Harris-Troup County GaArchives News.....Homicide at West Point, Ga. August 9, 1866
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The Daily Sun, Columbus, Ga., P. 1 August 9, 1866
Homicide at West Point, Ga.

   A correspondent at West Point writes us that on Saturday evening last, a 
man by the name of Carrington was shot down by one Harman Blackburn under the 
following circumstances: Some time in April or May last, one Thomas Ervin 
caused the arrest of said Blackburn, suspected of being connected with the 
stealing of two mules belonging to his grandmother.  The evidence not being 
sufficient to commit, Blackburn was discharged from the arrest.  Since that 
time until the commission of the homicide, great enmity existed between the 
Blackburn family and said Ervin.  A portion of the former meeting the latter 
on the new bridge across the Chattahoochee on Saturday evening last, one of 
them, Frank, a brother of Harman Blackburn, raised a difficulty with Ervin.  
Exacting words ensued, when William Carrington stepped up and observed that 
Ervin was a "clever fellow," and they ought to have no difficulty.  This 
appeared to enrage Frank Blackburn at Carrington, and a fight was about to 
occur between them when Harman Blackburn ran behind Carrington, and shot him 
twice, first in the left shoulder, and next in the left side, causing death of 
the latter in about five minutes.
   Carrington, upon whom this homicide was committed, our informant states, 
was comparatively a young man, beloved and respected by all who knew him.  In 
his death the community in which he lived, our informant states, has lost a 
good citizen, while his wife and little children have suffered an irreparable 
loss.  Several persons witnessed this lamentable affair, but our informant 
states no attempt was made to arrest the perpetrator of the horrid deed until 
after he had made his escape, and he asks in his communication to us --
 "cannot the felon be brought to justice."  Atlanta Intelligencer.



Additional Comments:
See also Governor's Proclamation Book 1854-1869, p. 159.
William Carrington was born in 1832, the son of William Carrington and Ann 
Thompson who were married in Madison Co., Ga. on Jan. 24, 1822.  William 
Carrington, Jr. was married to Nancy Gammell on Jan. 4, 1857 in Troup Co., 
Ga.  Nancy was the daughter of Benjamin Gammell and his wife Eliza Simmons.  
William Jr. and Nancy had three sons: William, Benjamin, and King.  In 1860 
William and Nancy were enumerated in the Whitesville area of Harris Co., Ga., 
and in 1870 and 1880, Nancy and sons were living with her parents in the 
Harris Co. census records.

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