Homicides of Adults in Franklin County, Georgia, to 1900
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Weapon: a shovel of iron steel & wood, to right side of head. frac. his skull. 3" wide & .5" deep. d. 12 hrs. Circumstances: at Samuel Knox's plantation Inquest: inquisition "on manslaughter" at Samuel Knox's. i.d. 9/13/1847. John Smith, coroner. Body of Martin, a negro man, property of Samuel Knox. Verdict: Andrew Barry, malice aforethought, on 9/12, at SK's, with a shovel of iron steel & wood, to right side of head. vol. & fel. MURDER. frac. his skull. 3" wide & .5" deep. d. 12 hrs. killed & murdered. Indictment: AB: yes, murder Term: 10/1847 Court proceedings: [nol pros] Legal records: SCM, v. Apr. 1846 - Oct. 1857 MURDER: 10/1847t: Andrew Berry tb [Samuel Knox, pros.] File [Box 6 159-1-59] MURDER (10/1847t) (b.d. 9/13/1847): Micajah Estes [s] & Jno. D. Swift [s] $500 b. to answer charges concerning death of Martin, a negro man, property of Samuel Knox. File Box 8 159-1-41 MURDER (10/1847t): INQUEST: inquisition "on manslaughter" at Samuel Knox's. i.d. 9/13/1847. John Smith, coroner. Body of Martin, a negro man, property of Samuel Knox. Verdict: Andrew Barry, malice aforethought, on 9/12, at SK's, with a shovel of iron steel & wood, to right side of head. vol. & fel. MURDER. frac. his skull. 3" wide & .5" deep. d. 12 hrs. killed & murdered. TEST: Jno. [?] D. Swift: said AB told him that AB went to Knox's shop & said that Martin was "a setting a sleap" & AB said to Martin "you have been sitting an hour then said negro said you know better than that then the said Boy take a shovel in his hands and gave him two [illeg] Blows and the second blow with the shovel knocked him sensles." TEST: Micajah Estes: Andrew Barry told wit. that pris. stated to the negro "that he had been setting then asleep an hour and that the Negro replied to him that he knew that he had not been there asleep an hour uppon which he (Barry) caught up the shovel which was handy too him in both hands and made a lick with it over the head of the Negro" & knocked the negro's hat off "and he proceded to give him a second blow which knocked him prostrate on his back and that he then drew up the shovel to make a third blow and he expected would have struck the third blow had he not been prevented by Young Mr. Knox telling him not to repeat the blow for that he had killed him already." Newspaper: Census: Genealogy: Accused: Andrew Berry Ethnicity: Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult [or a "Boy"] Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: Martin
Race: b
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: a slave of Samuel Knox Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1849, Oct. 18 FRA CT FILE INQ NOTE: this probably was a household murder. The testimony suggests a continuing relationship between EP and S, which suggests that EP's & her husband had hired S from her owner. Class: certain Crime: HOM Rela: [HHLD SLAVE by MISTRESS who had hired her time] Motive: ABUSE / DISCIPLINE Intox?: Day of week: Th Holiday?: Time of day: Days to death: 0 S
USPECT(s): Emily Pruitt VICTIM(s): Sarah (a slave of Chandler Murphy) Weapon: EP struck her on the nape of the neck with a stool & broke Sarah's neck. d. inst. Circumstances: at the plantation of Hezekiah Pruitt Inquest: i.d. 10/18/1849 at plantation of Hezekiah Pruitt, deceased, on body of Sarah [or Sariah], a negro woman of estate of H. Pruitt. before John Smith, cor. VERDICT: Emily Pruitt, malice aforethought, struck her on the nape of the neck with a stool & broke Sarah's neck. d. inst. Murdered. Indictment: yes, murder Term: 4/1850 Court proceedings: fNG Legal records: SCM, v. Apr. 1846 - Oct. 1857 MURDER: 4/1850t: Emily Pruitt tb fNG File [Box 20 159-1-41] INQUEST MURDER: i.d. 10/18/1849 at plantation of Hezekiah Pruitt, deceased, on body of Sarah [or Sariah], a negro woman of estate of H. Pruitt. before John