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Name Murdered In Date
2 Victims - Names UnreportedArcadia, MississippiDecember 19, 1900
2 Victims - Names UnreportedClarksdale, MississippiOctober 11, 1915
2 Victims - Names UnreportedCommerce, MississippiJanuary 28, 1908
2 Victims - Names UnreportedCross Road, MississippiJuly 21, 1906
2 Victims - Names UnreportedLaurel, MississippiSeptember 7, 1906
2 Victims - Names UnreportedVardamann, MississippiJanuary 10, 1897
3 Victims - Names UnreportedDoddsville, MississippiFebruary 7, 1904
3 Victims - Names UnreportedMeridian, MississippiNovember 27, 1898
4 Victims - Names UnreportedKemper County, MississippiOctober 28, 1909
4 Victims - Names UnreportedSmith County, MississippiJune 9, 1907
1 Victim - Name UnreportedAmite County, MississippiMay 8, 1904
1 Victim - Name UnreportedBasin, MississippiOctober 6, 1906
1 Victim - Name UnreportedBenoit, MississippiJanuary 4, 1905
1 Victim - Name UnreportedBiloxi, MississippiJuly 14, 1894
1 Victim - Name UnreportedCedar Bluffs, Mississippijune 29, 1919
1 Victim - Name UnreportedDarling, MississippiNovember 1, 1902
1 Victim - Name UnreportedDe Kalb, MississippiJuly 1, 1910
1 Victim - Name UnreportedDrew, MississippiJanuary 30, 1913
1 Victim - Name UnreportedEstabutchie, MississippiOctober 20, 1902
1 Victim - Name UnreportedFannin, MississippiDecember 23, 1893
1 Victim - Name UnreportedGreenville, MississippiMay 8, 1916
1 Victim - Name UnreportedHattiesburg, MississippiOctober 29, 1903
1 Victim - Name UnreportedHelm Station, MississippiMarch 5, 1905
1 Victim - Name UnreportedJackson, MississippiDecember 17, 1912
1 Victim - Name UnreportedLouisville, MississippiMay 16, 1919
1 Victim - Name UnreportedO'neil, MississippiMay 25, 1908
1 Victim - Name UnreportedPenola, MississippiJanuary 17, 1906
1 Victim - Name UnreportedPerry County, MississippiNovember 4, 1901
1 Victim - Name UnreportedPushington, MississippiJuly 24, 1899
1 Victim - Name UnreportedRodney, MississippiMay 23, 1895
1 Victim - Name UnreportedSaucier, MississippiMay 8, 1908
1 Victim - Name UnreportedSimpson County, MississippiSeptember 2, 1895
1 Victim - Name UnreportedSummit, MississippiNovember 20, 1902
1 Victim - Name UnreportedSunnyside, MississippiOctober 21, 1896
1 Victim - Name UnreportedVicksburg, MississippiApril 10, 1897
1 Victim - Name UnreportedWoodville, MississippiMay 29, 1907
1 Victim - Name UnreportedYazoo City, MississippiJuly 12, 1919
1 Victim - Name UnreportedLocality Unknown, MississippiJuly 10, 1908
1 Woman Victim - Name UnreportedSimpson County, MississippiJuly 24, 1894
1 Woman Victim - Name UnreportedSmith County, MississippiJuly 9, 1907
Adams, SamuelPass Christian, MississippiNovember 5, 1903
Adams, WashingtonColumbus, MississippiJune 11, 1942
Allen, SloanWest, MississippiDecember 23, 1893
Allen, ThomasMcGee, MississippiMarch 11, 1899
Ambrose, WoodPrentiss, MississippiJune 11, 1906
Anderson, AlexGrenada, MississippiMarch 20, 1898
