The Blount County News, 5 Feb 1885 Murder Foul! Mr. S.L. Nunnely was killed by Calvin Stroud at Ward's Mill, nine miles East of here [Blountsville], on the afternoon of the 28th ult. The murder was a brutal and bloody one, and was entirely unprovoked. Stroud was a young man, and was employed by old man Nunnely. He neglected his duties, and he old man said he would discharge him, when the young ruffian drew his knife and cut the old man to the heart. The murderer fled, and although parties have been in pursuit of him, he is still hidden in the marshes of Slab Creek. Notes: Sylvester L. Nunnally was a Private in Company A of the 42nd Georgia Infantry, CSA. His widow, Nancy Sims Nunnally reported her husband died 28 Jan 1885. S.L. Nunnally first married Mary; he second married Nancy S. Wright 28 Sep 1879, Blount County. Monuments in the Wynnville Cemetery recorded Mary Nunnally was born 27 Jun 1845 and died 11 Oct 1876; Sylvester L. Nunnally was born 30 Dec 1840 and died 28 Feb 1885; Nancie Sims Nunnally was born 22 Jul 1844 and died 15 Nov 1906.