![]() ![]() In the 1970’s, a fine local historian named Bob Barker was a frequent visitor at the offices of the Cherokee Scout. It’s a tangled tale with ties to Murphy, Andrews, the Cherokee Scout, local history and one of my novels, Rebel Bushwhacker. ![]() The Fain Building in downtown Murphy was built by Fain’s relatives, currently housing Paula’s Jewelers. Gatwood’s name is on a tombstone at Ducktown, identifying him as the killer of Clayton Fain, a Fannin County political leader. The young men were headed to Cleveland to join the Union Army, which he despised. He murdered a group of Fannin County, Georgia youths in the gorge, where today’s US-64 crosses Madden Branch. ![]() Gatewood and he was often described as Captain Gatewood his band of thieves and killers called Gatewood’s Scouts. One of the deadliest Southern guerillas during the Civil War is still little-known today, although he brought pure hell to Tennessee and Georgia counties just south and west of us. “‘Red-Headed Beast’ was Stone-Cold” by Wally Avett ![]()
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