Anderson, MosesBrookfield, MississippiApril 6, 1899
Ashley, BobBrookhaven, MississippiJanuary 2, 1908
AskewMississippi City, MississippiJune 10, 1900
Barnes, GlosterVicksburg, MississippiOctober 23, 1900
Beagley, RufusJackson, MississippiNovember 15, 1893
Bell, HenryGreenwood, MississippiJanuary 23, 1907
Bell, TerryTerry, MississippiMarch 20, 1901
Betat, RobertBluffy Creek, MississippiMarch 20, 1895
Betts, JackCorinth, MississippiAugust 13, 1900
Bowen, ThomasBrookhaven, MississippiJune 29, 1895
Boyd, WilliamSilver City, MississippiMarch 23, 1899
Bradford, WilliamChunky, MississippiJune, 16, 1911
Brooks, SimonSardis, MississippiJune 11, 1899
Brown, FrankTunica, MississippiSeptember 14, 1900
Brown, JeffWestpoint, MississippiMarch 20, 1916
Brown, WilliamTunica, MississippiSeptember 14, 1900
Brownlee, WalterHinchcliff, MissisippiOctober 15, 1913
Bryant, RobertVicksburg, MississippiMay 4, 1907
Burns, ThomasHernando, MississippiNovember 3, 1914
Burr, JohnWesson, MississippiApril 5, 1908
Burwell, CharlesMeridian, MississippiJuly 28, 1895
Buskin, RobbyHuston, MississippiFebruary 9, 1909
Carter, LouisaJackson, MississippiNovember 15, 1893
Carter, WilliamWinston County, MississippiDecember 26, 1894
Castello, SpencerFlora, MississippiJanuary 7, 1895
Chandler, WilliamAbbeyville, MississippiJune 19, 1895
ClarkClark Trail, MississippiJune 4, 1908
Clark, AndrewShubuta, MississippiDecember 21, 1918
Clark, MajorShubuta, MississippiDecember 21, 1918
Clayton, ThomasHernando, MississippiMarch 10, 1900
Cole, SamPea Ridge, MississippiJanuary 7, 1898
Coleman, AlexStarksville, MississippiApril 3, 1912
Collier, MimmsSteenston, MississippiNovember 18, 1896
Cooper, JamesHemlock, MississippiMay 27, 1897
Crompton, ThomasCenterville, MississippiOctober 25, 1906
Crosby, HarryLouisville, MississippiSeptember 21, 1913
Crosby, JamesTutwilder, MississippiMarch 4, 1900
Crower, HenryHernando, MississippiOctober 6, 1897
Curl, ElmerMastadon, MississippiJune 12, 1910
Dailey, JosephComorant, MississippiJuly 15, 1918
Davis, FrankLula, MississippiOctober 11, 1908
Davis, JosephLula, MississippiOctober 10, 1908
Dawson, DeeHickory, MississippiOctober 10, 1908
Dawson, R.W.Natchez, MississippiJune 17, 1895
Dennis, RoberGreenville, MississippiJune 5, 1907
Duke, BillNatchez, MississippiAugust 15, 1918
Dunham, SterlingEupora, MississippiJune 26, 1904
Edd, G.W.Macon, MississippiMay 7, 1912
Edward, WilliamDeep Creek, MississippiMarch 27, 1900
Evans, JeseEdwards, MississippiApril 16, 1897
Floyd, ZedTunica, MississippiSeptember 12, 1900
Fox, LeeYazoo City, MississippiJune 10, 1911
Fuller, WilliamHickory, MississippiOctober 10, 1908
George, RidHattiesburg, MississippiAugust 4, 1905
German, CharlesBelen, MississippiOctober 29, 1907
Giles, NeelySucarnoochee, MississippiJanuary 15, 1912
Gilian, ParyAberdeen, MississippiJune 28, 1897
Gordon, GeorgeAlbin, MississippiMay 2, 1904
Gordon, JosephGreenwood, MississippiMarch 12, 1909
Gould, WesleyLeland, MississippiJuly 12, 1898
Green, ErnestQuitman, MississippiOctober 12, 1942
