When was it published?

May 10, 1851 in Tarboro' Press (Tarborough,

Domestic News May 10, 1851

Tarboro' Press (Tarborough,

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Lewis P. Breedlove, Jacob Segrest, Mrs. Breedlove

Q: What keywords are associated?

Shooting, Family Dispute, Breedlove, Segrest, Chehaw, Property Law

Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina

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What is this article about?

A quarrel between Lewis P. Breedlove and Jacob Segrest in Chehaw led to Segrest shooting at Breedlove, but his sister Mrs. Breedlove intervened and was severely wounded in the arm. The dispute stemmed from a legal battle over their father's property.

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Unfortunate Occurrence.—We understand that a difficulty took place between Lewis P. Breedlove and Jacob Segrest on Saturday evening last, which resulted in Mrs. Breedlove's being severely shot. The parties, we understand, had been quarrelling at Chehaw, but finally quit and went home. Segrest, however, got his rifle, and went over to the house of Breedlove for the purpose of shooting him. Mrs. Breedlove saw him coming, and got between him and her husband, and received the load of the rifle in the fleshy part of the fore arm, which it dreadfully lacerated. The ball then struck the arm above the elbow, and running up, burried itself somewhere between the shoulder and the neck.

Mrs. Breedlove is the sister of Segrest, and the parties have for sometime been at law about the property of Segrest's father, who died sometime last year.

Macon (Tuskegee) Republican.

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime Legal Or Court

What keywords are associated?

Shooting Family Dispute Breedlove Segrest Chehaw Property Law

What entities or persons were involved?

Lewis P. Breedlove Jacob Segrest Mrs. Breedlove

Where did it happen?

Chehaw

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Chehaw

Event Date

Saturday Evening Last

Key Persons

Lewis P. Breedlove Jacob Segrest Mrs. Breedlove

Outcome

mrs. breedlove severely shot in the forearm and upper arm, with the ball buried between shoulder and neck

Event Details

Quarrel between Lewis P. Breedlove and Jacob Segrest at Chehaw escalated when Segrest armed himself with a rifle and approached Breedlove's house to shoot him. Mrs. Breedlove, Segrest's sister, intervened and was shot instead. The conflict related to a legal dispute over their father's property.