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citizens at the hands of The
Regulators. Judge Scarborough instructed the grand jury not to indict The Regulators for murder, but to issue a warning that they would be indicted the next time. The grand jury called on the officers of The Regulators to dismiss the body that was no longer needed for the
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William Lester was a signee to the
Southern Rights Association of Centreville District on secession from the Union for the protection of Southern interests and the vindication of Southern rights to preserve and protect the Constitution in its purity as the basis of Federal compact, and the only
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Oaklawn
Plantation was located on two tracts of land. The first and northernmost tract would become what is now parts of Killearn Lakes Plantation and the private hunting preserve of
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Lester
Cemetery had an ornamental iron fence. An obelisk marked the location of Captain Lester and his wife Rhoda. A total of 11
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Bannerman Crossing.
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foundation on which the Union of the States was made, or on which that Union should be preserved.
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committee called "The
Regulators" during the funeral of a Mr. Roundtree. In May 1846, the
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The plantation home was known as The Lester-Lauder House. The house was an
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with brick vaults were at this cemetery before its removal. Pieces of
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was a large forced-labor farm of 5326 acres (21½ km) in northern
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In 1834, prior to coming to
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78:Unimproved Land: 4440 acres (18 km)
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75:Improved Land: 1200 acres (5 km)
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97:Bushels of corn: 5000
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100:Bales of cotton: 300
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