Bill Sketoe
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William Sketoe Sr. was a Methodist minister from the south Alabama town of Newton, whose lynching there on December 3, 1864, gave birth to one of Alabama's best-known ghost stories. While locally-told
Approximate site of the hanging of Bill Sketoe, beneath Alabama Highway 134 bridge, in Newton, Alabama
Newton, Alabama, where Bill Sketoe lived prior to his murder.
Monument to Bill Sketoe, constructed by the Newton historical society; this marker tells the "romantic" version of his story, one that has since been called into question by some historians.
Ozark, Alabama
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Ozark is a city in and the county seat of Dale County, Alabama. As of the 2020 census, Ozark had a population of 14,368.
Bill Sketoe
…two months earlier, killing an officer; one of Breare's men had subsequently been shot during a skirmish with Ward near the current county seat of Ozark. Breare had tried to hang three local men for alleged collaboration in the attack on the ammunition train, but was prevented from doing so by another…
Carroll High School Band 2009
Carroll High School Marching Band "Pride of the Wiregrass" 2007