Homicides of Adults in Franklin County, Georgia, to 1900
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Newspaper: Census: Genealogy: Accused 1: John Neal Ethnicity: Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: [farmer] "yeoman" Town: Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Accused 2: Julian Neal Ethnicity: Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: [farmer] "yeoman" Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: Cormack Higgins
Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1803, Mar. FRA FILE
INQ Class: certain Crime: HOM MANSL Rela: [HHLD SLAVE by OVERSEER or RENTER] Motive: ABUSE / DISCIPLINE Intox?: Day of week: [Sun] Holiday?: Time of day: [night] Days to death: [5] S
USPECT(s): Samuel Reed VICTIM(s): Cloey (slave of William Weatherspoon) Weapon: had her neck "disjointed." d. F morning. Circumstances: Inquest: INQUEST. i.d. 4/4/1803. on body of Cloey, a negro woman of Wm Weatherspoon. Verdict: had her neck "disjointed" which caused her death, "by the hand of Samuel Ried." Indictment: no Term: Court proceedings: Legal records: File [Box 6 159-1-59] MURDER / MANSL MURDER (b.d. 4/4/1803): Samuel Reed. Robert Trentham [x] & Jude Ratliff [x] bound to appear as wit. agst. SR. INQUEST. i.d. 4/4/1803. on body of Cloey, a negro woman of Wm Weatherspoon. Verdict: had her neck "disjointed" which caused her death, "by the hand of Samuel Ried." TEST: John R[N?]ackley [x]. Wm Hoalt [?] told him the woman was brought "to this Place" on Sunday night & she died Friday morning. Says "I am not able to form any Oppinions" on the cause of death. "Do you not think that some person was Excesory to her Death Ansr I do not." TEST: Reubun R[N?]ackley [s]. Says he was not in Samuel Read's company all night on the night he brought the woman "here." Wit. says that "Granddady & my father" gave her something to eat. "Did you see your father giving her any thing ansr no but his wife." Saw Samuel read give her meat & "sallet." "Who told you that Samuel Reid said that he would kill her fore too pence. my stepmother & grandmother Boath." TEST: Robert Trantham, Jr. [x]: "Samuel Reid told me that before he would take the Negro & keep her as long as he had don he would Nock her in the head." TEST: Stephen Smith [s]: Tells what he knows of the "Negro Wench"'s passage from the Middle River to "this place." Saw Andrew Shed [?] bring her past ferry [Harry?] "own hous & he told me on his return that he left her at the Branch at Mrs. Nackley." TEST: Rebecca Rackley: says she believes the Negro "wench" "suffrd fore or from Nothing but the weather &c." TEST: Judy Rackley: heard Samuel say "He be Damned that he would as leave take an axe & nock her in the head as not." Newspaper: Census: Genealogy: Accused: Samuel Reed Ethnicity: Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: [farmer or planter or overseer or tenant] Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: Cloey
Race: b
Gender: f Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: slave of William Weatherspoon Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1805, May FRA FILE
Crime: HOM Rela: HHLD SLAVE by OVERSEER Motive: ABUSE / DISCIPLINE Intox?:
Day of week: Holiday?: Time of day: Days to death: S
File [Box 5 159-1-59] MURDER: FSC 11: State v. Wilson Strickland. Court order mentions Mary Allen, wife of James Allen, formerly Mary Gilbert. Also mentions Hardy Strickland, c. 1805. MG & HS were the sureties for WS: bonds f. Newspaper: Census: Genealogy: Accused: Wilson Strickland Ethnicity: Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: overseer for John Gilbert Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: Ben
Race: b
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: slave of the estate of John Gilbert Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1808, June 22 FRA FILE
Crime: HOM Rela: NONDOM Motive: UNK Intox?:
Day of week: W Holiday?: Time of day: Days to death: 1 S
Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: Peter
