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283 Endnotes CHAPTER 1 1. Steve Gatto, Johnny Ringo (Lansing, Michigan: Protar House, 2002), 171. Hereafter cited as Gatto, Ringo. 2. Walter Noble Burns, Tombstone: An Iliad of the Southwest (1927; repr. New York: Ballantine Books, 1974), 94. Hereafter cited as Burns. 3. Jeffrey J. Morey, “The Curious Vendetta of Glenn G. Boyer,” National Association of Outlaw and Lawman History Quarterly 18, no. 4 (1994): 22. Hereafter cited as NOLA Quarterly. 4. Burns, 95. 5. Grace McCool to the author, October 4, 1982. 6. The word Walloon has its origins in the Flemish words wal (foreign) and oon (one), literally “foreign one.” The term was used to differentiate the French speaking residents of Flanders from the Flemish speakers. 7. J. B. Collins to B. M. Jacobs, July 17, 1880, University of Arizona Special Collections , Tucson, Arizona. 8. Several individuals incorrectly believed Burtis and Hannah Rector were John’s ancestors. Another theory was advanced that John Ringo of Arizona was not John Ringgold of Texas. The name Ringo has been spelled in various ways over the centuries, but Ringgold is not found in the old archives. It was used incorrectly by the contemporary press. C. F. Eckhardt, “The Real Johnny Ringo Legend Not Square with the Facts,” Tombstone Epitaph (National Edition), August 1994; Allen Erwin to Thos. C. Ferguson dated November 27, 1970. Courtesy Pete Rose who obtained the letter from Mr. Ferguson. Copy in author’s files; Ben F. Traywick , John Peters Ringo—Mythical Gunfighter (Tombstone, Arizona: Red Marie’s Bookstore, 1987), 2; hereafter cited as Traywick, Ringo; Larry King, Rector Records (Hendersonville, Tennessee: Privately Published, 1986), 8; David Leer Ringo, The Ringos in Europe, Ringo Family History Series 1, Part 1 (Alhambra, California: The Freeborn Family Organization, 1984), 39. 9. David Leer Ringo, ed., The Line of Descent From Major Ringo, Ringo Family History Series 5 (Alhambra, California:The Freeborn Family Organization, Inc.), 1981, 5. Hereafter cited as Major Ringo. 10. Wayne County, Indiana, Deed Records, Volume A, 426. 11. Wayne County, Indiana, 1820 Census. 284 Endnotes 12. 1884 History of Wayne County, Indiana, Volume 2 (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co., 1884), 320. Andrew White Young’s History of Wayne County, Indiana, dates this church’s formation in 1823. See Young, 171. Centerville was originally known as “Centreville.” The spelling “Centerville” has been used throughout the text. 13. Ibid., Volume 1, 448. 14. Wayne County, Indiana, Deed Records, Volume F, 168. 15. Ibid., Volume F, 179. 16.The Ringo family also referred to Melissa as “Manica.” In a letter to the author, Phillip Ault identified her clearly as Manice Jane Ringo. Her birthdate is alternatively given as January 27, 1826. She married Elias F. Halliday. Pugh Ringo died April 12, 1828. 17. Wayne County, Indiana, 1830 Census. 18. Wayne County, Indiana, 1840 Census. 19. Daniel Ringo was born October 27, 1803, to Major Ringo and Elizabeth Hazelrigg. By the 1820s he had moved to Arkansas where he married Mary Ann Cocke. Daniel served as chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1836 to 1844. Later he served as a United States district judge. He died at Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 3, 1873. 20. Pulaski County, Arkansas, Will Records, Book C, 131–135. 21. John R. Funk was born August 3, 1808, in Virginia. 22. Major Ringo, 11. 23. Indiana True Republican, April 12, 1860. 24. Samuel H. Ringo, a younger brother of Major Ringo, was born March 16, 1761, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The family eventually moved to Howard County, Missouri. The date of Samuel’s death has not been determined with certainty but it probably was around 1827. 25. Traywick, Ringo, 3. 26. Jack Burrows, John Ringo—The Gunfighter Who Never Was (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1987), 119. Hereafter cited as Burrows, Gunfighter. 27. Tombstone Epitaph, July 22, 1882. 28. Liberty (Missouri) Tribune, August 17, 1860. 29. Wilma Chappell and William K. Hall, The Simms Family of Stafford County, Virginia (St. Louis: n. p., 1969), 38. Hereafter cited as Simms Family. 30. David Leer Ringo, ed., The Line of Descent from Samuel H. Ringo, Ringo Family History Series (Hereafter RFHS) 7 (Alhambra, California: The Freeborn Family Organization, 1981), 9. 31. Liberty Tribune, July 27, 1860; Simms Family, 38. The author references Missouri Democracy—A History; Volume 3, which notes: “John R. Peters, brother of Ira Peters, was an early settler of Liberty and served as sheriff of Clay country [sic]. His brother Ashby was the father of Mason S. Peters...

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