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had a weapon of any description about our person.
He had Pistols in his room which he
invariably carried with him, when he travelled.
Shortly after Mr. C's return from court, he sent
to Mc Minneville for a friend of the name
of Benja. F. Curry, who had some reputation,
as a Duellist. He had a sort of half bulldog
half fire order of face - a perfect whippersnapper
of a chap, who gave himself airs, because
Gen. Jackson, had condescended to pay some
attention to him, & he had been selected by a Mr.
R. as his friend, on an affair of honor
that was expected to be settled between him
& Mr. M--which however was settled otherwise
no doubt very honorably - as the parties were anxious
to fight but could not agree upon the
weapons. This Boanerges friend of W. C. having
came to Winchester, to do his fighting. a fact
that Thos T. soon learned, he waited upon her
and did refused him in a way that the "little
Gentleman" did not expect, & taking advice
from "prudence" which was, of not the better
at least, this "greater part of his values" he
unceremoniously left Mr. C. to do his own
fighting.

On the [blank] day of [blank] 1829, this noble,
highly gifted but unfortunate young
man, my only surviving son, every way worthy
of a parents love & affection, was cruelly &
basely murdered on the public square, in
the town of Winchester, by his brother in law
Rufus K. Anderson, by shooting him with
a pistol in the abdomen, near the navel.
He lived about forty eight hours after receiving
the mortal wound, which he bore with great