Margaret Watts Hays wrote on 26 Sep 1861 that "Quill Davis and the Burneys is so black they have left their homes and gone to the teritory (Kansas) to the Jayhawkers for protection. Cass Co. has turned out a great many Robbers, about the worst company of men we have for Robing at Kansas is the Cass Co. Jay Hawkers. Uncle Jemmy [Yager] is acquainted with some thirty or 40 of them, was looked upon once as one of clever men. Now these men looks upon going to a Secessionest house with wagons and loading everthing they can find, negros and everthing else, as right. They dont think it is Stealing. Two of the Cass companeys has preachers for the Captains . " (copyright: Marian Franklin) In later letters she mentions some of the Cass Co. Jayhawkers' depredations and mentions Nugent (Nugeon)and John B. Rowland.