Kin to Jesse James with last name Burroughs or Rosa?

Question

I have 2 sides of my family that claim to be kin to Jesse James (old west outlaw). Other possible surnames are Anderson, Goble. I'm sure that there are many more.

Henderson was also a possible surname.

Answer 1

The only way to prove it would be to trace your family back to a common ancestor.

Well over 100 people on
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
have Jesse; his full name was James Woodson James, b. 1847, d. 1882.

One of the first entries that has notes and sources has this descendancy list:

2 James (Jesse) Woodson JAMES b: 5 SEP 1847 d: 3 APR 1882
+ Zerelda (Zee) Amanda MIMMS b: 21 JUL 1845 d: 13 NOV 1900
3 Jesse Edward JAMES b: 31 AUG 1875 d: 25 MAR 1951
+ Stella Frances MCGOWEN b: 27 FEB 1882
4 Lucille Martha JAMES b: 1900 d: 1988
+ Frank LEWIS
5 Living LEWIS
+ Living ALVARADO
4 Josephine Francis JAMES b: 1902 d: 1964
+ Ronald ROSS
5 James ROSS b: 1926
+ Living HENDERSON
6 Living ROSS
+ Living BARNES
6 Living ROSS
6 Living ROSS
4 Jessie Estell JAMES b: 1906 d: 1987
+ Mervyn BAUMEL
5 Living BAUMEL
5 Living BAUMEL
+ Living FAIRCHILD
6 Living FAIRCHILD
4 Ethel Rose JAMES b: 1908
+ Calvin T. OWENS
3 Gould (Twin) JAMES
3 Montgomery (Twin) JAMES
3 Mary Susan JAMES b: 17 JUL 1879 d: 11 OCT 1935
+ Henry Lafayette BARR b: 1867 d: 16 JUN 1935
4 Lawrence H. BARR b: 16 OCT 1902 d: 25 FEB 1984
+ Thelma DUNCAN b: 21 JAN 1906 d: 11 MAR 1998
5 Elizabeth Ann BARR
4 Forster Ray BARR b: 1904 d: 23 JUN 1977
+ Gerie ESSARY b: 1914
4 Chester A. BARR b: 1907 d: 22 MAR 1964
+ Beatrice HOLLOWAY
5 Living BARR
4 Henrietta BARR b: 1913 d: 10 OCT 1913
3 Susan Lavenia JAMES b: 1870

Most of the data on RWWC is accurate. Judging which isn't takes time and experience. Tracing your family back to a common ancestor will take time and patience.

Answer 2

never heard of eather of those last names in the james geneology.And i am kin to jessie on my dads side