Bald Knobbers

Title

Bald Knobbers

Description

Christian County (Mo.) genealogical indexes

Subject

Genealogy, Family history, Christian County (Mo.)

Creator

Christian County Library

Publisher

Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri

Date

2020-02

Contributor

Christian County Library

Rights

Rights Information

Format

text/PDF (Portable Document Format); 117 KB

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

ccm039

extracted text

Bald Knobbers
First Name
Dave

Surname
Walker

Status
Defendant

Date
bef Aug 1886

Note
Indicted by grand jury for beating George Baty

Gat

Walker

Defendant

bef Aug 1886

Indicted by grand jury for beating George Baty

Billy

Walker

Defendant

bef Aug 1886

Indicted by grand jury for beating George Baty

Wiley

Mathews

Defendant

bef Aug 1886

Indicted by grand jury for beating George Baty

William

Roberts

Defendant

bef Aug 1886

Indicted by grand jury for beating George Baty

T. B.

Daugherty

Defendant

bef Aug 1886

Indicted by grand jury for beating George Baty

William

Mapes

Defendant

bef Aug 1886

Indicted by grand jury for beating George Baty

John

Mapes

Defendant

bef Aug 1886

Indicted by grand jury for beating George Baty

William

Bond

Defendant

bef Aug 1886

Indicted by grand jury for beating George Baty

Dave

Walker

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Billy

Walker

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

John

Mathews

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

James

Mathews

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Wiley

Mathews

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

James

Morrisett

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Joe

Inman

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Hiram

Anderson

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

John

Mapes

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Jacob

Propst

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

John

Nash

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Thoman

Nash

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Matt

Nash

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Reuben

Shipman

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

John

Shipman

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Marion

Fowler

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Patterson

Roberts

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

William

Shelton

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

James

Gann

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley

Ed

Abbott

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Robert

Nix

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Jesse

Robertson

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Euclid

Elkins

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Robert

McGinnis

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Newton

Caudle

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Fremont

Yeary

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

Tandy

Dillon

Defendant

9 Nov 1886 (date of raid)

J. C.

Dodson

Sheriff

1886/1887

G. A.

Watson

Lawyer

22 Aug 1887

Babe

Harrington

Lawyer

22 Aug 1887

Christian County Prosecutor when Bald Knobbers
trial began
State lawyer aiding Christian County prosecutor

J. A.

Hammond

Lawyer

22 Aug 1887

State lawyer aiding Christian County prosecutor

J. J.

Brown

Lawyer

22 Aug 1887

Andrew

Adams

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

Gilbert

Applegate

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

Lewis

Davis

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

Peter

Davis

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

Charlie

Graves

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

Joseph

Hyde

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

Joe

Inman

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

Amos

Jones

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

John, Deacon

Mathews

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

James

Mathews

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

Wiley

Mathews

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

William

Newton

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

C. O., Rev.

Simmons

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

William

Stanley

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

Dave

Walker

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

State lawyer aiding Christian County prosecutor ;
Also authored oath as a founder of the Bald
Knobbers
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green

Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Indicted by grand jury for raiding tavern of John
Rhodes & Russell McCauley
Sheriff of Greene County where defendents kept
unti new Christian County jail completedl

Billy

Walker

Defendant

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

Dave

Walker

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Billy

Walker

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

John H.

Shipman

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

James

Morrisett

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

M. T.

Humble

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

John E.

Stone

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Richard

St. John

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Jeff

Stottle

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

T. J.

Stottle

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

James M.

Garner

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Hiram

Anderson

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

George

Preston

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Sam, Jr.

Preston

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Sam, Sr.

Preston

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Isaac

Garrison

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Ed

Abbott

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Cal

Hedgepeth

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Epson

Forney

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Walter

Todd

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Patterson

Roberts

Defendant

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

Greene

Walker

Victim

21 Aug 1886 (Date of beating)

George

Baty

Victim

11 March 1887 (date of murders)

Walter

Hubbard

Judge

Apr 1887 - Aug 1887

John L. "Fate" Cook
Adin
Webb

Sheriff
Juror

1886/7

Frank

Bully/Terrorist/V15 Apr 1885 (lynched)

Taylor

Indicted by grand jury for murder of William Edens
& Charles Green
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Indicted by grand jury for beating accused
pologamist Greene Walker of Linden
Beaten by Bald Knobbers for living with several
"wives" at once
Beaten with switches and fists by Bald Knobbers,
reason not listed
Judge at grand jury hearings & later the Christian
County Bald Knobbers trial
Sheriff of Taney County
Foreman of the Christian County Bald Knbber jury
Routinely destroyed and stole property, assaulted
andshot people, killed livestock & made bail as soon
as arrested. Lynched by a mob of over 100 people,
including alledgely ministers of 7 churches after
being taken from jail by individuals including some
known Bald Knobbers

Jubal

Taylor

Bully/Terrorist/V15 Apr 1885 (lynched)

Routinely destroyed and stole property, assaulted
andshot people, killed livestock & made bail as soon
as arrested. Lynched by a mob of over 100 people,
including alledgely ministers of 7 churches after
being taken from jail by individuals including some
known Bald Knobbers