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Greene County, Tennessee

Governor William Brownlow, in his message to the Tennessee Legislature, described the second Harmon brother as a loyal Union man from Greene County, and said he and the other men held with him were honest and respectable. According to Brownlow, this man was held in the Greene County jail during the Civil War and was then hanged by Confederate authorities. Brownlow said he was held in the same jail with these men and watched them taken out to be executed. Brownlow also said that the widows and children of these men were left without support after their deaths.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Governor Brownlow told the Tennessee Legislature that Confederate authorities hanged the second Harmon brother while he was held in the Greene County jail.

Reported by: Governor Brownlow, in his message to the Tennessee Legislature.

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