oct 12, 1780 - McKown's Mill and the Murder of John Nuckolls)

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John Nuckolls, a Patriot Militia Captan was at home. He went with his son to McKown's Mill for grain. McKown was a Tory and told Nuckolls he would not grind his grain until the following day. McKown gathered several local Tories taking Nuckolls from the house, shot him, dumping the body in a hole of an old tree stump. Several months later his bones were discovered and taken by his family for burial at Whig Hill cemetery.

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