Smith, cor. VERDICT: Emily Pruitt, malice aforethought, struck her on the nape of the neck with a stool & broke Sarah's neck. d. inst. Murdered. TEST: Hezekiah Pruitt, Jr. Wit. "had some time previous to the transaction heard Mrs. Emily Pruitt say that she would stick a spear through her. and that she should never do her the ____ [owned?] any good. When he met Mrs. Emily Pruitt after this difficulty said her and this woman had been fi[gh]ting. She said that she fainted away and that she could not bring her too." Wit. says "that Mrs. Pruitt had her taken to the house and tried to bring her too." Says when he saw Mrs. EP after the difficulty, "she had marks on her face and brest - looked as though they had been cut with an knife. Mrs Pruiett said the negro did it." FILE [Box 20 159-1-41] MURDER (4/1850t): Emily Pruit 10/18/1849 malice aforethought m. a negro woman slave Sarah, property of Chandler Murphy. with a billet of wood, on the neck, broke neck. inst. Wit: Hezekiah Pruit, G S Martin, Warren Mize, Madison Thomas, Clachster [?] Mize. ind. pNG. fNG. File Box 8 159-1-41 MURDER (4/1850): Emily Pruett. Warren B. Mize, Esq. summoned to testify. s.d. 4/16/1850. Newspaper: Census: Genealogy: Accused: Emily Pruitt Ethnicity: Race: w
Gender: f Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: [m. Hezekiah] Children: Occupation: [plantation mistress] Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: Sarah
Race: b
Gender: f Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: a slave of Chandler Murphy Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1853, Sept. 22 FRA CT FILE INQ P
Crime: HOM Rela: NONDOM Motive: SEXUAL ASSAULT Intox?:
Day of week: Th Holiday?: Time of day: Days to death: 0 S Suspect(s USPECT(s): Jerry, Lan [Lank], and Daniel (slaves of Howel Mangum) VICTIM(s): Martha H. Stowe Weapon: strangled. Aqua Fortis (a solution of nitric acid, a powerful solvent and corrosive). Circumstances: in the woods in Strange's District Inquest: i.d. 9/24/1853 near Daniel Chandler's in the woods in Stranges District before John Stoner, coroner. On body of Martha H. Stowe. VERDICT: "wilfully murdered, and Rape committed" by a negro man named Jerry, belonging to Howel Mangum. Said Jerry "at divers times confessed what he had done and could do with the said Martha H. Stowe for a dime or twenty-five cents, and other statements" by Jerry "all creating the belief that he had been guilty" of the murder & rape. Indictment: yes, all for murder Term: 9/1853 Court proceedings: L & J fG: DEATH. to hang 11/25 near Carnesville b/w 12pm & 2 pm. [4/1854t: Daniel fG. to hang 11/24 b/w 12pm & 4pm] Legal records: SCM, v. Apr. 1846 - Oct. 1857 MURDER: 9/1853t: Lan & Jerry & Daniel, slaves tb [evidence for the state copied in the court record -- use the testimony in the file] L & J fG: DEATH. to hang 11/25 near Carnesville b/w 12pm & 2 pm. [4/1854t: Daniel fG. to hang 11/24 b/w 12pm & 4pm] File Box 9 159-1-41 MURDER (9/1853t): Lank, a negro man slave, Jerry, a negro man slave, & Daniel, a negro boy slave of Howel Mangum. 9/22/1853 m Martha H. Stowe. pNG. all fG. L & J: DEATH. To he hanged 11/25. Wit. for state: John Roberts, Wm H Roberts, Tignal E Toney, Daniel Chandler, Thomas J Rice, Dr. Wm R Wellborn, Emily Mitchell. [3rd file, 10/1853t: testimony again, & indictment] [4th file: 10/1854t: Daniel, a slave, fG. DEATH. to hang 11/24.] INQUEST: i.d. 9/24/1853 near Daniel Chandler's in the woods in Stranges District before John Stoner, coroner. On body of Martha H. Stoe. VERDICT: "wilfully murdered, and Rape committed" by a negro man named Jerry, belonging to Howel Mangum. Said Jerry "at divers times confessed what he had done and could do with the said Martha H. Stoe for a dime or twenty-five cents, and other statements" by Jerry "all creating the belief that he had been guilty" of the murder & rape. TEST: Dr. Wm R Wellborn, surgeon, examined the body: "upon her cape, bosom, arm, and skirt of her