I am trying to locate any possible outlaw connection for my great grandfather, Jasper Nelson and his brother James.My problem stems from the wealth these two men, seemed to aquire during their stay in Montgomery County, KS between 1865 and 1871.
I cannot find a source of the funds they used to buy uch land in Braxton County, WV.
Both were born in western north Carolina, fought in the Civil War, oposite sides, listed in Sycamore twp, montgomery County, KS on the 1870 Census.