ORNERY PEOPLE:
The anecdote about Col. Benjamin Cleveland and the capture of two horse thieves.
Cleveland hanged one and then offered the other a choice—he could either join his partner at the end of a rope or take a case knife, cut off his own ears, and never show his face in that neck of the woods again. The thief took the knife, sharpened it on a brick, gritted his teeth, and set to work.
My kinsman John Sparks served with Benj Cleveland and my kinsman William Spark served with Benjamin's son John Cleveland.
The anecdote about Col. Benjamin Cleveland and the capture of two horse thieves.
Cleveland hanged one and then offered the other a choice—he could either join his partner at the end of a rope or take a case knife, cut off his own ears, and never show his face in that neck of the woods again. The thief took the knife, sharpened it on a brick, gritted his teeth, and set to work.
My kinsman John Sparks served with Benj Cleveland and my kinsman William Spark served with Benjamin's son John Cleveland.
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