30 June 2011

The Dastardly Murder of Mr. James Orr (1858)

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Georgia)
15 April 1858
(Viewed online at GenealogyBank.)

The Clayton Banner (Barbour county, Ala.) records the dastardly murder of Mr. James Orr, a highly respected citizen of that county. He was called from his bed at night by some one outside, and was shot down dead at his door by an unknown person. Suspicion rests upon one of his own negroes and a white boy named Bailey, lately discharged from employment by Mr. Orr.

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