Green, JamesBoyle, MississippiDecember 11, 1905
Green, TomRolling Fork, MississippiJuly 7, 1942
Grizzard, AlfredTiptonville, MississippiJune 21, 1889
HainesBelen, MississippiApril 3, 1897
Hamilton, MannStarkesville, MississippiFebruary 14, 1912
Harkhead, LewisAmite County, MississippiJune 6, 1894
Harris, BurkeCleveland, MississippiMarch 19, 1904
Harris, DavidRosedale, MississippiApril 23, 1930
Harris, HenryGlendora, MississippiJuly 20, 1909
Harris, JamesGlendora, MississippiDecember 27, 1897
Harris, WilliamGlendora, MississippiJuly 20, 1909
Hart, MoseCorinth, MississippiMay 20, 1903
Hayes, StanleyBrandon, MississippiJuly 26, 1899
Haynes, VanColumbus, MississippiJune 3, 1921
Healey, W.A.Jackson, MississippiNovember 15, 1893
Hempton, PrattColumbus, MississippiJune 3, 1921
Henderson, PeterItta Bena, MississippiJanuary 20, 1997
Hicks, A.Rocky Springs, MississippiMay 7, 1894
Hill, AlexanderBrookville, MississippiFebruary 10, 1915
Hill, RichardPhiladelphia, MississippiSeptember 1, 1901
Hilson, EliBrookhaven, MississippiDecember 24, 1903
Hinks, JetLee County, MississippiNovember 8, 1906
Hinson, SamuelCushtusha, MississippiMay 17, 1904
Hodges, WilliamUnion, MississippiNovember 2, 1908
Holbert, LutherDoddsville, MississippiFebruary 7, 1904
Holbert, Mrs.Doddsville, MississippiFebruary 7, 1904
Hollins, JohnDrew, MississippiJanuary 10, 1893
HoodYazoo City, MississippiJuly 6, 1894
HoraceMontgomery, MississippiApril 11, 1909
House, AlmaShubuta, MississippiDecember 21, 1918
House, MaggieShubuta, MissisippiDecember 21, 1918
Husband, PatMcHenry, MississippiDecember 16, 1907
Isham, FredMacon, MississippiFebruary 18, 1901
Isham, HenryMacon, MississippiFebruary 18, 1901
Jackson, BenjaminJackson, MississippiNovember 15, 1893
Jackson, BenjaminQuincy, MississippiNovember 8, 1893
Jackson, MahalaJackson, MississippiNovember 15, 1893
Jackson, W. J.Hernando, MississippiOctober 15, 1908
Jackson, WilliamTunica, MississippiOctober 11, 1907
James, JohnWoodville, MississippiOctober 10, 1905
James, WilliamsTallahatchie County, MississippiSeptember 14, 1905
Jameson, ForestBrookfield, MississippiApril 6, 1899
Jarrett, CatoStouts Crossing, MississippiJuly 8, 1907
Jenkins, 2 BrothersVan Cleave, MississippiMarch 10, 1908
Johnson, AbeYazoo City, MississippiJune 9, 1911
Johnson, CharlesWalnut Grove, MississippiAugust 17, 1902
Johnson, EdwardVicksburg, MississippiJanuary 20, 1915
Johnson, ElijahVicksburg, MississippiMay 30, 1935
Johnson, FrankHickory, MississippiOctober 10, 1908
Johnson, HarryYazoo City, MississippiJuly 8, 1907
Johnson, ThomasHattiesburg, MississippiJuly 25, 1895
JonesBraxton, MississippiJune 29, 1914
Jones, CharlesWesson, MississippiDecember 10, 1897
Jones, CharlesYazoo City, MississippiSeptember 20, 1908
Jones, GeorgeMayersville, MississippiSeptember 2, 1903
Jones, JamesMacon, MississippiJanuary 1, 1898
Jones, WalterHarriston, MississippiSeptember 28, 1913
Jones, WilliamLake Cormorant, MississippiMarch 6, 1898
