Re: GATEWOOD SCANDAL: Philip Gatewood of Anson Co., NC
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In reply to:
GATEWOOD SCANDAL: Philip Gatewood of Anson Co., NC
John Coffey 12/17/11
An interesting new reference to the Gatewood-Bradley Murder is found in a letter written by Thomas Cochran Hamer (1793-1874) to his brother Robert C. Hamer (1801-78):
Anson keeps up her old character. We had another murder about four miles from me a month ago. A man by the name of [Philip] Gatewood shot Thomas Bradley whilst hoeing in his field dead. Gatewood has not been arrested. Some thinks he has left. Bradley was a very respectable citizen — well though of. Gatewood rather a drinking fellow — a ruffian. I wish they could hang some fellow. Perhaps it might be a terror to others and be a means of some living longer.
[Source: “Spared & Shared 2 website,