Pin 1856, Dr. James Boone, an old and prominent citizen,
| living about 5 miles from Fayetteville, was brutally mur- |
| dered by 3 slaves, 2 of whom belonged to him, and one was |
| the property of a neighbor, The negroes who conspired to
kill him, and going to his house a night, they created
sufficient disturbance to bring him to his door, when they
fell ed him to the ground with a blow from a bludgeon, and
continued to beat him until he was dead. When accused
they confessed to the crime, and a band of men, led by the
sons of Dr. Boone, took the 2 negroes that belonged to him
from jail and hung them, The third one was tried at the
next term of the circuit court, and was also hung." p 2h,
FLASHBACK, the publication of the Washington County His-
torical Society, Vol, VI, No, 1, Jan., 1956, filed in
light blue binder,
SLAVE
| Tn 1856, Dr. Yames Boone, an old and prominent citizen,
living about 5 miles from Fayetteville, was brutally mr-
| dered by 3 slaves, 2 of whom belonged to him, and one was |
the property of a neighbor, The negroes who conspired to
kill him, and going to his house a night, they created
sufficient disturbance to bring him to his door, when they
fell ed him to the ground with a blow from a bludgeon, and
continued to beat him until he was dead, When accused
they confessed to the crime, and a band of men, led by the
sons of Dr. Boone, took the 2 negroes that belonged to him
from jail and hung them. The third one was tried at the
next term of the circuit court, and was also hung." p 2h,
FLASHBACK, the publication of the washington County His-
torical Society, Vol. VI, No, 1, Jan., 1956, filed in
light blue binder,
"Tn 1856, Dr. Yames Boone, an old and prominent citizen,
living about 5 miles from Fayetteville, was brutally mr-
dered by 3 slaves, 2 of whom belonged im, and one was
the property of a neighbor, The negroes who conspired to
kill him, and going to his house a night, they created
sufficient disturbance to b: him to his door, when they!
fell ed him to the ground with a blow from a bludgeon, and
continued to beat him until he wa d. When accused
tl confessed to the crime, and a band of men, led by the
of Dr. Boone, took the 2 negroes that belonged to hin|
n Jail and hung then, The third one was tried at
term of the circuit court, and was also hung.” p 2li,
FLASHBACK, the publication of the washington County His
torical Society, Vol. VI, No. 1, Jan,, 1956, filed i
light blue binder,
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