Perquimans County NcArchives News..... The Johnson-Jones Duel February 1846 ************************************************ 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: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com February 11, 2008, 4:07 pm Feb. 13, 1846 Charlotte Journal February 1846 A FATAL DUEL! We are grieved to state that a Duel growing out of painful domestic causes was fouoght on Monday morning last, near Bladensburg, between DR. DANIEL JOHNSON and THOMAS F. JONES, ESQ., both of Perquimans County, in this State, which resulted, on the first fire, in the instanteous death of DR. JOHNSON. The weapons used were Pistols. It is further stated that the surviving combatant, and his second, were arrested upon the spot by the Civil Authorities of the County. -- Raleigh Register File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/perquimans/newspapers/thejohns342nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb