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Subject: Murder of Rev. HOLMES, Decatur, DeKalb Co, Georgia, 1864
Date: 16 Jan 2005 20:33:30 -0700

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Surnames: Holmes
Classification: Death

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I'm not related to the following person, and have no further information about them, but I thought this may be of interest to someone:

Thursday, September 8, 1864 N. C. ARGUS (Wadesboro’, Anson County, NC)
-In Decatur, Ga., the Rev. Mr. HOLMES, an aged minister, was shut up in his own house by the Yankees and the house burned, the minister perishing in the flames. Mr. HOLMES’ offence was that he had a gun in his hand when they took him at his own gate.

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