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Date
Race
Sex
Age
Job
County
City
Method of Death
Accusation
Mob Composition
James Holden
LINK
1866-04-13
black
male
Accomack
Pungoteague
Hanged
Murdering a married white woman and attempted murder of a black woman
Unnamed Negro
LINK
1866-06-19
black
male
Nelson
Faber's Mill
Hanged
Attempted outrage on a young white woman, a school teacher
Joseph R. Holmes
LINK
1869-05-03
black
male
31
Shoemaker
Charlotte
Charlotte Court House
Shot
Trying to lodge a complaint against a white man
Four white men
Jesse Edwards
LINK
1869-06-12
black
male
18
Rockbridge
Lexington
Hanged
Outraged and murdered an 18 year-old unnamed white woman
20-30 men
Charles Brown
LINK
1869-08-20
black
male
Warren
Front Royal
Hanged
Outraging a 15 year-old unmarried white girl
Disguised
Jacob Berryman
LINK
1869-08-20
black
male
Warren
Front Royal
Hanged
Outraging a 15 year-old unmarried white girl
Disguised
Wyche Drumgoole
LINK
1870-02-28
black
male
Brunswick
Lawrenceville
Shot
Murder of a married white woman
Disguised
Bill Nichols
LINK
1870-04-16
black
male
Madison
Hanged
Being a thief and arsonist
Thomas Hodges
LINK
1871-04-11
white
male
Augusta
Staunton
Hanged
Killing four men and being a horse thief
Undisguised
William Thompson
LINK
1877-08-11
black
male
Culpeper
Hanged
Assaulting a young white girl
Masked
Charlotte Harris
LINK
1878-03-06
black
female
Rockingham
Harrisonburg
Hanged
Instigating the burning of a barn
Disguised
Columbus Miles
LINK
1880-01-02
black
male
Amherst
Amherst
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Outraging a young unmarried white woman
30-40 armed men
Arthur Jordan
LINK
1880-01-19
black
male
23
Farmer
Fauquier
Warrenton
Hanged - strangulation
Eloping with a white girl, half-witted
40-50 masked men
Richard Woods
LINK
1880-01-19
black
male
Franklin
Shot
Miscegenation with a disreputable white woman
7 or 8 Disguised Men
Page Wallace
LINK
1880-02-18
black
male
25
Loudoun
Leesburg
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Outraging a 35 year-old married white woman
About 100 men, masked
Unnamed Negro
LINK
1880-02-19
black
male
Farm hand
Norfolk
London Bridge
Shot
Being associated with a white man who had angered his neighbors
Alison Jackson
LINK
1880-03-20
black
male
30
Rail splitter
Page
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Murder of a 3 year-old white boy
James Black
LINK
1880-04-12
black
male
25
Dinwiddie
Hanged
Attempted outrage of a married white woman; felonious assault on a married white woman
75 Masked men
George Lowry
LINK
1880-10-08
white
male
45
Worked the saw mill
Nelson
Hanged
Outrage and robbery of a white widow and her daughter
William Allen
LINK
1881-12-06
black
male
Employed by two brothers by the name of Kelly
Warwick
Fortress Monroe
Hanged
Murder of a white man
Masked
Jim Rhodes
LINK
1882-10-02
white
male
Albemarle
Charlottesville
Hanged
Murder of a white family (Nossie or Massie)
150 armed men
Bluford Smith
LINK
1882-12-30
black
male
Tazewell
Tazewell
Shot
Killed a young white man
William M. Crockett
LINK
1883-04-11
white
male
Wythe
Wytheville
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Murder of a white man
About 20 to 40 men, disguised
E. D. Atchison
LINK
1884-01-04
white
male
35
Highland
Monterey
Shot and hanged
Stabbing a white man, a prominent readjuster
10 armed men, masked
Peter Bland
LINK
1884-02-03
black
male
King William
Hanged and shot
Assault on a white man, his employer
Unnamed Negro
LINK
1884-06-06
black
male
14
Russell
Hanged
Murder of a 8 year-old white boy
30-40, masked
John Fitzhugh
LINK
1884-08-02
black
male
Rappahannock
Hanged
Attempted outrage on a married white woman
Jerry Jackson
LINK
1885-02-05
black
male
17-20
Bland
Riddled with bullets
Murder and robbery of a white man, a tinker
Disguised
Hairston H. Terry
LINK
1885-05-18
white
male
22-23
Bedford
Hanged
Murder of a white man
40-50 armed masked men
Noah Cherry
LINK
1885-11-15
black
male
15-18
Employee of Powell, girls father
Princess Anne
Hanged and then riddled with bullets
Attempted assault and murder of a 10 year-old white girl
150 to 200
Henry Mason
LINK
1885-11-30
black
male
Campbell
Rustburg
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Murder of a white man
