Wednesday, March 4, 2009

APRIL

APRIL 1
1 unidentified bystander murdered Tuscaloosa Alabama April 1 1870
1 unidentified black man lynched Millersburg Ohio April 1 1892
Walter Allen lynched Rome Georgia April 1 1902
George Franklin lynched Homer Louisiana April 1 1902
Dave Tillis lynched Crockett Texas April 1 1932
APRIL 2
1 unidentified black man lynched Brantley Arkansas April 2 1890
Zachioli Grohan lynched Whistler Alabama April 2 1891
Martin Mayberry lynched Bryant Sta Tennessee April 2 1891
Holland English lynched Bakerhill Alabama April 2 1894
William Rawles lynched N/A Florida April 2 1895
Joseph McCoy lynched Alexandria Virginia April 2 1897
William Bell lynched Amite Louisiana April 2 1898
1 unidentified black man lynched Union Springs Alabama April 2 1911
N/A Robertson lynched Laurens S. Carolina April 2 1920
APRIL 3
County Clerk J. Q. Dickinson murdered Marianna Florida April 3 1871
Martin Roland lynched Abington Virginia April 3 1889
Harvey Mayberry lynched Teysels Mississippi April 3 1896
N/A Haines lynched Belen Mississippi April 3 1897
Allen Brooks lynched Berryville Georgia April 3 1900
Alexander Coleman lynched Starkesville Mississippi April 3 1912
Fayette Chandler lynched St. Charles Missouri April 3 1916
Oscar Martin lynched Idabel Oklahoma April 3 1916
William Little lynched Blakely Georgia April 3 1919
N/A Thrash lynched N/A Georgia April 3 1924
APRIL 4
Harry Duncan lynched Springfield Missouri April 4 1906
N/A Thompson lynched Langsford Mississippi April 4 1921
APRIL 5
1 unidentified black man lynched Thornton Texas April 5 1890
N/A Williams lynched Kosse Texas April 5 1890
5 unidentified black men lynched Lithonia Georgia April 5 1892
2 unidentified black men lynched Selma Alabama April 5 1894
Carlos Guilen lynched Brownsville Texas April 5 1898
1 unidentified black man lynched Southampton Co. Virginia April 5 1900
John Burr lynched Wesson Mississippi April 5 1908
David Alexander lynched Pensacola Florida April 5 1909
Frank Pride lynched N/A Arkansas April 5 1910
Laura Mitchell lynched N/A Arkansas April 5 1910
Frank Bates lynched Centerville Texas April 5 1910
J. C. Collins lynched Mondak Missouri April 5 1913
Joseph Black lynched Kinston N. Carolina April 5 1916
APRIL 6
4 unidentified black men lynched Fishville Louisiana April 6 1892
Daniel Ahern lynched Greensboro Georgia April 6 1894
Forest Jameson lynched Brookfield Mississippi April 6 1899
Moses Anderson lynched Brookfield Mississippi April 6 1899
William Reynolds lynched Tuscumbia Alabama April 6 1902
James Carter lynched Amherst Virginia April 6 1902
John Turner lynched Warren Arkansas April 6 1903
Walter Clayton lynched Bay Minett Alabama April 6 1908
APRIL 7
Charles Hale lynched Lawrenceville Georgia April 7 1911
APRIL 8
Dawson Jordan lynched Ellaville Georgia April 8 1911
Charles Pickett lynched Ellaville Georgia April 8 1911
Murray Burton lynched Ellaville Georgia April 8 1911
APRIL 9
Isaac Brandon lynched Charles City Virginia April 9 1892
Albert Fields lynched Long View Texas April 9 1908
Benjamin Brame lynched Hopkinsville Kentucky April 9 1909
Thomas Miles lynched Shreveport Louisiana April 9 1912
Carl Dudley lynched Lawton Oklahoma April 9 1916
Pvt. J Wade murdered Del Rio Texas April 9 1916
APRIL 10
1 unidentified black man lynched Vicksburg Mississippi April 10 1897
Thomas Blambard lynched Fulton Kentucky April 10 1902
1 unidentified black man lynched Victoria Louisiana April 10 1902
Jonathan Smith lynched Arcadia Florida April 10 1909
APRIL 11
Horace Montgomery lynched N/A Mississippi April 11 1909
James Tabor lynched Alamo Georgia April 11 1910
5 members of William Burton family murdered San Antonio Texas April 11 1912
APRIL 12
Nelson Calhoun lynched Corsicana Texas April 12 1895
