bef 1857--Convicted of Pike property arson

Title: bef 1857--Convicted of Pike property arson
Formatted date: 1857-08-19
Before: 1857
Event type: Conviction and Incarceration
Description: An 1857 article containing "reminisences of Hon. O. H. Smith- African American "boy," unnamed, tried for arson in Dearborn County for burning General Pike's barn (Zebulon?). He was represented by Vawter and Armstrong, of Boone County, with understanding that they would "have him for a number of years" if he were acquitted . Convicted and sentenced to five years at State Penitentiary.
Participant: African American(s): Unnamed; Other participant(s): Pike, Zebulon Montgomery (1779-1813); Armstrong, Edward G.; Vawter, Edmund F.; Armstrong, Edward G.; Vawter, Edmund F.
Location: Boone County (Ky.); Dearborn County (Ind.)
Related resource: Armstrong family; Vawter family
Bibliographic citation: "Case of Arson -- Kentucky Practice," Indiana Reveille, Vevay, Ind., 19 Aug 1857
Source: Case of Arson -- Kentucky Practice

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Title	Class
Armstrong, Edward G.	Person
Vawter, Edmund F.	Person