Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1888083101 Victim Name: Archer Cook Race: Black Sex: Male Age: 22 Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged and riddled with bullets Accusation: Criminal assault on a white girl (Miss Lizzie Frank) Date: 1888-08-31 City: Farmville Mob Composition: Armed and...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1888072701 Victim Name: Bruce Younger Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged and shot--riddled with bullets Accusation: Assaulted upon a married white woman (Mrs. Robert Dodd) Date: 1888-07-27 City: Halifax Mob...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1888071101 Victim Name: William Henry Smith Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged and riddled with bullets Accusation: Criminal assault on a married white woman, respectable lady Date: 1888-07-11 City: Wytheville Mob...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1887072601 Victim Name: Reuben Coles Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged Accusation: Criminal assault on a married white woman Date: 1887-07-26 County Name: Surry Mob Composition: 50 Masked men Summary: Reuben Coles,...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1886050501 Victim Name: Dick Walker Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Young Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged Accusation: Attempted criminal assault on a young white woman, the daughter of a farmer Date: 1886-05-05 City: Drake's Branch Mob Composition: About...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1886041801 Victim Name: Kellis Moorman Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged and shot Accusation: Assault and robbery of a white man Date: 1886-04-18 City: Axton Mob Composition: Unknown Summary: On April 18th, 1886, a...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1886020501 Victim Name: John C. Wilson Race: White Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged Accusation: Stealing a mule from a white farmer Date: 1886-02-05 Mob Composition: Unknown Summary: The lynching of a white man, John C. Wilson,...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1885113001 Victim Name: Henry Mason Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged and riddled with bullets Accusation: Murder of a white man Date: 1885-11-30 City: Rustburg Mob Composition: White and black Summary: Early Monday...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1885111501 Victim Name: Noah Cherry Race: Black Sex: Male Age: 15-18 Job: Employee of Powell, girls father Method of Death: Hanged and then riddled with bullets Accusation: Attempted assault and murder of a 10 year-old white girl Date: 1885-11-15 County...