Jon Musgrave
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Musgrave was a former Daily Register managing editor and a historian active in the effort to preserve the Old Slave House, Jon Musgrave joined with fellow area historians Ron Nelson and Gary DeNeal in the fall of 1996 to research the real history of this much misunderstood historic site. Musgrave’s efforts continued for eight years and cumulated with Slaves, Salt, Sex & Mr. Crenshaw. Unknown when he started researching the site, nine months into the research he discovered his own family relationship to the original owner of this antebellum kidnapping station. When not researching and writing about Southern Illinois’ history, Musgrave sells real estate in Marion, and has been appointed to Illinois’ new Amistad Commission to study how the history of slavery is taught in the state’s public schools. He is also the owner and publisher of IllinoisHistory.com
Inside the Shelton gang : | Secrets of the Herrin gangs : | Slaves, salt, sex & Mr. Crenshaw : | The bloody vendetta of southern Illinois | The bloody vendetta of southern Illinois /