Wilkinson-Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Sheffield, Jim April 1888 ************************************************ 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: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 December 7, 2004, 3:24 pm The Marion County Patriot, May 4, 1888 The Marion County Patriot, No. 18 May 4, 1888 Page Two Mr. Jim Sheffield, of Irwinton, was shot and instantly killed and robbed while on his way home last Saturday night by Will Collins, a negro, who was tracked from the spot to his home, a short distance away, where he was captured. The inquest jury find that Mr. Sheffield came to his death by a gunshot wound at the hands of Will Collins, and that the killing was willful murder. The prisoner was spirited away to the Bibb County jail to prevent lynching. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/wilkinson/obits/s/ob6053sheffiel.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb