200 yards north of here, a granite boulder bears this inscription “John and William Driscoll executed here June 29, 1841,” These two men, father and son, were tried by 500 aroused citizens and then executed by a firing squad of one hundred eleven men. “Doctors and scholars, ministers and deacons…
In March 1871, York Co. Ku Klux Klan members, led by Dr. J. Rufus Bratton, lynched black militia Capt. James Williams, hanging him from a tree near his home 1.5 miles away. His body was carried to the Brick House the next day where a coroner’s inquest was held. The…
Here lie two criminals, lynched in Wichita Falls Foster Crawford 1862-1896 Elmer “Kid” Lewis 1877-1896 Whether right or wrong, no mercy was shown as the vengeance of this community was quickly delivered for the horrendous crime they committed. May God rest their souls….
William C. Clifton worked as a cowpuncher on the Diamond L Ranch, where he acquired the nickname “Diamond L Slim.” On March 15, 1903, he shot and killed John W. and Luella Foster Church in the Churches’ homestead cabin on Porcupine Creek. Slim was quarreling with the Churches over money…
Lowndesboro, AL—Enraged whites, jealous over the business success of a Negro are believed to be the lynchers of Elmore Bolling. Bolling, 39, was found riddled with shot gun and pistol shots 150 yards from his general merchandise store. It is believed that more than one person figured in the murder…
Between 1903 and 1934, white mobs terrorized and lynched at least six Black people in Manatee and Sarasota counties. On March 8, 1903, a white mob hanged Henry Thomas near Parriah, leaving his body suspended overnight to instill fear in the entire Black community. White residents took the mere allegation…