Frankie Stewart Silver

They lived in the town of Kona near the home of Jacob Silver who had lost his wife Elizabeth in childbirth.

Pieces of bone and flesh were discovered in ashes poured into a mortar hole near the spring, as well as a heel-iron similar to those worn by Charles on his hunting moccasins.

There is a theory that Frankie wanted to move west with her parents to join other family members, but that Charles Silver refused to do so.

It is probable that she was a victim of abuse from her husband due to the fact that a petition was signed by townswomen and several members of the all-male jury in Frankie's favor.

This made some believe, along with them helping her escape, that family members were involved in the killing of Charles Silver.

Frankie was arrested again seven days later in Henderson County walking behind her father's wagon heading for Tennessee.

The story goes as follows: Her family broke her out of jail, cut her hair short, and dressed her in men's clothes.

Frankie's father had intended to bring his daughter's body home and bury it in the family burial plot.

However, extreme heat and humidity in North Carolina that year forced him to bury it in an unmarked grave behind the Buckhorn Tavern, a few miles west of Morganton.

For many years, the exact location of the grave was unknown, but it is now believed to be in a remote corner of the present day Devault farm.

In 1952, a granite stone marking the probable location of the grave was placed by Beatrice Cobb, editor of the Morganton newspaper.

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