FIRST HANGING IN DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA. (TRENTON)
The following taken from acount of late Frank Nethery,
who wrote it down in the 1950's ",..The first one (legal
hanging in Dade County) was a Negro woman, a slave of Mr,
Gross, who then lived in the large kog house, one mile
north of Trenton on the Main Valley Highway (maybe I
should have said ditch.) This negro woman killed her own
child, she said, to prevent it from growing up and be-
coming a slave of Mr, Gross. This woman was legally tried
and sentenced to death,..(and),,.was hanged from a gallows
on the property of Zachariah O'Neal, west of district Line
road a short distance," DADE NEIGHBOR, Trenton, Ga., Dec
30, 1952, bace &,
FIRST HANGING IN DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA. (TRENTON)
The following taken from acount of late Frank Nethery,
who wrote it down in the 1950'ss ",..The first one (legal
hanging in Dade County) was a Negro woman, a slave of Mr.
Gross, who then lived in the large kog house, one mile
north of Trenton on the Main Valley Highway (maybe I
should have said ditch,) This negro woman killed her own
child, she said, to prevent it from growing up and be-
coming a slave of Mr, Gross. This woman was legally tried
and sentenced to death,..(and)...was hanged from a gallows
on the property of Zachariah O'Neal, west of district Ling
road a short distance." DADE NEIGHBOR, Trenton, Ga., Dec
30, 1981, pase 8,
FIRST HANGING IN DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA. (TRENTON)
The following taken from acount of late Frank Nethery,
who wrote it down in the 1950'ss ",..The first one (legal
hanging in Dade County) was a Negro woman, a slave of Mr.
Gross, who then lived in the large kog house, one mile
north of Trenton on the Main Valley Highway (maybe I
should have said ditch,) This negro woman killed her own
child, she said, to prevent it from growing up and be-
coming a slave of Mr, Gross, This woman was legally tried
and sentenced to death,,.(and)
on the property of Zachariah O'Neal, wes Hl
road a short distance," DADE NEIGHBOR, Pie ee Ga., Dec,
30, 1981, page 8,
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