Nathaniel Kerr Graves (1875-1899)
A white-owned and controlled Reidsville newspaper reported the following with respect to the death of twenty-four-year-old Nat Graves in Mississippi:
"The remains of Mr. Nat K. Graves passed Reidsville yesterday en route to Yanceyville, the former home of the deceased. Mr. Graves was murdered at Round Lake, Miss., Sunday night [12 November], by a crazy negro, as was also Arthur Maxman, a gentleman with whom Mr. Graves lived. The deceased was well known here [Reidsville]. His remains were buried yesterday at Yanceyville."
The Reidsville Review (Reidsville, North Carolina), 17 November 1899, Friday, Page 3.
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Nathaniel Kerr Graves is a son of William Blair (Billy Hickory) Graves (1827-1894) and Sarah H. Lea (1844-1907). He rests at the First Baptist Church of Yanceyville. What young Nat Graves was doing in Mississippi is unknown.
Photograph: Yanceyville Baseball Team. Click image to see a larger version.
The players and coach (left-to-right beginning on back row):
1. Jim Slade
2. John Graves
3. John H. Kerr
4. B. S. Graves (coach/beard)
5. Steve Richmond (first seated player, far left)
6. Pomp Richmond (with bat)
7. Nat Graves (has ball in his hand; could be the pitcher)
8. Bob Roan (apparently the catcher)
9. A. Yancey Kerr
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