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In August of 1880, former Confederate General Bryan Grimes was returning from a political convention in Washington County when he was killed by a hitman. The murder occurred in Bear Creek, just five miles from Grimes’ home, known as Grimesland. Grimes was a signer of North Carolina’s secession ordinance and joined the Confederate army shortly…
By Michael K. Brantley You may have heard an old folk or bluegrass song about “Poor Naomi Wise,” or it may have sounded like ‘Omi Wise or ‘Nomi Wise, but however it was put out, it was about the same lady — Naomi Wise, who was murdered in 1808 in Randolph County, North Carolina. Wise,…