Bad Men and Devils

We all love to read about our Ancestors who were labeled "Bad" and "Devil" because of their outlaw exploits. Below you will find a list of those who carried the moniker that told the world they indeed were bad men, not to be trifled with.

I. Bad John Hall s/o Lee Hall and Eliza Little

II. Bad John Wright (aka Devil John) s/o Joel Ellis Wright and Eliza Agnes Bates

III. Bad Lewis Hall s/o William Riley Hall and Nancy Higgins

IV. Bad Talt Hall s/o David Hall and Anna Johnson

V. Bad Tom Smith s/o Richard Smith and Mary Polly Kelly

VI. Claiborne "Clabe" Jones s/o John and Rebecca Jones (some say s/o Nathaniel Jones and Nancy Ray)

VII. Devil Jim Turner s/o James Turner and Elizabeth Clay

VIII. Marshall Benton "Red Fox" Taylor s/o William P Taylor and Mary Polly Stallard

Feuds, Lynching and Murders

I. French and Eversole Feud in relation to Bad Tom Smith

II. Killing Rock or Pound Gap Massacre

III. Martin Van Buren Bates and the story of his vengeance for the killing of his brother, James Bates

IV. Murder and Mayhem in Kentucky

V. Reynolds - Wright Feud

VI. The Lynching of Leonard Woods