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Wytheville Community College

F.B. Kegley Library
Wytheville Community College
Smyth Hall, Room 103
1000 East Main Street
Wytheville, VA 24382
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POC: William A. “Bill” Veselik
Phone: (276) 223-4876
POC: George Mattis
Phone: (276) 223-4744
Fax: (276) 223-4745
Start Over Repository Wytheville Community College Collection Andrew Kincannon Letter 1824 Level Collection

Andrew Kincannon Letter 1824

In a letter dated 30 March 1824 Andrew Kincannon Sr. of Surry County, North Carolina writes his son Andrew Kincannon Jr. of Wytheville, Virginia regarding a "strange occurrence." He describes how one John Smith plotted with three slaves, Hall, George and Duk, owned by Peter Simmon to take them across the Ohio River to freedom. Smith was arrested but not enough evidence was obtained to confict him. One slave, Duk, confessed and remained in Simmon's ownership. The other slaves, George and Hall escaped, with gun, pistol, and shot bag. Kincannon Sr. believed they would head near Cripple Creek in Wythe County where George had a friend.

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