Jones, WilliamHarriston, MississippiSeptember 28, 1913
Kincaid, GeorgeCleveland, MississippiJune 13, 1907
LangQuitman, MississippiOctober 12, 1942
LeidyBiloxi, MississippiNovember 10, 1908
LewisGulfport, missisppiDecember 20, 1990
Lewis, EdwardHattiesburg, MississippiAugust 4, 1905
Linton, GeorgeBrookhaven, MississippiJune 28, 1894
Lockett, PiggScooba, MississippiSeptember 10, 1930
Luflore, JosephSt. Anne, MississippiOctober 21, 1899
Martin, JamesBolton, MississippiDecember 23, 1899
Mases, John M.Crystal Springs, MississippiJune 25, 1897
Matthews, WarnerOcean Springs, MississippiFebruary 1, 1901
Mayberry, HarveyTeysela, MississippiApril 3, 1896
MayfieldTrail Lake, mississippiJune 5, 1908
McAfee, HenryBrownsville, MississippiApril 19, 1900
McAlpin, WilliamSmith County, MississippiOctober 27, 1903
McCray, BelfieldCarrolton, MississippiAugust 1, 1901
McCray, BetsyCarrolton, MississippiAugust 1, 1901
McCray, IdaCarrolton, MississippiAugust 1, 1901
McDaniel, JohnSmithdale, MississippiAugust 4, 1902
McDaniels, BootjackWinona, MississippiApril 13, 1937
McDowell, JohnSprings, MississippiSeptember 19, 1905
McGowen, WilderWiggins, MississippiNovember 21, 1938
McQuirk, JohnsonLove Station, MississippiFebruary 16, 1914
McTatiee, LeonLexington, MississippiJune 23, 1950
MeyerCarrolton, MississippiOctober 27, 1907
Miller, MaysheAberdeen, MississippiOctober 25, 1914
Mitchell, OttoDurant, MississippiJune 16, 1914
Mitchell, WilliamSardis, MississippiJune 17, 1919
Moberly, PierceMeridian, MississippiJune 26, 1909
Montgomer, HoraceLocality Unknown, MississippiApril 11, 1909
Moore, DavidTunica, MississippiSeptember 14, 1900
Moseley, JudgeLockheart, MississippiNovember 7, 1911
Muller, HoraceCookamie County, MississippiMay 14, 1906
Murdock, ReadyYazoo City, MississippiJune 4, 1894
Myers, AllenRankin County, MississippiJuly 20, 1894
Nance, AllenGreenwood, MississippiOctober 6, 1916
Noark, HenryHattiesburg, MississippiJuly 25, 1899
O'Neill, ThomasMeridian, MississippiApril 19, 1910
Ody, WilliamClayton, MississippiJuly 16, 1906
Otis, WilliamRawles, MississippiSeptember 20, 1899
Parker, Mack CharlesPoplarville, MississippiApril 24, 1959
Patrick, DanielScranton, MississippiJune 20, 1899
Patterson, WilliamWestville, MississippiJuly 19, 1898
Patton, LawsonOxford, MississippiSeptember 8, 1908
Pete, DagoTutwilder, MississippiJune 4, 1904
Pett, SamLeland, MississippiFebruary 24, 1914
Picket, TheodoreJackson, MississippiJuly 6, 1895
Pigatt, EliBrookhaven, MississippiFebruary 10, 1908
Poe, DavidVan Cleave, MississippiMarch 10, 1908
Pond, AugustusTupelo, MississippiJuly 7, 1894
Pond, GeorgeFulton, MississippiJuly 6, 1894
Hill, WillCenterville, MississippiJune 6, 1899
Price, WilliamCarrolton, MississippiAugust 4, 1901
Ranston, ThomasVan Cleave, MississippiMarch 10, 1908
Ratcliff, HenryGoster, MississippiMay 2, 1904
Reed, C.C.Silver City, MississippiMarch 23, 1899
Rees, AltRosetta, MississippiSeptember 1, 1905
Riley, BushTallula, MississippiJanuary 14, 1904
