THE HEATHERLY WAR 1836/37 (See background information following the roster) 214 soldiers ADAMS, MARTIN Sconce ADAMSON, SAMUEL Sconce ALLEN, GEORGE W. Pollards ALLEN, JAMES Sconce ALLEN, JOHN Pollards ALLEN, NATHENAL V. Pollards ALLEN, WILLIAM Pollards ALLEN, WILLIAM Sconce ALLISON, JAMES Sconce ALLISON, JAMES L. Pollards ALLISON, WILLIAM Pollards ARTMAN, MICHAEL Sconce BAILES, WILLIAM Pollards BAILUS, PERRY Pollards BAILY, JAMES Pollards BAKER, JOHN Sconce BARROW, THOMAS Sconce BASHEAR, A.D. Sconce BRAADHURST, HUEY Pollards BREWER, WILLIAM E. Pollards BROCKMAN, WILLIAM W. Sconce BROWN, HENRY Sconce BROWN, JOHN Sconce BROWN, JOSEPH Sconce BROWN, THOMAS Sconce BROWN, WILLIAM Sconce BURGESS, ELIJAH Sconce BUTTS, HAZIE L. Sconce BUTTS, THOMAS N. Sconce BUTTS, THOS A. Sconce CARTWRIGHT, WILLIS Pollards CATEZ, F. Pollards CAUDLE, HUGH Pollards CHAPMAN, GEO W. Pollards CLEMMENT, ABSOLOM Sconce CLEMMENT, WM. Sconce CLEMMUTTS, WM Sconce CLEVENGER, ARCH Sconce CLEVENGER, MOSES Sconce CLEVENGER, SAMUEL Sconce CLEVINGER, PITTMAN Sconce CLEVINGER, THOMAS Pollards COLE, G.G. Sconce COLELISON, ALLEN Sconce COMER, JOHN B. Sconce COMER, NATHAN Sconce CONNER, JOSEPH Pollards CONNOR, SHADRACK Pollards COOPER, JOHN Sconce COVEY, ROBERT Sconce CREASON, MERCY Sconce CROSLIN, WILLIAM Sconce DICKIE, JNO W. Pollards DONAWAY, LEWIS Sconce EARRICKSON, JAS W. Sconce ELLIOTT, E.W. Pollards ELLIS, A.J. Sconce FIELD, WILLIAM Pollards FIELDS, BENJAMIN Sconce FORTUNE, JAMES D. Sconce FOWLER, THOS B. Sconce FRAZIER, WALKER Pollards FRICKES, JOSEPH Sconce FULTON, JAMES Pollards GLOVER, JOHN Pollards GNEBB, B.J. Pollards GNIBB, W.P. Pollards GOODE, LINDSEY P. Sconce GRAY, JOEL Pollards GRAYAM, ACOM Sconce GRAYAM, HENRY F. Pollards GREEN, GEORGE H. Pollards GUDGEL, JOHN T. Pollards HALE, ISAC Sconce HAMILTON, JOHN C. Sconce HAMILTON, T.I. Pollards HAMILTON, WM B. Pollards HANNAH, ROBERT Sconce HARRISON, BENJ K. Pollards HENLY, ISRAEL R. Pollards HERVEY, JAMES Sconce HILL, HENRY Pollards HILL, JOHN Pollards HOCKENSMITH, K.D. Pollards HOLMAN, JOHN H. Pollards HOWEL, GEORGE Pollards HUDGEN, WILLIAM B. Pollards HUNT, HENRY Pollards JACKSON, ASA Pollards JACKSON, GAINS Sconce JACOBS, H.P. Pollards JACOBS, HENRY Sconce JACOBS, JOEL Pollards JACOBS, WM, M. Pollards KEINEY, JAMES Sconce KEYS, JOHN Pollards KINCAID, JAMES Sconce LAMB, JOSHUA Sconce LEBO, SAMUEL Pollards LEE, JOHN Sconce LINVILLE, JOHN SR. Pollards LISLE, H.W. Pollards LISLE, MALACHI Sconce LONG, HUSTON Sconce LOW, SAMUEL Sconce MANN, JESSE M. Pollards MAUPIN, HOWARD Sconce MAYBERRY, WILLIAM Pollards MCCHRISTIAN, BEN F. Sconce MCCHRISTIAN, JOHN C. Sconce MCCHRISTIAN, THOMAS Sconce MCCROSKIE, ROBT. L. Sconce MCCULLOCH, H.I. Pollards MCCUSTION, A. 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div MCCUSTION, N. 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div MCGEE, ROBT K. Pollards MCGILL, LORENZO Pollards MCLAUGHLIN, EPHRIAM Sconce MILLSTEAD, CAMPBELL Sconce MINOR, JOHN N. Sconce MOREHEAD, OSCAR B. Pollards MORRIS, PETER Pollards MURRAY, HENDERSON Pollards NANCE, CLEMMENTS Sconce NANCE, JACKSON Sconce NUCKLES, LORENZO D. Sconce ODELL, ISAAC Sconce ODELL, JAMES Sconce ODELL, JOHN Sconce OLIVER, M. Pollards OLIVER, SAMUEL A. Pollards OLMSTEAD, HARVEY Sconce PARKS, HIRAM G. 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div PATTON, A.F. Pollards PETTY, FRANCIS Sconce PHILLIPS, JESSE Sconce PHILLIPS, WILLIAM Sconce POLLARD, THOS W. Pollards POLLARD, W.C. 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div PRICHARD, BENJ Sconce QUENER, MADISON Pollards RAGLIN, JOHN Sconce RAINS, CASWELL Pollards RALPH, A.B. 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div RAMSEY, JAMES M. 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div RELPH, ISAAC Sconce REMLY, ADAM Sconce REMLY, JACOB Sconce RENFROW, JAS C. Sconce RENFROW, JOHN Pollards RIFFE, JACOB 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div RIGGS, DANIEL Sconce RIPLEY, AMBROSE Pollards ROAN, MATTHEW Sconce ROBISON, WILLIAM Pollards ROLAND, JOHN Sconce RUSE, ISAM Pollards SCONCE, JNO 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div SHARP, HARVEY Sconce SHREWSBERRY, CHAS R. Pollards SLOVER, ROBERT D. Pollards SMITH, DANIEL Sconce SMITH, JAMES P. 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div SMITH, JOSHUA Pollards SNODEN, J.H. Pollards SNODEN, JACOB Pollards SNODEN, ROBERT Pollards STEWARD, GIBSON Sconce STOLLINGS, JACOB Sconce STONE, SILAS H. Pollards STRATTON, GABRIEL Sconce TARWATER, JACOB Pollards TARWATER, STEPHEN Pollards TATE, RICHARD Sconce TAYLOR, BENJAMINE Pollards TAYLOR, CHRIST Pollards TAYLOR, E.B. Pollards TAYLOR, GEORGE Pollards TAYLOR, JAMES Pollards TAYLOR, WILLIAM Pollards TELLFORD, THOMAS E. Sconce THOMPSON, ALLEN Sconce TUCKER, DANIEL H. Sconce TURNER, HENRY Pollards VANBEBER, JAMES Pollards VANBEBER, PETER Sconce VANBEBER, WILLIAM Sconce VANDERPOOL, ANTONY Pollards VANDERPOOL, JOHN Pollards VANDERPOOL, JOHN JR. Pollards VANDERPOOL, LEVI Pollards VANDERPOOL, SAML. Pollards VANDERPOOL, TILLFORD Pollards VANDERPOOL, WINANT Pollards VANLANDINGHAM, H. 