Jereboam Orville Beauchamp (1803 - July 7, 1826) was an American lawyer and convicted murderer, who was one of the central figures in The Beauchamp-Sharp Tragedy. 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1826 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Jereboam came from a fairly prominent and respectable family and was born in Kentucky. His father was a farmer, and Jereboam received a good education and at age eighteen began studying law in Glasgow, Kentucky. State nickname: Bluegrass State Other U.S. States Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Governor Ernie Fletcher (R) Senators Mitch McConnell (R) Jim Bunning (R) Official languages English Area 104,749 km² (37th)  - Land 102,989 km²  - Water 1,760 km² (1. ... Glasgow is a city located in Barren County, Kentucky. ...

He began courting a woman who was sixteen years his senior named Ann Cook and soon fell deeply in love with her. But she would only marry him on the condition that he kill a prominent figure, a former attorney-general of Kentucky, Colonel Solomon P. Sharp who had jilted her and slandered her name. It is believed that Col. Sharp was the father of her illegitimate stillborn baby in 1820. In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General or Attorney-General, is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ... Colonel Solomon Porcius Sharp (August 22, 1787 - November 7, 1825) attorney general of Kentucky and member of congress and of the Kentucky legislature, was born in Abingdon Washington County, Virginia, in 1787, and died at Frankfort, Kentucky, on the 7th of November, 1825, meeting his death at the hand of... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Jereboam vowed he would avenge her, so in the Fall of 1821 he went to Frankfort, Kentucky to seek out Sharp and murder him. His plans failed and he returned home without completing his promise to Ann. In 1824 Jereboam was admitted to the bar, and in June he and Ann were married. 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky, a state of the United States of America. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

During the legislative election of 1824, John V. Waring had conducted a smear campaign against Sharp by printing out handbills accusing him of seducing Ann Cook of Bowling Green and fathering an illegitimate child born to her in 1820. Jereboam, infuriated by these accusations about his wife and Sharp, vowed revenge, and in the early hours of November 7, 1825 he knocked on Col. Solomon P. Sharps' door in Frankfort, Kentucky and fatally stabbed him after asking him if he was indeed Col. Sharp. 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Bowling Green is the name of some places in the United States of America: Bowling Green, Florida, named after the town in Kentucky. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky, a state of the United States of America. ...

Jereboam was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. He and Ann persuaded his jailers to allow them to stay together in the cell. On July 5, 1826 they attempted a double suicide by taking laudanum. The attempt was unsuccessful and a guard was placed in their cell. On July 7, the day set for the hanging, they persuaded their guard to allow them some privacy. They then made a second suicide attempt, this time with a knife that Ann had sneaked in. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1826 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Laudanum is an alcoholic tincture of opium, sometimes sweetened with sugar and also called wine of opium. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ...

Jereboam was hustled off to the gallows, but was so weak from his wounds he had to be supported by two men before being hanged. Ann succumbed to her wounds at nearly the same time.

They were buried in an embrace in the same coffin, and a poem that Ann had written on the eve of their deaths adorns their double tombstone. The Beauchamp-Sharp Tragedy created a national sensation at the time, and has been the subject or inspiration for many books and story plots, the most famous of which are probably Edgar Allen Poe's "Scenes from Politian" (1835) and Robert Penn Warren's "World Enough and Time" (1950). Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809–October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor and critic. ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 - September 15, 1989) was an American poet and novelist. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

A cousin, Noah Beauchamp was hanged in 1842 for stabbing a man to death in Indiana. A cousin chart identifies the correct name for the relationship between two people with a common ancestor. ... Noah Beauchamp (February 24, 1785 - December 30, 1842) was a blacksmith and an Indiana pioneer. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... State nickname: The Hoosier State Official languages English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Governor Mitch Daniels (R) Senators Richard Lugar (R) Evan Bayh (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 38th 94,321 km² 1. ...

Reference

• A treatise over Jereboam's confession