frock there were marks of recent application of Aqua Fortis, the inside of her lips give evidence that the above named medicine had been put in her mouth -- also her neck, right arm and right hand, bore marks of the same medicine. Her face and particularly her nose, lips, mouth, and chin were scratched and bruised showing great violence had been done to these parts. Her throat and neck showed she had been choaked. Her neck was dislocated it being found forced down in the fork of a chestnut saplin as though it had been forced there by a stamp of a foot or other force - Her waist and particularly her abdomen were badly bruised - covering her abdomen almost intirely - The inside of her thighs and privates & hemorage from the womb showed marks of such injury, having no doubt that Rape had been committed." DEPOSITION TEST: Hutson Stoe [x]. d.d. 9/25/1853: on 9/22, his daughter Martha H. Stoe found murdered 300 yrds north east of Daniel Chandler's in the woods. Suspects Sauk [Lank?], a slave of Howel Mangum. NOTE: distance from the body to the victim's bonnet was 5'. Dirt was on the bonnet, which was not on the bonnet when she left home, "lying in the fork of two chestnut saplings eighteen inches from the ground there being a small dead sprout and her neck lying on the right side of the said sprout her neck being closely pressed between." No serious injuries to head -- dislocated neck & signs of suffocation. EXAMINATION TEST: Harris Stowe Sr. [x] (cousin of deceased): found her body b/w Shockleys & Chandlers. Found lying b/w two chestnut saplings on her right side, the saplings 4" or 5" apart. Her head b/w the saplings. Found her "about 2 hours by sun." Came no nearer than 6' from the body & the next morning went back with Aik Bellamy & others. "her clothes were down & properly arranged when he first saw her." CROSS-EXAM: her hands lying across her body. Her legs were as if she had sat down. The fork of the trees about 2' high. Fork was tight enough to press on the neck. The saplings came from one root. TEST: John Stoner, coroner. Ditto. TEST: Wm Ashe, foreman of coroner's jury. Ditto. TEST: Dr. Welburn: Lump in her abdomen: either pregnant or diseased womb. "the inside of the vagina as far as he could see - was bruised - there was a wound in the urethra about an inch & 1/2 wide - the wound appeared to have been made by an awl or spindle - if by a pen knife he thinks it was twisted round - there was another wound on the left side of the vagina at the entrance - made as he thinks not with a knife but with finger nails." Appeared that "violent intercourse had been had had [sic] with her - & found a white substance in the vagina which may have been semen or the matter of lenchoma [?] - he thinks from appearances that she had struggled violently." Dead about 24 hrs. when he first saw her. Examined the prisoner Lank -- found agua fortis on his shirt. Examined Jerry's shirt tail. Could not tell if marks of blood were on it. "the negro said he had washed it to get off grass seed which had fallen in his bosom - saw no grass seed & c." CROSS-EXAM: Wound on her vagina made at the time of her death or immediately after. TEST: Mrs. Jos. H. Mitchell: says Lank overtook her Friday morning. He came up in a hurry on horseback. Wit. asked if pri. was after the Doctor, he said no, "he was after his master - there had been a lady dead in the neighborhood & one of his master's negroes was taken up on suspicion - he said he had not seen the lady - & then in a few minutes said he had & described her situation - said she had agua fortis about her & it was thought she died from it - said she had been sick swimming in her head &c &c." "he appeared badly frightened - stuttered in his speech - rode along with her near two miles." CROSS-EXAM: "said the negro taken up was Jerry his son." TEST: Amelia Stowe (sister of deceased): sister left her father's house on Thurs, 9/22 going towards Mr. Shockleys, something