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Post by Texas Truth Teller on Jun 2, 2018 18:38:04 GMT -5
Brief history of XIT ranch, a portion of which became the Muleshoe ranch and Muleshoe, Texas.
1881 - Texas State Capitol burned. 1882 - Charles B. and John V. Farwell accepted 3,000,000 acres of land in the Texas panhandle along the New Mexico border as payment for the construction of a new Texas State Capitol. 1882 - Capitol Syndicate investor Col. Amos C. Babcock surveyed the property in 36 days, later known as the XIT ranch. The XIT ranch included parts of Dallam, Hartley, Oldham, Deaf Smith, Parmer, Castro, Bailey, Lamb, Cochran, and Hockley counties. 1885 - First herd of 2,500 longhorn cattle brought from central Texas to the XIT ranch. 1887 - The herd averaged approximately 150,000 head of cattle for several years after 1887. 1900 - About 1900, W. K. Johnson bought the Blackwater division of the XIT ranch. 1903 - Warren bought a portion of the XIT ranch in Bailey County. 1912 - Last of the XIT cattle were sold. 1913 - Town of Muleshoe founded. 1963 - Last parcel of XIT land was sold in 1963.
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Post by mckinley412 on Jun 9, 2018 3:53:27 GMT -5
TTT, keep in mind I mentioned a footnote said Barlow was at the Muleshoe place. I assume you can differentiate between quotes and other stuff like authors. Just keep it in mind. I'm gonna ask some serious Questions pretty soon and I think it will interest you. I m gonna go anti-Brushy.
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Post by Hunter on May 28, 2019 22:31:45 GMT -5
Barlow, most likely using an alias, had once worked with the kid months earlier on a ranch IN/NEAR MULESHOE, Texas, (Not saying the Muleshoe Ranch) and had arrived in Lincoln in the winter of 1880. Believed to be slightly younger than the kid, Barlow was approximately the same size and general appearance as Billy. Barlow was somehow connected to the CLEMENTS family of Texas to which famous outlaw John Wesley HARDIN was related. Rev. James Gibson Hardin 1823 Tennessee - 1876 Paris, Texas - was John Wesley Hardin's father. Martha Balch HARDIN CLEMENTS - 1817 Tennessee - 1867 Freestone, Texas sister to Rev. James Gibson Hardin and Aunt to John Wesley Hardin m. Emanuel CLEMENTS Daughter - Mary Jane Clements 1841 Liberty Co. Texas - 1919 Roswell, New Mexico m. Wiley Kimbro 1829 - 1862 m. James Madison Denson 1839 - 1908 Son - Joseph Clements 1849 Limestone Co., Texas - 1927 Roswell, New Mexico (There was another sister of Rev. James Gibson Hardin named Easter Hardin who also married a Clements - Texas) I found it interesting that there were two Clements, Mary Jane Clements Kimbro Denson and her brother, Joseph Clements, who wound up living in Roswell, New Mexico. I haven't found the Barlow connection yet to these families, but did find the Clements and Hardin connections.
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Post by Hunter on May 28, 2019 23:13:34 GMT -5
More about Muleshoe Ranch Henry Black began using the Muleshoe brand in Fannin County in 1856 and registered it on November 12, 1860. He then went to fight for the Confederate Army, leaving behind his wife and two daughters. He returned after the Civil War to find that his home had burned and his wife had died; his children, however, were still alive. On August 17, 1865, he married Sarah Adalia Braley, and subsequently he began fording herds across the Red River and selling clothing his wife made. Mostly they were paid in cattle and horses. 1877 By 1877 their herd had outgrown their property, so the family moved to Stephens County, taking with them 1,000 cattle and 500 horses. Black purchased land—which already had three houses on it—and established the Muleshoe Ranch. www.city-of-muleshoe.com/History-of-Muleshoe/
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Post by Hunter on May 29, 2019 13:16:14 GMT -5
(YEAH! I am using my son's DNA Ancestry . com account)We know that William Barlow was probably an alias, according to Brushy Bill, and believed that Barlow was somehow connected to the Clements family of Texas to which outlaw John Wesley Hardin was related. Cowboy Joseph Hardin Clements, birth date 1849 Limestone Co. Texas. Joseph Hardin Clements eventually moved to Roswell, New Mexico and was successful owning a sheep ranch. I found a 1880 Census of a William Barlow, birth date about 1852, Kentucky. (Hardin family originally came from Kentucky) Home in 1880 Limestone, Texas. The Limestone, Texas is the only connection to Barlow and Clements that I can find, so far. This William Barlow lists him as white (not Indian or mulatto) and married, but cannot find any more information on him other then the 1880 Census. Joseph Hardin Clements is in the center of photo, with the other two unknown.