White and black
John C. Wilson
LINK
1886-02-05
white
male
Patrick
Hanged
Stealing a mule from a white farmer
Kellis Moorman
LINK
1886-04-18
black
male
Henry
Axton
Hanged and shot
Assault and robbery of a white man
Dick Walker
LINK
1886-05-05
black
male
Young
Charlotte
Drake's Branch
Hanged
Attempted criminal assault on a young white woman, the daughter of a farmer
About 50
Reuben Coles
LINK
1887-07-26
black
male
Surry
Hanged
Criminal assault on a married white woman
50 Masked men
William Stokes
LINK
1888-06-16
black
male
25-27
Farmer
Dinwiddie
Shot
Attempted rape of a colored woman
Unknown men
William Henry Smith
LINK
1888-07-11
black
male
Wythe
Wytheville
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Criminal assault on a married white woman, respectable lady
Bruce Younger
LINK
1888-07-27
black
male
Halifax
South Boston
Halifax
Hanged and shot--riddled with bullets
Assaulted upon a married white woman (Mrs. Robert Dodd)
Archer Cook
LINK
1888-08-31
black
male
22
Prince Edward
Farmville
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Criminal assault on a white girl (Miss Lizzie Frank)
Armed and masked
Magruder Fletcher
LINK
1889-03-14
black
male
25
Accomack
Hanged and shot - strangulation
Outraged a married white woman, wife of an oysterman
About 100 masked men
Martin Rollins
LINK
1889-04-03
black
male
Banjo Picker
Russell
Lebanon
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Murder of a white man
25-40 unmasked armed men
Scott Bailey
LINK
1889-04-22
black
male
Halifax
South Boston
Halifax
Hanged
Assaulted upon a young white woman
John Forbes
LINK
1889-06-08
black
male
18
Nottoway
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Criminal assault upon a white woman
Masked
William Blankenship
LINK
1889-08-11
black
male
20
Charlotte
Hanged
Attempted outrage on an orphaned white girl
Orion Anderson
LINK
1889-11-08
black
male
14
Loudoun
Leesburg
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Outraged a 17 year-old white girl
100 armed men
Robert Bland
LINK
1889-11-23
black
male
21
Prince George
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Attempted criminal assault on a 16 year-old white girl,daughter of a federal government official
20-30 masked men
Unnamed Negro
LINK
1890-08-09
black
male
Russell
Dickensville
Shot and hanged
Outraging a married white woman
Thaddeus Fowlkes
LINK
1890-12-02
black
male
Charlotte
Hanged
Murder of a white man, a railroad brakeman
Masked
Philip Mabry/Mobry
LINK
1890-12-24
black
male
Mecklenburg
Boydton
Hanged
Murder of a prominent and influential white dentist
Masked
Scott Bishop
LINK
1891-02-23
black
male
Nottoway
Blackstone
Hanged
Murder and robbing a white man, a prominent citizen
More than 100 men
Robert Clark
LINK
1891-06-13
black
male
20
Bristol
Bristol
Hanged
Assault on a white woman
About 3,000, unmasked
Robert Burton
LINK
1891-10-17
black
male
Alleghany
Clifton Forge
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Killing one white man and injuring another
300-500 men
Robert Lewis
LINK
1891-10-17
black
male
38
Brick moulder
Alleghany
Clifton Forge
Shot
Killing a white man and injuring another
John Scott
LINK
1891-10-17
black
male
21
Iron mill
Alleghany
Clifton Forge
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Killing two white men
300-500 men
Charles Miller
LINK
1891-10-17
black
male
Iron mill
Alleghany
Clifton Forge
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Killing two white men
300-500 men
George Towler
LINK
1892-01-11
black
male
17-20
Pittsylvania
Hanged
Miscegenation with a young white girl; attempted outrage on a young white girl
Three white men
William Lavender
LINK
1892-02-12
black
male
20
Unemployed
Roanoke County
Roanoke
Hanged
Attempted assault on a white girl
150-300
Lee Heflin
LINK
1892-03-18
white
male
29
Farmer
Fauquier
Gainesville
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Murder of a white widow woman and her three children and burning their bodies, and then robbed the house.
About 60 masked men
Joseph Dye
LINK
1892-03-18
white
male
Farmer
Fauquier
Gainesville
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Murder of a white widow woman and her three children and burning their bodies, and then robbed the house.