Race: b
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: slave of Richard Hutchinson Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1808, June 29 FRA INQ
FILE Class: certain Crime: HOM Rela: STORE CUSTOMER by CUSTOMER Motive: [prob. tavern brawl] [BRAWL] Intox?: [prob. all participants] Day of week: W Holiday?: Time of day: Days to death: 0 S
USPECT(s): John Hutchins [or JF aided & abetted for someone else] VICTIM(s): William Franks Weapon: with a pocket knife by a stab in the belly. d. inst. Circumstances: at Robert Malone's store Inquest: i.d. 6/29/1808. George Cockburn, coroner. on body of William Franks, "who was buried at a grave yard in Samuel Haton's field." Verdict: on 6/23/1808 at Robert Malone's store with a pocket knife by a stab in the belly -- WF was killed by John Hutchins. MURDER, malice aforethought. Indictment: yes, murder Term: 4/1809 Court proceedings: pNG. fG of mansl. "He held the victim while he was being stabbed by someone else in the side with a pen knife." Plead benefit of clergy to avoid death penalty: branded on the thumb. Legal records: INQUEST [Box 17 159-1-41] MURDER i.d. 6/29/1808. George Cockburn, coroner. on body of William Franks, "who was buried at a grave yard in Samuel Haton's field." Verdict: on 6/23/1808 at Robert Malone's store with a pocket knife by a stab in the belly -- WF was killed by John Hutchins. MURDER, malice aforethought. [Box 20: indictment: John Hutchins 6/23/1808 at store house of Robert Malone with knife a. Wm Franks in left side of lower part of the belly, inst. 4" deep & 3" wide. ind. pNG. fG of Mansl. wit: Jesse Holland, Thos Cunningham, James Blackburn, RObert Neal, Wm Wilie [Wild?], Jeptha Harrington. File [Box 2 159-1-41] MURDER (4/1809t): John Hutchin (X). says he is "entirely unable to pay the Cost of the prosecution against him . . . for Murder" or his jail fees or any part of his confinement before his trial. 157: ACCESSORY TO MANSL: 1809, John Hutchins indicted for murder & fG of mansl. "He held the victim while he was being stabbed by someone else in the side with a pen knife." Plead benefit of clergy to avoid death penalty: branded on the thumb. Newspaper: Census: Genealogy: Franklin County Historical Society, History of Franklin County, Georgia (Carnesville, GA: The Franklin Co. Hist. Soc., 1986). AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, 2/23/1805: "A list of Defaulters in Burke county, for the year 1804 ... Capt. Fields District ... John Hutchins ..." Accused: John Hutchins Ethnicity: Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: William Franks
Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1814, Nov. 24 Carnesville, FRA CT FILE Class: certain Crime: HOM Rela: NONDOM Motive: [FEUD] Intox?: Day of week: Th Holiday?: Time of day: Days to death: 0 S
USPECT(s): Joseph Edwards VICTIM(s): Jos. Cook, Esq. (atty. at law.) Weapon: with shotgun "in & upon the back of him" between the shoulder blades. 4" deep. inst. Circumstances: at Carnesville Inquest: Indictment: yes, murder Term: 4/1815 Court proceedings: fG of mansl. To appear on Weds. of next term of the court, to be branded with "M" on brawn of the left thum. & c. $5000 b. to appear. [4/1816: received full pardon from the executive, so discharged from his conviction. Petition submitted by citizens of Franklin Co. praying for his pardon. Granted by Governor, 4/25/1815.] Legal records: SCM, v. Apr. 1814 - Oct. 1818 MURDER: 4/1815t: Joseph Edwards m. Joseph Cook. tb. fG of MANSL. To appear on Weds. of next term of the court, to be branded with "M" on brawn of the left thum. & c. $5000 b. to appear. [4/1816: received full pardon from the executive, so discharged from his conviction. Petition submitted by citizens of Franklin Co. praying for his pardon. Granted by Governor, 4/25/1815.] File [Box 3 159-1-41] MURDER (4/1815t): Joseph Edwards [s] 11/24/1814 at Carnesville a. Jos. Cook, Esq., atty. at law. malice aforethought [charged with murder] with shotgun "in & upon the back of him" between the shoulder blades. 