Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Surratt, Cicero  1875
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The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, December 7, 1875
Cedartown--Our usually quiet town was startled on last Saturday night by the 
report about 9 o’clock that a man was shot out on the Priors station road, near 
the Cedar creek bridge.  It appears that a young man from Haralson county, Bud 
Turbyville, had hired Cicero Surratt, who lives about six miles from town, to 
pilot him around Cedartown with a whisky wagon.  Turbyville agreed to pay 
Surratt a certain sum, and in the settlement got into a dispute about the 
amount, Turbyville refusing to pay the amount agreed upon.  Immediately after 
the shooting, Turbyville mounted one of his horses and left.  Surratt had been 
drinking pretty freely during the day, and was in a drunken condition when 
shot.  He lived until 3 o’clock Sunday morning.  He leaves a wife and eight 
children, in a destitute condition, we presume.  The coroner’s jury found a 
verdict in accordance with the above facts.--Record 

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