Meriwether County GaArchives News.....Burton acquitted in June murder of Samuel Ricks . ************************************************ 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: Candace (Teal) Gravelle http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00023.html#0005680 November 24, 2006, 8:13 pm "The Carroll County Times" . Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, SEPTEMBER 5, 1879 GEORGIA News Burton, charged with the killing of Ricks in Meriwether county Superior court last week, was acquitted. Additional Comments: See posting of original murder account at: Meriwether County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ricks, Samuel http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/meriwether/obits/r/ricks5931gob.txt * 1880 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Name: Samuel T Ricks Gender: Male Race: White Marital Status: Married Place of Birth: Georgia Estimated birth year: abt 1846 Age: 34 Month of Death: Jun Cause of Death: Murdered Place of Death: Militia District 705, Meriwether, Georgia File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/meriwether/newspapers/burtonac2022gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb