William Oliver

Abt 1844 - 1868  (~ 24 years)

• Name	William Oliver  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1844	Mississippi
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Dec 1868	Montgomery County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	William, his younger brother Robert, and his half brother Wm. McGrew were all shot to death in Montgomery County, Texas on December 28, 1868. Their corpses were all taken and laid on porch of their mother. Nathaniel Hart Davis, recorded the bloody event on page 33 of his journal, "McGrew-Oliver Killing of Dec. 28, 1868 - On the 28th of December in the forenoon four men , Wm McGrew Esq. County Atty. for the last two years and his two half-brothers, John and Bob Oliver of this town and "Charles Brown" of Cokesbury, S. Carolina alias "Texas Brown" of whom an account is given in Harper's Monthly of Decr. 1868 were shot to death here (Montgomery) by some ten to 20 or thereabouts, men of this town and vicinity."
  Person ID	I3519	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Egbert Oliver,   b. Abt 1824, Alabama d. 1 Oct 1853, Montgomery County, Texas (Age ~ 29 years)
  Mother	Pauline ???,   b. Abt 1824, Alabama d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Between 1846 and 1848	Mississippi
  Family ID	F8054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1844 - Mississippi Death - 28 Dec 1868 - Montgomery County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S556] Moore, Sue Burns "A Tragical Affair in Old Montgomery, TX" http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-WilliamMcGrew.html, (http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-WilliamMcGrew.html This article first appeared in the Oct. 29 and Nov.5, 2003, editions of the Montgomery County News, Montgomery, Texas copyright ? 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,2004, 2005 by Jane Keppler).