Previously:
[October 2, 1900] -
Will Sievers, who killed Charles Tarter in Pulaski, was held in $1,500 bond. [1]---
[November 13, 1900] -
The grand jury of the Pulaski circuit court returned three indictments for murder against the following persons: G. P. Adderboldt, for the killing of Robert Munsey; William Sievers for the killing of Charles Tartar; Nancy Hunley and Phoebe King, for the killing of Epsey Sellers. [2]---
[July 5, 1901] -
Wm. Stivers, son of L. B. Stivers, of Pulaski, was acquitted of the murder of a man named Tarter. [3]---
[1] Excerpt from "In Neighboring Counties." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 2, 1900. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1900-10-02/ed-1/seq-1/
[2] Excerpt from "In Neighboring Counties." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. November 13, 1900. Page 4. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1900-11-13/ed-1/seq-4/
[3] Excerpt from "In Neighboring Counties." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, Ky. July 5, 1901. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1901-07-05/ed-1/seq-1/
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This will sound crazy so please bare with me. We don't know our real last name. See sometime around the early 1900's my husband's great grandfather supposably killed at least one black man over a poker game in Kentucky, we think. He then moved to West Virginia, moved in with a family and took up the name White which was the name of the family that he moved in with. That's really all we know. The man never even told his new wife and children his real name. My husband's grandfather was told about it after his dad died. We basically don't know anything more. I've been married for over 22 years so i got over the shock long ago. I think what bothers me most is the fact that there was a family out there once and their, husband, father or friend never came home one night because of a stupid game and stupid racism. The poor guy probably never even had a proper death certificate or birth certificate for that matter. Many people didn't back then. The whole situation bothers me. I'd love to be able to learn who this man, maybe even two men were that was killed. I wish i could find his family and apologize. We aren't mean ya know. We're not racist nor would we ever do this. I just don't know where to start...
@Amy, that's a tough situation and quite the mystery! Especially since you don't know the place/city/county in Kentucky, nor the year. Maybe DNA ancestry research could help? Several of the big ones have connection tools that help you find cousins. Your husband might be able to find some cousins from that particular line of his family tree and be able to figure out who that great-grandfather's ancestors were and from there his former last name. Best of luck, Dora
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