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The names used were probably included to provide "credibility" to the Morriss part of the Beale story, as the names employed were well known Virginians that had ties to Bedford county.... As prime example of this local love connection it strikes me that none of this local love connection includes the names Jackson, Coles, Witcher, Clay, Marshall, all of these being names that are actually mentioned in the Beale pamphlet and therefore they can be directly connected to the tale...Instead of utilizing names that can be directly connected to the tale this local love affair has created lore surrounding local individuals who can't even be associated with the tale. A very strange and hugely suspect circumstance indeed.
Col Issac Coles an Capt William Witcher were Revolutionary War heroes from Virginia.
Chief Justice Marshall was also from Virginia and had ties to Bedford county.
Max Guggenheimer, Esq, served in the Confederate army, and was a well known Lynchberg merchant.
Rev Charles Clay, of Bedford, was a friend of Thomas Jefferson, and is buried Bedford's Ivey Hill Cemetery.
CSA Gen Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson died" in the 2nd year of the Confederate War".
For those who need a refresher on the Beale Papers:
The UnMuseum - The Beale Papers - Original Text
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