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Misses and Mistresses in the Feud Era

 

In the depositions for the Torpin case, which contested the validity of he sale of the Grapevine lands by Devil Anse, Joseph Simpkins, a local teacher and notary testified that Anse once put up Wall’s girlfriend for three or four years. He testified that after Anse moved from his Grapevine home to the Cline home place, Sally Christian occupied Anse’s old home for a time. Simpkins said that Sally was “a Miss of Wall Hatfield’s.”

This story can be read in my book, “Lies, Damned Lies, and Feud Tales.”  https://tinyurl.com/ycqlg3oy