Nero Davis, NC, 1870 January 14

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Nero Davis 1-14-1870

location: Pittsboro NC

Offense: Murder

North Carolina Reports, Vol. 63, pages 578-582 report
affirmation of death sentence in the case of Nero Davis,
sent up from Chatham County. No details of the crime are
given. Chatham County Superior Court Minutes Book, Fall
Term, 1869, page 170 resentences Nero Davis to hang on
1-14-1870. The Chatham Record, 11-4-1886 mentions this
case in retrospect and says that the execution was in-
deed carried out and that Davis had killed a negro woman.

Nero Davis 1-14-1870

Location: Pittsboro NC

Offense: Murder

North Carolina Reports, Vol. 63, pages 578-582 report
affirmation of death sentence in the case of Nero Davis,
sent up from Chatham County. No details of the crime are
given. Chatham County Superior Court Minutes Book, Fall
Term, 1869, page 170 resentences Nero Davis to hang on
1-14-1870. The Chatham Record, 11-4-1886 mentions this
case in retrospect and says that the execution was in-
deed carried out and that Davis had killed a negro woman.

Nero Davis

Location: Pittsboro NC

Offense: Murder

North Carolina Reports, Vol. 63, pages 578-582 report
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sent up from Chatham Cou io details of the crime are
given. Chatham County eral Court Minutes Book, Fall
Term, 1869, page 170 resentences Nero Davis to hang on
1-14-1870. The Chatham Record, 11-4-1886 mentions this
case in retrospect and says that the execution was in-
deed carried out and that Davis had killed a negro woman.

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