NC Record 003
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Date
15 Jan 1770
Names in record
Sam Moore, Samuel Moore, Joseph Phelps, Jacob Boon
Record type
Book
Text of Record
“This afternoon there was an unpleasant occurrence in our Tavern. A man, Sam Moore, came in and met Joseph Phelps, who is a Constable. Moore was angry, knowing that Phelps had a Warrant against him and wanted to arrest him, and although Phelps told him that he did not have the Warrant with him, Moore cocked his gun and shot at Phelps, the ball passing through his clothing, though it fortunately did not hit him. Brother Jacob Boon had Moore arrested and having heard the case, he ordered him bound and taken to jail at Salisbury by Constable Phelps and three other men.”
Comments
(Quote from Volume One of Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Phelps is an alternative Germanic spelling of Phillips.)
Credit transcription and/or comments to: Nancy Kiser
County of record
Surry County