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There are those who claim that none of the Stone County Anderson relatives came forward in 1924 to deny that William Columbus Anderson was the infamous Bloody Bill after the Henry C. Fuller interview was published. That is flawed logic, to conclude a statement is true simply because no one says it is false. Who was still living in Brown County in 1924 to dispute the claim? William Columbus Anderson’s parents, William M. and Jane Scruggs Anderson were both dead. His uncle and father-in-law Moses G. Anderson was dead; his aunt and mother-in-law Jane George Anderson were dead; his brothers Francis Marion, James Noble, and David Q. were dead. Who was there to come forward that was old enough to have any knowledge of events that occurred during the Civil War? How would any surviving Anderson relative know what William C. Anderson did or didn't do in Missouri between the years of 1861 and 1863, since the oldest one was under 6 years old in 1863? If any relative or in-law did come forward, would that fact have been noted in any record? Such a claim has no merit. I can’t say that any of his relatives in Missouri even saw the article. I’ve tried to find a publication of Fuller’s article in a Missouri newspaper but have had no success. What was found, through some help, was an article discussing Jewel Mayes attempt to “solve the mystery surrounding the identity of ‘Bill’ Anderson of Brownwood.” This article was published 8/6/1924 in The Daily Constitution of Chillicothe, MO. Mr. Fuller is quoted in the article as saying “Bill” Anderson of Brownwood says he was born in Cole County, Missouri. William Columbus Anderson, my family’s Uncle Bill, was born in Cole County, Missouri, like his siblings Dave, James Noble, Parseda, Martha Ann, and Elizabeth Anderson. He was not Bloody Bill by his own admission of where he was born.
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