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James Evans Wallace

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James Evans Wallace

Birth
Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
2 Dec 1864 (aged 56–57)
Bumpus Mills, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Stewart County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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His name is misspelled on the tombstone. He was a blacksmith, a constable, and the leader of a band of guerilla's during the civil war. He was in on the lynching of about a dozen slaves at the Great Western Furnace Slave uprising in 1856. He was caught by the local law enforcemnt and was shot trying to escape by Lt. Col. Nathan Brandon. He died four days later of 2 December 1864.
His name is misspelled on the tombstone. He was a blacksmith, a constable, and the leader of a band of guerilla's during the civil war. He was in on the lynching of about a dozen slaves at the Great Western Furnace Slave uprising in 1856. He was caught by the local law enforcemnt and was shot trying to escape by Lt. Col. Nathan Brandon. He died four days later of 2 December 1864.


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