He buttstroked a dog in the head so hard it made his musket fire. Guess I shouldn't judge. Dog Man ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hatcher" <rhatcher@sw.rr.com> To: <hatcher@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:35 PM Subject: [HATCHER] Hatcher Family > Was called Jerry . Died in Warren co. Ga. Was killed in an hunting > accident, notice says widow, source Marriages and Deaths 1763-1820 > abstracted from Extant Georgia Newspapers Mary Bondurant Warren,1968 death > date May 2, 1806.Killed in hunting accident, married after 1803,died > before may 2,1806 > May 10, 1806 copy of the AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, page 3, is the following > announcement: > > "A MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE On Wednesday, the 2d ult., in Wilkinson County, > Mr. Jerry Hatcher, eldest Son of Maj. John Hatcher, in a hunting party, > had taken a stand, when the drive was nearly out, one of the company who > was some distance off, observing him strike one of the dogs with the butt > end of his gun, which fired at the same instant and, melancholy to relate, > the load entered near his mouth and passed out of the top of his head. He > expired about three hours later. Mr. Hatcher was a young man much > respected and esteemed by those who were acquainted with him, and who > Sincerely regret the fata laccident. From the course of the shot and the > manner in which he struck the dog, it is evident the gun must have been > cocked. He has left a Disconsolate Widow, affectionate parents and > connections to bemoan his untimely end." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HATCHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

May not have actually made hard contact. Sounds like he was up in a tree and one of the dogs from the drive had discovered his stand and was barking at him, so he struck down on it to run the dog off and stop it's barking so as not to have his concealment revealed to the game. Could actually have gotten the trigger caught on a twig/small branch when he withdrew the firearm to strike or after striking at the dog. When I first read this some years ago I thought it took him THREE Days to die. The circumstances of his demise I found kind of funny. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: hatcher-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hatcher-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Roger Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:52 AM To: hatcher@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HATCHER] Hatcher Family He buttstroked a dog in the head so hard it made his musket fire. Guess I shouldn't judge. Dog Man ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hatcher" <rhatcher@sw.rr.com> To: <hatcher@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:35 PM Subject: [HATCHER] Hatcher Family > Was called Jerry . Died in Warren co. Ga. Was killed in an hunting > accident, notice says widow, source Marriages and Deaths 1763-1820 > abstracted from Extant Georgia Newspapers Mary Bondurant Warren,1968 > death date May 2, 1806.Killed in hunting accident, married after > 1803,died before may 2,1806 May 10, 1806 copy of the AUGUSTA > CHRONICLE, page 3, is the following > announcement: > > "A MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE On Wednesday, the 2d ult., in Wilkinson > County, Mr. Jerry Hatcher, eldest Son of Maj. John Hatcher, in a > hunting party, had taken a stand, when the drive was nearly out, one > of the company who was some distance off, observing him strike one of > the dogs with the butt end of his gun, which fired at the same instant > and, melancholy to relate, the load entered near his mouth and passed > out of the top of his head. He expired about three hours later. Mr. > Hatcher was a young man much respected and esteemed by those who were > acquainted with him, and who Sincerely regret the fata laccident. From > the course of the shot and the manner in which he struck the dog, it > is evident the gun must have been cocked. He has left a Disconsolate > Widow, affectionate parents and connections to bemoan his untimely end." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HATCHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HATCHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message