WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Written By Angela Stout January 2018
Earlier this month, I sent out a newsletter with thirteen nicknames to see if anyone remembered who the nickname belonged to and if you knew the story behind the nicknames. Below are the real names for the nicknames and possible origin of the nicknames. If this jogs your memory, feel free to email me.
WHO WAS:
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NICKNAME
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REAL NAME?
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ORIGIN OF NICKNAME?
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Aunt Dude
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Mary Arena Richardson
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Aunt Coon
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EroshieLevonaCarr
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Aunt Pop
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Mary Carr
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Slick
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Arvel Virgil Herron
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Something about a possum.
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Cub
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Charles Harrison Coleman
Harvey Herron
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Hoggie Fate
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Jessie Fate Roberts
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Story goes that he got nickname of "Hoggie" because he was assigned the task of watching for the "revenooers". If he saw any, he was supposed to start calling the hogs. This would tip off the men who was running the whiskey steel.
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Uncle Tinker
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Henry Ervin Roberts
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Nig
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Robert Vestal Roberts
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Hambone
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Dow William Roberts
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Pencil
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William Mansfield Roberts
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Long John
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John Abraham George Lincoln Roberts
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Possibly the length of his name.
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Crippled John
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John Vance Roberts
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Story goes that John had a stroke that led to being crippled in one leg.
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Big Jim
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James Charles Roberts
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Tall man.
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