Reddrick Adams lynched Seale Alabama April 12 1896
APRIL 13
Alexander Foote lynched Princeton West Virginia April 13 1891
Roosevelt Towns lynched Duck Hill Mississippi April 13 1937
Bootjack McDaniels lynched Duck Hill Mississippi April 13 1937
Robert Melker murdered Cherryville No. Carolina April 13 1941
APRIL 14
William West lynched N/A Georgia April 14 1892
Ed Only lynched Eufala Alabama April 14 1893
William Lewis lynched Lamison Alabama April 14 1894
Alfred Bren lynched Gatesvile Texas April 14 1894
James Copeland lynched Springfield Missouri April 14 1906
3 unidentified blacks murdered Hempstead Texas April 14 1912
5 unidentified blacks murdered Millen Georgia April 14 1919
APRIL 15
George Driggs lynched Hempstead Texas April 15 1889
Roxie Elliott lynched Centerville Alabama April 15 1891
Seymour Neville lynched Rushsylvania Ohio April 15 1894
Manuel Dunegan lynched Chilton Co Alabama April 15 1895
Kennedy Gordon lynched Portal Georgia April 15 1901
Thomas Gilyard lynched Joplin Missouri April 15 1903
William Allen lynched Springfield Missouri April 15 1906
Albert Royal lynched Amboy Georgia April 15 1910
Charles Jackson lynched Amboy Georgia April 15 1910
Sam Arline lynched Tampa Florida April 15 1912
APRIL 16
William Skapp lynched Old Union Kentucky April 16 1891
Jesse Evans lynched Edwards Mississippi April 16 1897
Moses York lynched Tunica Mississippi April 16 1900
Ruben Sims lynched Little River Alabama April 16 1904
Charles Strauss lynched Bunkie Louisiana April 16 1907
Caesar Sheffield lynched Valdosta Georgia April 16 1915
APRIL 17
York Douglas lynched McMinnville Tennessee April 17 1896
Fred Kilbourne lynched Clinton Louisiana April 17 1907
George Smith lynched Union City Tennessee April 17 1931
APRIL 18
N/A Hector lynched New Iberia Louisiana April 18 1889
Samuel Moody lynched Auburn Kentucky April 18 1890
Henry Montgomery lynched Lewisburg Tennessee April 18 1894
APRIL 19
1 unidentified black man lynched Bayou Desard Louisiana April 19 1889
4 unidentified black men lynched Inverness Alabama April 19 1892
Flannegan Thornton lynched Morrillton Arkansas April 19 1893
Henry McAfee lynched Brownsville Mississippi April 19 1900
Jasper Douglas lynched Atlanta Texas April 19 1908
Thomas O'Neil lynched Meridian Mississippi April 19 1910
APRIL 20
Stephen Jacobson lynched Fay Texas April 20 1890
Simeon Garrette lynched San Augustine Texas April 20 1890
Dan Adams lynched Salina Kansas April 20 1893
John Brunt lynched De Land Florida April 20 1896
John Barrett lynched Askew Arkansas April 20 1905
Claude Singleton lynched Poplarville Mississippi April 20 1918
1 unidentified black man lynched Pittsburg Kansas April 20 1920
James Brazier murdered Dawson Georgia April 20 1958
APRIL 21
Charles Curtis lynched Liberty Mississippi April 21 1891
2 unidentified black men lynched Greenville Alabama April 21 1895
3 unidentified black women lynched Greenville Alabama April 21 1895
William Potter lynched Livermore Kentucky April 21 1911
N/A Adams lynched N/A S. Carolina April 21 1924
APRIL 22
3 unidentified black man lynched Tuscumbia Alabama April 22 1894
Robert Charmers lynched Cranberry No. Carolina April 22 1895
John Hugerly lynched Allentown Louisiana April 22 1900
Edward Ames lynched Allentown Louisiana April 22 1900
John Peters lynched Tazewell Virginia April 22 1900
Harry Young lynched N/A Georgia April 22 1902
Alexander Thompson lynched Gurdon Arkansas April 22 1903
Clyde Williams lynched Monroe Louisiana April 22 1918
Berry Noyes lynched Lexington Tennessee April 22 1918
N/A Jackson lynched Poplarville Mississippi April 22 1926
Rev. L. C. Baldwin murdered Huntsville Alabama April 22 1956
APRIL 23
Scott Bailey lynched Halifax Virginia April 23 1889
