J. D. NAILOR, a worthy and most estimable citizen, was murdered in his field while at work last Monday by some person unknown. He had just turned his horse and plow from the fence, and while busily engaged in handling his plow, a rifle ball, fired by an unseen foe, concealed in the bushes near by, penetrated his back, producing a wound that caused almost instant death. After receiving the shot, poor NAILOR‘s hand dropped from his plow handle, as he said to a negro who was working near by, “I believe I am shot!” and immediately fell forward a lifeless corpse.

The scene of the bloody deed is just within the county line of McNairy, and about sixteen miles from this place. Our informants state that no arrest was made, but that strong suspicion rests upon a certain party, whose name, for obvious reasons, is at present suppressed. NAILOR was a gallant son of the soil, and did a solider’s duty in defense of the South. It is hoped that rigid justice will be meted out to his assassin.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 01 June 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.