Dawn, This article appeared in the Tarboro Southerner (which is now the Daily Southerner.) I can send you copies of the article if you send me your address. Superior Court records can be found at the N.C. State Archives in Raleigh. Contact me directly at tracithompson@hotmail.com or tthompson@edgecombelibrary.org. Traci the Librarian _____________________________________________________________________ From: "huxd" <huxd@erols.com> To: NCEDGECO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCEDGECO] Murder Mystery Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:34:40 -0400 X-Message: #1 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20010612183412.04343e70@popd.ix.netcom.com> An excerpt from two newspaper articles dated May 23 and May 30, 1857, reads "Exum Fountain, aged about twenty-five years and unmarried, kept a small grocery on the Halifax road, near Maj. L. R. Cherry's, and was struck by his own axe on the night of May 14, 1857. His mother found him the next day, but he died without recovering consciousness on May 16, 1857. Subsequently 'Negro Jim', the property of Willie Bradley, has been arrested and committed to jail to take his trial at the next Superior Court, charged with the homicide. I do not have the name of the newspaper but it should be an Edgecombe County newspaper. I would like a copy of the articles as well as the records of the next Superior Court to see the outcome. I know Exum Fountain was buried in the Fountain family Cemetery. I have not been there but I was given the directions of: "To get to the cemetery, take US 301 south from Enfield, NC. Make a right on to County 1409, Speights Chapel Road. Go to Seven Bridges Road and make a right. You will see Gethsemane Baptist Church on the left. Cemetery is 1/4 mile from the turn off on the right in the middle of a farmer's field." I would appreciate any info on Exum Fountain. Thanks Dawn ______________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com