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Recorded Cases of Black Female Lynching Victims 1886-1957: More on Black Women Who Were Lynched
The lynching of Laura Nelson
After seeing the connection between Henrietta Vinton Davis and Black Women who was lynched (they have no markers on their graves) posted Dr. Daniel Meaders’ pamphlet on Black Women Who Were Lynched in America. Reading that caused me to wonder if more women were lynched than Dr. Meaders found.
That led to the revelation of “STRANGER FRUIT”: THE LYNCHING OF BLACK WOMEN THE CASES OF ROSA RICHARDSON AND MARIE SCOTT”by MARIA DELONGORIA. The information below is extracted from Appendix A: Recorded Cases of Black Female Lynching Victims 1886-1957. This list indicates approximately one hundred and fifty four women who were lynched.
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 FinchJohn PattishalLee 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 |
*Crystal Nicole Femister has a similar chart in the Appendix of her dissertation “Ladies and Lynching”: The Gendered Discourse of Mob Violence in the New South, 1880-1930. Having used overlapping sources accounts for similarities although there are differences in categories, variations of names, locations and some of the other content.
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