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Kirksey Nix. Louisiana State Penitentiary, from where Nix perpetrated a "Lonely Hearts" scam. Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. (born 1943) is the former boss of the Dixie Mafia. [1][2] He was a suspect in the assassination attempt on Sheriff Buford Pusser and in the death of Buford's wife on August 12, 1967. Nix has repeatedly refused to comment about ...
Buford Hayse Pusser (December 12, 1937 – August 21, 1974) was the sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, from 1964 to 1970, and constable of Adamsville from 1970 to 1972. Pusser is known for his virtual one-man war on moonshining , prostitution , gambling , and other vices along the Mississippi–Tennessee state line.
August 14, 1973. The Bowman-Pirkle House is a historic two-story log house in Buford, Georgia . It was built in 1818 for John Bowman, who served under General Andrew Jackson during the First Seminole War of 1816–1819. [2] The house was built with the help of Cherokees as a token of the friendship between Bowman and Chief Major Ridge. [2]
September 1, 1983. The Bona Allen Mansion, also known as Bona Allen House, at 395 Main St. in Buford, Georgia, in Gwinnett County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [ 1 ] It was built in 1911. [ 1 ] It was it home of Bona Allen, Sr. The listing included eight contributing buildings, including a smokehouse.
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Terry Benjamin II, Greenville News. May 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM. Georgia police arrested a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Williamston woman early Friday in Piedmont. According to Shale ...
2403950 [2] Website. www.cityofbuford.com. Buford is a city in Gwinnett and Hall counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,144. Most of the city is in Gwinnett County, which is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta Metropolitan Statistical Area. The northern sliver of the city is in Hall ...
Bona Allen Tanners and Manufacturers building Bona Allen Tannery. The Bona Allen Company is a tannery and leather goods factory that opened in 1873 in Buford, Georgia.It became the nation's largest producer of hand-tooled saddles, bridles, horse collars, postal bags, cowboy boots, and shoes and had a contract to supply the sporting equipment giant, Spalding, with raw material for the ...