Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1871041101 Victim Name: Thomas Hodges Race: White Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged Accusation: Killing four men and being a horse thief Date: 1871-04-11 City: Staunton Mob Composition: Undisguised Summary: Thomas Hodges, a...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1870041601 Victim Name: Bill Nichols Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged Accusation: Being a thief and arsonist Date: 1870-04-16 County Name: Madison Mob Composition: Unknown Summary: Bill Nichols, a black man, was...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1870022802 Name: Harrison Hammock Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Date: 1870-02-28 City: Lawrenceville Summary: On January 28th, 1870 a group of disguised persons forced their way into the Brunswick County Jail, shooting two black men,...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1870022801 Victim Name: Wyche Drumgoole Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Shot Accusation: Murder of a married white woman Date: 1870-02-28 City: Lawrenceville Mob Composition: Disguised Summary: On January 28th, 1870 a...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1878030601 Victim Name: Charlotte Harris Race: Black Sex: Female Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged Accusation: Instigating the burning of a barn Date: 1878-03-06 City: Harrisonburg Mob Composition: Disguised Summary: About a dozen persons...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1877081101 Victim Name: William Thompson Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged Accusation: Assaulting a young white girl Date: 1877-08-11 County Name: Culpeper Mob Composition: Masked Summary: A posse of about 50 men...