Sumter County GaArchives News.....Grand Jury December 15, 1897
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Savannah Morning  News December 15, 1897
               SUMTER COUNTY GRAND JURY
     The grand jury now serving at Sumter county superior court is the most
remarkable one for years. The foreman, Col. W. T. Davenport, i 80 years of age,
while the youngest member, K. M. McDonald, is 42. Four memebrs are 70 years old,
four more are more than 60 years old and four others have long since passed the
half century mark. The average age of the twenty-two members of this jury is 60
years while the aggregate of their ages is 1,336 years. In religion, seven are
Methodists, six are Baptists and two are Presbyterians. The bailiff who attends
this ancient and honorable body is a confederate veteran, 57 years old, and
whose person bears the marks of sixteen bullets received in battle. 

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