MURDERS.
There have been committed in Henderson County, since
December 14th, 181, forty-eight murders or killings, of which judicial
notice has been taken. fifteen of this number were committed within the
present city limits, and, of the entire number, forty-eight, within the
present city limits, and, of the entire number, forty-eight, there were
nine verdicts for murder in the first degree and one for life
imprisonment. Charles C. Carr was hung December 14th, 1818, for the murder
of Lemuel Cheaney; Samuel Calvin Sugg, May 4th, 1826, for the murder of
Elijah Walton; Hannah Hazelwood, April 30th, 1834, for the murder of a
child of Sandy Hicks; Joseph Wurnell, November 5th, 1837, for the murder
of Abner Jones; Henry McAllister, same day, for murder of David Fuquay;
Philip Tyson, colored, November 2d, 1849, for the murder of Captain
Abraham Tyson; John Murphy, August, 1859, for the murder of James Casey;
Daniel Barret, colored, February 6th, 1863, for the murder of James Kissee;
James McElroy, July 1st, 1887, for the murder of Walter Mart.
History of Henderson County, Kentucky
by Edmund L. Starling
p. 819
published in 1887
public domain material
