John B. Denton: The Bigger-Than-Life Story of the Fighting Parson and Texas Ranger
by Mike Cochran
University of North Texas Press, 2021
Cloth: 978-1-57441-840-8 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-850-7
Library of Congress Classification F390
Dewey Decimal Classification 976.455505092
TOC
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Obscure Early Life of John B. Denton
2. The Dentons Move to Arkansas
3. The Call to Preach
4. The State of the Church in Texas
5. Littleton Fowler, John B. Denton, and Texas Methodism
6. Settling in the Sulphur Forks
7. Clarksville: The Gateway to Texas
8. Conflict with Native Americans
9. The Texas Rangers: Defending the Frontier
10. The Cherokee War
11. John B. Denton: Lawyer and Family Man
12. The Regulator–Moderator War and the Election of 1840
13. Indian Conflicts in Northeast Texas
14. The Ripley Massacre and the Tarrant Expedition
15. The Battle of Village Creek
16. Aftermath of the Battle and the Creation of Denton County
17. John B. Denton’s Will and Estate
18. Honoring John B. Denton
19. Rev. William H. Allen’s Report on Denton’s Bones
20. The Reburial of a Hero
21. The Martyrdom of John B. Denton
22. Who Is Buried in Denton’s Tomb?
23. An Alternate Explanation for the Denton Bones
24. Art Imitating Life: Alfred W. Arrington—Pulp Westerner
25. Rev. Paul Denton and the “Apostrophe to Water”
26. John Denton and the Murder Trial of Mary Denton
27. John B. Denton’s Legacy
Afterword
Appendix 1: Alfred W. Arrington: Preacher, Poet, Lawyer, Scoundrel
Appendix 2: Tarrant Expedition Muster Roll
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
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