Columbus County NcArchives Obituaries.....Stephens, Francis 1855 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sam West sam.west.1@gmail.com August 13, 2013, 1:38 pm Biblical Recorder 01/04/1855 We learn, by a private letter from Mr. A. Nobles, that an affray took place in Columbus county, on the 25th inst., between Dr. Fields, and Francis Stephens, which resulted in the death of the latter. He received three stabs in the back with a knife, and then had his throat cut, dying in about two minutes afterwards. The Murderer made his escape, and was still at large, when our correspondent wrote. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/columbus/obits/s/stephens1584nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb