I am researching the hanging of Pressley R. Lominack during the Civil War (1862-1863?). Pressley was b 1817 in Newberry Co., SC. and later moved to Hamilton Co., TN. He served as county surveyor from 1848-1854 and married to Elizabeth Daugherty about 1840. He appears on the 1860 Hamilton Co., TN census. It is believed he may have also been married to Elvina Elizabeth Simpson. Pressley did not serve in the war but was believed by his neighbors to have had Yankee sympathies. The story goes that neighbors hung him in 1863 on his own land. Family lore says the men responsible were hunted down and killed (near Ft. Smith, Arkansas) by his sons, James and William. Elizabeth continued to live in Hamilton Co. until her death sometime about 1886. I would appreciate it very much if any of you working Hamilton Co., TN could give me tips or suggestions on where I might go next to find out more on this murder. Are there any surviving newspapers or journals/diaries that might have mentioned this incident?? Pressley is buried in Lominack Cemetery in East Ridge, TN in an unmarked grave. His family was afraid to mark his grave fearing desecration. Thanks, Teresa Harris 3 great grand daughter of Pressley