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Roscoe "Rustling Bob" Bryant

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Roscoe "Rustling Bob" Bryant
DiedSeptember 1878
OccupationOutlaw
Organizations

Roscoe "Rustling Bob" Bryant (died September 1878) was a member of the John Kinney Gang during New Mexico's Lincoln County War.[1] He was killed by members of Selman's Scouts near Seven Rivers, New Mexico in September 1878.[1]

Lincoln County Regulators were preparing an assault on the Chisums, and alongside forty men, including Roscoe Bryant, all fought at the Chisum War.[2] On 18 August they rode up to the Feliz and helped themselves to Tunstall's cattle.[3]

He participated in the Five Day Siege of the McSween house and was later involved with John Selman's cattle rustling operation.[4]

His body was found near Reese Gobly and James Irvin, presumably murdered by their fellows.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gunfighter List". Legends of America. p. 2. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ^ Nolan, Frederick (16 February 2015). The West of Billy the Kid. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780806148878.
  3. ^ Nolan, Frederick W. (2009). The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History. Sunstone Press. p. 345. ISBN 9780865347212.
  4. ^ Caldwell, C. R. (2010). Dead Right: The Lincoln County War. Lulu.com. p. 240. ISBN 9780615171524.
  5. ^ Bloom, Lansing Bartlett; Walter, Paul A. F. (1926). New Mexico historical review. Vol. 32. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, Historical Society of New Mexico, School of American Research. p. 234.