over a mile away. Deceased was living at Shockleys. Dec. had come to see wit. on Weds. & was going back. Went down to Shockleys on Thursday "about an hour by sun" & found her missing. Started to hunt for her. Wit. & Harris Stowe found her the next morning. TEST: R S Hollomman (acting jailor of Franklin Co.): "Jerry said to him voluntarily that he & his father waylaid the road & the decd come along - his father stept out & told her to stop - she replied she was sick & wanted to get on - his father then knocked her down - caught her by the throat & took hold of her & told him to take hold too - He took her by the body & his father by the head - then said they carried her 100 yds from the road & laid her down - his father then poured the agua fortis in her mouth - his father told him to ravish her - he tried but did not - hadn't the heart - she was in a dying state - his father then took hold and ravished her he then said they took her to the chesnut stump & crushed her down - his father told him to stamp her - he stamped her once - his father then laid her bonnet off - & her knitting & laid that aside - he told his father it would found out on them [sic] - his father said no - appear lively &c &c. - & no person would suspect them - in a subsequent conversation said his father had given him 25 & his younger brother 20 cts to help in the business & paid them in baskets - his father took a knife & cut her after he (Jerry) failed & before his father commenced & stamped her several times &c &c - asked Jerry why they did it - replied his father told him what was to be done but gave no reasons for it - he Jerry stamped her in the breast. CROSS-EXAM: Jerry "said he had nothing against her the girl but was persuaded by his father - who told him he wanted to ravish her & wanted his help." TEST: John G York: "heard Jerry say that he & his father & Daniel went from the field to the road & waylaid the girl." Jerry's father ordered her to stop, she refused, & the father knocked dec. down by hitting her in the head with his fist & grabbed her by the throat. & "bade" Jerry "take hold of her middle & Daniel her feet, - & they did so." The father put agua fortis in her mouth. "Jerry made an effort to ravish her but failed said he had no courage - Daniel tried also - his father took a knife & cut her privates with the knife & made an effort & was a good long while & he thinks [2 illeg words: "must have"?] ravished her - they all three stamped her all over - while they were ravishing her they discovered her to be alive - after stamping her they placed her in the chesnut sapling & there left her - said they had had the agua fortis a month & contemplated this a month - three other families they intended serving the same way." TEST: Hollerman reintroduced: "told Lank he had his other son there. Daniel stated the same thing Jerry had stated - Lank denied it but looked cowed. Daniel said you made me go facing his father." TEST: Jos. H. Mitchell: saw Lank coming full speed into town after his master. Said a girl had been found dead & that they had taken up one of his sons. "trembled & struttered -- heard the confessions & agrees with other witnesses." TEST: Hudson Stowe. Acquainted with Lank & Jerry, slaves of Mangum. DEPOSITION TEST: Permealey Ann Stow [x]. The second finder of the body, with Harris Stow. d.d. 9/24/1853. Bonds for witnesses: Thomas L. Rice [x], James Jones [s], Wesley Pritchard [x] (2nd folder: Tignal E. Toney [x] bound to appear as witness against Lank, a slave] ALSO: SAME CASE [Box 18, unsorted]: MURDER: State v. Daniel. TEST: Hudson Stowe. ditto. Daniel age 15 or 16 yrs. TEST: Wm Ashe. ditto. TEST: Dr. Wm K Wellborn. ditto. TEST: J J M Bagwell. Says Daniel, when he came into town, tied up, told JJMB that he did not murder Miss Stowe. Then the prisoner later called JJMB back & told him "he wanted to tell the truth about that matter." Daniel said he did not help his father & brother kill her, but did help them carry her away from the road where she had been knocked down. Stamped her only once in the woods. Said "his father told him to or made him do it." Daniel said his father went on purpose to kill her. Said they knew Miss Stowe was going down that road because "Mr. Shockley's negro woman told them -- said his father said she was in the family way & had to be murdered." Says Daniel appears age 14. His father, Lank, "a stern overbearing man - weighed 150 lbs - Jerry was grown & larger." File Box 14 159-1-41 LOOSE PAPER:
