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Lynching Victims in America

A simple search on Google will give you the statistics. The Tuskegee Institute kept track of lynchings in America from 1882 - 1968. There were 581 in Mississippi, 531 in Georgia, 493 in Texas, 391 in Louisiana, 347 in Alabama, and so on. Total from all states: 4,743. That's more than one lynching and victim a week. I became interested in this appalling portion of our history when I learned of the infamous Moore's Ford lynching of 1946 in Walton County, Georgia. Subsequently, I read about the murders further in Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America by Laura Wexler. There were four victims: Roger Malcom, Dorothy Malcom, George Dorsey, and Mae Murray Dorsey. Lynching is not entirely a thing of the past, however. James Byrd, Jr. was chained to a truck and dragged to his death in 1998. In 2007, an angry crowd beat a man to death after a vehicle he was riding in struck and injured a young girl. The little girl was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. As a family historian, I am saddened to think (1) these revolting deeds took place, and (2) while statistics are easy to find, the names and stories of the individual victims are much harder to locate. I have some ancestors that seem to disappear without a trace in my lines. Were they victims of a violent act? A list of lynching victims will unfortunately never be complete. Therefore, here is a compilation that will always be a work in progress. It is a database that may interest historians and genealogists. I hope that in a small way, it will also serve as a memorial to those who were victims of Judge Lynch and his frightful law. More than 130 entries thus far.

"Since West Va. became a state there has not been a legal hanging within
its borders, but there have been 20 lynchings. It is estimated that the
state has saved about $10,000 in consequence."
The Daily Constitution , Atlanta, Georgia, 9 April 1878

Name	Date	Location	Notes
ALBANO, Angelo	1910	Florida	[Source: "American Lynching"]
ALLEN, Rich	29 June 1905	Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia	[Source: "Bloody Injuries" by Professor Wilkes, University of Georgia]
ALLEN, Tom	June 1911	Walton County, Georgia	While returning to Walton County to stand trial for allegedly raping a white woman, a group of men hung Tom from a telegraph pole and shot him. [Source: Fire in a Canebrake]
ANDERSON, Charley	26 September 1909	Perry, Taylor County, Florida	Charley was lynched for killing a police officer. [Source: Macon Weekly Telegraph, Georgia, 27 Sept 1909 - transcription]
ANDERSON, Winston	April 1878	Clarkesville, Tennessee	Winston was lynched for attempting rape. [Source: The Daily Constitution , Atlanta, Georgia, 17 Apr 1878]
ARGO, Henry	1930	Chickasha, Oklahoma	[Source: "American Lynching"]
AYCOCK, Lon J.	29 June 1905	Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia	[Source: "Bloody Injuries" by Professor Wilkes, University of Georgia]
BAKER, Frazier	22 February 1898	Lake City, South Carolina	-
BAKER, Julia	22 February 1898	Lake City, South Carolina	-
BARKSDALE, Heyward "Monk"	May 1893	Laurens, South Carolina	Supposed crime: attempted rape. [Source: The Atlanta Constitution , Georgia, 11 May 1893]
BAZEMORE, Peter	26 March 1918	Lewiston, North Carolina	Peter allegedly attacked a white woman. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
BEST, Walter	23 February 1918	Fairfax, South Carolina	Walter was hanged. He was accused of murder. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]

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BLACK, William	January 1890	Barnwell County, South Carolina	Supposed crime: stealing. [Source: The Atlanta Constitution , Georgia, 12 Jan 1890]
BOYD, General	1913	Walton County, Georgia	General was lynched for allegedly entering a white woman's room at night. [Source: Fire in a Canebrake]
BROWN, Gene	27 July 1918	Ben Hur, Texas	Gene was hanged for an alleged assault on a white woman. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
BUSH, Samuel	June 1893	Decatur, Illinois	Supposed crime: Assault on a white woman. [Source: The Atlanta Constitution , Georgia, 4 June 1893]
BYRD, James Jr.	June 1998	Jasper, Texas	James was chained to the bumper of a truck and dragged to his death.
CABINESS, Bessie	4 June 1918	Huntsville, Walker County, Texas	Sarah and her six children (George, Peter, Cute, Tenola, Thomas, and Bessie) were shot because of an alleged threat made by George Cabiness to A. P. W. Allen. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles." For more information, click here.]
CABINESS, Cute	4 June 1918	Huntsville, Walker County, Texas	Sarah and her six children (George, Peter, Cute, Tenola, Thomas, and Bessie) were shot because of an alleged threat made by George Cabiness to A. P. W. Allen. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles." For more information, click here.]
CABINESS, George	4 June 1918	Huntsville, Walker County, Texas	Sarah and her six children (George, Peter, Cute, Tenola, Thomas, and Bessie) were shot because of an alleged threat made by George Cabiness to A. P. W. Allen. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles." For more information, click here.]
CABINESS, Peter	4 June 1918	Huntsville, Walker County, Texas	Sarah and her six children (George, Peter, Cute, Tenola, Thomas, and Bessie) were shot because of an alleged threat made by George Cabiness to A. P. W. Allen. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles." For more information, click here.]
CABINESS, Sarah	4 June 1918	Huntsville, Walker County, Texas	Sarah and her six children (George, Peter, Cute, Tenola, Thomas, and Bessie) were shot because of an alleged threat made by George Cabiness to A. P. W. Allen. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles." For more information, click here.]

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CABINESS, Tenola	4 June 1918	Huntsville, Walker County, Texas	Sarah and her six children (George, Peter, Cute, Tenola, Thomas, and Bessie) were shot because of an alleged threat made by George Cabiness to A. P. W. Allen. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles." For more information, click here.]
CABINESS, Thomas	4 June 1918	Huntsville, Walker County, Texas	Sarah and her six children (George, Peter, Cute, Tenola, Thomas, and Bessie) were shot because of an alleged threat made by George Cabiness to A. P. W. Allen. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles." For more information, click here.]
CALHOUN, John	25 May 1918	Barnesville, Georgia	John was shot for the alleged murder of John A. Willis. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
CARROLL, James	April 1879	Frederick, Maryland	The Daily Constitution , Atlanta, Georgia, 22 Apr 1879: "The jury of inquest upon the lynching of the negro, James Carroll, returned a verdict that he was hanged by men unknown to the jury."
CATO, Will	16 August 1904	Statesboro, Georgia	Crime: Murder [Source: Georgia Backroads Magazine, Spring 2012]
CLARKE, Andrew	21 December 1918	Shubuta, Mississippi	Major Clarke and his brother Andrew, as well as Maggie and Alma House were hanged for the murder of Dr. E. L. Johnston. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
CLARKE, Major	21 December 1918	Shubuta, Mississippi	Major and his brother Andrew, as well as Maggie and Alma House were hanged for the murder of Dr. E. L. Johnston. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
CLAYTON, Elias	15 June 1920	Duluth, Minnesota	Wrongfully accused of raping a white woman.
CLAYTON, George	18 June 1918	Mangham, Louisiana	George was hanged for the murder of his employer, Ben Brooks. In a battle with the posse George wounded six men, probably fatally. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
COBB, James	23 May 1918	Cordele, Georgia	James was hanged for the alleged murder of Mrs. Roy Simmons. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
COSBY, "Bud"	7 February 1918	Fayetteville, Georgia	Bud was hanged for intent to rob and kidnapping. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]

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CRAWFORD, Anthony P.	October 1916	Abbeville, South Carolina	[Source: Men and Violence: Gender, Honor, and Rituals in Modern Europe and America, edited by Pieter Spierenburg]
CZERICH, Warren	3 September 1918	San Pedro, California	Supposed crime: murder. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
DANSY, Ed.	February 26, 1918	Willacoochee, Georgia	Mr. Dansy was shot. He had killed two white officers and wounded three others. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
DAVIS, Dan	1912	-	[Source: "American Lynching"]
DEVERT, Thomas	20 May 1918	Erwin, Tennessee	Thomas was shot and burned for the alleged murder of a white girl. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
DUKES, Bill	15 August 1918	Nachez, Mississippi	Bill was shot to death. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
EARLE, Willie	abt 1947	Greenville, South Carolina	[Source: Fire in a Canebrake]
EBERHART, Lee	February 1921	Athens, Clarke County, Georgia	[Source: "Bloody Injuries" by Professor Wilkes, University of Georgia]
EDWARDS, Sam	17 January 1918	Hazelhurst, Mississippi	Sam was burned to death. He was charged with murder of Bera Willes, 17 year old white girl. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
ELDER, Claude	29 June 1905	Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia	[Source: "Bloody Injuries" by Professor Wilkes, University of Georgia]

