Joseph Merrill (sheriff)

Joseph Merrill (sheriff)

Joseph Merrill was a sheriff of Carroll County, Georgia at the turn of the 20th century noted for stopping a lynching. [cite book
title=The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine: Volume LXII
pages=631
location=New York
publisher=Macmillan & Co. Ldt.
year=1901
] His bravery is mentioned by Mark Twain in his 1901 essay "". [cite book
title=Great Short Works of Mark Twain
first=Mark
last=Twain
coauthors=Justin Kaplan
pages=193f
year=2004
publisher=Harper Collins
isbn=0060727861
]

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