About 60 masked men
Isaac Brandon
LINK
1892-04-06
black
male
43
Charles City
Charles City
Hanged
Attempted assault on a young white woman
About 75 masked men
Joe Williams Anderson
LINK
1892-07-06
black
male
Louisa
Louisa
Hanged
Attempted outrage on a 14 year-old white girl
About 50 men
William Young
LINK
1892-10-11
black
male
26
Fluvanna
Palmyra
Hanged
Murder of a white boy
20-25 men
Nathan Burgess
LINK
1892-10-31
white
male
Russell
Lebanon
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Murder of a white man
Masked
Sherman Lucas
LINK
1892-10-31
white
male
Russell
Lebanon
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Murder of a white man
Masked
Jerry Brown
LINK
1893-01-31
black
male
Tazewell
Richlands
Hanged and riddles with bullets
Murder of two white men
About 300
Sam Ellerson (McDonald)
LINK
1893-02-01
black
male
Tazewell
Richlands
Hanged with a horse
Murder of two white men
About 300
Spencer Branch
LINK
1893-02-01
black
male
Tazewell
Richlands
Hanged with a horse
Murder of two white men
About 300
John Johnson
LINK
1893-02-01
black
male
Tazewell
Richlands
Hanged with a horse
Murder of two white men
About 300
Unnamed Negro
LINK
1893-02-02
black
male
Tazewell
Cedar Bluff
Hanged
Implicated in the murder of a white man
Sam Blow
LINK
1893-02-02
black
male
Tazewell
Cedar Bluff
Hanged
Implicated in the murder of a white man
Abner Anthony
LINK
1893-02-26
black
male
Workman
Bath
Hot Springs
Hanged
Attempted assault of a married white woman
About 40 men
Charles Morgan
LINK
1893-04-02
black
male
Coal miner
Tazewell
Graham
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Murder of a black man
Black
George Halsey
LINK
1893-05-11
black
male
20
Smyth
Marion
Hanged
Rape and murderous assault
Unmasked
William Shorter
LINK
1893-06-13
black
male
19
Frederick
Kernstown
Hanged and shot
Criminal assault on a white woman
Jesse Mitchell
LINK
1893-09-15
black
male
25
Employed on the farm
Amelia
Amelia Courthouse
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Criminal assault on a 12 year-old white girl, a farmer's step-daughter
20-25 people
Thomas Smith
LINK
1893-09-21
black
male
Roanoke County
Roanoke
Hanged and riddled with bullets; burned
Assault & robbery on a white woman, wife of a well-to-do farmer
4,000-5,000
Abraham Redmond
LINK
1893-11-01
white
male
52
Farmer
Charlotte
Drakes Branch
Hanged
Desperado and assaulting a black man
White and black, disquised
Samuel Wood
LINK
1894-05-14
black
male
Scott
Gate City
Shot
Hiding prostitutes
Regulators
Thomas Washington
LINK
1896-03-23
black
male
Essex
Center Cross
Hanged
Attempted criminal assault on a young girl, daughter of a prominent citizen
Joseph McCoy
LINK
1897-04-23
black
male
Alexandria
Alexandria
Hanged
Outraged two young white girls, daughters of his employer
500-1000
Edward John Nowlin
LINK
1897-08-16
white
male
young
Franklin
Shot
Revenue informer
Armed moonshiners
Henry Walls
LINK
1897-09-06
white
male
21
Patrick
Friends Mission
Swung to a tree
Criminal assault and murder of an unmarried white girl
Several hundred masked men
Peb Falls
LINK
1897-09-25
white
female
Rockingham
Cowan's Depot
Hanged
Unsavory character; keeping company with negroes
Paris Suits
LINK
1898-04-27
white
male
young
Wise
Coeburn
Riddled with bullets
Murdering a white man and a black man
Mack Howlet
LINK
1898-06-20
white
male
Carroll
Hillsville
Shot
Murder of a white man
Masked
John Henry James
LINK
1898-07-12
black
male
Albemarle
Charlottesville
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Criminal assault of an unmarried white woman
About 150 unmasked, armed men
Lee Puckett
LINK
1898-09-12
white
male
young
Patrick
Stuart
Riddled with bullets
Criminal assault on a white woman
Undisguised white men
Benjamin Thomas
LINK
1899-08-08
black
male
16
Alexandria
Alexandria
Beaten, hanged, and shot
Attempted criminal assault on a 8 year-old white girl
About 2,000
William W. Watts
LINK
1900-01-05
white
male
Warwick
Newport News
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Criminal assault on a married white woman
Masked
Brandt O Grady
LINK
1900-03-24
white
male
Greensville
Emporia
Hanged
Companion of the murderer of two/three white citizens
Black with some whites
