Jesse James in Texas?

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: Thanks for stopping by. My name is Kathy Reynard. My husband Paul is the great-grandson of Harriet Elizabeth Courtney Black, the only sister of James Lafayette Courtney. One of James L. Courtney's great granddaughters, Betty Dorsett Duke, has written a book, Jesse James Lived and Died In Texas, in which she claims that Jesse faked his death, assumed the James L. Courtney name, then moved to Texas where he lived to a ripe old age. Her evidence is circumstantial and much of it has been refuted, but on a recently established website she repeats all the old claims. I will present the position of the Courtney family here, with photographs and source documentation, so you can make up your own mind about the validity of Mrs. Duke's claim.

This is the flag -- designed in 1861 -- under which James L. Courtney proudly served in the United States Army.

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