Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....Unknown, "Uncle" Billy December 25, 1875 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 October 20, 2005, 11:21 pm 29 December 1875; The Brunswick Advertiser & Appeal; pg. 1 col. 2 Killed A number of Negroes on St. Simons Island were spending last Friday night (Dec. 24, 1875) in religious exercises at the house of one of their number- Old Uncle Billy. Early the next morning a drunken fellow from another part of the Island entered and disturbed the meeting. The old man, in trying to put him out, was thrown to the floor, and stamped in the breast, which caused his death soon after. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at www.glynngen.com or the sister site at www.rootsweb.com/~gaglynn/ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/u/unknown2850gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb