Onslow County, NC - Col. George Mitchel & Robert Snead, 1791

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Newbern

Died on Friday the 12th instant, Col. George Mitchel of Onslow County.
The particulars of the tragical manner in which the gentleman came to
his untimely end, have been related to us in the following manner:

Col. Mitchel and Robert W. Snead, Esq, were competitors for the honor
of representing the county of Onslow in the Senate of this state. The
exertions of the candidates and of their friends had been productive
of much ill-will and animosity, before the close of the poll when Mr.
Snead was declared duly elected.

After the election was closed, Mr. Snead was observed to call Col.
Mitchel from amongst the people assembled at the Court-House and to
go with him into a thicket just by. Shortly after, the report of a
pistol reaching the ears of those who were at the Court-House attracted
them to the spot from whence it issued; where in the presence of Mr.
Snead only, lay Col. Mitchel a corpse. Two fresh wounds were discovered
on him; one from a pistol shot, passing through from his shoulder out
below his ribs; the other on the skull apprently from a heavy blow
from the but of a pistol. Mr. Snead was thereupon apprehended but has
been since admitted to bail.

Col. Mitchel bore an unblemished character - was very active during the
war, and had for many years the honor of representing this county in
the General Assembly. He has left a widow and eight children.

Source: Windham Herald
        September 24, 1791

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