A duel occured in 1810 between Daniel Beasley, the sheriff of Jefferson County, and Samuel Frye, a lawyer. According to a letter from Samuel's brother, the duel occurred "opposite the mouth of Coles Creek a great distance from Port Gibson." Beasley lived in old Greenville. I know that men often fought across the river on the Vidalia sandbar. Can anyone tell me where "opposite mouth of Coles Creek" is? Thanks, Sue Moore

hello SUE, I am very interested in the duel of DANIEL BEASLEY. My ancestor was the Rev. GABRIEL RAWLS, he died in 1819 and the BEASLEY family were heirs of his. I think one was DANIEL BEASLEY although obviously not the same one, but was most likely a grandson or great of GABRIEL RAWLS. There was also a GABRIEL BEASLEY too. My RAWLS lived around both sides of the MISSISSIPPI with SILAS RAWLS owning land 25 miles above the town of VIDALIA and JOHN RAWLS owning land on SICILY ISLAND. I have some on DANIEL BEASLEY that was in the DUEL but have to go through my mountain of info. to find. I THINK? he left a will but will have to find my ref. any info. is GREATLY appreciated. many thanks BOBBY RAWLS BIG SPRING, TEXAS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Moore" <sbmoore@swbell.net> To: <MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 1:13 PM Subject: [MSJEFFER-L] Dueling places > A duel occured in 1810 between Daniel Beasley, the sheriff of Jefferson County, and Samuel Frye, a lawyer. According to a letter from Samuel's brother, the duel occurred "opposite the mouth of Coles Creek a great distance from Port Gibson." Beasley lived in old Greenville. > I know that men often fought across the river on the Vidalia sandbar. Can anyone tell me where "opposite mouth of Coles Creek" is? > > Thanks, > Sue Moore > > > ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== > "May your brickwalls come tumblin' down!" > >