Johnston County NcArchives News.....Alex Blalock March 1, 1898
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The Semi-Weekly Messenger (Wilmington NC) March 1, 1898
There was a negro in Raleigh yesterday with a history. He was once convicted of
murder, sentenced to be hanged, lost his case, was about to be swung for the
killing when his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in the penitentiary.
A few year later he was pardoned and is now a prosperous farmer and property
owner in Johnson county. Alex Blalock is his name. He is ginger-cake colored
negro, 45 years of age, with an honest, prosperous look about him. He is said to
be one of the most influential and substantial negroes in Johnson county.

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