The following newspaper clipping may be of interest to someone on the list. Does anyone know who this Jesse Daniels was? Source: Wilcox, R. Newton, The Weekly Georgia Telegraph, Macon, Georgia 1854-1857. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2002, p 59. and I quote [verbatim]: >From the Issue of January 2, 1855 Homicide - A man named JESSE DANIELS received a blow on the head, from the hands of J. ATTOWAY, at the Factory, on Monday evening, which caused a severe fracture of the skull, and from the effect of which he died in a short time. It seems that there had been some difficulty previously, but DANIEL's friends were leading him away, when ATTOWAY came behind him and struck the blow, which terminated his life... Augusta Const. 27th ult. End quote This reprinted article was first published in the Augusta, Georgia, Constitution on December 27, 1854, which was a Wednesday. That means that the "Monday" mentioned in the article was Monday, December 25, 1854. Since that was Christmas Day, and the incident occurred on "Monday evening," IMHO, it is possible that "the Factory" might have been a local tavern. Diane Carrington Bradford Atlanta, GA