Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1899080801 Victim Name: Benjamin Thomas Race: Black Sex: Male Age: 16 Job: Unknown Method of Death: Beaten, hanged and shot Accusation: Attempted criminal assault on a 8 year-old white girl Date: 1899-08-08 City: Alexandria Mob Composition: About 2,000...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1898091201 Victim Name: Lee Puckett Race: White Sex: Male Age: young Job: Unknown Method of Death: Riddled with bullets Accusation: Criminal assault on a white woman Date: 1898-09-12 City: Stuart Mob Composition: Undisguised white men Summary: A young...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1898071101 Victim Name: John Henry James Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged and riddled with bullets Accusation: Criminal assault of an unmarried white woman Date: 1898-07-12 City: Charlottesville Mob Composition:...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1898062001 Victim Name: Mack Howlett Race: White Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Shot Accusation: Murder of a white man Date: 1898-06-20 City: Hillsvile Mob Composition: Masked Summary: A white farmer, Mack Howlett, was lynched by a...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1898042701 Victim Name: Paris Suits Race: White Sex: Male Age: young Job: Unknown Method of Death: Riddled with bullets Accusation: Murdering a white man and a black man Date: 1898-04-27 City: Coeburn Mob Composition: Unknown Summary: The lynching of...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1897092501 Victim Name: Peb Falls Race: White Sex: Female Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged Accusation: Unsavory character; keeping company with negroes Date: 1897-09-25 City: Cowan's Depot Mob Composition: Unknown Summary: A white woman,...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1897090601 Victim Name: Henry Walls Race: White Sex: Male Age: 21 Job: Unknown Method of Death: Swung to a tree Accusation: Criminal assault and murder of an unmarried white girl Date: 1897-09-06 City: Friends Mission Mob Composition: Several hundred...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1897081601 Victim Name: Edward John Nolen Race: White Sex: Male Age: young Job: Unknown Method of Death: Shot Accusation: Revenue informer Date: 1897-08-16 County Name: Franklin County Mob Composition: Armed moonshiners Summary: On August 16th, 1897, a...
Previous LynchingNext Lynching Victim ID: VA1897042301 Victim Name: Joseph McCoy Race: Black Sex: Male Age: Unknown Job: Unknown Method of Death: Hanged and shot Accusation: Outraged two young white girls, daughters of his employer Date: 1897-04-23 City: Alexandria Mob Composition: 500-1000...