Pistol

ID: 3284
This file appears in: Noted Dueling Ground/Sanford Duncan Inn

Although various weapons could be utilized for dueling, pistols were a popular choice.
Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society

This file appears in: Noted Dueling Ground/Sanford Duncan Inn

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #611 in Simpson County notes the location where Tennessee antagonists sometimes met to settle affairs of honor by fighting duels. When a gentleman in the late-eighteenth or…