Meriwether County GaArchives Obituaries.....Reynolds / Reynold, J. K. August 1879
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Candace (Teal) Gravelle http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00023.html#0005680 November 24, 2006, 7:41 pm

"The Carroll County Times"
Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia

NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, AUGUST 15, 1879

GEORGIA News

ANOTHER HOMICIDE

We get the following account of a recent homicide in Meriwether county from 
the LaGrange Reporter:

Mr. Warren P. Lovett, who lives in Atlanta, was on a visit to his brother 
Mr. Byrd Lovett who lives near Flint River in Meriwether county. He heard 
that Mr. J. K. Reynolds, a farmer in the vicinity, had circulated reports 
connecting his name with a certain lady in a disreputable way. He sent word 
to Reynolds that he must retract what he said, but got no satisfaction. 
Meeting Reynolds in the road last Sunday afternoon about five o'clock, he 
again demanded a retraction. This being refused, he drew his pistol and shot 
Reynolds, who died the next morning.

Lovett had two friends with him. They say that Reynolds tried to shoot 
first. A negro woman who was a witness to the affair says Reynolds made no 
attempt to draw a weapon. The above is the story as we heard it. We cannot 
say whether or not it is correct on all the particulars.


Additional Comments:
1880 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule
Name: J K Reynold 
Gender: Male  
Race: White  
Marital Status: Married  
Place of Birth: Georgia  
Estimated birth year: abt 1850  
Age: 30  
Month of Death: Aug 
Cause of Death: Shot;gunshot wound  
Place of Death: Meriwether, Georgia 

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