Sturdivant Gang
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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.[6]
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Founded by | Sturdivant Family |
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Founding location | Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Tennessee, Illinois?[3] |
Years active | 1780s-1820s (three generations of family counterfeiters) |
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 |
Ethnicity | European-American |
Membership (est.) | 13[4] or as high as 50-100[5] |
Criminal activities | counterfeiting |
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Quick Facts Roswell S. Sturdivant, Born ...
Roswell S. Sturdivant | |
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Born | 1700s–1800s |
Died | after 1831 (aged ?) |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Roswell Sturdivant, Roswell Sturdevant, John Sturdivant, Jack Sturdivant, Bloody Jack Sturdivant, Sturdivant the Counterfeiter |
Occupation(s) | counterfeiter, gambler |
Known for | Being the co-leader, with Merrick Sturdivant, of the 3rd-generation Sturdivant Gang, and having survived a knife duel, with the legendary Jim Bowie |
Spouse | 1 |
Parent | Azor Sturdivant (father) |
Relatives | Merrick Sturdivant (brother), Stephen Sturdivant (brother), James Sturdivant (grandfather), Ruby Sturdevant Loveland (daughter), Merriness Loveland (son-in-law) |
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Quick Facts Merrick Sturdivant, Born ...
Merrick Sturdivant | |
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Born | 1700s–1800s |
Died | after 1831 (aged ?) |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Merrick Sturdevant |
Occupation | counterfeiter |
Known for | For being the co-leader, with Roswell S. Sturdivant, of the 3rd-generation Sturdivant Gang |
Parent | Azor Sturdivant (father) |
Relatives | Roswell S. Sturdivant (brother), Stephen Sturdivant (brother), James Sturdivant (grandfather), Ruby Sturdevant Loveland (niece), Merriness Loveland (nephew-in-law) |
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