Unnamed, GA, 1863 April 1

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Sherod Sheffield Akins, l:\7-yeareold white planter, was
killed by a runaway slave in the Altamaha River Swamp

near his home in Wayne County, Ga.e, on April 1, 1863,

See excerpt from PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume
III, by Folks Hubbard; Cooper Press, Inc., 1957, p 3,

filed in Georgia *NWU* Letter Files,

SLAVE

(Need confirmation)

Sherod Sheffield Akins, ?-year-old white planter, was
killed by a runaway slave in the Altamaha River Swamp
near his home in Wayne County, Gae, on April 1, 1863,
See excerpt from PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume
III, by Folks Hubbards Cooper Press, Inc., 1957, p 35
filed in Georgia #NWU* Letter Files.

led confirmation)
d Akins, L7-year-old white planter, vas
y slave in the Altamaha River Swamp
Vayne County, Gaey on April 1, 1863.
OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA, Volume
Hubbards Cooper Press, Inc., 1957, p 35



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