Brick House / Lynching of Jim Williams
ID: SC1871030701
Name(s) of People Lynched: Jim Williams
Number of People Lynched: 1
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Lynching Date(s): 1871-03-07
Year Marker Erected: 2018
Erected by: Culture and Heritage Museum of York County
City: Mc Connells
County: York
State: South Carolina
Marker Text: 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 murder was part of a wave of Reconstruction-era Klan violence that led to a declaration of martial law in nine S.C. counties.
Sources: https://www.hmdb.org
My Grandfather Bratton Higginbotham Grandmother Rose Mc Knight former Rose Bratton was Captain Jim Willams. Brattons Mother from Henry name was Rose Also. This saddens my heart every time I read this story it’s a living nightmare til this day.