Because of the Amount of Inquiry I receive about his locally famous Feud I have included this information on this web site. All of the writings on this page are the Opinion of the Writer and only a few documents remain to reflect the occurances of that time. I have tried to show an full compliment of reading if anyone wants to read moreand develop their own opinion.Please see the bibliography at the bottom of the page.

• The Traditional Story -Bob Lee Side
• Letter by Mrs. John Lee in 1925.
• Bob Lee's Painting & the Series of Paintings by Artist Maryln Todd Daniels of Whitewright

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 CAPT.Bob Lee's Letter to the Bonham News
June 26, 1868 explaining his situation
in his own words.


 Here is a site with letters and opinions from the
Peacock (pro Union )Side of the Feud,  From the Boren Descendants
At this time it is the only  website devoted to the subject
that I have seen.


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A note of trivia from 'Ranger  Bob': For what it is worth . . .

Within the film, Outlaw Josie Wales (1976), there is a scene where a storekeeper says, " . . . Captain Bob Lee (even?) still fightin' over in Fannin County . . . "

Bibliography


•  Handbook of Texas Online:Feuds

Includes a mention of the Lee-Peacock Feud & others
that happened at the same time & why they happened.
• A History of Grayson County, Texas by Mattie Davis Lucas and Mita Holsapple Hall . 1936 Has a good look of the atmosphere and problems in the area during the war and the difficult era of Reconstruction.
• Murder at the Corners written by Gladys B.Ray ;This book is about the feud and is avail. newly reprinted at the Whitewright Public Library.
• a review of this book.
• Legends of the Red River Valley by  (Gladys )Bright Ray published by the Naylor Company in 1941
• I'll Die Before I'll Run the story of the great feuds of Texas by C. L. Sonnichsen  1951 copywrite 1962 original publish date. 350pp. (34pp.)
• Frontier Times , Available through the  University of Texas, Austin. One article is in this website. The letter appearing in Feb. of 1925
• Fictional account called  The First Fast Draw by famous western author Louis Lamour recounts the  feud.
• Murder & Mayhem by Smallwood, James M., and Barry A. Crouch, and Larry Peacock, 2003.