Houston County GaArchives Obituaries.....Everett, Jackson February 1893 ************************************************ 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: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 July 8, 2004, 6:39 pm The Butler Herald, February 28, 1893 The Butler Herald Tuesday, February 28, 1893 Page Two Scandal Died in Blood Special to Savannah News Ft. Valley, Ga., Feb. 18 – News reached here this morning that Neal Brown, a prominent citizen of this county, and agent for the Georgia Southern road at Bon Air, had been shot to death by Rev. Jackson Everett, a presiding elder of the colored Methodist church and that Everett was mortally wounded. Reports say that Brown who was about 45 years of age, was intimate with Everett’s daughter and he went to Everett’s house, knocked on the door and Everett responded with a gun in his hands. Brown saw him with the gun and fearing bodily harm got the drop on Everett and shot first, when the fire was returned by the preacher with deadly effect. Brown was a man of family and well connected in this county, his father, the late David M. Brown, being one of the most prominent and influential gentleman of antebellum times. His son’s tragic death is not only deplored by his family and relatives but by a large circle of friends. Later A telegram from Bon Air received tonight conveys the information that Parson Everett died at about noon from the effects of the wounds received at the hands of Brown before the deadly charge from Everett’s gun had pierced him. The affair will cast a gloom over the entire eastern portion of Houston County where Brown was well and favorably known. Rev. Jackson Everett was reared near Fort Valley and held quite an influence over his race, but the Indian blood in him predominated, and he was quick to resent an attack at the hands of anyone. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/houston/obits/ob4772everett.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb