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Nashville Banner & Nashville Whig
Nashville, Tennessee
March 21, 1836
Mortuary Notice
On the 18th February, at the residence of Col. HUGH HILL in Carroll County, Ten., of influenza, Mr. WILLIAM DEMOSS in the 68th year of his age.
Memphis Avalanche
Memphis, Tennessee
February 28, 1869
A Frightful Tragedy in Carroll County—The Skull Boners and Their Enemies
From the Nashville Danner on the 26th.
About two months ago, Sheriff NEELY of Carroll County, arrested in “Scull Bone,” (a section of country on the line between Carroll and Gibson Counties, and so called from the desperate character of its inhabitants), two men named BALLEW and ANDREWS, who cruelly beat an old man, knocked down his wife and burned their barn. The prisoners were lodged in jail at Huntingdon. There being fears that a posse from “Skull Bone” would attempt to release them, deputy sheriff T. N. PATTERSON placed a guard of seven men at the jail to defend it. His fears proved to be well grounded, and on the same night, a party of about 40 men, under one FLIPPIN, went to town, demanded the jail keys and released their two friends, the guards surrendering without firing a gun.
Sheriff NEELY was once a Federal Captain and raised a company in Carroll County. Toward the close of the “late unpleasantness,” GEORGE FLIPPIN deserted the Confederate cause and became a rampant Radical. The war closed, and a number of men of his stripe, and living on the line between Carroll and Gibson, by their deeds of lawlessness, gave the portion of the county of “Skull Bone.” These are the men the West Tennessean (a mean spirited Radical paper) calls Ku-Flux.
Last Monday three men from Skull Bone, viz, GEORGE FLIPPIN, JOHN FLIPPIN and CAL URY, went to Mr. F. H. HENDERSON’S house, about six miles form Huntingdon, and demanded of him a mule which they said had been taken from them during the war. Mr. Henderson refused to give up the mule, as he had a certificate that he had purchased it of the Government. He was informed he would have to surrender the animal or “go under.” When Mr. Henderson demanded their authority, CAL URY drew a six-shooter and remarked, “This is it!” Such an argument was not to be resisted, at such odds, and Mr. H. permitted the ruffians to lead the mule off. He then went toward his house, but before reaching it, met J. COVINGTON, THOMAS BASS and H. N. SWAIN, to whom he related the circumstances. They armed themselves with shotguns and started in pursuit. Soon thereafter they met JAMES THOMPSON and JOHN KING. These two gentlemen joined the pursuing party, and they all rode on, overtaking the horsethieves about four miles from Mr. Henderson’s. Mr. Bass demanded the surrender of the parties, saying to Ury, “None of you shall be hurt if you surrender.” Ury’s response was a second production of his “legal authority” and a shot at Mr. Bass. Ury and the Flippins then jumped from their horses and took shelter behind a fence. They fired eight or nine shots before their pursuers returned the fire. The engagement becoming rather warm, like men who hat smelt powder before, the latter dismounted and charged the thieves, killing GEORGE FLIPPIN and wounding the other two at first volley. The fight over, the victors carried the remains of the dead man and the wounded men to a house close by and had them carried for.
Mr. Henderson and all his party gave themselves up to the authorities at Huntingdon and had their trial before Justices BUVARD and ALLEN, who acquitted the entire party.
To sum up, the “legal authority” gang lost one man killed, the rest badly wounded, some pistols and their stolen mule. Such a reverse is likely to curb the proud spirit of the Skull Boners for some time to come.
National Banner and Nashville Whig
Tennessee
July 22 1836
Black List (unpaid debts to be collected)
Dr. WILLIAM WILKINSON of Gainsville, Alabama, due $10.50
BRITTAIN BARKER from Carroll County, Tenn., due $13, gone to Chickasaw Nation
WILLIAM FOWLER of Linden, Alabama, due $41, gone to Livingston, Alabama.
J. N. BURROUGHS, M. D., of Troy, Ten., due $5.33, “left without bidding us goodbye.”
J. W. SCOTT of Williamsville, Dickson County, removed, it is supposed to Fayette County, due $12.83.
Please remit without further delay.
M. ACHISON, Surgeon Dentist.
Call and pay your note.
W. H. HUNT & Co.
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