m= mother d=daughter s=son f=father c=cousin w=wife h=husband #=age of victim b=brother s1=sister
* some sexually related aspect (evidence of rape, sexual assault and/or ‘relationship’) ** approximate date
Date
|
Name
|
Lynched with
|
County/City State
|
Allegation
|
1870
| ||||
Sept
|
Mrs. John Simes
|
Henry Co KY
|
Republican
| |
1872
| ||||
Nov
|
Mrs. Hawkins (m)
|
Fayette Co KY
|
Republican
| |
—– Hawkins (d)
|
Fayette Co KY
|
Republican
| ||
1876
| ||||
May
|
Mrs. Ben French
|
Warsaw KY
|
murder
| |
1878
| ||||
4 Nov
|
Maria Smith
|
Hernando MS
|
murder
| |
1880
| ||||
29 July
|
Milly Thompson
|
Clayton GA
| ||
6 Dec
|
Julia Brandt (15)
|
Joe BarnesVance Brandt
|
Charleston SC
|
theft/murder
|
1881
| ||||
*4 Sept
|
Ann (Eliza) Cowan (35)
|
Newberry SC
|
arson
| |
1885
| ||||
29 Sept
|
Harriet Finch
|
Jerry Finch, John Pattishal
Lee Tyson
|
Chatham Co NC
|
murder
|
1886
| ||||
Sept
|
—–
|
Cummins Pulaski KY
| ||
25 July
|
Mary Hollenbeck
|
Tattnall GA
|
murder
| |
18 Aug
|
Eliza Wood
|
Madison TN
|
murder
| |
1887
| ||||
28 April
|
Gracy Blanton
|
W. Carroll LA
|
theft
| |
1891
| ||||
15 April
|
Roxie Elliott
|
Centerville AL
| ||
9 May
|
Mrs. Lee
|
Lowndes MS
|
son accused of murder
| |
1 Aug
|
Eliza Lowe
|
Henry AL
|
arson
| |
Ella Williams
|
Henry AL
|
arson
| ||
28 Sept
|
Louise Stevenson
|
Grant White
|
Hollandale MS
|
murder
|
1892
| ||||
3 Feb
|
Mrs. Martin
|
Sumner Co TN
|
son accused of arson
| |
10 Feb
|
Mrs. Brisco(w)
|
AK
|
race prejudice
| |
10 Feb
|
Jessie Dillingham
|
Smokeyville TX
|
train wrecking
| |
11 March
|
Ella (15)
|
Rayville LA
|
attempted murder/poisoning
| |
2 Nov
|
Mrs. Hastings(m)
|
son (16)
|
Jonesville LA
|
husband accused
|
Hastings(d,14)
|
Jonesville LA
|
father accused of murder
| ||
21 Dec
|
Cora
|
Guthrie,Indian Territory
| ||
1893
| ||||
19 March
|
Jessie Jones
|
Jellico TN
|
murder
| |
18 July
|
Meredith Lewis
|
Roseland LA
|
murder
| |
15 Sept
|
Emma Fair
|
Paul HillPaul ArcherWilliam Archer
|
Carrolton AL
|
arson
|
16 Sept
|
Louisa Carter (Lou)(m)
|
Jackson MS
|
poisoning a well
| |
Mahala Jackson (d)
|
Jackson MS
|
poisoning a well
| ||
1893
| ||||
Nov
|
Mrs. Phil Evens (m)
|
Bardstown KY
| ||
Evans (d)
|
Bardstown KY
| |||
Evans (d)
|
Bardstown KY
| |||
4 Nov
|
Mary (Eliza) Motlow
|
Lynchburg VA
|
arson
| |
9 Nov
|
Rilla Weaver
|
Clarendon AK
| ||
1894
| ||||
6 March
|
unknown Negro woman
|
Pulaski AK
| ||
16 July
|
Marion Howard
|
Scottsville KY
| ||
24 July
|
Negro woman
|
Simpson Co MS
|
race prejudice
| |
1895
| ||||
20 March
|
Harriet Tally
|
Petersburg TN
|
arson
| |
21 April
|
Mary Deane
|
Greenville AL
|
murder
| |
Alice Green
|
Greenville AL
|
murder
| ||
Martha Green
|
Greenville AL
|
murder
| ||
1 July
|
Mollie Smith
|
Trigg County KY
| ||
20 July
|
Mrs. Abe Phillips (m)
|
unnamed child (1)Hannah Phillips (d)
|
Mant TX
| |
23 July
|
Negro woman
|
Brenham TX
| ||
2 Aug
|
Mrs. James Mason (w)
|
James Mason (h)
|
Dangerfield TX
| |
*28 Aug
|
Negro woman
|
Simpson MS
|
miscegenation
| |
26 Sept
|
Felicia Francis
|
New Orleans LA
| ||
11 Oct
|
Catherine Matthews
|
Baton Rouge LA
|
poisoning
| |
2 Dec
|
Hannah Kearse
|
(Walker,m)Isom K. (s)
|
Colleton SC
|
stealing a bible
|
1896
| ||||
*12 Jan
|
