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| Name | Murdered In | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Unknown Negroes | Arcadia, Mississippi | December 19, 1900 |
| 2 Unknown Negroes | Clarksdale, Mississippi | October 11, 1915 |
| 2 Unknown Negroes | Commerce, Mississippi | January 28, 1908 |
| 2 Unknown Negroes | Cross Road, Mississippi | July 21, 1906 |
| 2 Unknown Negroes | Laurel, Mississippi | September 7, 1906 |
| 2 Unknown Negroes | Vardamann, Mississippi | January 10, 1897 |
| 3 Unknown Negroes | Doddsville, Mississippi | February 7, 1904 |
| 3 Unknown Negroes | Meridian, Mississippi | November 27, 1898 |
| 4 Unknown Negroes | Kemper County, Mississippi | October 28, 1909 |
| 4 Unknown Negroes | Smith County, Mississippi | June 9, 1907 |
| Unknown Negro | Amite County, Mississippi | May 8, 1904 |
| Unknown Negro | Basin, Mississippi | October 6, 1906 |
| Unknown Negro | Benoit, Mississippi | January 4, 1905 |
| Unknown Negro | Biloxi, Mississippi | July 14, 1894 |
| Unknown Negro | Cedar Bluffs, Mississippi | june 29, 1919 |
| Unknown Negro | Darling, Mississippi | November 1, 1902 |
| Unknown Negro | De Kalb, Mississippi | July 1, 1910 |
| Unknown Negro | Drew, Mississippi | January 30, 1913 |
| Unknown Negro | Estabutchie, Mississippi | October 20, 1902 |
| Unknown Negro | Fannin, Mississippi | December 23, 1893 |
| Unknown Negro | Greenville, Mississippi | May 8, 1916 |
| Unknown Negro | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | October 29, 1903 |
| Unknown Negro | Helm Station, Mississippi | March 5, 1905 |
| Unknown Negro | Jackson, Mississippi | December 17, 1912 |
| Unknown Negro | Louisville, Mississippi | May 16, 1919 |
| Unknown Negro | O'neil, Mississippi | May 25, 1908 |
| Unknown Negro | Penola, Mississippi | January 17, 1906 |
| Unknown Negro | Perry County, Mississippi | November 4, 1901 |
| Unknown Negro | Pushington, Mississippi | July 24, 1899 |
| Unknown Negro | Rodney, Mississippi | May 23, 1895 |
| Unknown Negro | Saucier, Mississippi | May 8, 1908 |
| Unknown Negro | Simpson County, Mississippi | September 2, 1895 |
| Unknown Negro | Summit, Mississippi | November 20, 1902 |
| Unknown Negro | Sunnyside, Mississippi | October 21, 1896 |
| Unknown Negro | Vicksburg, Mississippi | April 10, 1897 |
| Unknown Negro | Woodville, Mississippi | May 29, 1907 |
| Unknown Negro | Yazoo City, Mississippi | July 12, 1919 |
| Unknown Negro | Locality Unknown, Mississippi | July 10, 1908 |
| Unknown Negro Woman | Simpson County, Mississippi | July 24, 1894 |
| Unknown Negro Woman | Smith County, Mississippi | July 9, 1907 |
| Adams, Samuel | Pass Christian, Mississippi | November 5, 1903 |
| Adams, Washington | Columbus, Mississippi | June 11, 1942 |
| Allen, Sloan | West, Mississippi | December 23, 1893 |
| Allen, Thomas | McGee, Mississippi | March 11, 1899 |
| Ambrose, Wood | Prentiss, Mississippi | June 11, 1906 |
| Anderson, Alex | Grenada, Mississippi | March 20, 1898 |
| Anderson, Moses | Brookfield, Mississippi | April 6, 1899 |
| Ashley, Bob | Brookhaven, Mississippi | January 2, 1908 |
| Askew | Mississippi City, Mississippi | June 10, 1900 |
| Barnes, Gloster | Vicksburg, Mississippi | October 23, 1900 |