EVANS, Spencer	22 March 1918	Crawfordville, Georgia	Spencer was hanged. He was convicted of criminal assault upon a colored woman at the February term of court and sentenced to be hanged, but a mob took him from jail and lynched him. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
FICARROTTA, Castenge	1910	Florida	[Source: "American Lynching"]
FRANK, Leo	1915	Atlanta, Georgia	Click here for more information. [Sources: The Encyclopedia of American Crime, "American Lynching"]
GILHAM, John	15 August 1918	Macon, Bibb County, Georgia	John was hanged for an alleged attack on two white women. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
GILLENWATERS, Jimmy	1912	Bowling Green, Kentucky	-
GOODMAN, Gus	4 November 1905	Bainbridge, Georgia	[Source: "American Lynching"]
GOOLSIE, Kirby	4 June 1918	Beaumont, Texas	Kirby was hanged for an alleged attack on a white girl. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
GOTO, Katsu	1889	Hanokaa, Hawaii	[Source: "American Lynching"]
HALE, West	4 December 1921	Oconee County, Georgia	[Source: "Bloody Injuries" by Professor Wilkes, University of Georgia]
HALL, "Bubber"	7 August 1918	Bastrop, Louisiana	Bubber was hanged for an alleged attack on a white woman. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]

HALL, Robert	1943	Baker County, Georgia	Robert was beaten to death with a blackjack. [Source: Fire in a Canebrake]
HARDEMANN, Frank	16 October 1900	Wellston, Houston County, Georgia	Supposed crime: assaulting Mrs. B. H. Pierson, the wife of a Baptist preacher. [Source: The New York Times; Article Transcription]
HARMON, Jim	1890	Walton County, Georgia	Jim was shot to death for allegedly putting his hand on a white woman's face while she slept; his body sunk to the bottom of a pond. [Source: Fire in a Canebrake]
HARRIS, Bob	29 June 1905	Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia	[Source: "Bloody Injuries" by Professor Wilkes, University of Georgia]
HARVARD, John	1 December 1909	Cochran, Georgia	[Source: Macon Telegraph, Georgia, 2 December 1909 - Transcription]
HEAD, Will	17 May 1918	Valdosta, Georgia	Will, along with Will Thompson, Hayes Turner, Mary Turner, Sydney Johnson, Eugene Rice, Chime Riley, Simon Schuman, and three unidentified negroes were hanged for alleged complicity in the murder of Hampton Smith. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
HICKORY, Richard	June 1884	New Lexington, Ohio	[Source: The Atlanta Constitution , Georgia, 18 Jun 1884]
HOSE, Sam	1899	Newnan / Atlanta, Georgia	Sam was hung and burned to death. Afterwards, men came at him with knives. [Sources: Fire in a Canebrake, "American Lynching"]
HOUSE, Alma	21 December 1918	Shubuta, Mississippi	Major Clarke and his brother Andrew, as well as Maggie and Alma House were hanged for the murder of Dr. E. L. Johnston. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
HOUSE, Maggie	21 December 1918	Shubuta, Mississippi	Major Clarke and his brother Andrew, as well as Maggie and Alma House were hanged for the murder of Dr. E. L. Johnston. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
HUDSON, Jim	26 January 1918	Benton, Louisiana	Jim was hanged for living with a white woman. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]

