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Title	"Thrilling Scenes in Texas", Ashcraft
Subject	Regulator-Moderator War Reminiscing
Description	"Thrilling Scenes in Texas" typescript Will Woldert Jr., May 1, 1825.
Date	May 1, 1825
Location	Texas Louisiana
Collection	Levi Henderson Ashcraft Reminiscences
Collection Identifer	A60, Box1, Folder1
Collection Link	http://library.sfasu.edu/findingaids/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=235
Biographical Note	Levi Henderson Ashcraft was born September 25, 1803, in Henderson City, North Carolina. A lawyer and physician, he came to Texas in 1838, settling in Shelbyville, which was then the county seat of Shelby County. Family tradition relates that during the Regulator-Moderator War in Shelby County, he rode between the two factions on a white horse so he would be easily recognized when going to treat the wounded on either side. He died in Tyler June, 1853. (Ashcraft, Dr. Levi Henderson, History of Shelby County, Texas, Ericson Books, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1998).
Scope and Content Note	This collection contains the reminiscences of Levi Ashcraft during the turbulent years from 1838-1855 in Louisiana and East Texas. Ashcraft's reminiscences begin with an account of abuses of the legal system arising from the influx of lawless characters into the Neutral Ground between Texas and Louisiana. He writes of the murder of Joseph G. Goodbread by Charles W. Jackson, who, upon being acquitted of the murder, formed the band of Regulators to suppress crime. When the Regulators began to get out of hand, punishing whomever they pleased for alleged offenses, Edward Merchant organized a rival band of Moderators. As the two groups increased in size, there were murders, retaliations, and widespread fighting. Upon the death of Jackson, Charles Watt Moorman took control of the Regulators. Moorman and his faction subjected Shelby County to a reign of terror as men were ambushed, hung without trial, and families were driven from their homes. In 1844 Sam Houston came to East Texas to settle the dispute and sent in 600 militia to quell the violence. In his reminiscences, Ashcraft describes the ensuing battle and precarious peace of the following two years. He also relates the rest of Moorman's career, the hostilities between Moorman's mistress, Mrs. Wiseman, and Dr. Robert Burns which persisted from 1846 to 1850 when Dr. Burns shot Moorman in Logansport, Louisiana. Burns was tried and acquitted in Mansfield, Louisiana, as everyone was relieved to be rid of Moorman. Ashcraft ends his narrative with a description of the then peaceful Shelby County, the desertion of Shelbyville, and praise and optimism for the state of Texas.
Associated Dates	1830-1839 1840-1849 1850-1859
Type	Diaries & Journals
Format	JPEG
Repository	East Texas Research Center
Repository Link	http://library.sfasu.edu/etrc/
Rights	This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is available for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the East Texas Research Center at asketrc@sfasu.edu.

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Title	"Thrilling Scenes in Texas", Ashcraft, Page 1
Collection Identifer	A60, Box1, Folder1
Rights	This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is available for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the East Texas Research Center at asketrc@sfasu.edu.

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