About 500 yards southeast of Pound Gap, along the Fincastle Trail on the Virginia side, the site known as the “killing rock” was where the Mullins family and friends were massacred on May 14, 1892. Five people were killed: Ira Mullins, his wife Louranza Mullins, Wilson Mullins, John Chappel, and Greenberry Harris. Two escaped: Jane Mullins and John H. Mullins. Marshall “Doc” Taylor, Henan Fleming, and Cal Fleming were charged with the murders. “Doc” Taylor was convicted and hung, Cal Fleming was shot and killed, and Henan Fleming was acquitted.