JACKSON, Elmer	15 June 1920	Duluth, Minnesota	Wrongfully accused of raping a white woman.
JACKSON, Henry	22 May 1918	Miami, Florida	Henry was hanged for throwing a white man underneath a train. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
JENKINS, John	1851	San Francisco	[Source: "American Lynching"]
JOHNSON, Ed	1906	Tennessee	[Source: "American Lynching"]
JOHNSON, Henry	abt December 1890	Central, Pickens County, South Carolina	Supposed crime: "outrage" committed on white woman. [Source: The Atlanta Constitution , Georgia, 4 Dec 1890]
JOHNSON, Sydney	17 May 1918	Valdosta, Georgia	Sydney, along with Will Head, Will Thompson, Hayes Turner, Mary Turner, Eugene Rice, Chime Riley, Simon Schuman, and three unidentified negroes were hanged for alleged complicity in the murder of Hampton Smith. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
JOINER, Saxe	1865	-	[Source: "American Lynching"]
JONES, Jim	26 February 1918	Rayville, Louisiana	Jim, along with Jim Lewis and Will Powell, were accused of stealing hogs. Two were hanged and one shot to death. One white man and one negro were killed in the exchange of shots. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
LEAPHEART, Mr.	May 1890	Lexington, South Carolina	[Source: The Atlanta Constitution , Georgia, 13 May 1890]
LEWIS, Charles	16 December 1918	Hickman, Kentucky	Charles was hanged for allegedly beating Deputy Sheriff Thomas. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]

LEWIS, Jim	26 February 1918	Rayville, Louisiana	Jim, along with Jim Jones and Will Powell, were accused of stealing hogs. Two were hanged and one shot to death. One white man and one negro were killed in the exchange of shots. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
LOWE, George	4 December 1921	Oconee County, Georgia	[Source: "Bloody Injuries" by Professor Wilkes, University of Georgia]
MAXWELL, Ed	November 1881	Wisconsin	The Atlanta Constitution , Georgia, 22 Nov 1881: "The Wisconsin mob seems to have a penchant for anticipating the law just as well developed as if it were located in Louisiana. The lynching of Ed. Maxwell was neatly and expeditiously accomplished."
MCGHIE, Isaac	15 June 1920	Duluth, Minnesota	Wrongfully accused of raping a white woman.
MCGILL, L.	29 June 1918	Madill, Oklahoma	McGill was hanged for an alleged attack upon a white woman. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
MCGOWAN, Wilder	November 1938	Wiggins, Mississippi	Wilder was hanged for the rape and robbery of a 74 year old white woman. [Source: Men and Violence: Gender, Honor, and Rituals in Modern Europe and America, edited by Pieter Spierenburg]
MCILLHERON, Jim	12 February 1918	Estill Springs, Tennessee	Jim was burned. He was accused of shooting to death two white men. G. W. Lych, who hid McIllheron, was shot to death. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
MCMANUS, Frank	1882	Minneapolis	[Source: "American Lynching"]
MCNEEL, Georgia	16 March 1918	Monroe, Louisiana	Georgia and John Richards were hanged for an alleged attack upon a white woman. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
MCTATIE, Leon	30 July 1945	Lexington, Mississippi	Leon was flogged to death for allegedly stealing a saddle. [Source: Fire in a Canebrake]

MITCHELL, Allen	18 June 1918	Earle, Arkansas	Allen was hanged for wounding Mrs. W. M. Langston. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
MORALES, David Rivas	19 Jun 2007	Austin, Texas	An angry crowd beat a man to death after a vehicle he was riding in struck and injured a young girl...The little girl was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
MORGAN, Dudley	22 May 1902	Longview, Gregg County, Texas	Dudley was tortured and burned alive at a stake. He was accused of physically assaulting a white woman.
NEAL, Claude	1934	Jackson County, Florida	-
NOYES, Berry	22 April 1918	Lexington, Kentucky	Berry was hanged for the murder of Sheriff W. E. McBride. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
O'NEAL, Obe	18 September 1918	Buff Lake, Texas	Supposed crime: shot and wounded a white man. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
PARKER, Mack Charles	1959	Poplarville, Mississippi	[Source: "American Lynching"]
PAYNE, Joe	February 1893	Jellico, Tennessee	Supposed crime: "ravishing" Miss Fannie Cecil. [Source: Macon Weekly Telegraph, Georgia, 27 February 1893 - article transcription]
PERSON, Ell	May 1917	Memphis, Tennessee	[Source: "Tennessee Encyclopedia"]
POPE, Henry	abt May 1888	Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia	Henry was tried and convicted of rape, but was granted a respite by Gov. Gordon. Apparently, this did not sit well with some people. Henry was lynched. [Source: The Atlanta Constitution , Georgia, 2 May 1888]
POWELL, Will	26 February 1918	Rayville, Louisiana	Will, along with Jim Lewis and Jim Jones, were accused of stealing hogs. Two were hanged and one shot to death. One white man and one negro were killed in the exchange of shots. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]

