This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones, Burk, Collins, Gibson, McKinny, Netherland, Walling, Kyle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3371.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: There are a number of documents relating to a Zachariah Jones in the Hawkins County court records. He and Delany Burk murdered Asa Mathis in 1844. They failed to show for the trial in 1848, but were convicted and sentenced to two years in the state pen. It appears that they skipped out of the county or state. Then, the State of Tennessee went after those who posted bond for the two of them--Allen Collins, Solomon Collins, Matilda Gibson, Charles J. McKinny, John Netherland (attorney?), Alexander Walling and A. A?. Kyle. There is no record as to whether Jones and Burk were ever caught.