Wilkinson County GaArchives News.....(OFFICIAL) A Proclamation October 1, 1869 ************************************************ 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: Phyllis Thompson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002524 April 14, 2005, 9:12 am The Georgia Enterprise October 1, 1869 $1000 REWARD GEORGIA By Rufus B. Bullock, Gov. of Said State. WHEREAS, S. J. Bush, Coroner of Wilkinson county, has reported to this Department, under date of 23d of September, instant, that a murder was committed in the said county of Wilkinson, on the 13th instant, upon the person of L. A. Golden, as is alleged, by one R. N. Nelson, and that the said Nelson has fled from Justice; and WHEREAS, The said Coroner further reports to me, that civil officers of the said county of Wilkinson have used their utmost exertions in trying to apprehend the murderer, but without success: Now, therefore, I have thought proper to issue this, my proclamation, hereby offering a reward of One Thousand Dollars for the apprehension and delivery of the said R. N. Nelson, with evidence sufficient to convict, to the Sheriff of said county of Wilkinson. And I do moreover charge and require all officers in this State, civil and military, to be vigilant in endeavoring to apprehend the said R. N. Nelson, in order that he may be brought to trial for the crime with which he stands charged. Given under my hand and the great Seal of the State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this the 28th day of Sept., in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the Ninety-Fourth. RUFUS B. BULLOCK, Governor By the Governor: DAVID G. COTTING, Secretary of State. DESCRIPTION The said Nelson is about 28 years of age, chin visaged, light complexioned, has red goatee and moustache, weighs about 125 lbs., and has lost two fingers off his right hand. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/wilkinson/newspapers/official2076nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb