Dalton Gang visited Red Rock Texas

Thanks to a tip that the Dalton Gang visited the Osborn farm, I found the possible reason why:



Calvin Jasper Nite was the son of John Edward Nite and Lucy Stepp. Calvin's brother was James Monroe Nite. 1. James Monroe Nite had sons Jim (AKA James Nite) and Bill (AKA Christopher Columbus Nite) who rode with the Dalton gang. Jim (born in Elm Creek, Gonzales Texas ) and Bill's sister Frances Octavia Nite married John Lipscomb Medearis and they lived in Onion Creek, Travis Co, TX. Christopher Columbus Nite AKA Bill Nite was born in Jeddo, TX in 1869.

2. Thomas C Nite, who lived in Red Rock, was the son of Calvin Jasper Knight. He lived near the Petty's.

Winnie Nite who married Lonnie Osborn, son of Hiram Osborn and Anna Hendrix (dau of Morgan Hendrix), and Ella Nite who married Sam Voight (son of Gustaf A), were granddaughters of Calvin Nite, and their great uncle was James Monroe Nite. Jim and Bill (of the Dalton gang) were 1st cousins of their father Thomas C Nite.



Jim and Bill Nite:

They joined the Dalton gang late in their careers. Bill was shot during a robbery in Longview in 1894. Jim was sent to prison in Walker Co, TX. He escaped (after 1910 because I found him on that census) and continued his ways.



Remarks:

1. After gunfights and prison ended the careers of his famous brothers -- Bob, Frank, Gratton and Emmett -- Bill Dalton became obsessed with the idea of making his own name more prominent than that of his brothers. Bill soon joined Bill Doolin, a former member of his brothers gang, and together they formed a new gang of motley group of misfits, including Jim Wallace, a cowboy with the habit of deserting his women; Jim Nite, a loafer from Oklahoma; and Bill Nite, Jim's young brother. Together, they vowed to take East Texas by storm.

The two Nite brothers were found by lawmen in Guadalupe County, Texas, where they were shot. Bill died instantly and Jim was seriously wounded. In 1897, Jim was returned to East Texas to stand trial for the bank robbery and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Texas Gov. Oscar B. Colquitt granted Nite a pardon, but he was later killed in a Tulsa saloon fight.

2.Bill Dalton was not present at the Southwest City robbery, he had left the Wild Bunch and formed his own gang that spring. On May 23, 1894 Jim Wallace, Big Asa Knight, Jim Knight, and George Bennett joined up with Bill Dalton to rob the First National Bank in Longview, TX. Bennett is killed and 1 citizen was killed and 3 were wounded in the attempted getaway. The law trailed Bill Dalton to his hideout near Ardmore, I. T. and surprise and kill him on the morning of June 8, 1894.



1860 Houston Co, TX Alabama PO p 255

672 Lucy Knight 50 GA, Calvin 27 AL, John 2 TX, Sam Houston 13 TX #673 James Knight 30 Tn, Martha 21 LA, Lucy 3 TX, Esterlee 1 TX



1870 Grimes co TX 1st pct p315

1640 Jasper Knight 38 AL, Mary 36 AL, John 12 TX, William 7 TX, Frances 5 TX, Thomas 4 TX, Martha 1 TX



1880 Gonzales Texas

Calvin J. KNIGHT Self M Male W 48 AL Works On Farm --- --- , Mary C. KNIGHT Wife M Female W 36 GA Keeping House SC SC , John D. KNIGHT Son S Male W 21 TX Works On Farm AL AL , William J. KNIGHT Son S Male W 17 TX At Home AL GA , Francis A. KNIGHT Dau S Female W 15 TX At School AL GA , Thomas C. KNIGHT Son S Male W 13 TX At School AL GA , Martha J. KNIGHT Dau S Female W 11 TX AL GA



Lucy C. KNIGHT Dau S Female W 7 TX AL GA , Henry E. KNIGHT Son S Male W 4 TX AL GA , Sam E. KNIGHT Son S Male W 2 TX AL GA , Lou E. BROWN Other S Female B 4 TX GA GA , Cora BROWN Other S Female B 7M TX GA GA

Census Place District 69, Gonzales, Texas

Page Number 426C



1900 Fayette Co, TX 5pct p47

311 Thomas Nite 1866 33 TX AL SC, Addie? 9/1872 27 5/5 TX AR TX, Essie? dau 1889 10 TX TX TX, William son 11/1891 8 TX TX TX, Erasmus son 1893 6 TX TX TX, Ellen dau 12/1895 4 TX TX TX, Milton son 11/1899 1 TX TX TX



1900 Bastrop Smithville p78

569 William Nite 11/1867 37 TX AL TX, Sarah wife 9/1871 TX KY TX, Nite, Katie dau 1887 13 TX TX TX, Lucy 11 TX TX TX



1910 Bastrop 7th pct p253

231 Thomas C Nite 43 m1 22 TX AL SC, Rhoda A 37 m1 22 9/9 TX AR TX, William C 28 TX TX TX, Erasmus W 16 TX TX TX, Ella 14 TX TX TX, Milton W 11 TX TX TX, Oscar R 9 TX TX TX, Viola 6 TX TX TX, Winnie V 3 TX TX TX, Allie M 6/12 TX TX TX



1910 Walker Co, TX

State penitentury huntsville p59

Jim Nite 35 TX AL TX



1920 Red Rock, Bastrop, TX p254

102 T C Nite 53 TX US US, Rhoda 47 TX AR TX, Dacar? son 18 TX TX TX, Viola 16 TX TX TX, Nannie? dau 13 TX TX TX, Allienga dau 10 TX TX TX, Lennah? dau 7 TX TX TX, Ethel dau 4 TX TX TX



1910 Bastrop Texas, 7pct, p246

109 Hiram J Osborn 29 m1 1 TX TX TX, Annie C nee Hendrix wife 21 m1 1 1/1 TX TX TX, Lonnie L son 4/12 TX TX TX



1920 Bastrop, Bastrop, Texas p260

27 Hiram Osborn 38 TX TX TX, Annie C nee Hendrix 31 TX TX TX, Lonnie son 10 TX TX TX, Sarah? Hendrix sister in law 14 TX TX TX, Morris Hendrix brother in law 10 TX TX TX