4" deep. inst. Indicted for murder. fG of mansl. Ordered to appear on W of next term of the court: to be branded in the brawn of the left thumb with a hot iron with the letter M & disch. on payment of c. $5000 b. to appear & receive sentence. [Box 17, unsorted, indict] Wit: Green W. Smith, General Frederick Beall, Geo. Cockburn, Esq., Dr. Jno. R Brown, Larkin Perdie, Richard Allen, Esq., Rosa [?] Stewart, Jesse Rose, Jno. Scull. File [Box 2 159-1-59] MURDER: (4/1815t) Joseph Edwards fG of mansl. Motion by counsel for "a full pardon." The court agreed & "discharged" him "from said Conviction" & entered the pardon in the record. File Box 16 159-1-41 MURDER [same case]: Green W. Smith [s] (John Williamson, surety) bound as witness to prosecute Joseph Edwards for murder of Joseph Cook. b.d. 11/25/1814. ALSO: Green W. Smith [s] deposition (d.d. 11/25/1814) saw Jos. Edwards shoot Jos. Cook, which was the cause of death of JC. ALSO: return by John WIlliamson, constable, of the property of Joseph Edwards, dated 11/26: "one pair saddle bags and Blacket, one horse sadile bridile & blankit." 157: MANSL: April 1815: Joseph Edwards convicted of manslaughter. Branded on left thumb with hot iron the letter "M" & costs; & $5000 bond to appear for his punishment. Newspaper: Census: Genealogy: Franklin County Historical Society, History of Franklin County, Georgia (Carnesville, GA: The Franklin Co. Hist. Soc., 1986). AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, 10/13/1815: "Georgia, Elbert County. "Whereas Thomas Jones has applied to me for letters of administration on the estate and effects of Joseph Cook, late of said county, dec. "These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at the next court of ordinary, to be held in and for the county aforesaid, to show cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted. "Given under my hand at office, this 3rd day of October, 1815. Job Weston, c. c. o.
"Will be sold at Elbert court house on the first Tuesday in April next, a quantity of Law, Latin and other valuable Books, one Brace of Pistols, one rifle gun and sundry other article too tedious to mention, belonging to the estate of Joseph Cook, Esq. dec. Terms will be made known on the date of sale. Thomas Jones, Adm'r. February 9" Accused: Joseph Edwards
Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: yes Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: Joseph Cook, Esq.
Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: yes Marital Status: Children: Occupation: attorney at law Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1815, April 20 FRA CT FILE Class: probable Crime: HOM Rela: NONDOM Motive: UNK Intox?: Day of week: Th Holiday?: Time of day: Days to death: 0 S
USPECT(s): Robert Fullerton VICTIM(s): John Shannon Weapon: struck him & sank & plunged him into the water & drowned JS. Circumstances: at Mullins' Ford in Tugaloe River Inquest: Indictment: bnf against Robert Fullerton for murder, mal. af. Term: 10/1815 Court proceedings: Legal records: SCM, v. Apr. 1814 - Oct. 1818 ENVEIGHLING NEGROES: 10/1815t: George Truman. tb. ENVEIGHLING NEGROES: 10/1815t: Robert Fullerton. bnf. MURDER: 10/1815t: Robert Fullerton. bnf. [[the three cases are in order. Related?]] File Box 16 159-1-41 MURDER (10/1815t): Robert Fullerton 4/20/1815 at Mullins' Ford in Tugaloe River a. John Shannon, malice aforethought, struck him & sank & plunged him into the water & drowned JS. bnf. wit: Thos. Shannon, Jr. [s], Sarah Shannon, John Cleveland [s], Jacob Jones, Hugh Harrison, Wm Ward [s], Carter Hooper, Comfort Cleveland [x], Jesse C. Hooper [s], Alpha Terrell & Eliz. Terrell [Jno. D. Terrell [s], surety, signed for himself & his daughter], John Verner [s]. // b.d. 5/16/1815 for TS, Jr. to appear as witness. [wit. bond: box 17, unsorted] Newspaper: Census: Genealogy: Accused: Robert Fullerton Ethnicity: Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: John Shannon
Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1816, June 7 Carnesville, FRA CT FILE Class: certain Crime: HOM Rela: NONDOM Motive: [FEUD] Intox?: Day of week: F Holiday?: Time of day: Days to death: [7] S
USPECT(s): William A. Blackburn VICTIM(s): Joseph Holt Weapon: did "delibertly takke aim" with a smooth bore shotgun & shot JH in the back part of his neck & shoulders "the the great effusion of his blood so that his life is greatly despaired of." "mortally wounding" -- [[took JH some time to die.]] Circumstances: near the house of Job Hammond in Carnesville Inquest: Indictment: yes, murder Term: 10/1816t Court proceedings: fG. DEATH. to hang 11/15 b/w 10am & 3pm. Legal records: SCM, v. Apr. 1814 - Oct. 1818 MURDER: 10/1816t: William A. Blackburn. tb. fG. DEATH. to hang 11/15 b/w 10am & 3pm. File [Box 6 159-1-59] MURDER (c.d. 6/7/1816): William A. Blackburn [s] 6/7/1816 a. Joseph Holt near the house of Job Hammond did "delibertly takke aim" with a smooth bore shotgun & shot JH in Carnesville in the back part of his neck & shoulders "the the great effusion of his blood so that his life is greatly despaired of." Wit: Job Hammond [s]. "mortally wounding" -- [[took JH some time to die.]] DEPOSITION: John H. Milliver [s]: saw WAB "cock a gunn and shoot the said Holt -- without any cause as he seed or heard." OBSTRUCTING A RIVER (10/1814t): Wm. A Blackburn 2/27/1811 to 4/10/1812 in the Savannah River "did obstruct, & cause to be obstructed, more than one half of the said Savannah River" -- erected in the river, between the mouth of Lightwood Log Creek & the Indian boundary line, just below the junction of the Tugalo & Seneca rivers, a dam & fish traps extending from the southern bank of the Savannah River across toward the northern bank, more than half way across the river. & also over one half of the Tugalo River, including the main current of the Savannah River. Prevented the free passage of boats & fish down the Savannah River. bnf. Wit: Richard Gray, James Lawson, Sampson Bob [?], Jos Waters, John Mullins, John D. Terrell, Joel Yowell. 158: HOM: 10/1816t, Wm A Blackburn sentenced to hang for murder. Elizabeth Lowery was indicted for murder at the same time but was acquitted by the jury. WAB sentenced to hang in Carnesville on 11/15/1816. Other sources: Franklin County Historical Society, History of Franklin County, Georgia (Carnesville, GA: The Franklin Co. Hist. Soc., 1986). Newspaper: Census: Genealogy: File [Box 6 159-1-59] INVENTORY OF PRISONER's PROPERTY: 8th part of 600 acres of land in North Carolina granted to Augustia Blackburn, Stokes Co. 66.5 acres in Jones Co., GA granted to the heirs of Augustia Blackburn. One house & lot in Herdsville or Toogaloe. 453 acres of land formerly part of the Academy in said county. 4 head of horses, 7 head of horned cattle, 51 hogs, 2 feather beds, besteads & furniture. 2 pots, 1 ove, 1 dozen knives & forks & 1 dozen spoons. Stock in trade $1000. [Also: Box 19, unsorted: inventory. 2 shotguns, many tools, 4 spelling books, 8 little primers, 2 bundles of spectacles, tobacco & snuff boxes, etc. Paying accounts for prosecution out of his estate, 1818.] Accused: William A. Blackburn Ethnicity: Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: yes Marital Status: Children: Occupation: merchant / farmer Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: Joseph Holt
Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: planter, landowner, wealthy Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1823, April 23 FRA FILE
Crime: HOM Rela: NONDOM Motive: UNK Intox?:
Day of week: W Holiday?: Time of day: daytime Days to death: 0 S
Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: Abel Peack
Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1829, July 8 FRA CT FILE INQ Class: certain Crime: HOM Rela: MARITAL HUSBAND by THIRD-PARTIES Motive: INTERVENING in ABUSE of WIFE and FAMILY Intox?: Day of week: W Holiday?: Time of day: Days to death: 0 S |