Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-02-22
FEUD OF TWENTY YEARS.
a9s .sos ENDED. adi sav ss tuoI

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A correspondent at Elizabethtown. Carte,
county, Tennessee. gives us the particularso q
q terrible feud that has been raging for TWEEN
] ty years between two families of that conn.
ty, ard which was brought 10 an end by III,
bloody deaths of the sole SURVIVING males Of
the warning tribes in the streets of Eliza.
beth town on the evening of the 9Th instant
The history of the affair as detailed by on,
correspondent is as follows: ~
| In the fall of 1896 a family named John.
stone removed from the neiphborius county
of Wautauga, North Carolina. inio Carler
county East Tennessee, and settled down in
the neighborhood of another family named
Rogers, ,Jchnstone who appeared 10 be Az
energetic. industrious man immedia,elv venl
TO work at clea, 'nr up a little farm. Ue
felled trees, grubbed up undertrowih, burn.
ed stump,, and split rails to fence in the
ground he reclaimed from the wilderness -
In this labor he was assisted by his two sons
both mere lads. While the three were en-.
gagged in erecting fencing about their patch
OF, land, Rodgers rode up to where they were
at work one day, and laid claim to bile Of
rails about dozen in number. This claim
Johnstone disputed, and finally, on Rodgers
applying to him the epitbets of liar. and
thief, the North Carolinian pulled him from,
his horse and adm;n;s,ere5 no him 81" a seve,a e
chastisement with his fists. Rogers went off
vowing vengeance, and in the course Of ap
hour returned to the spot armed with a rife,
| the contents which be S;scharrsd IT. ~
lbodv M .Tobnstone nrodnc;na c,,oI oaa ,ne
uue1ces Rooera who Was : ron or s,,r,,
wealth for those nrimitime t;,nes and me-.
possessed of cons;derahlc ;ranon,a o,,ona ~.
his nnob neicbhors .ss aco,,;,ts, - i, :
charge of murSer Inv an axar,;,;,', ;,,.,;ns
This was The beo;nn;ng or tha ,ars, ia,as .n,'
delta that has run IN ro1ch tho vssro ~ q, 81
lowed cutting down ths males ,f A.. 80
families In the pride of their .,rana,h smS
msnbood Il, il - n III - = l'~SN'
Tbe,two Jobnstone lad. xowoa vorr..,..
upon the murderer of their naren, and ons
of them James worked njobt rd doy ,,;,h
but one object in view--ts a ccumu,s,s ,ha
means to pnrcbase a rife A. isna,h So ho-
CANA the ou,ner ~ ora ona o, $500,
morning with his srn nnon h;s sho,lS.- w.
approaobed The house or Rogers Tha II,
ter was sitting unon his norTb and os hs a. =,
Young Johnstone onnroacb;nr ,rohah,,, % a;
yininS bis intention arose hss,;iy roU o"a ~,
ed towards The rack WHARF h;s oyn nu n,,n ' ~.
susriended Rnt The avc,ror ,r hiood ,,,.s
upon bis path, and ere he could reach his
weapon he fell unon the Hoor a cornsa h;s
heart pierced by the bullet of his fns ''' -
Rogers Jeff behind him. a Young w;se and
three cbildren-one of whom was a hov
Among the rouoh hacL woodsn,on - Co.,
countv vonng Jobnstons,s cr;roo ,,as .o, ,'',n.s
upon with Satisfaction IL No, f,vor ,,o
Indian law NJ retaliation h.;n, ,ooLs sa 49,,
NV them as The vsrv crear, ns ;ns,;oo 'pVc a.
terward Johnstona married ana as M ,oa M :.
| na,.aa H., n. r.. -, !, .,,..l.'.s - .
ter,stinc and numerous nrogenw
| The fov William Roosrs In tho o,,;,
had almost reached manhco, ). as,a,s ,.ha.
one morn;no he wi,hout d;vni,;n~ ~. ~.
tion to his mother or s;s,ors .hs hs.,.,
with his fathers riflo unnn III shn,,,Ss. 1o
he were go;ng out ~ hpnt ga ~ W.. .L. as :.
an hour q grief s,r;ckcn M, har ,va, 'reou;"" .~
over tho c1rnse of a sIain bnsta,d .,J s.ih,ss
Young ROGER, In b;s ,,,,n IA hna."s .a''s.
Iavenger and Thomas John.,ono c'II sa,,..'t
his hand. -ii,''N,- 'N'' o''o''' Wy =
In time tbe n,ep,or;es of th.v, ,,,
ders dicd away ana ,hooo ,who ,,ans " ah;,
dren then grew IN be man anJ 49, u'''''
\ William Rodgers had taker 70 h;,nsoIc ,
wife and brcome the head 81 = ro,r;,
family, One morning hs roda ~ E,;na
beth Town and as he Ala nv, .,,,u n,o III .n",
nivbt-.a c;rcnm .,ance .ba, hod noua. on sna
red before his wire bscons rarv nv, uo.ar 80.
and an the mornino ;ndrceS bsr Iro,lsr y
start to town in search of har hn.h"s J"e, W
Abont IN roo miles Sron. ,h. ~" nusoanu -" W..
unon tbe hodv of hi. h,o,hor';n s ~ I"ne I';.,
in the road s;;fr ana oald T., aaa.,,' 9ins
brain bad becn nierc.d hv r,eo % hn,, ar a.,
tbongb his mur5srsr n.ys, my s s;oaa, Sa,, a.
vot The co,,n,nn;,, oa;.,I,, s.Is .r' Nou'
who was slain by Rogers was the nerpetra,