Talk:Guntown, Mississippi

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Moved the trivia section to this page for discussion:

Trivia[edit]

The name of Guntown is somewhat of a mystery for its residents. Some believe its name was derived from the fact that it was the site of an armory in the civil war era, while others claim (despite facts to the contrary) that Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth is buried there.
Correction: A recent newspaper interview with a resident of Guntown proves that John Wilkes Boothe lived in the attic room of an old home in his final years. He is buried in a family field cemetery just West of Guntown on the old road to Brice's Crossroad. The property is provately owned and seldom visited by those visiting the area. The resident interviewed own items and property that Wilkes Boothe left behind after his death.
Correction: Miss Emma Pressey claimed that she had an uncle who had a limp that lived upstairs in her house. She is related to the Booths. But there is no proof that John Wilkes Booth was living in Guntown.

1) It seems to be unclear if or if not John Wilkes Booth has lived there and/or died there. Different believes about why this town is named Guntowns do not establish encyclopedic content, neither do unfounded myths.

2) If there are indeed "facts to the contrary", or proof from a "recent newspaper interview", they should be stated and given as a source for the alleged facts.

3) A resident "claiming" he owns items that were John Wilkes Booth's and another resident claiming she had had a limping uncle do not establish enough credibility.

4) The last sentence says it all: "... there is no proof that John Wilkes Booth was living in Guntown." If this is so, the trivia section should stay out of the article until there is verifyable proof.

Please do not move the content back to the article. If you do not agree, please discuss and solve the issue here first.

doxTxob \ ^talk 20:12, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]