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MURDER, and Betty Dorsett Duke


  Betty Dorsett Duke thinks I’m out to kill her. She’s insane. Betty thinks others are out to murder her, too. Yes, she’s that insane. But why would anyone want to murder Betty Dorsett Duke? After all, she doesn’t exist. In Betty’s imaginary world, she craves to own an existence. Betty craves an identity of her own. More than anything,… (more…)

Gagging on Google


Here’s a WARNING for anyone who wants to search on Google for  Stray Leaves, Leaves of Gas, or anything related  to our web pages. Google now offers a new option when you seek search results. The option allows the searcher to block a web site that appears among the results Google provides to the searcher. BLOCKING A WEB SITE CAN… (more…)

Author of JESSE JAMES SOUL LIBERTY book enters Hell


Researching my book was twelve years of fun that seemed never ending. Four more years of writing the book was like working in a heaven of my own making. Every day a multitude of historic people came to life, just for me. All of them long gone, I never had known them personally before. Working together, they gave me their… (more…)

Russell William Adams Has Died


Russell William Adams, born Sept. 4, 1943, went home to our heavenly father Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. His passing from his earthly home to heaven was at 6:32 a.m. at the University of Kentucky Hospital. This was after a very long illness. He was born in Eubank to the late James Finley and Anna West Adams of Eubank. He was… (more…)

Kickstart the book JESSE JAMES SOUL LIBERTY


WE ARE LAUNCHED! Come join the party for JESSE JAMES SOUL LIBERTY – BEHIND HIS FAMILY HERITAGE OF STIGMA AND SILENCE. I’m thrilled to invite you to join me in this final leg of a twelve year journey to research, write, and publish the only book ever written about the Jesse James family. Join me at Kickstarter.com where you can… (more…)

Kit Carson, a James Family Relation


Previously unrecognized is the relationship of the James family to Kit Carson. Christopher Houston Carson was born on Tate’s Creek in Madison County, Kentucky. His father Lindsay Carson Sr. was a first generation, American born, of William Carson, immigrant from Ireland. Kit’s father, Lindsay, brought his family to Madison County from South Carolina in 1793. The family followed the Wilderness… (more…)

Fountain Carroll Randall Photo Found in Montana


Fount & Addie Randall did not last long in Livingston, Montana, after migrating there to be with many families from Pulaski County, Kentucky who already had moved to Livingston. The couple returned to Pulaski County with their infant child, where three generations of the Randall family lived at Shopville, on the original settlement lands of John M. James. In Pulaski… (more…)

James Preservation Trust Gets Historic New Digs


The James Preservation Trust soon will occupy the historic, 200 year old building built by Jonathon Nichols in Danville, Kentucky. The structure sits on the Wilderness Road, the entry road from the Cumberland Gap into central Kentucky, pioneered by Daniel Boone with his ax-man Johannes Vardeman. Vardeman is the father of Rev. Jeremiah Vardeman who married Betsy James, the daughter… (more…)

PREVIEW THE TRAILER FOR ERIC JAMES NEW BOOK – SOUL LIBERTY


You’re invited to comment on a draft edition of the book trailer for Eric James’ new book SOUL LIBERTY, Behind the Heritage of Silence in the Family of Jesse James. SOUL LIBERTY is the first history ever to be written about the Jesse James family. Volume I of this four volume quartet is scheduled for publication in the Fall of… (more…)

Titanic Star Gloria Stuart – a Jesse James Cousin


To a modern young audience it seems Gloria Stuart only achieved stardom in her 90s for her portrayal of Old Rose in the hit movie Titanic. She garnered both Oscar & Golden Globe nominations. The Screen Actors Guild, of which Gloria was a founding member, gave her the SAG Award. On her 100th birthday, the Guild also honored her with a… (more…)

OUR JAMES FAMILY IN SINGAPORE


About a year ago Doug and Sara Whitaker moved to Indonesia with their two daughters Bailey and Kylie. Ever since, they’ve been blogging and posting pictures about their adventure. The title of their web site is Our “Every Tribe.” Be sure to check out their Wants & Needs section. They’ve found some necessities are not found in foreign lands. DOUG… (more…)

HISTORIC TINTYPE of RHODA MAY-JAMES


RHODA MAY (1806-1889) is the stalwart spouse of the “talented, but erratic” Rev. Joseph Martin James (1791-1848). Rhoda withstood all transgressions, indignities, & social ostracism that her husband created with admirable Teutonic stoicism. When acute alcoholism took Joe’s life at age fifty-seven, Rhoda became a forty-two year old widow, left alone to raise nine children. For the next forty-one years… (more…)

Chris James says, I can touch, taste, & experience the Civil War


Chris James, born             Christopher David James, is a Civil War re-enactor with The “Tuckahoe Braves,”  27th North Carolina, Company D, Confederate States of America. He appears in the photo galleries of the group’s web site. Chris lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he is employed in the security office for Fort Bragg. A native of… (more…)

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