Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-10-04
IMPORTANT MEETING IN GRAYsON
COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

At meeting Of large number of the citizens Of
Grayson county, Virginia. held the Cour. House, on
Tuesday the 23d day OF September 1851:
Maj. Orville Anderson called to the chair and
John Dickenson, Esq, appointed Secretary.
Granville I'll. Mathews, Esq. offered the following
preamble and resolutions, and moved their adoption
Whereas, One Jarvis C. Bacon, from the State Of
Ohio, made his appearance in Grayson county about
years ago. pretending to be minister of the Gospel;
And, whereas, there Is satisfactory evidence that the
said Bacon is and was Abolitonist and an EN- ssary
OF body OF fanatics, knaves and traitors styled "'The
American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society,"" and
has been engaged in disseminating the abomnable and
perncious doctrines OF that association in this COM
munity And, whereas, there is also satisfactory evil
dence that the said Bacon nsgated and seduced four
slaves-two OF them the properly OF Mr. John Reeves,
OF this county, and the others the property OF George
H. Cox, OF the neighboring county, Ashe, in the State
OF North Carona-to abscond from their masters, and
to resist unto death, all attempts to recapure them
in consequence of which instigation and advice the
said slaves did abscond and did make resistance to an
attempt to retake hem in which resistance they muir
dered Samuel Bartlett an estlmable citizen OF this
county, and most grevously wounded Cyrus Wilcox,
John Clements, Alfred Bartlett and VIM. b. Hale
other citizens Of this county, And Whereas three of said
slaves to wit Simon, Lewis and Jack, have this day
been condemned to death by the court OF this UNITY
Tor the offences committed by them in their said resis-
lance: And whereas, the said Bacon has made his
escape from Gayson county, and it feared from Vr
gnia it Is therefore,
Resolved, That, in the opinion of this nesting and
in the eye OF aust God the said Jarvis c. Bacon is the
murderer as well Of the said Samuel Bartlett, as of
Lewis and Jack.
Resolved, That reward of 1000 DOLLARS be Of
Tered for the apprehension OF said Bacon, and his de-
livery in Grayson county to the Central Committee of
Vigilance which reward is to be raised by voluntary
subscription OF the people OF this county, and OF Wythe
| Carroll and Smyth counties in Virginia, and Ashe
county, North Carolina, who are requested TO aid US
| in this matter
Resolved, That the above reward be apporioned as
follows $500 to Grayson county, and Sl75 to each OF
the other counties named in the foregoing resolution.
ad tho ,bCirTT Nff
| point committee OF seven persons in each OF the
said counties, who requested to solicit the subscrp
ton proposed to be raised in those counties and to
take any other steps they may deem e&pedlen to eff
feet the object OF these resolutions and to bring upon
the said Bacon The punishment he richly deserves
| By request William Fl Cook, esq, OF Carroll coun-
| ty, addressed the meeting at some length, and with
great ability, in favor OF the adoption of the resou-
| lions. He was followed BY Major Andrew S. Fulton.
Of Wythe who also warmly and zealously advocated
the adoption of the resolutions, Col Fayette McMul-
len, of Scott county, also addressed the meetng ur-
giag the adoption OF the resolutions and their euoce
ment by every means at the command OF the people,
and OF our State Governments
AT the conclusion OF these addresses the said pfeam-
BILE and resolutions were unanimously adopted Samuel
McCamant, Esq, offered and advocated the follow
ing additional resolution, which was also unanimously
adopted:
! Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting,
merchant OF this county ought to purchase any
goods, wares or merchandise in any OF the non
holding States, until we have the clearest evidence
that the people OF those States intend to respect and
regard the Just legal and constitutional rights of the
people OF the Southern States in and TO their slave
property.
In pursuance of the third resolution, the chairman
appointed the following committees: For Grayson
county,--Wm Dickinson, VIM Parks James
Dckey, Isom Cox, Stephen Hale, Robert Vaughn and
Ezra Nuckolls; For Wythe county Robert Gibbo
ney, John Sanders, (of the river) Andrew S Fulton
Eli Davis, T Boyd, Abram Painter, AID John II
Vermllion For Carroll county-FieIding l. Hale,
John Carroll, VIM II Cook, M D Carter, John Wat
son, James Early and VIM Kyle. For Smyth county
Vincent Morgan, Jas w Shelley, Thomas M Tate,
Thomas L Preston, Hiram Greever, VIM w Hanson,
and VIM Porter, For Ashe county. Ca B Cox,
Allen Gentry, Geo Bower, A B Mcmillan, Stephen
| Thomas, Richard Gentry, and F Parks
| On motion, it was Resolved That copies of the
PROCEEDINGS ofhs meeting be forwarded to the editors
of the Wyihevle Republican and Richmond Enqu-
rer, for publication; and that the editors of every
other paper published in Virginia, North Carolina,
Maryland and the District of Columbia, be requested
to copy and publish the same.
And thereupon the meeting adjourned.
ORV. ANDERSON, Chairman.
JOHN DICKINSON, Secretary.