Thomas &/or Ernie,
From information I have gathered from various books, the men killed near
Lone Jack, Missouri on 6 Sept 1863 were as follows;
William "Calvin" Tate, age 32
Benjamin Potter, age 75
David or John David Hunter, age 32 (son-in-law of Benj. Potter)
William J. Hunter, age 18 (brother of David)
Andrew T. Owsley, age 17 (nephew of David & Wm. Hunter)
John S. Cave, age 60 (bro-in-law of David & Wm Hunter, & uncle of Andrew
Owsley)
As they were preparing to leave the county to comply with Order # 11 (this
order required that all residents of the Missouri counties of Cass, Bates,
Jackson and part of Vernon to "remove out of this district"; issued 25 Aug
1863, the residents were given 15 days to comply) They were taken from their
homes by a squad of soldiers belonging to the 9th Kansas Regiment, under the
command of Captain C.F. Coleman and taken to a nearby farm (the John Roupe
farm, whose owner had already left the county); where Colonel Clark had set
up camp. Although they had never taken an active part in the war, (except
for David Hunter, who had served a few days at the very beginning of the
war) they were known southern sympathizers; for this, they were murdered in
cold blood. John Hunter, the 75 year old father of David and William, and a
neighbor Martin Rice (father-in-law of Wm."Calvin" Tate) were left to
hurriedly bury the bodies of their fallen family members, while their newly
widowed wives and orphaned children were forced to continue packing their
belongings in order to vacate their homes.
It is written that "the soldiers were reluctant to kill Mr. Potter, but a
youth volunteered for the deed."
David Hunter, who was a large man, attempted to flee but was "felled in
the edge of the timber --".
Andrew Owsley, who was trying to carry on the family responsibilities for
his father, while he was away fighting in the Confederate Army, also
attempted to escape; "but a voice cried out, 'Five dollars to the man who
drops the boy,--' "
Calvin Tate "--left his wife, Martha, and three small children."
John S. Cave "asked permission to pray. Whether it was granted or not, we
do not know." John's widow, Nancy (Hunter) Cave (who was pregnant at the
time of his murder) and his six children who were still at home (he also had
a son in the Confederate Army in Arkansas) spent the next year in an
abandoned house near Dover, Missouri; it is here, his son, William "Will"
Cave, was born.
It is also written that Colonel Clark had later cried and said, "Those
were innocent men. I could have saved them and I didn't." He supposedly had
also told Captain Coleman, "they were innocent and that their blood would be
on Coleman's hands alone."
Two of the books from which I have gathered the above information are,
"What I Saw of Order Number Eleven --" compiled by Fabius "Fabe"
Martin
Butler, the great grand son of Martin Rice, from the book "Rural Rhymes and
Talk and Tales of Olden Times" written by Martin Rice; and "Order Number
11"
written by Joanne Chiles Eakin.
John S. Cave is the son of Bartlett Cave and brother of Galen Cave who
came with other families from in and around Surry county, North Carolina, to
the area which came to be known as "Lone Jack", in 1836.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Travelback4u(a)aol.com>
To: <CAVE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 3:44 PM
Subject: [CAVE] Lone Jack, MO
Subj: Re: [HATFIELD] St. Clair County/Missouri
Date: 7/17/00 1:42:12 PM Central Daylight Time
From: EPERRY4616
To: Travelback4u
Thomas --
I wish I could help you more but most of the information I have about the
Caves came from the websites I gave you earlier. However, I might suggest
that you take a look at Lone Jack, MO as well. Believe that the Caves who
lived there were related to a family named Hunter of that same area during
the Civil War. In fact one of the Owsley kids (age 17) and about 7-10
others
were taken out by Union/Vigilantes or bushwhackers and shot. A
treacherous
act without provocation but then there were many of them on both sides.
There is quite a story about them around Lone Jack which is a small
village
located just south and a bit east of Kansas City. KC is rapidly
expanding
into that area now. Your library might be able to help you there.
Goodluck,
Ernie
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