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William Oliver

Male Abt 1844 - 1868  (24 years)


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  • Name William Oliver  [1
    Birth Abt 1844  Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Dec 1868  Montgomery County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1853, Montgomery County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Mother Pauline ???,   b. Abt 1824, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Between 1846 and 1848  Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8054  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1844 - Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Dec 1868 - Montgomery County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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).