1 unidentified black man lynched N/A Oklahoma April 23 1889
Thomas Price lynched Westville So. Carolina April 23 1896
Samuel Holt lynched Newman Georgia April 23 1899
Andrew Rainey lynched Bainbridge Georgia April 23 1903
Dave Harris lynched Waxhall Mississippi April 23 1930
APRIL 24
Jerry Teel lynched San Augustine Texas April 24 1890
Jeff Luggle lynched Cherokee Kansas April 24 1894
"Lije" Strickland lynched Palmetto Georgia April 24 1899
1 unidentified black man lynched Groesbech Texas April 24 1906
Allen Green lynched Walhalla S. Carolina April 24 1930
APRIL 25
N/A Randall lynched Winfield Alabama April 25 1891
1 unidentified black man lynched Parsons Tennessee April 25 1895
Charles Williams lynched Galena Kansas April 25 1899
Henry Noles lynched Winchester Tennessee April 25 1901
1 unidentified black man lynched Oakwood Texas April 25 1906
N/A Thomas lynched Birmingham Alabama April 25 1909
1 unidentified black man lynched Delhi Louisiana April 25 1912
Mack Parker lynched Poplarville Mississippi April 25 1959
APRIL 26
1 unidentified black man lynched Riesil Texas April 26 1892
Robert Evarts lynched N/A Georgia April 26 1894
George Ray lynched Gensonton Kentucky April 26 1895
Columbus Lewis lynched Lincoln Par. Louisiana April 26 1898
1 unidentified black man lynched Thebes Illinois April 26 1903
Hensley Johnson lynched Carthage Texas April 26 1903
Henry Etheridge lynched Jackson Georgia April 26 1912
APRIL 27
David Sims lynched Clarkton Missouri April 27 1892
James Robinson lynched Manassas Virginia April 27 1894
Benjamin White lynched Manassas Virginia April 27 1894
7 unidentified black men lynched Tallulah Louisiana April 27 1894
Hal Wright lynched Harrison Co Texas April 27 1897
Russell Wright lynched Harrison Co Texas April 27 1897
Robert Brown lynched Harrison Co Texas April 27 1897
Mitchell Daniel lynched Leesburg Georgia April 27 1899
James Hodges lynched Marshall Texas April 27 1909
1 unidentified Black Muslim murdered Los Angeles California April 27 1962
APRIL 28
Henry Griggard lynched Goodlettsville Tennessee April 28 1892
Munder Chowagee lynched Marshall Missouri April 28 1900
Thomas Brooks lynched Somerville Tennessee April 28 1915
James Scott lynched Columbia Missouri April 28 1923
Lint Shaw lynched Danielsville Georgia April 28 1936
APRIL 29
1 unidentified black man murdered Chatham Co. No. Carolina April 29 1871
William Groulsby lynched Elberton Georgia April 29 1901
Wyatt Mallory lynched Springfield Tennessee April 29 1901
Thomas Seacey lynched Haywood Tennessee April 29 1904
William Brown lynched Rienzi Alabama April 29 1906
Eben Calhoun lynched Pittsview Alabama April 29 1907
George Holden lynched Monroe Louisiana April 29 1919
N/A Hammonds lynched N/A Missouri April 29 1921
Willis Kees lynched Lepanto Arkansas April 29 1936
Lee Snell murdered Daytona Beach Florida April 29 1939
APRIL 30
William Taylor lynched Franklin Tennessee April 30 1891
Ephraim Griggard lynched Nashville Tennessee April 30 1892
7 unidentified black men lynched Sunnyside Texas April 30 1897
Ernest Dewley lynched Brandenburg Kentucky April 30 1902
Matthew Chase lynched Marshall Texas April 30 1909
"Pie" Hill lynched Marshall Texas April 30 1909
"Mose" Creole lynched Marshall Texas April 30 1909
Mose Bozir lynched Allentown Texas April 30 1922
N/A Winters lynched Conroe Texas April 30 1922
46 unidentified blacks murdered Memphis Tennessee April 30 -May 2 1866

3 comments:

  1. It is sobering seeing my Great-grandfather's name on this list.

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  2. Thomas Gilyard lynched Joplin Missouri April 15 1903 He had a little black cocker spaniel that was rescued but died of grief 5 days after his master was hung.

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