We did not have much time to go into detail about lynching in class. Please review the information on the Musarium: Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America. (video)
"Searching through America's past
for the last 25 years, collector James Allen uncovered an extraordinary visual
legacy: photographs and postcards taken as souvenirs at lynchings throughout
America.
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
|
