Newberry County ScArchives Obituaries.....Livington, Peter January 23, 1857 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace (Teal) Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net December 22, 2007, 12:29 pm "The Abbeville Banner" Abbeville, South Carolina NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, FEBRUARY 5, 1857 ANOTHER MURDER On Friday night last [Jan 23], about 9 o'clock, Peter LIVINGSTON, the son of Marshall LIVINGSTON, deceased, was killed in a most brutal and cowardly manner. While sitting with the family around the fireside, a stone was heard to strike against the house, whereupon he got up, went to the door, and upon opening it, was shot through the head. In three hours afterward, he was dead. The Coroner's Jury found a verdict in accordance with the facts. When will there be peace in the land! Newberry District is covered over with blood and she is fast earning for herself the title of the Bloody District. "The Newberry Sun", the 28th ult. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/newberry/obits/l/livingto282gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/scfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb