Reward notice for escaped convicts

Reward notice for escaped convicts

Descriptive Summary

Title: Reward notice for escaped convicts
Creator: Wier, John Walker, 1848-1907
Inclusive Dates: 1905
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 folder(s)
Collection Number: ms4365
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

John Wier was a Confederate soldier, farmer, and sheriff of Clarke County for twenty years.

William Henderson was a convict working as a miner at the Durham Coal Mine on Lookout Mountain.

Scope and Content

This collection contains a postcard from Sheriff John W. Wier of Athens, Georgia advertising a reward for the capture of two escaped convicts, William Henderson and Joe Haney, as well as a physical description of them.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Reward notice for escaped convicts, ms4365, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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