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The Sturdivant Gang was a multi-generational, family gang of counterfeiters, whose criminal activities took place over a fifty-year period, from the 1780s, in Connecticut and Massachusetts, with one branch of the family going to Tennessee via Virginia and a second family branch going to Ohio and finally settled on the Illinois frontier, between the 1810s to 1830s. (en) |
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Roswell Sturdivant, Roswell Sturdevant, John Sturdivant, Jack Sturdivant, Bloody Jack Sturdivant, Sturdivant the Counterfeiter (en) |
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1831-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
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wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Fort_Marr.jpg?width=300 |
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right (en) |
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1800.0 |
| dbp:birthPlace |
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Kentucky, or Tennessee (en) Connecticut, Massachusetts, Kentucky, or Tennessee? (en) |
| dbp:caption |
1790.0 1820.0 The U.S. half dollar was also highly desirable for the Sturdivant Gang to copy as it was readily available, easy to carry, and commonly used on the American frontier. (en) |
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dbr:Counterfeit_money |
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after 1831 (en) |
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horizontal (en) |
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European-American (en) |
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Sturdivant Family (en) |
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For being the co-leader, with Roswell S. Sturdivant, of the 3rd-generation Sturdivant Gang (en) Being the co-leader, with Merrick Sturdivant, of the 3rd-generation Sturdivant Gang, and having survived a knife duel, with the legendary Jim Bowie (en) |
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13 (xsd:integer) |
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Sturdivant Gang (en) Merrick Sturdivant (en) Roswell S. Sturdivant (en) |
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American (en) |
| dbp:occupation |
counterfeiter (en) counterfeiter, gambler (en) |
| dbp:otherNames |
Roswell Sturdivant, Roswell Sturdevant, John Sturdivant, Jack Sturdivant, Bloody Jack Sturdivant, Sturdivant the Counterfeiter (en) Merrick Sturdevant (en) |
| dbp:parents |
Azor Sturdivant (en) |
| dbp:relatives |
Merrick Sturdivant , Stephen Sturdivant , James Sturdivant , Ruby Sturdevant Loveland , Merriness Loveland (en) Roswell S. Sturdivant , Stephen Sturdivant , James Sturdivant , Ruby Sturdevant Loveland , Merriness Loveland (en) |
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1 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:territory |
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Manville Ferry, New Athens, St. Clair County, Illinois and Sturdivant's Fort, Pope County, Illinois, present-day Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois (en) |
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dbr:Group |
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| rdfs:comment |
The Sturdivant Gang was a multi-generational, family gang of counterfeiters, whose criminal activities took place over a fifty-year period, from the 1780s, in Connecticut and Massachusetts, with one branch of the family going to Tennessee via Virginia and a second family branch going to Ohio and finally settled on the Illinois frontier, between the 1810s to 1830s. (en) |
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Sturdivant Gang (en) |
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wikipedia-en:Sturdivant_Gang?oldid=1101413730&ns=0 |
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Roswell S. Sturdivant (en) |
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