Unnamed, KY, 1812

the river bank, from which the water supply of the town was

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COUNTY, KENTUCKY, FROM OXCART TO AIRPLANE (Marshall & Bruce

Co., Nashville, Tenn., 1930, p 79.)

the river bank, from which the water supply of the town was

"obtained." Charies M. Meacham, A iHfiSTORY OF CHRISTIAN
COUNTY, KENTUCKY, FROM OXCART To AIRPLANE (Marshall & Bruce

Co., Nashville, Tenn., 1930, p 79.)

the river bank, from y supply of the ees was
SeaEcieetaae as Meacham, = ‘iistoxt OF CHEST
COUNTY, KENTUCKY, FROM OXCART ff AIRPLANE (Marshall ie Bruce|

Co, Nashville, Tenn., 1930, p79.

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Female slave
"The first person hanged in the county (Christian County,

Kye) was a colored girl, the property, of Dr. Edward Rumsey.
As nearly as we can fix the time by the statements of the
oldest citizens, who were told of it when they ware chil-
dren, the hanging was about the year 1812, The girl's name
is not known, but in those days there was a divided opinion
am the justice of her execution, She was left to nurse a
fretful child and gave it laudanum, from the effects of
which it died. One opinion was that she attempted to admin:
ister the dug to quiet the babe but gave it too much and
killed it, The jury, however, found her guilty of murder
and she was publicly hanged on the river bank, not far from
where the present county jail stands. She was buried under
the scaffold, but subsequently the remains were dug up and

removed, because the bones were supposed to be near the
vein of water making the Rock Spring, some distance down

Female slave

"The first person hanged in the county (Christian County,
Kye) was a colored girl, the property, of Dr. Edward Rumsey.
As nearly as we can fix the time by the statements of the
oldest citizens, who were told of it when they ware chil-
dren, the hanging was about the year 1812, The girl's name
is not known, but in those days there was a divided opinion
em the justice of her execution. She was left to nurse a
fretful child and gave it laudanum, from the effects of
which it died. One opinion was that she attempted to admin.
ister the dug to quiet the babe but gave it too much and
killed it. The jury, however, found her guilty of murder
and she was publicly hanged on the river bank, not far from
where the present county jail stands, She was buried under
the scaffold, but subsequently the remains were dug up and
removed, because the bones were supposed to be near the
vein of water making the Rock Spring, some distance down

Female slave
"The first person hanged in the county (assis County,
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colored girl, the property. of ward Rumsey.

ky.) vas a
4s ne: s we can fix the time by the ete temartter atten
Braeseir eicens
dren,
is not Imown, but in
an the justice of her execution,

who were told of it when they ware chil-
the hanging was about the year 1812, The girl's
those days there was a divided opinion]
She was left to nurse a
fretful child and gave it laudamum, from the effects of
which it died, One opinion was that she

ister the dug to quiet the babe but gave

killed it, The jury, however, found her guilty of murder
and she was publicly hanged on the river bank, not far from|
yhere the present county jail stands, She was buried under
the scaffold, but subsequently the remains were dug up and
removed, because the bones were supposed to be near the
vein of water making the Rock Spring, some distance down

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