The Sutton-Taylor Feud: The Deadliest Blood Feud in Texas

by Chuck Parsons

University of North Texas Press, 2009

Cloth: 978-1-57441-257-4 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-367-0

Library of Congress Classification F391.P264 2009

Dewey Decimal Classification 976.40610922

Introduction: The Sutton-Taylor Feud         1
1. The Taylors and the Suttons-Texas Pioneers  11
2. Homicides and Private Quarrels             27
3. A Killing in Clinton                       51
4. The State Police-"Murder Most Foul"        77
5. Rampant Killings                          109
6. Treaties of Peace                         137
7. McNelly and the Rangers Arrive            171
8. Bloody 1875                               201
9. Last Killings                             219
10. Prisoners and Trials                      243
11. With the Smoke Cleared                    257
Epilogue: All Is Forgiven                  269
Appendices
One: Feudists and Related Individuals     275
Two: Children of the Feud                  287
Three: 1873 Treaty of Peace                289
Four: Treaty of Peace                     291
Five: Treaty of Peace-Galveston Daily News  295
Six: Victims of the Sutton-Taylor Feud     297
Seven: A Southern Vendetta-New York Times  301
Endnotes                                       307
Selected Bibliography                          361

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