I received the following email today. Does anyone have any suggestions or resources to check this out? kemis ----- Original Message ----- From: OrtRN@aol.com To: sobby@knology.net I got your name off the USGenWeb page as "me"... so hello "me"... Below is some information about my 2nd great grand uncle... I believe. I have a Morgan Kirksey born in Alabama with a family story of his being killed up to "know good". I have the Muscogee County Clerk's office address... but was wondering if you have any other thoughts on how to find out if this is my same Morgan. Thanks, Jan Orton OrtRN@aol.com The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, Nov 26, 1905 , Page 2D Died from Wound: Columbus, GA, November 25 – (Special) Morgan Kirksey, the young man shot yesterday afternoon by police Officer A. J. Buchanan, who claimed that the other was trying to ruin his home, died at midnight last night of his wound. There was only one witness to the tragedy, Mrs. Buchanan. Buchanan is under detention at police headquarters. The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, 6 Dec 1906 Page B3 Columbus Police Officer Held for Kirksey's Death. Columbus, GA., December 5 -- (Special). The grand jury today indicted A. J. Buchanan, a police officer, on the charge of murder. Buchanan killed Morgan Kirksey, a young man, a few days ago, claiming that he was trying to ruin his home. He is in Jail. The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA 14 Feb 1906, Page 2 A.J. Buchanan Now on Trial - Columbus Policeman Being tried for Killing Kirksey, Columbus, GA., February 13 - (Special) A.J. Buchanan, until recently a patrolman on the Columbus police force, was placed on trial in Muscogee superior court today, charged with murder, and all day long the legal battle which is to determine whether he shall live or die has been waging. A few weeks ago Buchanan shot to death Morgan Kirksey, claiming that the latter had been trying to ruin his home. Kirksey had been boarding at his residence on North Highlands, and Buchanan ordered him to leave the residence and never return. He returned there two or three days later, and Buchanan, who was at home at the time, shot him to death. In the trial today Buchanan was represented by Attorney T.T. Miller, while Attorney A.A. Carson has been assisting Solicitor Gilbert in the prosecution. The state contended that the killing of Kirksey was not warranted by the circumstances. The police force of the city raised a fun and helped defray the expenses of the trial. The evidence is all in in the Buchanan case and it will go to the jury tomorrow. The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA 16 Feb 1906 Page 3 Columbus, GA., February 15 -- (Special). (T)he jury in the A.J Buchanan murder case this morning brought in a verdict of "Not guilty," after having been our fifteen hours. Buchanan is a young police officer, who shot Morgan Kirksey, a young man who boarded at his house, claiming that Kirksey tried to ruin his home. The defendant said that he found Kirksey in his wife's bed room on the night before the tragedy