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Post by Hunter on May 29, 2019 13:29:13 GMT -5
You win some ... you lose some.
Disregard the above William Barlow. (sorry)
Found William Henry Barlow on Find a Grave:
William Henry Barlow
BIRTH 12 Feb 1852
DEATH 21 May 1909 (aged 57)
BURIAL
Kirk Cemetery
Kirk, Limestone County, Texas, USA
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Post by lacowboy on May 29, 2019 15:01:07 GMT -5
You win some ... you lose some. Disregard the above William Barlow. (sorry) Found William Henry Barlow on Find a Grave: William Henry Barlow BIRTH 12 Feb 1852 DEATH 21 May 1909 (aged 57) BURIAL Kirk Cemetery Kirk, Limestone County, Texas, USA I have always believed that Billy Barlow was an alias,Billy the kids name was an alias. Like so many outlaws or even ordinary people looking to not be found back then new names was a way of life for some. Just think of all the unmarked graves out there and the headstones with the wrong names on them. Happened all the time.
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Post by Hunter on May 29, 2019 20:12:23 GMT -5
You win some ... you lose some. Disregard the above William Barlow. (sorry) Found William Henry Barlow on Find a Grave: William Henry Barlow BIRTH 12 Feb 1852 DEATH 21 May 1909 (aged 57) BURIAL Kirk Cemetery Kirk, Limestone County, Texas, USA I have always believed that Billy Barlow was an alias,Billy the kids name was an alias. Like so many outlaws or even ordinary people looking to not be found back then new names was a way of life for some. Just think of all the unmarked graves out there and the headstones with the wrong names on them. Happened all the time. Yes true, it was believed Billy Barlow was an alias. I was hoping to find the alias being used in records and/or a relative of the Clements family, a person with an age near BTK, that disappeared from family records without a death date.
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Post by Texas Truth Teller on May 29, 2019 22:32:40 GMT -5
Barlow, most likely using an alias, had once worked with the kid months earlier on a ranch IN/NEAR MULESHOE, Texas, (Not saying the Muleshoe Ranch) and had arrived in Lincoln in the winter of 1880. Believed to be slightly younger than the kid, Barlow was approximately the same size and general appearance as Billy. Barlow was somehow connected to the CLEMENTS family of Texas to which famous outlaw John Wesley HARDIN was related. Rev. James Gibson Hardin 1823 Tennessee - 1876 Paris, Texas - was John Wesley Hardin's father. Martha Balch HARDIN CLEMENTS - 1817 Tennessee - 1867 Freestone, Texas sister to Rev. James Gibson Hardin and Aunt to John Wesley Hardin m. Emanuel CLEMENTS Daughter - Mary Jane Clements 1841 Liberty Co. Texas - 1919 Roswell, New Mexico m. Wiley Kimbro 1829 - 1862 m. James Madison Denson 1839 - 1908 Son - Joseph Clements 1849 Limestone Co., Texas - 1927 Roswell, New Mexico (There was another sister of Rev. James Gibson Hardin named Easter Hardin who also married a Clements - Texas) I found it interesting that there were two Clements, Mary Jane Clements Kimbro Denson and her brother, Joseph Clements, who wound up living in Roswell, New Mexico. I haven't found the Barlow connection yet to these families, but did find the Clements and Hardin connections. Hunter, I believe the Clements and Hardin families have been researched fairly well. Joseph Hardin Clements and Sallie Tennille were residents of Kimble County, Texas, in 1880. By 1900, they were residents of Eddy County, NM. Joseph Hardin Clements' daughter, Amanda Clements, married William T. Clements (no relation) who had been a Texas Ranger. Four of their grandchildren, Joseph Hardin Clements (named for his grandfather), Sarah Catherine Clements, Myrtle Clements, and George Clements, were born in Kimble County, where William and Amanda lived until 1896. The grandsons, Joseph Hardin "Joe" Clements and George Clements later became prominent and successful sheep and cattle ranchers in New Mexico. Neither Joe nor George left descendants.
A paper trail is usually left by an individual, but there are exceptions. Brushy Bill provided very little information about Billy Barlow. I have seen no other references to Billy Barlow. Maybe Billy Barlow was an alias. Maybe there was no connection to the Clements family. Maybe Billy Barlow existed only in Brushy Bill's imagination.
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Post by Hunter on May 30, 2019 9:43:45 GMT -5
Thanks TTT. I thought I had seen information a while ago on the Clements and Hardin families in here but recently couldn't find it in the folders. So, since I am now retired, I thought I would try looking. I did find descendants for Joseph Hardin Clements on Find A Grave, but not in Ancestry. www.findagrave.com/memorial/78250369/joseph-hardin-clementsYeah, I wish there was more records. Perhaps in time, more discoveries of information and photographs will turn up. Thanks again for the info about the census not starting until 1870 for the Buffalo Gap area.
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Post by Texas Truth Teller on May 30, 2019 11:03:30 GMT -5
Thanks TTT. I thought I had seen information a while ago on the Clements and Hardin families in here but recently couldn't find it in the folders. So, since I am now retired, I thought I would try looking. I did find descendants for Joseph Hardin Clements on Find A Grave, but not in Ancestry. www.findagrave.com/memorial/78250369/joseph-hardin-clementsYeah, I wish there was more records. Perhaps in time, more discoveries of information and photographs will turn up. Thanks again for the info about the census not starting until 1870 for the Buffalo Gap area. Link to Joseph Hardin Clements and descendants on Ancestry.com
Interesting story posted by a descendant of George Culver Clements, only son of Joseph Hardin Clements (1849). "Amanda Clements had only one sibling, George Culver Clements (my great-grampa Clements), who had several children, including my Gramma Pearl. So my Gramma had only one Clements Aunt, Amanda, and several cousins who were Amanda's children. Amanda was first married to William ("Slick") Clements, whose Clementses were NOT otherwise related to our Clementses. They had four children. Then she was a widow, whose story can be traced through 3 consecutive censuses. In the first, Carl Adamson is boarding at her and her parents' house. In the next census, she is married to him, with one daughter (Ilah). Finally, in the census after that, she is a widow. Carl Adamson is with Pat Garrett when Pat Garrett is killed, and the suspect is Sallie Tennille Clements's niece Sallie's husband, Jim Miller. According to Joseph Treat, one of Amanda's great-grandchildren, his father, aged 5 or so, was at Carl Adamson's bedside during his last illness (he was sick with a fever for a week in 1919), at which time Carl confessed to him that Jim Miller did kill Pat Garrett and that he, Carl Adamson, was privy to those events."
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Post by Texas Truth Teller on May 30, 2019 12:49:28 GMT -5
Thanks TTT. I thought I had seen information a while ago on the Clements and Hardin families in here but recently couldn't find it in the folders. So, since I am now retired, I thought I would try looking. I did find descendants for Joseph Hardin Clements on Find A Grave, but not in Ancestry. www.findagrave.com/memorial/78250369/joseph-hardin-clementsYeah, I wish there was more records. Perhaps in time, more discoveries of information and photographs will turn up. Thanks again for the info about the census not starting until 1870 for the Buffalo Gap area. Hunter, Taylor County, created by the legislature in 1858, was organized and became a functioning county in 1878 when county officials were elected. The first census of Taylor County was conducted in 1880, not 1870. Taylor County was attached to Travis and Bexar counties for judicial and administrative purposes until 1873, when these responsibilities were assigned to Eastland County.
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Post by Hunter on May 30, 2019 18:42:35 GMT -5
Thanks TTT. I thought I had seen information a while ago on the Clements and Hardin families in here but recently couldn't find it in the folders. So, since I am now retired, I thought I would try looking. I did find descendants for Joseph Hardin Clements on Find A Grave, but not in Ancestry. www.findagrave.com/memorial/78250369/joseph-hardin-clementsYeah, I wish there was more records. Perhaps in time, more discoveries of information and photographs will turn up. Thanks again for the info about the census not starting until 1870 for the Buffalo Gap area. Hunter, Taylor County, created by the legislature in 1858, was organized and became a functioning county in 1878 when county officials were elected. The first census of Taylor County was conducted in 1880, not 1870. Taylor County was attached to Travis and Bexar counties for judicial and administrative purposes until 1873, when these responsibilities were assigned to Eastland County.
OOPS got the year wrong! Thanks again TTT. Appreciate it.
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Post by mckinley412 on Jun 11, 2019 15:48:28 GMT -5
but there was a Billy Barlow born 1857 listed as Mulatto which Brushy said he was dark skinned and probably younger.
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Post by RonBk on Nov 2, 2023 14:49:36 GMT -5
I came across this photo off a youtube video and the caption said "Cowboys from the XIT ranch in the Texas panhandle Circa 1902". The guy standing to the right could possibly be Brushy even though it's not clear enough to tell for certain. Maybe there is a higher quality version of this photo somewhere.
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