Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Mallory, William, 1860 

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DEATH OF A VETERAN. 

Mr. William Mallory, an old citizen of Southampton county, died 
a few days ago, immediately after returning from a visit to this 
city.  Mr. Mallory was eighty years of age, and figured in the 
suppression of the Southampton massacre.  He was the identical 
"Buck Mallory" who skinned Nat Turner, the leader of the 
rebellion, and the hide being tanned, portions of it are now in 
the "curiousity shops" of many residents in and about Southampton. 
-"Petersburg (Va.) Express" 


William "Buck" MALLORY, 
helped suppress the Southampton Insurrection- skinned Nat TURNER, 
NC native, d. Jul 1860, age ca. 80, 
"The Daily Dispatch" (Richmond, VA), July 18, 1860 (Vol. 18, No. 14), 
   p. 1, col. 4 

He appears in the 1850 Census (St. Lukes P'sh, p. 242b #26) as a farmer, 
   age 64, b. NC.  Transcript by Col. P.J. Turner posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/census/1850/pg0242a.txt 

He does not appear in the 1860 Census. 


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Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
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