[PAR] [TLE] Harpe brothers [SEP] Micajah "Big" Harpe, born Joshua Harper (before 1768 (probably, c. 1748) – August 1799) and Wiley "Little" Harpe, born William Harper (before 1770 (probably, c. 1750) – February 8, 1804), were serial killers, murderers, highwaymen, and river pirates, who operated in Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, and Mississippi, in the late eighteenth century.  The Harpes' crimes appear to have been motivated more by blood lust than financial gain.  They are most likely the United States' first known serial killers, reckoned from the colonial era forward.  The Harpe Brothers are credited with having killed thirty-nine people, and may have killed as many as fifty. [PAR] [TLE] James Davidson (Kentucky) [SEP] James Davidson was born in Lincoln County, Kentucky.  He was the son of George Davidson, a captain in the Revolutionary War.  He and his twin brother, Michael, married sisters; the sisters, Lucretia and Jane Ballenger, were granddaughters of Kentucky pioneer and eventual state treasurer John Logan.  James Davidson was among the first to report the presence of notorious outlaws the Harpe brothers near the city of Stanford, their first reported appearance in Kentucky.
[PAR] [TLE] Harpe brothers [ SEP ] Micajah " Big " Harpe , born Joshua Harper ( before 1768 ( probably , c. 1748 ) – August 1799 ) and Wiley " Little " Harpe , born William Harper ( before 1770 ( probably , c. 1750 ) – February 8 , 1804 ) , were serial killers , murderers , highwaymen , and river pirates , who operated in Tennessee , Kentucky , Illinois , and Mississippi , in the late eighteenth century . The Harpes ' crimes appear to have been motivated more by blood lust than financial gain . They are most likely the United States ' first known serial killers , reckoned from the colonial era forward . The Harpe Brothers are credited with having killed thirty - nine people , and may have killed as many as fifty . [PAR] [TLE] James Davidson ( Kentucky ) [ SEP ] James Davidson was born in Lincoln County , Kentucky . He was the son of George Davidson , a captain in the Revolutionary War . He and his twin brother , Michael , married sisters ; the sisters , Lucretia and Jane Ballenger , were granddaughters of Kentucky pioneer and eventual state treasurer John Logan . James Davidson was among the first to report the presence of notorious outlaws the Harpe brothers near the city of Stanford , their first reported appearance in Kentucky .
James Davidson was among the first to report the presence near Stanford of a pair of serial killers credited with killing how many people?
James Davidson was among the first to report the presence near Stanford of a pair of serial killers credited with killing how many people ?
thirty-nine
thirty-nine