ALL the names have been changed and locations redacted. I also altered the dates. They are not the point of the post and I do not want to encourage murder groupies.
More after the jump.
There are nine stories in the media gallery. One is a PDF with no title. Three are about the family's cemetery. The final five are stories about the murders.
There are seventeen photos in the media gallery. Four are cemetery photos: headstone, family plot, cemetery entrance and a transcription of the headstone. Four are scans of a magazine article about the murders. Two are scans of a transcription of a newspaper article about the murders. The other 7 you can see if you return to my blog on Saturday. [NOTE: It's a crazy week so Photo Friday is being pushed back a day. Sorry!]
I will never understand focusing on someone's death rather than their life and there is very little on this profile about this person's life. But then the tree owner seems to be obsessed with all people famous and infamous. Most people of note, and there are many on this tree, have a comment explaining the (usually quite distant) relationship to the tree owner. For the above profile here is the comment:
To each their own I guess. I just wish they wouldn't waste so much space with ridiculously pointless photos. I've shown you examples of tree owners who have to upload a photo to every profile. Well I think this person's goal is to upload a photo to every event. UGH!
Thanks to Janet for the link to this profile ;-)
If you have a profile to suggest please send a link to buwtree(at)gmail(dot)com.
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John Doe Jr * Murdered Victim
B: 1790 Jul 7 in [County], [State]
D: 1832 Sep 30 in [Road], [County], [State] Murdered
SOME EVENTS ON THIS PROFILE
✿ Marriage to Mary Smith
1815 Oct 6 in [County], [State]
✿ Marriage to Jane Jones
1827 Nov 18 in [County], [State]
accusations that John Doe Jr, murdered his second wife!
✿ Other information:
1829
Accusations that John Doe Jr murdered his second wife
✿ Death
1832 Sep 30
[Road], [County], [State] Murdered
John Doe, Jr, his son Robert and niece Catherine were brutally murdered in their sleep where they camped for the night.
✿ The Murder:
1832 Sep 30 in [Road], [State]
Ezekiel took a small axe & best out the brains first John Jr, then Robert & then Catherine, he drag their bodies to a ditch & Ezekiel left in Doe, Jr's carriage with blood dripping along the dirt road.
✿ [no title]
1832 in [County], [State]
Randolph sold Doe, Jr a slave named Ezekiel. Randolph must have been aware that Doe had literally thousands ($8,000.00) of dollars on his person & likely conceived a plane to persuade the slave to murder Doe, Jr & take his money.
✿ the Plan for murder
1832
The slave, Ezekiel was to murder his new master, taking his money, he was told by his previous master, Randolph, that he would have to share of the plunder & receive his freedom!
✿ Court Hearing:
1832
Ezekiel was brought to trial & admitted his guilt. He admitted that his former master, Harris Randolph, istigated the conditions of the reward provided to him for his commission.
✿ The so called laws at the time:
1832
At the time, a slaves evidence against a white man cannot be legally taken, so that the instigator (Randolph) escaped ALL punishment, while the slave (Ezekiel) was hunged for executing his former master's wishes!
✿ Possibly another person involved
1832
Another white man, Jim Thomas was also believed to have been involved in the conspiracy, though, like Randolph, he was NEVER brought to justice!
✿ for years
1833
Lawsuits over John Doe, Jr's will went on for years!
✿ Other information:
1845
That John Jr's brother, William Doe was murdered by an associate of Harris Randolph, who of course had his daughter Catherine murdered!
✿ About Harris Randolph's character
Randolph was a wealthy businessman, a gambler, fathered numerous illegitimate children by whores & slaves (as many as 100, by one estimate) & had a notoriously violent temper. He was frequently involved in assualt & battery cases - around the Doe murders.
SOURCE INFORMATION
✿ Ancestry Family Trees
B: 1790 Jul 7 in [County], [State]
D: 1832 Sep 30 in [Road], [County], [State] Murdered
SOME EVENTS ON THIS PROFILE
✿ Marriage to Mary Smith
1815 Oct 6 in [County], [State]
✿ Marriage to Jane Jones
1827 Nov 18 in [County], [State]
accusations that John Doe Jr, murdered his second wife!
✿ Other information:
1829
Accusations that John Doe Jr murdered his second wife
✿ Death
1832 Sep 30
[Road], [County], [State] Murdered
John Doe, Jr, his son Robert and niece Catherine were brutally murdered in their sleep where they camped for the night.
✿ The Murder:
1832 Sep 30 in [Road], [State]
Ezekiel took a small axe & best out the brains first John Jr, then Robert & then Catherine, he drag their bodies to a ditch & Ezekiel left in Doe, Jr's carriage with blood dripping along the dirt road.
✿ [no title]
1832 in [County], [State]
Randolph sold Doe, Jr a slave named Ezekiel. Randolph must have been aware that Doe had literally thousands ($8,000.00) of dollars on his person & likely conceived a plane to persuade the slave to murder Doe, Jr & take his money.
✿ the Plan for murder
1832
The slave, Ezekiel was to murder his new master, taking his money, he was told by his previous master, Randolph, that he would have to share of the plunder & receive his freedom!
✿ Court Hearing:
1832
Ezekiel was brought to trial & admitted his guilt. He admitted that his former master, Harris Randolph, istigated the conditions of the reward provided to him for his commission.
✿ The so called laws at the time:
1832
At the time, a slaves evidence against a white man cannot be legally taken, so that the instigator (Randolph) escaped ALL punishment, while the slave (Ezekiel) was hunged for executing his former master's wishes!
✿ Possibly another person involved
1832
Another white man, Jim Thomas was also believed to have been involved in the conspiracy, though, like Randolph, he was NEVER brought to justice!
✿ for years
1833
Lawsuits over John Doe, Jr's will went on for years!
✿ Other information:
1845
That John Jr's brother, William Doe was murdered by an associate of Harris Randolph, who of course had his daughter Catherine murdered!
✿ About Harris Randolph's character
Randolph was a wealthy businessman, a gambler, fathered numerous illegitimate children by whores & slaves (as many as 100, by one estimate) & had a notoriously violent temper. He was frequently involved in assualt & battery cases - around the Doe murders.
SOURCE INFORMATION
✿ Ancestry Family Trees
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There are nine stories in the media gallery. One is a PDF with no title. Three are about the family's cemetery. The final five are stories about the murders.
There are seventeen photos in the media gallery. Four are cemetery photos: headstone, family plot, cemetery entrance and a transcription of the headstone. Four are scans of a magazine article about the murders. Two are scans of a transcription of a newspaper article about the murders. The other 7 you can see if you return to my blog on Saturday. [NOTE: It's a crazy week so Photo Friday is being pushed back a day. Sorry!]
I will never understand focusing on someone's death rather than their life and there is very little on this profile about this person's life. But then the tree owner seems to be obsessed with all people famous and infamous. Most people of note, and there are many on this tree, have a comment explaining the (usually quite distant) relationship to the tree owner. For the above profile here is the comment:
Profiles of famous people on this tree are, of course, public even if they are living people because how else would we know that she is related to them? One of my favorites is for an Oscar-winning actor. She has added an custom event titled "Little tidbits:" with an extreme close-up of a woman's perfect smile. The note for it is, "his teeth are capped."I am NOT related to [John Doe], Jr. his father, [John Doe], Sr. married [Mary Catherine Hall], his second wife, who is my 14th cousin 6x removed. And [John Doe], Jr's Step-Mother.
To each their own I guess. I just wish they wouldn't waste so much space with ridiculously pointless photos. I've shown you examples of tree owners who have to upload a photo to every profile. Well I think this person's goal is to upload a photo to every event. UGH!
Thanks to Janet for the link to this profile ;-)
If you have a profile to suggest please send a link to buwtree(at)gmail(dot)com.
PREVIOUS POST: Pet Peeves
NEXT POST: Coming Saturday - Photos from today's profile
The information on the murder should have been put into the notes section and written as a story not as facts.
ReplyDeleteOr better yet just retype the magazine articles. That explains the situation better than anything. My husband's great great grandfather tried to murder his wife and then killed himself. I got the information from a newspaper article someone sent me. I just typed out the newspaper article word for word in the notes section and sited my source at the beginning.