This is an article reprinted 100 years after the incident. Joseph J. Field of Greene County, had shot and killed a man named Padgett. It was his second murder and the locals were ready to mob the jail and lynch him. He was indeed shot and killed by a mob, rumor has it that he was shot nine times. 1880 Mortality Schedule concerning the death of Joseph J. Field. The Joseph Riley Field family farm. Areal view of the Joseph Riley Field family farm today. |
