I thought the story seemed familiar, but not until Molly did her post did I know for sure. A distant cousin in the Lance family shared the story of this ancestor that I believe was recounted in the newspapers at the time. The story he sent was on of those newspaper stories I think...though can't get to it due to computer problems. I contacted the cousin and he said said the details seemed like the Lance story though he questioned the Lakes mentioned. According to him: " I am very familiar with this lake as well as its sister lake, " Lake Chatuge ".. I have a place on Chatuge, in Hiwassee, and being an avid boater, I know both of these lakes well.. The point being here is- That at the time of the murder of our cousin Rev. John Henry Lance,, Lake Notaly, did not then exist.. Lake Noally is a part of the TVA system and built in the 1940's or 50's." I am pasting info. from Amazon.com below about the book. Now I'm going to have to get a copy to read about this ancestor! Molly thanks for posting it! Tony Pope Researching in Union County: Harkins, Tow / Towe, Millsaps From Amazon.com Cost: $22.06 (hardcover) Zell Miller, U.S. Senator "Charles Hill....has written a gripping account...I enjoyed it very much and you will, too." Product Description: The factual account of a late nineteenth-century Georgian mountain town, "Blood Mountain Covenant: A Son’s Revenge" is the story behind the gruesome murder of John Lance, a man who preached the word of God and was loved by the friends and family of his small town. Trouble begins for John Lance and his family when Jim, the narrator of the story and son of the late John Lance, is attacked by a group of notorious outlaws and viciously beaten. This incident serves as the catalyst for John Lance’s outcry of injustice over this violent assault, and ultimately leads to his murder and his son’s revenge on the people who committed this act against his family. With photos, documentary pages and actual testimony from the trial of John Lance’s murder, Charles Hill’s "Blood Mountain Covenant: A Son’s Revenge" paints a detailed picture of the people and daily life of a North Georgian town in the nineteenth century, and one family’s struggle to walk the path of righteousness, while warding off the treachery in their midst.

----- Original Message ----- From: <Pope1966@aol.com> To: <GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:15 PM Subject: [GAUNION] Book about Union County Murder > I thought the story seemed familiar, but not until Molly did her post did I > know for sure. A distant cousin in the Lance family shared the story of this > ancestor that I believe was recounted in the newspapers at the time. The story > he sent was on of those newspaper stories I think...though can't get to it > due to computer problems. I contacted the cousin and he said said the details > seemed like the Lance story though he questioned the Lakes mentioned. > According to him: " I am very familiar with this lake as well as its sister lake, " > Lake Chatuge ".. I have a place on Chatuge, in Hiwassee, and being an avid > boater, I know both of these lakes well.. The point being here is- That at the > time of the murder of our cousin Rev. John Henry Lance,, Lake Notaly, did > not then exist.. Lake Noally is a part of the TVA system and built in the > 1940's or 50's." > > I am pasting info. from Amazon.com below about the book. Now I'm going to > have to get a copy to read about this ancestor! Molly thanks for posting it! > > Tony Pope > Researching in Union County: Harkins, Tow / Towe, Millsaps > > >From Amazon.com > > Cost: $22.06 (hardcover) > > > > > Zell Miller, U.S. Senator > "Charles Hill....has written a gripping account...I enjoyed it very much and > you will, too." > > Product Description: > The factual account of a late nineteenth-century Georgian mountain town, > "Blood Mountain Covenant: A Son’s Revenge" is the story behind the gruesome murder > of John Lance, a man who preached the word of God and was loved by the > friends and family of his small town. > Trouble begins for John Lance and his family when Jim, the narrator of the > story and son of the late John Lance, is attacked by a group of notorious > outlaws and viciously beaten. This incident serves as the catalyst for John Lance’s > outcry of injustice over this violent assault, and ultimately leads to his > murder and his son’s revenge on the people who committed this act against his > family. With photos, documentary pages and actual testimony from the trial of > John Lance’s murder, Charles Hill’s "Blood Mountain Covenant: A Son’s Revenge" > paints a detailed picture of the people and daily life of a North Georgian town > in the nineteenth century, and one family’s struggle to walk the path of > righteousness, while warding off the treachery in their midst. > > > ==== GAUNION Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: GAUNION-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: GAUNION-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >