Plummer homicide investigation. It closes with Parker Seminary exhibition notes and local tax data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Plummer
Wowmack
Plummer
Barr Oak Township
Womawack
Ira T. Nelson
James Turnbull
Hal Gratamer
Tarnabull
Turnbull
New Orleans
Marguerette Sussone Delor Sarpy Burthe
Andre Burthe d'Anelet
Parte
France
Gabriel Paul
St. Louis
Luke E. Lawless
Virginia Lawless
Nelson H. Carpenter
Cincinnati
Alickere
Malldil Davie
Joln Davis
Fabrer Seminary
Parker Seminary
Lou McFarland
Galon
Hart
J. W. Powell
Henry Jackson
Lillie McKos
O. H. Avery
Bertie Hutt
Besse Smith
Lillie McKee
Eliza Woolfolk
Miss Lillie
Frank Cake
Prentice Edrington
Fred Bonfils
Harry Parker
O. S. Avery
George Cake
Clanton