Sounds better and logical,the Corner here said a large percentage of hunting accidents were homicide. another mystery. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hatcher, Jeff A" <Jeff_Hatcher@lord.com> To: <hatcher@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [HATCHER] Hatcher Family > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >