Macon County GaArchives Obituaries.....Nixon, Hamp March 1887 ************************************************ 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 September 29, 2004, 10:44 pm The Marion County Patriot, March 18, 1887 The Marion County Patriot, No. 11 March 18, 1887 Page Eight Georgia News A negro named Hamp Nixon was murdered and robbed at Montezuma one day last week by Peter Reynolds, a colored boy sixteen years old. The body of the negro was thrown into the river to cover the deed. The boy secured a watch and $25 in money. He has been arrested, confessed the crime and is now in jail. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/macon/obits/n/ob5557nixon.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb