LOUIS ARMSTRONG 11-27-1874
Negro. Alias 'Strickland'. Murdered Willis Dickson,
another negro man, on June 29, 1874 by st
through the left eye. The murder weapon was a pistol.
Armstrong was executed at Carnesville, Franklin Co.,
on November 27, 1874. This confirms a retrospective
reference mentioned in an account of a 1917 Franklin
County hanging which said that the last one there
prior to that was 42 year
strong ‘alias Stricklar
s earlier - one Louis Arm-
by name.
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Franklin County Superior Court Minutes (1874-1879
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pages 70-72. Georgia State Archives.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG 11-27-1874
Negro. Alias 'Strickland'. rdered Willis Dickson,
another negro man, on June 29, 1874 by shooting him
through the left eye. The murder weapon was a pistol.
rmstrong was executed at Carnesville, Franklin Co.,
on November 27, 1874. This confirms a retrospective
reference mentioned in an account of a 1917 Franklin
County hanging which said that the last one there
prior to that was 42 years earlier - one Louis Arm-
strong ‘alias Strickland’ by name.
Franklin County Superior Court Minutes (1874-1879)
pages 70-72. Georgia State Archives.
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pages 70-72. Georgia State Archives.
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