Son of James Hazard and Emeline Wilson
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Taken from the book Williamson County Historical Society Journal 54 dated 2023 Editor Brian Laster
Fox Hunt Ends in Murder
The Murder of Robert Wilson
Charles A. Sherrill
On Feb 5, 1875, the Republican Banner reported:
Early yesterday morning a report reached the city.. that Robert Wilson had been waylaid and murdered beyond the residence of Dr. S.S. Mayfield, about three miles south of Brentwood, on the Wilson Pike, in Williamson County at 8'oclock the previous night. It was also rumored that the defendants and friends in the "Fox Chase" tried by U.S. Commissioner Trimble Wednesday were suspected of having committed the deed.
Wilson was the son of wealthy planter James Hazard Wilson, whose home Ravenwood.
Robert was 35 years old and unmarried
The full story can be read in the book mentioned above.
(Submitted by Linda Moore Mora)
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Taken from the book Williamson County Historical Society Journal 54 dated 2023 Editor Brian Laster
Fox Hunt Ends in Murder
The Murder of Robert Wilson
Charles A. Sherrill
On Feb 5, 1875, the Republican Banner reported:
Early yesterday morning a report reached the city.. that Robert Wilson had been waylaid and murdered beyond the residence of Dr. S.S. Mayfield, about three miles south of Brentwood, on the Wilson Pike, in Williamson County at 8'oclock the previous night. It was also rumored that the defendants and friends in the "Fox Chase" tried by U.S. Commissioner Trimble Wednesday were suspected of having committed the deed.
Wilson was the son of wealthy planter James Hazard Wilson, whose home Ravenwood.
Robert was 35 years old and unmarried
The full story can be read in the book mentioned above.
(Submitted by Linda Moore Mora)
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Son of James Hazard and Emeline Wilson
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Taken from the book Williamson County Historical Society Journal 54 dated 2023 Editor Brian Laster
Fox Hunt Ends in Murder
The Murder of Robert Wilson
Charles A. Sherrill
On Feb 5, 1875, the Republican Banner reported:
Early yesterday morning a report reached the city.. that Robert Wilson had been waylaid and murdered beyond the residence of Dr. S.S. Mayfield, about three miles south of Brentwood, on the Wilson Pike, in Williamson County at 8'oclock the previous night. It was also rumored that the defendants and friends in the "Fox Chase" tried by U.S. Commissioner Trimble Wednesday were suspected of having committed the deed.
Wilson was the son of wealthy planter James Hazard Wilson, whose home Ravenwood.
Robert was 35 years old and unmarried
The full story can be read in the book mentioned above.
(Submitted by Linda Moore Mora)
~
~~~~~~~~~
Taken from the book Williamson County Historical Society Journal 54 dated 2023 Editor Brian Laster
Fox Hunt Ends in Murder
The Murder of Robert Wilson
Charles A. Sherrill
On Feb 5, 1875, the Republican Banner reported:
Early yesterday morning a report reached the city.. that Robert Wilson had been waylaid and murdered beyond the residence of Dr. S.S. Mayfield, about three miles south of Brentwood, on the Wilson Pike, in Williamson County at 8'oclock the previous night. It was also rumored that the defendants and friends in the "Fox Chase" tried by U.S. Commissioner Trimble Wednesday were suspected of having committed the deed.
Wilson was the son of wealthy planter James Hazard Wilson, whose home Ravenwood.
Robert was 35 years old and unmarried
The full story can be read in the book mentioned above.
(Submitted by Linda Moore Mora)
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