History of Henderson County, Kentucky
MURDERS.
There have been committed in Henderson County, since December 14th, 181, forty-eight murders or killings, of which judicial notice has been taken. fifteen of this number were committed within the present city limits, and, of the entire number, forty-eight, within the present city limits, and, of the entire number, forty-eight, there were nine verdicts for murder in the first degree and one for life imprisonment. Charles C. Carr was hung December 14th, 1818, for the murder of Lemuel Cheaney; Samuel Calvin Sugg, May 4th, 1826, for the murder of Elijah Walton; Hannah Hazelwood, April 30th, 1834, for the murder of a child of Sandy Hicks; Joseph Wurnell, November 5th, 1837, for the murder of Abner Jones; Henry McAllister, same day, for murder of David Fuquay; Philip Tyson, colored, November 2d, 1849, for the murder of Captain Abraham Tyson; John Murphy, August, 1859, for the murder of James Casey; Daniel Barret, colored, February 6th, 1863, for the murder of James Kissee; James McElroy, July 1st, 1887, for the murder of Walter Mart.
History of Henderson County, Kentucky
by Edmund L. Starling
p. 819
published in 1887
public domain material