PRAEGER, Robert P.	4 April 1918	Collinsville, Illinois	Robert was hanged. He was accused of making disloyal remarks. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
PRICE, Sandy	29 June 1905	Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia	[Source: "Bloody Injuries" by Professor Wilkes, University of Georgia]
PUCKETT, Richard	1913	Laurens, South Carolina	-
RADNEY, Ike	11 August 1918	Colquit, Georgia	[Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
REED, Paul	16 August 1904	Statesboro, Georgia	Crime: Murder [Source: Georgia Backroads Magazine, Spring 2012]
REEVES, Sandy	24 September 1918	Waycross, Georgia	Sandy was hanged for an alleged assault on a white girl. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
RICE, Eugene	17 May 1918	Valdosta, Georgia	Eugene, along with Will Head, Will Thompson, Hayes Turner, Mary Turner, Sydney Johnson, Chime Riley, Simon Schuman, and three unidentified negroes were hanged for alleged complicity in the murder of Hampton Smith. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
RICHARDS, John	16 March 1918	Monroe, Louisiana	John and George McNeel were hanged for an alleged attack upon a white woman. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
RIDLEY, Weakly	29 March 1886	Alamo, Tennessee	Supposed crime was he, along with Tobe Williams, murdered Daniel Guthrie. [Source: Macon Weekly Telegraph, Georgia, 6 April 1886; transcription]
RILEY, Chime	17 May 1918	Valdosta, Georgia	Chime, along with Will Head, Will Thompson, Hayes Turner, Mary Turner, Sydney Johnson, Eugene Rice, Simon Schuman, and three unidentified negroes were hanged for alleged complicity in the murder of Hampton Smith. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
ROBINSON, Lewis	29 June 1905	Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia	[Source: "Bloody Injuries" by Professor Wilkes, University of Georgia]
ROBINSON, Rich	29 June 1905	Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia	[Source: "Bloody Injuries" by Professor Wilkes, University of Georgia]

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ROBINSON, Willis	18 December 1918	Newport, Arkansas	Willis was hanged for the murder of Patrolman Charles Williams. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
RODRIGUEZ, Antonio	1910	Rock Springs, Texas	[Source: "American Lynching"]
SCHUMAN, Simon	17 May 1918	Valdosta, Georgia	Simon, along with Will Head, Will Thompson, Hayes Turner, Mary Turner, Sydney Johnson, Eugene Rice, Chime Riley, and three unidentified negroes were hanged for alleged complicity in the murder of Hampton Smith. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
SHIPMAN, Charles	14 November 1918	Fort Bend County, Texas	Supposed crime: disagreement with landowner. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
SHIPP, Thomas	7 August 1930	Marion, Indiana	[Source: "American Lynching"]
SHORTER, William	June 1893	Virginia	Supposed crime: Attempted rape upon Mrs. Clevenger. [Source: The Atlanta Constitution , Georgia, 14 June 1893]
SINGLETON, Claud	20 April 1918	Poplarville, Mississippi	Claud was hanged. He was accused of murdering a white man, and he had been sentenced to life imprisonment. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
SMITH, Abram	7 August 1930	Marion, Indiana	[Source: "American Lynching"]
SMITH, Henry	1893	Paris, Texas	[Source: "American Lynching"]
STACY, Rubin	19 July 1935	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	[Source: "American Lynching"]

