Guilford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Poor, John 1836
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The Patriot (Greensboro, NC)
Wed., Dec. 14, 1836
HORRID - We learn that a man by the name of JOHN POOR was killed somewhere 
near Jamestown, in Guilford County, on Saturday night. MR. POOR was found 
weltering in blood, his heart having been pierced with a dirk knife. We also 
learn that a man named WILLIAM SHAW has been arrested on a charge of this foul 
deed, and that he acknowledges himself to be the perpetrator, but says he did 
it in self-defense. Shaw is the father-in-law of Poor. And, so far as we have 
been able to gather, the particulars are these: Poor had been absent from hone 
on Saturday, and during his absence, MRS. POOR (his wife) also left the 
premises and went to her father's (William Shaw) and had a warrant taken out 
for her husband for bad treatment. Poor returned home and finding his wife 
absent, went to his father-in-laws in search of her, where he found her. He 
then ordered her back to his house, which order she refused to obey. Mr. Shaw 
also protested against her leaving - and from this, Mr. Poor declared that he 
would take her, if he had to "knock down, kill, and drag her out". So saying, 
he rushed at his wife, and so soon, SHAW buried a knife deep in his bosom! 
These are the sum and substance of the particulars detailed to us. 


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