Race: b
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: [m] Children: yes Occupation: slave of Howel Mangum Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Accused 2: Lan [Lank] Ethnicity: Race: b
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: s Children: n Occupation: slave of Howel Mangum Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Accused 3: Daniel Ethnicity: Race: b
Gender: m Age: child Literate: Marital Status: s Children: n Occupation: slave of Howel Mangum Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: Martha H. Stowe
Race: w
Gender: f Age: adult [or 14 or 15?] Literate: Marital Status: s Children: n Occupation: Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1856, June 14 FRA CT FILE Class: certain Crime: HOM Rela: BROTHEL CUSTOMER by PROSTITUTE Motive: UNK [DEFENDING HOUSE of PROSTITUTION? STOPPING AGGRESSIVE CUSTOMER?] [QUARREL] Intox?: Day of week: Sat Holiday?: Time of day: 11pm Days to death: 0 S
USPECT(s): Elizabeth Jenkins [aka Elizabeth Lowe] VICTIM(s): James M. Smith Weapon: with double barreled pistol & lead ball shot at 11pm on the face on the left side of the nose just below the eye. d. at midnight, 6/14. [i.e., d. 1 hr] Circumstances: NOTE: that EJ & others were charged previously for keeping a lewd house & for rioting Inquest: Indictment: yes, murder Term: 10/1856 Court proceedings: pG to vol. mansl. 4 yrs in penitentiary. Legal records: SCM, v. Apr. 1846 - Oct. 1857 MURDER: 10/1856t: Elizabeth Jenkins aka Elizabeth Lowe 6/14/1856 with double barreled pistol & lead ball shot James M. Smith at 11pm on the face on the left side of the nose just below the eye. d. at midnight, 6/14. [i.e., d. 1 hr] pG to vol. mansl. 4 yrs in penitentiary. RIOT: 3/1853t: Elizabeth Jenkins aka Eliz. Lowe & Anne Williams tb LEWD HOUSE: 4/1854t: Eliz. Jenkins aka Lowe tb LEWD HOUSE: 10/1855t: Eliz. Jenkins aka Eliz. Lowe. bnf RIOT: 4/1856t: Eliz. Jenkins [aka Eliz. Lowe] & Ann Williams. fG. 10 days in jail & c. File Box 9: Aug. 1852 - Apr. 1856 1838-05 * RIOT (3/1853t): Eliz. Jenkins (aka Eliz. Lowe), Anna Williams, & others 3/21/1853 threw stones at house of Mary Whiten, broke down door. ind. pNG. Wit: MW, Wm Kelly. [2nd file: 4/1855t: AW: bonds f.] * FORN (4/1854t): John E McCarty (single) 2/1/1854 etc. with Eliz. Jenkins (single). wit: Wm Sparks, Lucinda Williams, Ann Williams. ind. np. on payment of costs. * LEWD HOUSE (3/1855t): Eliz. Jenkins (aka Low) [x - as Sarah Low]. b.d. 3/24/1855: $500 b to appear. Newspaper: Census: Genealogy: Accused: Elizabeth Jenkins [aka Elizabeth Lowe] Ethnicity: Race: w
Gender: f Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: [prostitute] Town: FRA Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: James M. Smith
Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1861, Jan. 31 FRA CT
Crime: HOM Rela: RELATIVE UNK by UNK Motive: UNK Intox?:
Day of week: Th Holiday?: Time of day: Days to death: 20 S
no Richard M. Manly Richmond Wooten FRAN 625
Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Accused 2: Richard Woten Ethnicity: Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: Victim: Richard M. Manly
Race: w
Gender: m Age: adult Literate: Marital Status: Children: Occupation: Town: Birthplace: Religion: Organizations: 1861 FRA CT PRI Class: certain Crime: HOM Rela: UNK Motive: UNK Intox?: Day of week: Holiday?: Time of day: Days to death: S |