Edward Cornett married Miss Margaret Murphy on 13 June 1859 at her parent's home at Murphy's Station in far east Young County, Texas. Young County Marriage Records, Book A, Volume 1, page 17. She left with a reservation Indian in 1859 according to family history.
Edward Cornett was indicted for the murder of Major Robert Simpson Neighbors on 24 January 1860. His brother-in-law, Patrick Murphy served on the grand jury who indicted him. He was never tried. There were three eyewitnesses of the murder from the Grand Jury accounts but none of the eyewitnesses testified at the grand jury proceedings.
Edward Cornett was killed by Sheriff Woolffarth and his posse while trying to arrest Mr. Cornett for the attempted murder of his father, Dennis Murphy according to sworn statements by the sheriff and his posse in the county records.
James "Blu" Terrell, Henry C. William, and David "Uncle Dink" Allen often told the story of Edward Cornett during the Kutch-Manning Reunions according to Young County records.
James "Blu" Terrell located the grave in the plains north of Graham and south of the Loving community from the correspondence of Young County Sheriff Edward Wolffarth who at the time was Sheriff of Jack County. Mr. Cornett's grave location is known.
Contributed by Dorman Holub
The article from the Dallas newspaper is interesting but "fake news". Edward Cornett's wife had already left him by August 1859 according to his brother-in-law, Patrick Murphy's writings.
Edward Cornett was indicted for the murder of Major Robert Simpson Neighbors on 24 January 1860. His brother-in-law, Patrick Murphy served on the grand jury who indicted him. He was never tried. There were three eyewitnesses of the murder from the Grand Jury accounts but none of the eyewitnesses testified at the grand jury proceedings.
Edward Cornett was killed by Sheriff Woolffarth and his posse while trying to arrest Mr. Cornett for the attempted murder of his father, Dennis Murphy according to sworn statements by the sheriff and his posse in the county records.
James "Blu" Terrell, Henry C. William, and David "Uncle Dink" Allen often told the story of Edward Cornett during the Kutch-Manning Reunions according to Young County records.
James "Blu" Terrell located the grave in the plains north of Graham and south of the Loving community from the correspondence of Young County Sheriff Edward Wolffarth who at the time was Sheriff of Jack County. Mr. Cornett's grave location is known.
Contributed by Dorman Holub
The article from the Dallas newspaper is interesting but "fake news". Edward Cornett's wife had already left him by August 1859 according to his brother-in-law, Patrick Murphy's writings.
Edward Cornett married Miss Margaret Murphy on 13 June 1859 at her parent's home at Murphy's Station in far east Young County, Texas. Young County Marriage Records, Book A, Volume 1, page 17. She left with a reservation Indian in 1859 according to family history.
Edward Cornett was indicted for the murder of Major Robert Simpson Neighbors on 24 January 1860. His brother-in-law, Patrick Murphy served on the grand jury who indicted him. He was never tried. There were three eyewitnesses of the murder from the Grand Jury accounts but none of the eyewitnesses testified at the grand jury proceedings.
Edward Cornett was killed by Sheriff Woolffarth and his posse while trying to arrest Mr. Cornett for the attempted murder of his father, Dennis Murphy according to sworn statements by the sheriff and his posse in the county records.
James "Blu" Terrell, Henry C. William, and David "Uncle Dink" Allen often told the story of Edward Cornett during the Kutch-Manning Reunions according to Young County records.
James "Blu" Terrell located the grave in the plains north of Graham and south of the Loving community from the correspondence of Young County Sheriff Edward Wolffarth who at the time was Sheriff of Jack County. Mr. Cornett's grave location is known.
Contributed by Dorman Holub
The article from the Dallas newspaper is interesting but "fake news". Edward Cornett's wife had already left him by August 1859 according to his brother-in-law, Patrick Murphy's writings.
Edward Cornett was indicted for the murder of Major Robert Simpson Neighbors on 24 January 1860. His brother-in-law, Patrick Murphy served on the grand jury who indicted him. He was never tried. There were three eyewitnesses of the murder from the Grand Jury accounts but none of the eyewitnesses testified at the grand jury proceedings.
Edward Cornett was killed by Sheriff Woolffarth and his posse while trying to arrest Mr. Cornett for the attempted murder of his father, Dennis Murphy according to sworn statements by the sheriff and his posse in the county records.
James "Blu" Terrell, Henry C. William, and David "Uncle Dink" Allen often told the story of Edward Cornett during the Kutch-Manning Reunions according to Young County records.
James "Blu" Terrell located the grave in the plains north of Graham and south of the Loving community from the correspondence of Young County Sheriff Edward Wolffarth who at the time was Sheriff of Jack County. Mr. Cornett's grave location is known.
Contributed by Dorman Holub
The article from the Dallas newspaper is interesting but "fake news". Edward Cornett's wife had already left him by August 1859 according to his brother-in-law, Patrick Murphy's writings.
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