SPARROW, William B,.
25
Sparrow, a white man, was convicted on March #@, 1820, of having
killed a man named John Hunt in Orange County, N. Ce, and sentenced
to die.e Prior to his being hanged before a large crowd of peuple
in Hillsborough on May 12, 1820, he was taken frum the jail to
church where he attended services, Sparrow @displayed great forti-
tude and resignation" and made a brief address from the scaffold in
which he said that he was dying innocent of any intention of injuring
Hunt. His last words were: "I hope $00n to be with my Father atove,"
THi HILLSBOROUGH R&CORD, Hillsborough, Ne Ce, March 29, 1820;
May 17, 1820, LLL,
Sparrow was defended by Thomas Ruffin, future Chief Justice of North
Carolina, According to Kemp Plummer Ballard in MEMORIES OF AN OLD-
TIME TAR HEEL, the crime occurred on the edge of the campus of the
University of North Carolina (page 101)
See THE PAPERS OF ARCHIBALD MURPHEY (Jydge who sentenced who also
joined clemency bid) in NORTH CAROLINA = Book and Magazine Excerpts.
SPARROW, William B .
25
Sparrow, a white man, was convicted on March #@, 1820, of having
killed a man named John Hunt in Orange County, N. Ce, and sentenced
to die. Prior to his being hanged before a large crowd of peuple
in Hillsborough on May 12, 1820, he was taken fram the jail to
church where he attended services, Sparrow @displayed great forti-
tude and resignation" and made a brief address from the scaffold in
which he said that he was dying innocent of any intention of injuring
Hunt. His last words were: "I hope soon to be with my Father alwove,"
TH HILLSBOROUGH RECORD, Hillsborough, Ne Ce, March 29, 1820;
May 17, 1820, SLE,
Sparrow was defended by Thomas Ruffin,’ future Chief Justice of North
Carolina, According to Kemp Plummer Ballard in MEMORIES OF AN OLD=
TIME TAR HEEL, the crime occurred on the edge of the campus of the
University of North Carolina (page 101)
See THE PAPERS OF ARCHIBALD MURPHBY (Judge who sentenced who also
joined clemency bid) in NORTH CAROLINA = Book and Magazine Excerptse
SPARROW, William B ,
25
Sparrow, a white man, was convicted on March #@, 1820, of having
Killed a man named John Hunt in Orange County, Ne C., and sentenced
Prior to his being hanged before a large crowd of peuple
in Hillsborough on May 12, 1820, he was taken fran the jail to
church where he attended services. Sparrow Pdisplayed great forti-
tude and resignation" and made a brief address fran the scaffold in
which he said that he was dying innocent of any intention of injuri
Hunt. His last words were: "I hope $00n to be with my Father above,"
dis HILLSBOROUGH RECORD, Hillsborough, Ne C., March 29, 1620;
May 17, 1820,
Sparrow was defended by Thomas Ruffin future Chie?—Justice of North
Carolina, According to Kemp Plummer Ballard in MEMORIES OF AN OLD-
TIME TAR HEEL, the crime occurred on the edge of the carpus of the
University of North Carolina (page 101)
See THE PAPERS OF ARCHIBALD MURPHEY (Judge who sentenced who also
Joined clemency bid) in NORTH CAROLINA - Book and Magazine Excerpts.
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