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0379

Report of Freedpeople, who have been murdered or assaulted with intent to kill, in the Sub District of Augusta, during the year commencing January 1st and ending October 31st 1868  

[[8 columned table]]
| Names of persons, murdered or assaulted. | Killed | Extend and Nature of injury | Cause of Assault | Name and Color of the offenders | Arrested | Nature of punishment inflicted | At large and probable whereabouts with remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

Greene County.

| Milas Armar. √ { | Killed |   | Not Known. | Henry Armar, Marc Reynold | Arrested & tried | 10 and 15 years Penitentiary | } |

| { |   |   |   | Jeremiah Knapp, Joseph Pierce | Arrested & tried | 5 years Penitentiary | } |

| Alic Rowland √ { | Killed |   | Not Known | Jack Ashley (all colored) | Arrested & tried | Not Guilty | } |

| Allen Jackson √ | Killed |   | No cause | Wm M Corry (white) | Arrested and escaped jail |   | At large whereabouts not known. The general impression is that he escaped through the connivance of the jailer |

| Frank Copeland √ |   | Flesh wound Shot in leg | No cause shot in the night on the public road | E.N. Price (white) | Arrested and tried | Not Guilty | Still in jail awaiting trial for murder of Mr Williams (white) |

| Jerry Lynes √ |   | Struck in head with a gun injury slight | Digging his own ground peas in the night | H.C. Thorton (white) | Arrested and tried | Not Guilty | Tried before Mr Tuggle JP at Union Point. |

| Bob Joseph √ |   | Struck with a brick injury severe. | picking up waste corn | J B Willis (white) | No. |   | Plaintiff not been able to pay for Warrant. Civil officers refused to issue |

| Dolla Gresham √ |   | Slight | Not Known | Joseph Cartright (white) | No. |   | Plaintiff refused to prosecute. |

| Adam Hunt √ |   | Whipped severe and one rib broken. | Not Known | Not Known | No |   | Done by a party calling themselves the Ku Klux. |

| Felix McWhorter √ |   | Shot in the foot and injured for life | Not Known | Not Known | No |   | Done by a part calling themselves the Ku Klux. |

| Harriett McWhorter √ |   | Whipped | Not Known | Joseph Sanders white | No |   | Plaintiff not been able to pay for Warrant. Civil officers refused to issue |

| Fanny Peek √ |   | Whipped Severe | Not Known | Wm James white | Arrested and tried | Not Guilty | The case was heard before James Parker JP at Whiteplains and dismissed upon frivolous grounds |

| Jamy Peek √ |   | Whipped very Severe | In going to see her children | Wm James and other whites | No |   | Plaintiff was beat shockingly and was afraid to prosecute, as justice was not done her the first time |

| Emiline Moore √ |   | Whipped Very Severe | Jealousy. | Seaborn Moore (Colored) | No |   | At large whereabouts not K |

| Tom Brown √ |   | Shot at | No cause | B W Allen MD (white ) | Tried before Agent BRF and AL |   | Compromised by parties upon defendant paying plaintiff $25 00 and cost of Warrant |

| Carrie Jackson √ |   | Cut with knife | Self defense not proven | John C Woods Jr (white) | Tried before Agent BRF and AL |   | Compromised by parties, upon defendant paying plaintiff $15 00 and Cost of Warrant |

Jefferson County.

| Jacob Thomas √ |   | Cut with a knife in hand | Homicide | Daniel Clemens (cold) | Arrested and tried | 6 months jail time by the County Court. | In confinement in the Louisville Jefferson Co. jail |

Burke County

| Frederick Mitchell | Killed | Shot on the road with | Homicide | M.A Penn (white) | No | Bound over to appear before the | One mile from McBean's Station A and S R R Burke Co Ga |

Transcription Notes:
11.28.2022 - The summaries for these incidents in much more legible handwriting is found on Pages 230, 231, 232 of this project, using these summaries to cross-match and confirm names and details