Here's another historic newspaper item about Jackson County that might be of interest. This was taken from the June 20, 1867, issue of the Marianna Courier:
THREE FREEDMEN KILLED BY LIGHTNING. – On Monday evening last, a man and two women, in the employment of Amos Hays, Esq., of this county, having retired for shelter from a shower, to a hickory tree near where they were at work, were struck by lightning and killed instantly. The man had a gun, which it is supposed, attracted the electric fluid, after striking a pine tree a short distance from where they were found.
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