Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Edwards, John June 1903
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The Marion County Patriot, June 12, 1903
The Marion County Patriot, No. 24
June 12, 1903
Page Four

Mr. Jno. Edwards Killed

Mr. Jno. Edwards, brother of Dr. Edwards, Marion County’s representative, was 
shot and killed on his place in Muscogee County last Saturday morning.  At the 
same time his son, Jeff Edwards was seriously, perhaps fatally wounded.  The 
shooting was done by a sixteen year old boy, Bartow Nix, and was the result of 
a dispute over the ownership of a small field of oats.

Mr. Edwards had planted a field of sixteen acres in oats.  The land was claimed 
by both Edwards and Nix, and the matter had been taken into the courts.  The 
courts decided in favor of Nix, but Edwards thought he had a right to cut the 
oats that he had planted and it was while he was doing this that he was shot 
and killed.  The shooting was done with a shotgun.  Edwards was shot once and 
his son twice.

Dr. Edwards went to his brothers home Monday morning.

The Marion County Patriot, No. 25
June 19, 1903
Page Three

Georgia News

Bartow Nix Indicted

The grand jury at Columbus has indicted young Bartow Nix, who killed John 
Edwards and dangerously wounded Jeff Edwards, upon two charges – murder and 
assault with intent to murder.  The young boy is still in jail.

The Marion County Patriot, No. 45
November 20, 1903
Page Two

Georgia News

Two Murders Against Nix

Bartow Nix, a 16-year-old boy, who occupies a cell in Muscogee County jail at 
Columbus, will have to face two charges of murder, the grand jury a few days 
ago, having indicted him on a murder charge for the second time.

Some time ago, in a dispute over an oat patch in the eastern part of the 
county, young Nix shot and killed John Edwards and also badly wounded his son, 
Jeff Edwards.  The young man died later and hence the second indictment.

The Marion County Patriot, No. 47
December 4, 1903
Page Six

Georgia News

Bartow Nix Sentenced

At Columbus, young Bartow Nix was sentenced to lifetime imprisonment for the 
murder of John T. Edwards by Judge Butts, in the Muscogee County Superior 
Court.  The boy received the sentence calmly and offered no reason why he 
should not be sentenced to the penitentiary for the rest of his life.  His 
attorneys will make a motion for a new trial at once.


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