Stephens, John Walter, 1834-1870

found: John Walter Stephens murder clippings and videotape, 1940s-1990s(John Walter Stephens; moved to Yanceyville, N.C., where he served as an agent of the Freedmen's Bureau and became an active member of the Union League and the Republican Party, elected to the state Senate in 1868, murdered by former Democratic sheriff Frank Wiley and members of the Ku Klux Klan; b. 1834; d. 1870)

found: Wikipedia, Oct. 1, 2015(John Walter Stephens; referred to by his political enemies as "Chicken Stephens"; b. October 13, 1834, near Bruce's Crossroads (now Summerfield) in Guilford County, N.C., d. May 21, 1870, Yanceyville, N.C.; state senator from North Carolina who was assassinated by the Ku Klux Klan) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Stephens