Robeson County NcArchives News.....Mrs. Anna Ratley attacked by alligator July 10, 1816
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Farmer's Repository July 10, 1816
"Lumberton, N.C. June 18."
"On Friday afternoon, the 7th inst. Mrs. Anna Ratley, was riding across the Gum 
Swamp, (about 12 miles from this place) where the water was but little more 
than knee deep, the beast on which she rode was attacked by an Alligator, and 
in the struggle Mrs. Ratley was thrown, and the moment she fell, the monster 
seized, bit and mangled her most horridly, of which wounds she died on Monday 
last.  Her husband and brother were near at hand and ran to her assistance and 
in rescuing the woman, one of the men received a blow from the Alligator 
without sustaining much injury, and after shooting seven or eight times, they 
succeeded in killing him; he measured 11 feet in length."

Additional Comments:
This article is from the "Farmer's Repository", a weekly newspaper that was 
published in Charles Town, Jefferson Co, VA, which is now known as Jefferson 
Co, WV. 

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