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Delinda Ward, a widow, and 1 child, Blanche, were also residing on Water Street.  An
overwrite makes her age difficult to read.  It appears to be either 51 or 57; however, in the 1910
census, she indicated her age was 54.  Also found living in the home was Amos P. Redwine, a 46
year old boarder, who was also a merchant in Martinsburg.  It was indicated in the 1910 census
that Delinda Ward, then a widow, ran a boarding house.  (Amos P. Redwine later married
Kansas Stegall and moved to West Point, Mississippi, where he lived the rest of his life.  Their
son, Jack, still lives there, and their daughter, Helen, lives in Campbellsville, KY.  A few years
ago, Helen, when talking with me about "Uncle Amos" and said that when he had become very
old and was suffering from failing memory, he at times didn't realize where he was.  On one
such occasion, he was sitting on his spacious front porch watching workers install a gas station
just across the street.  According to Helen, "Uncle Amos" commented, "Well, I always did think
Sandy Hook would amount to something some day.")
     William Holbrook, 56, indicated that he was a "laborer", ling on Water Street along with
his wife, Oma, 54, and 3 children: Lake?, Ruby and Orville C.
     The twenty-sixth, and last, family was George Weddington, 25, and his wife, Eulah, 23.
Just below this last name, Charles Gray, the enumerator, had written, "End of Martinsburg
Town."

A Grave for Two

Submitted by John A. Stegall < johnstegall@hotmail.com 
Transcribed by Samone Ratcliff on Jan 9, 2000   

   Far up Brown Ridge in Elliott County, and just about where Rt. 32 now is,
the original Concord Schoolhouse was located. It also doubled as a church,
and it was at one of the Sunday church services during the Civil War that an
incident occured that was both unusual and tragic.
   While the service was under way, a group of local men chose to set around
outside and perhaps discuss the latest war news. Among the men were Tom and
Alex Carter and their brother-in-law, Stephen Fraley.
   While the men were carrying on their conversations, a group of soldiers
slowly rode their horses up Brown Ridge from the direction of Sandy Hook.
As they rode up to the schoolhouse, one of them, no doubt a local man,
addressed Elijah Pennington, who was sitting next to the Carter Brothers on
a log: "Move away, Lige, we have nothing against you." As one of the Carter
boys was shot fatally, the other broke in a run up the ridge and toward the
Carter home about one-fourth mile north of the schoolhouse. Some of the
soldiers pursued him and rendered a fatal shot to him just before he got to his home.
   Stephen Fraley, realizing what was about to happen, made a beeline into
the building where Sarepta Carter Fraley was dressed out in her
Sunday-go-to-meetin' outfit, which consisted of a dress (or skirt) with the
huge round hoops used in dresses at that time. He whispered to her the
details of what was happening and told her to stand up and life the skirt.
Stephen immediately crawled under and cautioned Sarepta to remain standing
and not make a move.
   The service was immediately brought to a close as soldiers rushed in and
began the search for the man they had seen running into the building.  They
all but turned the building upside down, but could not find their prey.
Quite disgusted, they mounted their horses and rode back in the direction of
Sandy Hook. It was then safe for Stephen Fraley to emerge from his hiding place.
That Sarepta Carter Fraley saved the life of her husband cannot be doubted.
   Older residents of the Brown Ridge area told me this story many years
ago, and they swore that it was "gospel truth". I believed them then, and
I still believe it.
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