Walter Cotton
LINK
1900-03-24
black
male
Greensville
Emporia
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Murder of two/three white men
About 1,500, some of them black
John Peters
LINK
1900-04-20
black
male
Tazewell
Tazewell
Riddled with bullets
Assaulted a 16 year-old white girl
Masked
Pinkney Murphy
LINK
1900-09-14
black
male
Nelson
Arrington
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Attempted rape of an unmarried white woman, a school teacher
Daniel Long
LINK
1900-12-06
black
male
23
Wythe
Ivanhoe
Riddled with bullets
Criminal assault on a married white woman
About 100-200 masked men
Hubert Walker
LINK
1901-03-19
black
male
Farmer
Halifax
South Boston
Shot
Barn-burning and killing of mules and a horse
40 to 50 undisguised men
Joseph Walton
LINK
1901-07-01
black
male
Brunswick
Lawrenceville
Hanged and shot
Criminal assault on the daughter of a white farmer
50-75 masked, armed men
James Carter
LINK
1902-04-05
black
male
20
Amherst
Amherst
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Wounded a white man
About 200 masked men
Wiley Guynn
LINK
1902-06-05
black
male
28
Boarding house owner
Wise
Bondtown
Riddled with bullets
Attempted criminal assault on a 12 year-old white girl
Armed mob
Fred Tinsley
LINK
1902-06-09
black
male
C&O track walker
Warwick
Newport News
Hanged
Paying attention to a married white woman
Party of 5
Charles Craven
LINK
1902-07-31
black
male
22
Worked on dairy farm
Loudoun
Leesburg
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Robbery and murder of a white man, a farmer and Confederate veteran
About 500, heavily armed
Elmore Moseley
LINK
1904-01-13
black
male
Sussex
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Murder of a black man
Black
Andrew Dudley
LINK
1904-08-04
black
male
9 to 16
Nelson
Afton
Hanged
Attempted criminal assault on two young white girls
George F. Blount
LINK
1904-10-24
black
male
44
Possible owner of a fish stand
Norfolk
Berkley
Beaten to death and shot
Assault on a white police officer
5 or 6 men, masked
George Henderson
LINK
1905-02-27
black
male
26
Page
Ingham
Hounded to his death and drowned
Race hatred
White men and boys
Unnamed Negro
LINK
1909-12-09
black
male
Warwick
Newport News
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Unreported; maybe an attack on a white woman
Henry Pennington
LINK
1909-12-25
white
male
Buchanan
Hurley
Hanged and riddled with bullets
Murder of a white man and wounding of his wife
About 100 citizens
Mack Neal
LINK
1910-11-29
black
male
Sussex
Waverly
Riddled with bullets
Killing a black woman and wounding another black woman, a black man, and two black boys
15 armed men
William Page
LINK
1917-08-15
black
male
25
Farm hand
Northumberland
Lilian
Hanged and shot
Attempted outrage of two white women
About 500, masked
Walter Clark
LINK
1917-10-12
black
male
40
Laborer
Pittsylvania
Danville
Riddled with bullets
Shooting a black woman and killed a white police officer and wounded others
Armed, thousands
Charlie Allie Thompson
LINK
1918-11-24
black
male
18
Laborer
Culpeper
Culpeper
Hanged
Attacking a married white woman
12-15 masked men
David Hurst/Hunt
LINK
1920-11-14
black
male
25
Coal miner
Wise
Kent Junction
Hanged and shot
Attempted assault on a 60 year-old white woman
75-300 men
Lemuel Johnson
LINK
1921-08-03
black
male
23
Brunswick
Tobacco
Hanged
Murder of a white man, a postmaster
Nearly 2,000, masked
Horace Carter
LINK
1923-10-12
black
male
40
Milling
King And Queen
King and Queen Court House
Shot
Attacking a white woman
About 10 men
James Jordan
LINK
1925-03-20
black
male
22
Lumber mill
Sussex
Waverly
Hanged and riddled with bullets, body burned
Attack on a white woman
About 500 to 2,000, armed, undisguised
Raymond Byrd
LINK
1926-08-15
black
male
31
Farm hand
Wythe
Wytheville
Shot, beaten and hanged
Criminal assault on a 19 year-old white girl
50 masked, armed men
Leonard Woods
LINK
1927-11-30
black
male
35
Coal miner
Wise
Hanged, shot, and burned
Murder of white mine foreman in Wise
About 400
Shedrick Thompson
LINK
1932-09-15
black
male
39
Farm hand
Fauquier
Linden
Hanged
Attack on a white man and white woman
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