Pickens County GaArchives Obituaries.....Watkins, Joseph M. August 19, 1886 ************************************************ 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: Meredith Clapper http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002801 November 3, 2020, 1:34 pm The Cherokee Advance 27 Aug 1886 p 2 The Cherokee Advance 27 Aug 1886 p 2 About four miles from Jasper last Thursday J. M. Watkins stepped in between a Mr. Mullinax and Mr. Ray, who were fighting, to stop them, when Mullinax stabbed Watkins in the arm. The wound bled profusely, and Watkins only lived a short while. The coroners jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. Mullinax gave himself up. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pickens/obits/w/watkins5600nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb