Harry McGlofflin Caught Stealing a Watch

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The Law, Crime and Punishment

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A Wednesday, October 5, 1881 Lauderdale News report that a watch from Florence jeweler Capt. Abraham Brown's store had been found in the possession of African-American Harry McGlofflin (McLaughlin), who allegedly stole it when the clerk briefly left the counter to assist two lady customers in a carriage.

It is not known whether McGlofflin was arrested or not, and if so, what happened to him. The papers are silent and no circuit court records have been found.

Neither has a "Harry" McGloffin/McLaughlin been found in Lauderdale County records however a "Henry" McGloflen (b. 1840) married Mary Houston (b. ca. 1835) in 1869 and by 1870 had a family of five children with the surname McGloflen ranging in ages from 17 to 3 living in their house.

These McGloflens lived on an 18 acre farm valued at $90 in the Gravelly Springs area of western Lauderdale County, the so-called "Bend of the River."

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Lauderdale News

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Lauderdale News

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Newspapers.com

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1881-10-05

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Lee Freeman

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Lauderdale News, “Harry McGlofflin Caught Stealing a Watch,” Shoals Black History, accessed May 2, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1245.

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