Robinson, GeorgeRaymond, MississippiAugust 15, 1930
Robinson, GeorgeTunica, MississippiOctober 11, 1907
Robinson, WilliamGreenville, MississippiAugust 17, 1909
Robinson, WilliamLambert, MississippiJune 28, 1917
Rodgers, JoeCanton, MississippiMay 9, 1943
Sawer, FayetteCleveland, MississippiMarch 19, 1904
SaybrickFisher Ferry, MississippiMarch 30, 1894
Sellers, JamesPittsboro, MississippiJuly 28, 1897
Shoots, JamesTunica, MississippiOctober 11, 1907
Simmons, Isaac Rev.Liberty, MississippiMarch 26, 1944
Simms, DavidCoahoma, MississippiNovember 22, 1905
Simms, SamJackson, MisissippiMay 9, 1910
Singleton, CluadPoplarville, MississippiApril 20, 1918
Smith, FrankNewton, MississippiNovember 11, 1893
Smith, HenryClinton, MississippiMay 29, 1894
Stern, WilliamRosemeath, MississippiSeptember 6, 1899
Sullivan, FrederickByhalia, MississippiNovember 24, 1914
Sullivan, Mrs. FrederickByhalia, MississippiNovember 25, 1914
Sykes, HenryVan Fleet, MississippiOctober 23, 1907
Taylor, JohnAberdeen, MississippiNovember 12, 1915
Thomas, HenryBolar, MississippiJanuary 21, 1889
Thomas, LukeBiloxi, MississippiJune 15, 1894
Thompson, AndrewScranton, MisissippiJuly 18, 1895
Thompson, NicholasArmory, MississippiSeptember 1, 1910
Till, EmmettMonez, MississippiAugust 28, 1955
Towner, SamuelAlligator, MississippiJuly 16, 1817
Townes, RooseveltWinona, MississippiApril 13, 1937
Trice, AndrewOlive Branch, MississippiJuly 21, 1911
Tucker, JesseHuston, MississippiJuly 11, 1908
Van HornTrail Lake, MississippiJune 4, 1908
W.T.Hollinshead, MississippiMarch 28, 1897
Walker, MullockCorinth, MississippiAugust 11, 1898
Walker, ThomasBrookhaven, MississippiDecember 16, 1897
Wash, HowardLaurel, MississippiOctober 17, 1942
Washington, SamVicksburg, MississippiJuly 30, 1911
Watts, JamesPea Ridge, MississippiJanuary 7, 1898
Webb, WillieDrew, MississippiFebruary 23, 1913
West, FrankBolton, MississippiDecember 23, 1899
WhiteTallahatchie County, MississippiDecember 6, 1898
White, HollyScooba, MississippiSeptember 10, 1930
Wiley, SteveInverness, MississippiMarch 22, 1931
William, WillCenterville, MississippiSeptember 1903
Williams, AndrewHuston, MississippiFebruary 7, 1913
Williams, JohnItta Bena, MississippiAugust 28, 1908
Williams, LewisHewitt Springs, MississippiJune 9, 1894
Willis, "Pink"Poplarville, MississippiJanuary 16, 1909
Wilson, MinorSilver City, MississippiMarch 23, 1899
Wilson, WilliamPort Gibson, MississippiAugust 11, 1899
Wright, MalachiHuston, MississippiJuly 10, 1953
York, MosesTunica, MississippiApril 16, 1900
Young, HenryLake Cormorant, MississippiAugust 4, 1905
Young, PerryWinona, MississippiJune 27, 1896
Young, WesValley Park, MississippiDecember 5, 1906
Youngblood, JohnSummit, MississippiNovember 20, 1902
Younger, GeorgeColumbus, MississippiMay 24, 1910
Clark, ThomasCorinth, MississippiSeptember 28, 1902
Williams, WilliamHamburg, MississippiOctober 16, 1897
Deanis, RobertGreenville, MississippiJune 4, 1903

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