Charlotte Morris
|
Jefferson LA
|
miscegenation/living with white “husband”
| |
1 Aug
|
Isadora Morely
|
Selma AL
|
murder
| |
18 Nov
|
Mimm Collier
|
Steenston MS
| ||
1897
| ||||
9 Feb
|
Negro woman
|
Carrolton MS
|
theft/arson
| |
5 March
|
Otea Smith
|
Julietta FL
|
murder
| |
12 May
|
Amanda Franks
|
Jefferson AL
|
murder
| |
Molly White
|
Jefferson AL
|
murder
| ||
1898
| ||||
22 Feb
|
Dora Baker
|
(d,2)Frazier Baker(f)
|
Williamsburg SC
|
race prejudice
|
9 Nov
|
Rose Etheridge
|
Phoenix SC
|
murder
| |
13 Nov
|
Eliza Goode
|
Greenwood SC
|
murder
| |
189923 March
|
Willia Boyd
|
Silver City MS
| ||
1900
| ||||
2 March
|
Mrs. Jim Cross (m)
|
Lowndes AL
| ||
Cross (d)
|
Lowndes AL
| |||
7 July
|
Lizzie Pool
|
Hickory Plains AK
|
race prejudice
| |
25 July
|
Anna Mabry
|
New Orleans LA
|
race prejudice
| |
28 Aug
|
Negro woman
|
Negro man
|
Forrest City NC
|
theft of peaches
|
1901
| ||||
5 March
|
Ballie Crutchfield
|
Rome TN
|
theft
| |
20 March
|
Terry Bell
|
Terry MS
| ||
1 Aug
|
Betsey McCray (m)
|
Belfiield (s)
|
Carrolton MS
|
knowledge of murder
|
Ida McCray (d)
|
Carrolton MS
|
knowledge of murder
| ||
4 Oct
|
Negro woman
|
Marshall TX
|
assault
| |
1902
| ||||
15 Feb
|
Bell Duly
|
Fulton KY
| ||
27 Dec
|
Mrs.Emma Wideman
|
Oliver Wideman
|
Troy SC
|
murder
|
1903
| ||||
Negro woman
|
murder of Mrs. Frank Matthews
| |||
8 June
|
Negro woman
|
Negro men (4)
|
Smith County MS
|
murder
|
24 June
|
Lamb Whittle
|
Concordia LA
| ||
*25 July
|
Jennie Steers
|
Beard Plantation, Shreveport LA
|
murder by poison
| |
28 Oct
|
Jennie McCall
|
Hamilton FL
|
by mistake
| |
1904
| ||||
7 Feb
|
Holbert (w)
|
Luther Holbert
|
Doddsville MS
|
burning barn
|
*14 June
|
Marie Thompson
|
Lebanon Junction KY
|
murder
| |
30 August
|
unknown
|
Bates Union AK
| ||
1906
| ||||
7 Nov
|
Meta Hicks
|
Mitchell GA
|
husband accused of murder
| |
1907
| ||||
20 March
|
Negro woman
|
Stamps AK
| ||
Negro woman
|
Stamps AK
| |||
21 May
|
Mrs. Padgett (m)
|
Son
|
Tattnall GA
|
son accused of rape
|
Padgett (d)
|
Tattnall GA
|
brother accused of rape
| ||
1908
| ||||
3 Oct
|
Mrs. D. Walker (m)
|
Fulton KY
|
race hatred
| |
Walker (d)
|
Fulton KY
|
race hatred
| ||
1909
| ||||
9 Feb
|
Robby Baskin
|
Houston MS
|
murder
| |
30 July
|
Emile Antione
|
Grand Prairie LA
|
assault
| |
1910
| ||||
April 5
|
Laura Mitchell
|
Lonoke AK
|
murder
| |
*25 Aug
|
Laura Porter
|
Monroe LA
|
disreputable house
| |
1911
| ||||
*25 May
|
Laura Nelson
|
L.D. (14)(s)
|
Okemah OK
|
murder
|
2 Sept
|
Hattie Bowman
|
Ed Christian
|
Greenville FL
|
theft
|
1912
| ||||
**
|
Pettigrew (d)
|
Ben Pettigrew (f)
|
Savannah TN
| |
**
|
Pettigrew (d)
|
Savannah TN
| ||
Negro woman
|
Codele GA
| |||
*23 Jan
|
Belle Hathaway
|
John MooreEugene HammingDusty Cruthfield
|
Hamilton GA
|
tenants of murdered man
|
11 Feb
|
Negro woman
|
Negro children (3)
|
Beaumont TX
| |
13 Feb
|
Mary Jackson
|
George Saunders
|
Marshall TX
| |
25 June
|
Ann Boston
|
Pinehurst GA
|
murder
| |
1914
| ||||
13 Mar**
|
Mrs. Joe Perry (m,w)
|
Joe Perry (h)SonChild
|
Henderson NC
| |
*31 Mar
|
Marie Scott (17)
|
Muskogee OK
|
murder
| |
28 May/June**
|
Jennie Collins
|
Shaw MS
|
aiding in escape
| |
17 June
|
Paralee Collins (m)
