Southampton-Greensville-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Deaths, 1881 

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Captain William H. PRETLOW, Southampton Co. lawyer, 
   reported dead, 22 Dec 1881; 
   reported convalescent, 24 Dec 1881 

Rev. Josiah Clanton BAILEY, Methodist minister & farmer, 
   Sussex Co. native, d. 19 Dec 1881, Hickford, age 68, 
   interred in the BAILEY family cemetery*, Greensville Co. 

Thomas OLIVER, Franklin town sergeant, charged with killing suspect 
   witnesses dead, 24 Dec 1881; charges dropped, Jan 1882 


"The (Richmond, VA) Daily Dispatch," Thurs., Dec. 22, 1881, p. 2, col. 4 

Virginia News. 

  Captain W.H. Pretlow, a well-known lawyer of Southampton county, Va., 
is dead. 

  Rev. J.C. Bailey, one of the oldest Baptist ministers in Southeastern 
Virginia, died at Hicksford on Monday morning at 3 o'clock of heart-disease. 


"The (Richmond, VA) Daily Dispatch," Sun., Dec. 25, 1881, p. 2, col. 2 

PETERSBURG. 

SINGULAR AND ALMOST FATAL ACCIDENT - NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH - 
   LITIGATION ENDED BY DEATH - REPORTED PASTORAL CHANGE - 
   THE PETERSBURG POST-OFFICE - REVENUE RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, &C. 
[Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] 
                        DECEMBER 24, 1881. 

  It not infrequently happens that death puts an end the litigation by 
removing the litigants.  In the case of Oliver, town sergeant of Franklin, 
in Southampton county, charged with shooting a negro whom he was about to 
arrest, death has removed the only two witnesses for the Commonwealth. 
Oliver, it will be remembered, was discharging his duty as an officer, and 
while thus engaged was struck twice upon the head with a "black-jack" in 
the hands of the negro whom he was endeavoring to arrest.  Oliver, after 
being struck, shot and mortally wounded his assailant.  The only two 
witnesses of the affray have since died - one a violent death, the other 
from malaria, and the Commonwealth is thus left without any evidence. 

  The report of the death of Captain W.H. Pretlow, of Southampton county, 
is unfounded.  Captain Pretlow has been ill for several weeks, but is now 
convalescent. 


"Alexandria (VA) Gazette," Sun., Jan. 15, 1882 (Vol. 83, No. 24) 

p. 2, col. 3 

VIRGINIA NEWS. 
[...] 

  Thomas Oliver, the sergeant of the town of Franklin, in Southampton County, 
who killed a colored man in self defense some weeks ago, whom he attempted to 
arrest, was discharged by the examining magistrate. 



Additional information: 

Articles posted as part of the Library Of Virginia's "Virginia Chronicle" 
   Virginia newspaper project, at: 
   http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/virginia_newspapers 
   - text of article corrected 

*Birthdate &c. from Find a Grave Mem. #142574400. 

William H. PRETLOW purchased a law office & attached land - 
   Lot 20, Jerusalem - from John J. & C. Antoinette (DREWRY) KINDRED, 
   9 Oct 1860; file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/29db630.txt 


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