This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Weaver, Bales, New Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/He.2ADE/991 Message Board Post: On the AHGP site for Wilkinson County "in the news" Eileen McAdams has posted an article about W. G. Weaver's $300. horse running away. The article refers to W. G. as "Griff". In a book on newspaper transcriptions by Tad Evans, I found an article about the shooting death of W. G."Griff" Weaver dated Tuesday, October 30, 1888.In the article it states that Weaver asked that his mother and a Physician be sent for. At the time of this shooting he was accompaned by a William Bales. As I am researching Both Weavers and Bales, I ask, Who was Griff Weaver and who was the William Bales who was with him? I have been told that W. G. Weaver Jr. died on 12/20/1896. Can anyone provide me with this information?[By the way, he was shot and killed by Steve New according to the article.] Thanks, June