|
Issac (s)
|
West Plains MO
| |
*12 July
|
Rosa Richardson (27-35)
|
Providence/Santee SC
|
murder
| |
25 Nov
|
Jane Sullivan (w)
|
Fred Sullivan (h)
|
Byhalia MS
|
burning a barn
|
1915
| ||||
15 Jan
|
Eula Charles
|
(Barber,d)Dan Barber (f)
|
Jasper County GA
|
parents accused of bootlegging
|
Ella Charles
|
(Barber,d)Jesse Barber(b)
|
Jasper County GA
|
parents accused of bootlegging
| |
May
|
Briley
|
Pescott AK
| ||
17 Aug
|
Hope Hull
|
AL
| ||
*8 Dec
|
Cordella Stevenson
|
Columbus MS
| ||
1916
| ||||
19 Aug
|
Mary Dennis
|
Newberry FL
|
aiding in escape
| |
Stella Long
|
Newberry FL
|
aiding in escape
| ||
4 Oct**
|
Mary Conley
|
Arlington GA
|
complicity in murder
| |
1917
| ||||
1 March
|
Emma Hooper
|
Hammond LA
|
murder
| |
1918
| ||||
17 May
|
Mary Turner (pregnant)
|
Brooks Co GA
|
taught a lesson
| |
4 June
|
Sarah Cabiness
|
unnamed children(2)Bessie Cabiness(d)Pete (s)Tenola Cabiness(d)Cute Cabiness (d)
|
Huntsville TX
|
threatening white man
|
4 Sept
|
Mrs. James Eyer
|
Marion GA
| ||
*21 Dec
|
Alma House (pregnant)
|
Andrew Clark
|
Shubuta MS
|
murder
|
1919
| ||||
5 May
|
unknown Negro woman
|
Holmes MS
|
race prejudice
| |
1920
| ||||
2 Nov
|
unknown Negro woman
|
Ocoee FL
|
race prejudice
| |
18 Nov
|
Minnie Ivory
|
Willie IvoryWill Perry
|
Douglass GA
|
murder
|
1921
| ||||
9 April
|
Rachel Moore
|
Rankin MS
|
race prejudice
| |
1922
| ||||
25 June
|
Mercy Hall
|
Oklahoma City OK
|
strike activity
| |
1923
| ||||
5 Jan
|
Sarah Carrier
|
Rosewood FL
|
race prejudice
| |
Lesty Gordon
|
Rosewood FL
|
race prejudice
| ||
29 Sept
|
Negro woman
|
Pickens MS
| ||
31 Sept
|
Negro woman
|
Holmes MS
|
race prejudice
| |
1924
| ||||
23 June
|
Penny Westmoreland
|
Marcus Westmoreland
|
Spalding GA
| |
19 July
|
—– Sheldon
|
Meridian MS
| ||
11 Sept
|
Sarah Williams
|
Shreveport LA
| ||
1925
| ||||
*25 April
|
Annie Lowman (m)
|
Aiken SC
|
defending her daughter
| |
1926
| ||||
25 April
|
Lily Cobb
|
Birmingham AL
| ||
25 May
|
Eliza Bryant
|
Duplin NC
|
success
| |
8 Oct
|
Bertha Lowman(d,s1)
|
Demon (b)
|
Aiken SC
|
lynched after acquitted of murder
|
11 Nov
|
Sally Brown
|
Clarence (c)
|
Houston TX
| |
1928
| ||||
25 Dec
|
Negro woman (1)
|
Eros LA
|
dispute w/ whites
| |
Negro woman (2)
|
Eros LA
|
dispute w/whites
| ||
1930
| ||||
12 Feb
|
Laura Wood
|
Salisbury NC
| ||
5 July
|
Viola Dial (pregnant)
|
Narketta MS
|
race prejudice
| |
6 July
|
Mrs. James Eyers (w)
|
Markeeta MS
|
race prejudice
| |
10 Sept
|
Holly White
|
Pigg Lockett
|
Scooba MS
| |
1931
| ||||
May
|
Mrs. Wise
|
Frankfort VA
|
resisting Klan
| |
1946
| ||||
*25 July
|
Dorothy Malcolm(w)
|
Roger Malcolm (h)
|
Monroe GA
|
able to identify mob members
|
Mae Dorsey (w)
|
George Dorsey (h)
|
Monroe GA
|
able to identify mob members
| |
1956
| ||||
*25 March
|
Angenora Spencer
|
Hyde NC
|
miscegenation
| |
1957
| ||||
18 Nov
|
Mrs. Frank Clay
|
Henderson NC
|
dispute
|
table taken from http://henriettavintondavis.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/recorded/
One of the hardest topics to talk about. Very eye opening to see that someone's life was considered worthless because of the color of their skin.
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