“The Murder of Fincastle’s Daniel Pegee, Antebellum Free Black Entrepreneur, Preacher” is a booklet that is for sale in the Botetourt Museum of History and Culture. It was written by David W. C. Bearr and published by Historic Fincastle, Inc. The cover was designed by Phyllis Austin Burch. It tells the history and importance of free blacks in Botetourt during the 1800s.
Many family names and ages are given from the 1850 census. The fight and murder took place in Fincastle over an order of oysters. The true story was well researched and is a fascinating collection of dates and laws. It tells how life was before the Civil War and about the courthouse trial for the murderer.
~ Botetourt County Museum of History & Culture
