Wake County NcArchives Obituaries.....Smith, Benjamin 1806 ************************************************ 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 October 14, 2008, 6:58 pm Raleigh Minerva Mon., Sept. 15, 1806, Raleigh Minerva DIED, on the 5th inst., in this county, MR. BENJAMIN SMITH. The circumstances attending the death of MR. SMITH are extremely distressing. Having a dispute with one of his neighbors, some blows passed, when his antagonist struck him with a jug, which fractured his skull, and in a few days put a period to his existence. The murderer, whose name is HENRY COCKE, has since absconded. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wake/obits/s/smith1314ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb