My research fills in that blank and expands upon other areas. Great pains have been taken to eliminate supposition, 'theory'' and here-say evidence. Ms. Little told me in a final interview in 1971 that the Price's came from 'Jackson Somewhere' and that they were kin to Jesse James. Both mysteries kept my attention these many years. Research for the Cupp-Brazell Clan was accomplished by Sammye Cupp of Enid Oklahoma.
Much research revolves around recorded events and documentation.
It is my opinion that most of the participants of the CSA cause were Anti-Federalists and Constitutionalists. And, their progress toward civilization allowed for room to interpret and adapt civil law. These states were no longer overly concerned with tyrants, militias and simple survival. The 13 colonies no longer used this Nationalist view as their basis of American beliefs. That same 'rigidity' or stubborness is still found in the Western states today.