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Spencer Compton “Newt” Eason

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Spencer Compton “Newt” Eason

Birth
Schley County, Georgia, USA
Death
2 Jan 1911 (aged 30–31)
Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.2319654, Longitude: -84.3077541
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On January 2, 1911 Ellaville Town Marshal{?} S. C. Eason was shot and killed in a negro store.
On April 8, 1911 three blacks charged with his death were lynched: Dawson Jordan; Charles Pickett; Murray Burton


Also see page 226 of "History of Schley County, Georgia", compiled and sponsored by Schley County Preservatiion Society, 1981-82, second printing by W. H. Wolfe Associates of Roswell, Ga. Available in your public library or from the Society, via the tax office of Schley County, Ga. for a fee.

On January 2, 1911 Ellaville Town Marshal{?} S. C. Eason was shot and killed in a negro store.
On April 8, 1911 three blacks charged with his death were lynched: Dawson Jordan; Charles Pickett; Murray Burton


Also see page 226 of "History of Schley County, Georgia", compiled and sponsored by Schley County Preservatiion Society, 1981-82, second printing by W. H. Wolfe Associates of Roswell, Ga. Available in your public library or from the Society, via the tax office of Schley County, Ga. for a fee.



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