John Huit
Regulators and Moderators
from "Southeast Corner of Tarrant County Before the Civil War"
by Sallie Hodges McKnight
In 1842, when certain of the small settlements were a law unto themselves, John Huitt arrived from Arkansas and was selected as moderator. His duty it was to pass upon guilt and order
punishment. The whipping post was the favorite means of moderating undesirables, while forty lashes and a banishment constituted a not unusual punishment. Later, however, after Mr. Huitt's time, as has happened before and since to reformative movements, the necessity arose to regulate the "moderators," which resulted in an organization of "regulators."
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