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0377

Statement showing names of Freedpeople who have been murdered or assaulted with intent to kill in Sumter, Schly & Webster Counties from Jan 1st 1868 to October 31st 1868

[[8 columned table]]
| Date | County | Name of Persons Killed or Assaulted | Extent and nature of injury done | Names of Persons Killing or Inflicting Injuries | Color of Person Killing &c | Extent & Nature of Punishment by Civil Authorities | Names of those at Large & Probable Whereabouts &c |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| May 19th | Sumter | Sallie Pickett | Shot in the face by Pistol ball not dangerous | Peter Croghan | White | Bound over to Superior Court Sum of 300.# Gave bond | No trial yet. |

| June 19th | Sumter | Adeline Wallace | Severely beaten with club | Anthony Wallace | White | No action by civil authorities | In Sumter Co |

| Sept 26th | Sumter | Alfred James | Brutally beaten & son shot at | James Murray | White | Grand Jury refused to find bill | In Sumter Co |

| April | Schley | Moses Hart | Shot in face severely wounded | Not known | - | No action to ascertain Perpetrators | was called out of his house at night by white men |

| August 5th | Schley | Miles Grant | Shot thro Shoulder | John T Lumpkin | White | No action taken | Is in Schley Co |

| August 5th | Schly | John Singleterry | Shot thro Thigh | John T Lumpkin | White | No action taken | Is in Schley Co |

| August 25th | Schly | Edmund Fraser | Shot in the Shoulder | John T Lumpkin | White | No action taken | Is in Schley Co |

| Sept 19th | Schley | Morch Thomson | Shot thro shoulder | Leandes Scarborough | White | No action taken | At large in Schley Co. |

| Sept 20th Schly | Peter Smith | Beaten nearly to death | Parties unknown |   | No action by civil authorities | Came horseback dressed with sheets over them |

| Sept 20th | Schly | Robt Wiggins | Beaten nearly to death | Parties unknown |   | No action by civil authorities | Came as above |

| Oct 1st | Schley | Henry Davis | Shot at 5 times | Parties unknown |   | No action by civil authorities | came & burst his door in at night & shot at him & wife & from there to the woods Parties masked |

| Oct 18th | Schly | Cato Tomlinson | Most brutally beaten | Parties unknown |   | No action taken | was laid on his back & whipped thro to his intestines |

| Oct 19th Schley | Ned Battle (an old man) | Thrown down & given 40 Lashes | Parties unknown |   | no action taken |   |

| October | Schly | Robt Stewart | Brutally beaten | Cyrus Peacock & others | white | No action by civil authorities | } These parties came masked & only Peacock was recognized |

| October | Schly | Thomas Stewart | Brutally beaten | Cyrus Peacock & others | white | No action | } These parties came masked & only Peacock was recognized |

| Oct | Schly | Thomas Robinson | Brutally beaten | Cyrus Peacock & others | white | No action | } These parties came masked & only Peacock was recognized |

| Oct | Schly | Jonas Swanson | Brutally beaten | Cyrus Peacock & others | white | No action | } These parties came masked & only Peacock was recognized |

| Oct 1st | Schly | Thomas Perkins | Brutally beaten | Parties unknown |   | No action |   |

I hereby certify that the above statement of cases were taken mostly from the parties themselves or their relatives & under oath.

H C Morrill
Agt BRF & AL

Transcription Notes:
11.17.2022 - Confirmed names and details using Page 165 of this project; Transcribed per guidelines and marking for review