it would be over the dead body of John Stiles". Some tradition has it now that some of the paraphernalia of Santa Anna fell into the hands of Old Man John Stiles at the time he held Santa Anna a prisoner. He was said to have a Masonic apron or some Masonic regalia. This is only tradition, yet these articles are now in the hands of some of the descendants of Old Man John Stiles; however, it remains to be proven that Santa Anna himself was a Mason. (He was a Mason -- editor.)

While at Jonesboro to map Crockett's trail into Texas I found an old marble slab [photo] marking the grave of Mrs. William H. Gill, which seems to be the only grave marker left at Jonesboro. This grave was made at the time when old Jonesboro was fast disappearing. Formerly I presented those old copies of records filed at Jonesboro while the county seat of Miller County. This was done because of the dated recorded facts and they stand to prove the period of time, showing the controversy between the United States representatives and the claims of the Republic of Texas as to territorial jurisdiction. Numbers of these documents were signed by very prominent early settlers of Red River County. The epitaph on the slab is as follows: