(Side A) In the early morning of January 15, 1911, a White mob abducted three Black men named Eugene Marshall, Wade Patterson, and Jim West from the Shelby County Jail. Although reports indicate that police were aware of the threat of mob violence, law enforcement failed to intervene to prevent…
In 1873, line was extended from Grayson to Willard. Located here were a turntable, water tower, railroad scales, & engine house. Near-by, the Lick Branch & Lost Creek spurs, as well as EK coal mines and coal camp existed. In 1892, an angry mob stole the EK train and, south…
In the early hours of February 15. 1878, at least three White men shot and killed a Black man named Reuben Dennis. The men abducted Mr. Dennis from the Shelbyville home of a Black man named Alfred Rucker, forced him at gunpoint to a nearby field, and fatally shot him….
On July 20, 1891, Sam Pulliam, a Black man, was lynched by a mob of at least 60 White people. The mob formed to pursue him after the wife of a prominent White farmer accused him of assault while her husband was away from home. Fearful that he would face…
In Franklin County, white mobs lynched at least six Black people between the end of the Civil War and 1950. Two of these victims were lynched here at the Singing Bridge. In the early morning hours of August 15, 1894, a white mob hanged a Black man named Marshall Boston…