McDuffin COUNTY, GA - Murder in Dearing - Arthur Street

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Source: Small booklet  called  "A History of
Dearing ,McDuffie County Georgia From 1850 to 1904"
written by A.J. Taylor ( who  is
listed in the membership roll of the  UCV camp)

it details some of the early days of the small town
of Dearing  about 8 miles from
Thomson. Dearing was a real rough  place in those
days with the local farmers working hard all week
then coming into town on Saturdays to fight, drink
and gamble. There was no church because as Mr Taylor
says " The Devil wasn't going to give up a place
where he had done such good work."

As it turns out I discovered from this small book
that one of my GG Grandfathers was  Murdered  right
here in Dearing Here are the details from the book

The Third man Killed  (in Dearing)  was Arthur
Street . He was  Killed near his Home . he was found
not far from the Road  about 500 yards  from his
house. It was never known who killed him  or at
leats never proven. He was a very inoffensive man
and no one could understand  why he was killed. It
couldn't have been robbery as he was in his night
clothes. 

His wife had started to Dearing  to take
the Express to Augusta, and forgetting something
called Arthur to bring it to her he did so and she
continued on. He never got back to the house and
when she returned he was missing, a search  was made
and  Arthur was found not far from where she left
him.

Arthur Street  was Irish and supposedly the  Father
of My Great Grandmother Maggie Street.

The  Hamilton Rangers Muster Roll  List him as
Discharged by Order of General Lee and  another
version of the Rolls list him as Killed at home
during the War which puts the crime  in the years
1863 - 1865 This has my curosity up and I will be
looking into it  more :o)