Charles William Tait, Shooting Incident, 1844

Charles William Tait, Shooting Incident, 1844

These documents describe an incident that took place on the Tait plantation on September 14, 1844. Charles William Tait, son of James Asbury Tait, assaulted, then fatally shot, Whitmill W. Rives, the fiance of Sarah Tait, Charles' sister. The Sheriff and Coroner's statement indicates that...

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Main Author: Benham, Malachi M.; Ratcliff, Clothier; Matheson, A. C.; Rives, Whitmill W.; Tait, James Asbury, 1791-1855; Jewett, P., Mrs.; Walker, Percy;
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Plantation records
Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/taitfamily,573
format Electronic
collection Tait Family Papers Collection
building Auburn University Digital Library
publisher Auburn University Libraries
topic Plantation records
spellingShingle Plantation records
Charles William Tait, Shooting Incident, 1844
Benham, Malachi M.; Ratcliff, Clothier; Matheson, A. C.; Rives, Whitmill W.; Tait, James Asbury, 1791-1855; Jewett, P., Mrs.; Walker, Percy;
fulltopic Plantation records
Agriculture--Alabama; Plantation life--Alabama; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Wilcox County (Ala.); Assault and battery--Alabama; Homicide--Alabama;
History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Domestic Life; Peoples -- Agricultural Life; Agriculture;
description These documents describe an incident that took place on the Tait plantation on September 14, 1844. Charles William Tait, son of James Asbury Tait, assaulted, then fatally shot, Whitmill W. Rives, the fiance of Sarah Tait, Charles' sister. The Sheriff and Coroner's statement indicates that Charles fled Alabama following the incident, seeking shelter with family members in Mississippi. Four years later, Charles was a plantation owner in Texas, and he did not return to Alabama, even after his father's death in 1855. Instead, Charles gave his brother James a power of attorney to act on his behalf when their father's estate was being settled. The Tait family were plantation owners in Wilcox County, Alabama; active in politics in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Family members include Charles Tait (1768-1835), politician and judge in Georgia and Alabama; his son, James Asbury Tait (1791-1855), plantation owner in Wilcox County; and James Goode Tait (1833-1911), the son of James Asbury, who inherited the family plantation. Other family members include Caroline, wife of James Asbury, and their children. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
spelling Charles William Tait, Shooting Incident, 1844Benham, Malachi M.; Ratcliff, Clothier; Matheson, A. C.; Rives, Whitmill W.; Tait, James Asbury, 1791-1855; Jewett, P., Mrs.; Walker, Percy; 1844-1845These documents describe an incident that took place on the Tait plantation on September 14, 1844. Charles William Tait, son of James Asbury Tait, assaulted, then fatally shot, Whitmill W. Rives, the fiance of Sarah Tait, Charles' sister. The Sheriff and Coroner's statement indicates that Charles fled Alabama following the incident, seeking shelter with family members in Mississippi. Four years later, Charles was a plantation owner in Texas, and he did not return to Alabama, even after his father's death in 1855. Instead, Charles gave his brother James a power of attorney to act on his behalf when their father's estate was being settled. The Tait family were plantation owners in Wilcox County, Alabama; active in politics in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Family members include Charles Tait (1768-1835), politician and judge in Georgia and Alabama; his son, James Asbury Tait (1791-1855), plantation owner in Wilcox County; and James Goode Tait (1833-1911), the son of James Asbury, who inherited the family plantation. Other family members include Caroline, wife of James Asbury, and their children. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.Agriculture--Alabama; Plantation life--Alabama; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Wilcox County (Ala.); Assault and battery--Alabama; Homicide--Alabama; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Domestic Life; Peoples -- Agricultural Life; Agriculture; Wilcox County, Alabama, United States1844-1845Tail Family Papers, 1798-1922, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaCollection 345, Tait Family Papers, Folder 4914 pages, 35 cmengAuburn, Ala. : Auburn University LibrariesThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of this image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.StillImage; TextFF49 CWm Tait Shooting Incident.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/taitfamily/id/573
title Charles William Tait, Shooting Incident, 1844
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author Benham, Malachi M.; Ratcliff, Clothier; Matheson, A. C.; Rives, Whitmill W.; Tait, James Asbury, 1791-1855; Jewett, P., Mrs.; Walker, Percy;
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