Claiborne, GA, 1840

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trial came up he was senten

before dying that he had committed another crime for which
another had been hanged,"

HISTORY OF JONES COUNTY, GEORGIA, 1807-1907, By Carolyn
White Williams, Round Oak, Ga, Published, 1957, by The

J. W. Burke Company, Macon, Ga., 1957. ea 26 as

trial came up he was sentenced to hang. He also confessed

before dying that he had committed another crime for which
another had been hanged,"

HISTORY OF JONES COUNTY, GEORGIA, 1807-1907, By Carolyn
White Williams, Round Oak, Ga, Published, 1957, by The
J. W. Burke Company, Macon, Ga, 1957. AGA 56 2

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trial came up he was sentenced to hang.
before dying that he kad comdtted anctler orine for yidél
another had been hanged,"

HISTORY OF JONES COUNTY, GEORGIA. 1807-1907, By Carolyn
White Williams, Round Oak, Ga, Published, 1957, by The
J. W. Burke Company, Macon, Gas, 1957. Ca er ZA

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SLAVE CLAIBORNE
(Jones County, Ga.)
"John Casey in 1840 lived on the road from Clinton $0
Devil's Half Acre, and his house-was the first after you
cross Cedar Creek, He had a son named Job, He came from
Nogth Crarolina to Jones. He had a bad slave who knew
Casey's habit of going to the barn at night to see if all
was well before retiring, ‘So one night this lave killed
Casey with an axe and took his body to Cedar Creek and
sank it in the creek, He killed the horse on which he
carried the body and put it in a gully and covered wt with
pine tops, The family looked everywhere for Gasey but as
his horse was missing it was thought that he had gone some

place. The buzzards led the searchers to the body of the
horse, they then searched for the body and foutd it and
arrested Claiborne, the slave, who confessed that he had
killed him. He was carried to Clinton jail and when the

SLAVE CLAIBORNE:

(Jones County, Gae)

"John Casey in 180 lived on the road from Clinton #o
Devil's Half Acre, and his house-was the first after you
cross Cedar Creek, He had a son named Job, He came from
Nogth Crarolina to Jones. He had a bad slave who knew
Casey's habit of going to the barn at night to see if all
was well before retiring. ‘So one night this lave killed
Casey with an axe and took his body to Cedar Creek and
sank it in the creek, He killed the horse on which he
carried the body and put it in a gully and covered w# with
pine tops, The family looked everywhere for Qasey but as
his horse was missing it was thought that he had gone some
place. The buzzards led the searchers to the body of the
horse, they then searched for the body and foukd it and
arrested Claiborne, the slave, who confessed that he had
killed him, He was carried to Clinton jail and when the

SLAVE CLATBORNE
(Jones County, Gas)

"John Casey in 18)0 lived on the road from Clinton fo
Devil's Half Acre, and his house-was the first after you
cross Cedar Creek, He had a son named Job, He came from
Nogth Grarolina to Jones. He had a bad slave who knew
Casey's habit of going to the barn at night to see if all
was well before retiring, So one night this lave killed
Gasey with an axe and took his body to Cedar Creste and
sank it in the creek, He killed the horse on which

The family looked eve:
goer missing it was thought that he had gone some|
laces The buzzards Led the searchers tothe body of the
horse, they then searched for the body and foutd it ai
arrested Gaiborne, the slave, so confessed that he | had
killed him, He was carried to Clinton jail and when the