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SULLIVAN, William	23 May 1893	Corunna, Michigan	Supposed crime: Murder of Layton Leech. [Source: The Atlanta Constitution , Georgia, 25 May 1893. Article Transcript]
TAYLOR, George	5 November 1918	Rolesville, North Carolina	George was hanged for rape. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
THOMPSON, Allie	24 November 1918	Culpepper, Virginia	Supposed crime: assaulting a white woman. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
THOMPSON, Will	17 May 1918	Valdosta, Georgia	Will, along with Will Head, Hayes Turner, Mary Turner, Sydney Johnson, Eugene Rice, Chime Riley, Simon Schuman, and three unidentified negroes were hanged for alleged complicity in the murder of Hampton Smith. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
TILL, Emmett	1955	Greenwood, Mississippi	[Source: "American Lynching"]
TURLEY, John	May 1893	Bedford, Indiana	Supposed crime: Murder of Conductor L. F. Price. [Source: The Atlanta Constitution , Georgia, 16 May 1893]
TURNER, Hayes	17 May 1918	Valdosta, Georgia	Hayes, along with Will Head, Will Thompson, Mary Turner, Sydney Johnson, Eugene Rice, Chime Riley, Simon Schuman, and three unidentified negroes were hanged for alleged complicity in the murder of Hampton Smith. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
TURNER, Mary	17 May 1918	Valdosta, Georgia	Mary, along with Will Head, Will Thompson, Hayes Turner, Sydney Johnson, Eugene Rice, Chime Riley, Simon Schuman, and three unidentified negroes were hanged for alleged complicity in the murder of Hampton Smith. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
VALENTINE, Edward	4 June 1918	Sanderson, Texas	Supposed crime: murder. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
VINSON, William	13 July 1942	Texarkana, Texas	[Source: Handbook of Texas Online]

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WALKER, Henry	24 November 1879	Fort Valley, Georgia	[Source: Georgia Black Book: Morbid, Macabre and Disgusting Records of Genealogical Value]
WALKER, Zachariah	1911	Coatesville, Pennsylvania	[Source: "American Lynching"]
WAGNER, Frederick	28 August 1918	Hot Springs, Arkansas	Supposed crime: disloyal utterances. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
WARNER, Lloyd	November 1933	St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri	"confessed attacker of a white girl" [Source: San Antonio Light, Texas newspaper articles]
WASH, Howard	1943	Laurel, Mississippi	[Source: Fire in a Canebrake]
WASHINGTON, Jesse	1916	Waco, Texas	[Source: "American Lynching"]
WATTS, Joe	June 1911	Monroe, Walton County, Georgia	A mob of men hung Joe from a tree and shot him. [Source: Fire in a Canebrake]
WHITESIDE, George	11 November 1918	Sheffield, Alabama	George was hanged. He was charged with the murder of a policeman. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
WILLIAMS, Clyde	22 April 1918	Monroe, Louisiana	Clyde was hanged for shooting C. L. Thomas, a Missouri-Pacific station agent at Fawndale. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
WILLIAMS, Tobe	29 March 1886	Alamo, Tennessee	Supposed crime was he, along with Weakly Ridley, murdered Daniel Guthrie. [Source: Macon Weekly Telegraph, Georgia, 6 April 1886; transcription]
WOMACK, John	22 May 1918	Red Level, Arkansas	John was shot for an alleged assault on a white woman. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
WOODSON, Edward	10 December 1918	Green River, Wyoming	Edward was charged with killing a railroad switchman. [Source: The Crises, "Old Magazine Articles"]
WRIGHT, Cleo	1942	Sikeston, Missouri	Cleo's feet were tied to the back of a car, and he was drug through the city streets. Finally, he was burned to death. [Sources: Fire in a Canebrake, "American Lynching"]
YERBY, Gene	29 June 1905	Watkinsville, Oconee County, Georgia	[Source: "Bloody Injuries" by Professor Wilkes, University of Georgia]

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