By Phil Norfleet

Fugate, the alleged slayer, is the man who killed Green Noble, another son ofSol Noble, about three years ago. For that time Fugate later was pardoned. Sol Noble and Fugate both had been attending church services in the Grapevine neighborhood.

PRIMOGENITURE CONCERNS REAL PROPERTY

It was said that Fugate had been drinking moonshine whiskey. After the sevices, according to the report of witnesses, The old English Law of Primogeniture concerns the inheritance of “real property” only, such as land, buildings, etc. Under Fugate mounted his horse and riding up to Sol Noble, began cursing him, and drawing his pistol, shot the other three this law, the eldest living son (the “heir at law”) inherited all the real property of the father if the father died intestate, i.

times. He then whipped up his horse and made off before he could be apprehended.

e., without a will. If a will had been made, then the will’s stipulations would govern. Since primogeniture was such a well The feud which culminated in the death of Sol Noble was begun during the war in 1917 when there was a general

known and standard procedure in the English speaking world, no specific mention of this transfer of title to the deceased’s melee on Lost Creek not far from Clayhole, scene of the election day killings of 1921. In the affray, the Fugates and Nobles real property would usually be made in the court records concerning the estate.

both lost members, and later Boozer shot ???? On the morning of Dec 10, 1921 about 2:30 o’clock, a band of masked men rode up to the Jackson jail. It was intensely dark. They called to the jailer, Alfred A. Allen, that they had a prisoner. In the DIVISION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

gloom he could not see that they were masked.

Conversely, the personal property of the deceased, such as cattle, horses, furniture, notes due the estate, etc. was NOT

He was asleep on the first floor and said, “Come on in. Oscar has the keys.”

subject to primogeniture and would customarily be equally divided among all the children, both male and female. The 573

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