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div WARDER, JOHN B. 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div WELLS, JAMES Sconce WILCHER, SAMUEL Pollards WILDS, HENRY Sconce WILHUGHT, MCKENZIE Pollards WILLIAMS, ALFORD Pollards WILLIAMS, JOHN A. 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div WILLIAMS, THOMAS Pollards WILSON, FLEMMING W. Pollards WILSON, ISAAC H. Pollards WILSON, JAMES W.C. Pollards WILSON, MCLAIN Pollards WILSON, SIMON H. Pollards WINNAGIN, SHARPE Pollards WOODS, JAMES Sconce WOODWARD, GEORGE 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div YEATES, WM. B. 22nd Reg't 2nd Brig 1st Div YEATES, WM. B. Sconce YOCOMB, ALDIS Sconce The HEATHERLY WAR author, Annalou Mack. http://wwww.helium.com/items/991844-history-of-missouri-the-heatherly-family In early pioneer times the American frontier was attractive to outlaws and desperadoes as well as to the law-abiding citizens who populated it. One such group of disreputable people was a family by the name of Heatherly. They migrated from Kentucky into the upper regions of Grand River in the area that later became Grundy County, Missouri. The family was composed of a father, mother, four sons and a daughter. Their cabin, way out on the frontier, was a hang-out for all sorts of hard characters, robbers and thieves. Living with the Heatherlys were three or four young men of doubtful reputation who it was rumored had fled other states to escape capture for their crimes. The sudden disappearance of many explorers and land seekers was firmly laid on this family. It is probable that many of the tales were fabrications, but the telling certainly lent credence to the bad reputation of this villainous group. In the spring of 1836 the Heatherlys learned that a hunting party of Iowa Indians were on the east fork of Grand River. They devised a plan in which they would go to the Indian camp, steal their horses, take the horses south to more populated areas and sell them. In June they began to carry out this plan. Stealthily they crept up to the place where the horses were turned out to graze. After rounding up several of the animals they managed to escape with them for a time. Soon, however, the hunting party overtook them and demanded the return of their property. When this was not readily complied with, the Indians opened fire on the thieves. One of the Heatherly group, a man by the name of Thomas, was killed. Thinking it best to return the stolen horses to the rightful owners, the thieves retreated before any more casualties were incurred. Having failed at their deceitful plan, the Heatherlys began to work on a course of action to retaliate against the Indians. They did not want the hunting party to tell the white settlers the real tale of what happened. It was suspected that one of the group, a man by the name of Dunbar, could not be trusted. A few days later other settlers found his murdered body. The Heatherlys claimed that he had been killed by the Indians who were in the country murdering and robbing. At first this caused great excitement among the people in the area because it was known that the Indians were in the area and the story was believed. As a result, the district militia forces were ordered out and moved rapidly to the scene of the reported trouble. All of the area was thoroughly scoured for signs of Indian unrest. A scouting party found the camp of the Indians who were perfectly peaceable. After an investigation into the situation the army was satisfied that the Indians were not hostile and were in fact innocent of the offenses alleged against them. Examination into the affair traced the crimes alleged against the Indians to be actually committed by the Heatherlys. Warrants for their arrest were issued. They were apprehended and preliminary indictments were delivered against them for the murder of James Dunbar. Feelings were running high in the area and there was talk of lynching them. The whole group was delivered into the custody of the sheriff of Ray County and the trouble settled down. In 1837 the Heatherly family was brought to trial but as there was not enough evidence to convict them they were freed. This ended the "Heatherly War." There is no record of what happened to the family after this. It is speculated that they moved on to another area of the country. At least nothing more was heard about them in North Missouri.