GILMER COUNTY, GA - NEWS Murder of William P. Milton, in Ellijay 1872 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: jacqueline king Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Atlanta Constitution, Sept. 15, 1872 $500 Reward I hereby offer a Reward of Five Hundred Dollars for the apprehension, with proof sufficient to convict the party and his accomplices who assassinated my husband, William P. Milton, in Ellijay, Georgia, on the night of the 16th of April last, by shooting him through the window of his dining room, while at his supper table. This 17th day of June, 1872 Signed by Nancy C. Milton ____________________________________________________ ____ Five Hundred Dollar reward offered by the Governor's Office for the apprehension of whoever murdered William P. Milton. Signed by James M. Smith, Governor ____________________________________________________ ____ Five Hundred Dollar reward offered by the Oak Bowery Lodge No. 81, F.A.M. for the apprehension of whoever murdered Brother William Milton. Signed by Thomas F. Greer, Worshipful Master Pro-tem and W.R. Welch, Secretary Pro-Tem NOTES: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gafchs/hpbell/hpbell_08.htm Reconstruction Days. The following is Chapter 8 from H.P. Bell’s Men and Things, published 1907: A conviction for murder could not be secured. Judges, solicitors, and jurymen were of the party temporarily in power.  William P. Milton, at Ellijay, while sitting at supper at his home, was shot through a window and killed. Worly sneaked up behind William Ellington and shot him in the back.