~~~~~ G- G- Grandfather ~~~~~
Murdered by his cousin.
Hazel Green Herald
March 10, 1886
Shot Dead
Wilborn Hall, a lawyer of Hindman, in Knott County, was shot and killed by Lewis Hall, in Floyd County, on Tuesday, Feb.23 The particulars, as we learn from Oscar Hall, who has just returned from Letcher County are about as follows: Wilborn Hall left his home at Hindman on the day named and rode over to a grocery on the Caney Fork of Beaver Creek, in Floyd County. There he took a drink of whiskey, and mounting his horse started away. He had gone but a short distance, when Lewis Hall a second cousin, who was in the grocery at the time, stepped out. Immediately the report of a rifle was heard, and those in the grocery saw Wilborn Hall fall from his horse. A couple of men went up to where the dead man lay. Lewis Hall accompanied them and, though he admitted the shooting, claimed it was an accidental shot. He subsequently gave himself up to Sheriff Dolph Draun and upon his examining trial was bound over to the Floyd Circuit Court in the sum of $300. The victim of the tragedy was a practicing attorney and a married man. He leaves a wife and children.
Floyd County Criminal Court Against Lewis Hall The Grand Jury of Floyd County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Lewis Hall of the crime of willful murder. Committed as follows: The said Lewis Hall on 23 th. day of February,1886 in the County and Circuit aforesaid did willfully, feloniously and of his malice aforethought kill, slay, and murder Wilborn Hall by shooting with a gun loaded with powder and ball, and from which shooting the said Wilborn Hall then and there died. Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
~~~~The Gentle Breeze~~~~
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not here,I do not sleep,
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of a quiet bird in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there,I did not die.
~~~~ By David Kellems ~~~~~
Grandson of Masias and Unisiah Branham (Smith) Hall
and Elder William and Amy (Johnson) Tackitt
Murdered by his cousin.
Hazel Green Herald
March 10, 1886
Shot Dead
Wilborn Hall, a lawyer of Hindman, in Knott County, was shot and killed by Lewis Hall, in Floyd County, on Tuesday, Feb.23 The particulars, as we learn from Oscar Hall, who has just returned from Letcher County are about as follows: Wilborn Hall left his home at Hindman on the day named and rode over to a grocery on the Caney Fork of Beaver Creek, in Floyd County. There he took a drink of whiskey, and mounting his horse started away. He had gone but a short distance, when Lewis Hall a second cousin, who was in the grocery at the time, stepped out. Immediately the report of a rifle was heard, and those in the grocery saw Wilborn Hall fall from his horse. A couple of men went up to where the dead man lay. Lewis Hall accompanied them and, though he admitted the shooting, claimed it was an accidental shot. He subsequently gave himself up to Sheriff Dolph Draun and upon his examining trial was bound over to the Floyd Circuit Court in the sum of $300. The victim of the tragedy was a practicing attorney and a married man. He leaves a wife and children.
Floyd County Criminal Court Against Lewis Hall The Grand Jury of Floyd County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Lewis Hall of the crime of willful murder. Committed as follows: The said Lewis Hall on 23 th. day of February,1886 in the County and Circuit aforesaid did willfully, feloniously and of his malice aforethought kill, slay, and murder Wilborn Hall by shooting with a gun loaded with powder and ball, and from which shooting the said Wilborn Hall then and there died. Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
~~~~The Gentle Breeze~~~~
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not here,I do not sleep,
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of a quiet bird in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there,I did not die.
~~~~ By David Kellems ~~~~~
Grandson of Masias and Unisiah Branham (Smith) Hall
and Elder William and Amy (Johnson) Tackitt
~~~~~ G- G- Grandfather ~~~~~
Murdered by his cousin.
Hazel Green Herald
March 10, 1886
Shot Dead
Wilborn Hall, a lawyer of Hindman, in Knott County, was shot and killed by Lewis Hall, in Floyd County, on Tuesday, Feb.23 The particulars, as we learn from Oscar Hall, who has just returned from Letcher County are about as follows: Wilborn Hall left his home at Hindman on the day named and rode over to a grocery on the Caney Fork of Beaver Creek, in Floyd County. There he took a drink of whiskey, and mounting his horse started away. He had gone but a short distance, when Lewis Hall a second cousin, who was in the grocery at the time, stepped out. Immediately the report of a rifle was heard, and those in the grocery saw Wilborn Hall fall from his horse. A couple of men went up to where the dead man lay. Lewis Hall accompanied them and, though he admitted the shooting, claimed it was an accidental shot. He subsequently gave himself up to Sheriff Dolph Draun and upon his examining trial was bound over to the Floyd Circuit Court in the sum of $300. The victim of the tragedy was a practicing attorney and a married man. He leaves a wife and children.
Floyd County Criminal Court Against Lewis Hall The Grand Jury of Floyd County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Lewis Hall of the crime of willful murder. Committed as follows: The said Lewis Hall on 23 th. day of February,1886 in the County and Circuit aforesaid did willfully, feloniously and of his malice aforethought kill, slay, and murder Wilborn Hall by shooting with a gun loaded with powder and ball, and from which shooting the said Wilborn Hall then and there died. Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
~~~~The Gentle Breeze~~~~
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not here,I do not sleep,
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of a quiet bird in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there,I did not die.
~~~~ By David Kellems ~~~~~
Grandson of Masias and Unisiah Branham (Smith) Hall
and Elder William and Amy (Johnson) Tackitt
Murdered by his cousin.
Hazel Green Herald
March 10, 1886
Shot Dead
Wilborn Hall, a lawyer of Hindman, in Knott County, was shot and killed by Lewis Hall, in Floyd County, on Tuesday, Feb.23 The particulars, as we learn from Oscar Hall, who has just returned from Letcher County are about as follows: Wilborn Hall left his home at Hindman on the day named and rode over to a grocery on the Caney Fork of Beaver Creek, in Floyd County. There he took a drink of whiskey, and mounting his horse started away. He had gone but a short distance, when Lewis Hall a second cousin, who was in the grocery at the time, stepped out. Immediately the report of a rifle was heard, and those in the grocery saw Wilborn Hall fall from his horse. A couple of men went up to where the dead man lay. Lewis Hall accompanied them and, though he admitted the shooting, claimed it was an accidental shot. He subsequently gave himself up to Sheriff Dolph Draun and upon his examining trial was bound over to the Floyd Circuit Court in the sum of $300. The victim of the tragedy was a practicing attorney and a married man. He leaves a wife and children.
Floyd County Criminal Court Against Lewis Hall The Grand Jury of Floyd County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Lewis Hall of the crime of willful murder. Committed as follows: The said Lewis Hall on 23 th. day of February,1886 in the County and Circuit aforesaid did willfully, feloniously and of his malice aforethought kill, slay, and murder Wilborn Hall by shooting with a gun loaded with powder and ball, and from which shooting the said Wilborn Hall then and there died. Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
~~~~The Gentle Breeze~~~~
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not here,I do not sleep,
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of a quiet bird in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there,I did not die.
~~~~ By David Kellems ~~~~~
Grandson of Masias and Unisiah Branham (Smith) Hall
and Elder William and Amy (Johnson) Tackitt
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