From: KyArchives Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 11:36 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Brooks.Jonathan.1827.Madison.OBIT Jonathan Brooks January 30, 1827 Madison County KyArchives Obituaries (New Hampshire) Patriot & State Gazetteer, March 5, 1827 In Richmond county, Kentucky, Jan. 30, Mr. Jonathan Brooks—murdered by one of his negroes. The wretch killed his master with a handspike— heaped logs and brush upon his body, and set fire to them, consuming his body with the exception of a few bones. Submitted by: Deb Haines http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000719 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/