| Beagley, Rufus | Jackson, Mississippi | November 15, 1893 |
| Bell, Henry | Greenwood, Mississippi | January 23, 1907 |
| Bell, Terry | Terry, Mississippi | March 20, 1901 |
| Betat, Robert | Bluffy Creek, Mississippi | March 20, 1895 |
| Betts, Jack | Corinth, Mississippi | August 13, 1900 |
| Bowen, Thomas | Brookhaven, Mississippi | June 29, 1895 |
| Boyd, William | Silver City, Mississippi | March 23, 1899 |
| Bradford, William | Chunky, Mississippi | June, 16, 1911 |
| Brooks, Simon | Sardis, Mississippi | June 11, 1899 |
| Brown, Frank | Tunica, Mississippi | September 14, 1900 |
| Brown, Jeff | Westpoint, Mississippi | March 20, 1916 |
| Brown, William | Tunica, Mississippi | September 14, 1900 |
| Brownlee, Walter | Hinchcliff, Missisippi | October 15, 1913 |
| Bryant, Robert | Vicksburg, Mississippi | May 4, 1907 |
| Burns, Thomas | Hernando, Mississippi | November 3, 1914 |
| Burr, John | Wesson, Mississippi | April 5, 1908 |
| Burwell, Charles | Meridian, Mississippi | July 28, 1895 |
| Buskin, Robby | Huston, Mississippi | February 9, 1909 |
| Carter, Louisa | Jackson, Mississippi | November 15, 1893 |
| Carter, William | Winston County, Mississippi | December 26, 1894 |
| Castello, Spencer | Flora, Mississippi | January 7, 1895 |
| Chandler, William | Abbeyville, Mississippi | June 19, 1895 |
| Clark | Clark Trail, Mississippi | June 4, 1908 |
| Clark, Andrew | Shubuta, Mississippi | December 21, 1918 |
| Clark, Major | Shubuta, Mississippi | December 21, 1918 |
| Clayton, Thomas | Hernando, Mississippi | March 10, 1900 |
| Cole, Sam | Pea Ridge, Mississippi | January 7, 1898 |
| Coleman, Alex | Starksville, Mississippi | April 3, 1912 |
| Collier, Mimms | Steenston, Mississippi | November 18, 1896 |
| Cooper, James | Hemlock, Mississippi | May 27, 1897 |
| Crompton, Thomas | Centerville, Mississippi | October 25, 1906 |
| Crosby, Harry | Louisville, Mississippi | September 21, 1913 |
| Crosby, James | Tutwilder, Mississippi | March 4, 1900 |
| Crower, Henry | Hernando, Mississippi | October 6, 1897 |
| Curl, Elmer | Mastadon, Mississippi | June 12, 1910 |
| Dailey, Joseph | Comorant, Mississippi | July 15, 1918 |
| Davis, Frank | Lula, Mississippi | October 11, 1908 |
| Davis, Joseph | Lula, Mississippi | October 10, 1908 |
| Dawson, Dee | Hickory, Mississippi | October 10, 1908 |
| Dawson, R.W. | Natchez, Mississippi | June 17, 1895 |
| Dennis, Rober | Greenville, Mississippi | June 5, 1907 |
| Duke, Bill | Natchez, Mississippi | August 15, 1918 |
| Dunham, Sterling | Eupora, Mississippi | June 26, 1904 |
| Edd, G.W. | Macon, Mississippi | May 7, 1912 |
| Edward, William | Deep Creek, Mississippi | March 27, 1900 |
| Evans, Jese | Edwards, Mississippi | April 16, 1897 |
| Floyd, Zed | Tunica, Mississippi | September 12, 1900 |
| Fox, Lee | Yazoo City, Mississippi | June 10, 1911 |
| Fuller, William | Hickory, Mississippi | October 10, 1908 |
| George, Rid | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | August 4, 1905 |
| German, Charles | Belen, Mississippi | October 29, 1907 |
| Giles, Neely | Sucarnoochee, Mississippi | January 15, 1912 |
| Gilian, Pary | Aberdeen, Mississippi | June 28, 1897 |
| Gordon, George | Albin, Mississippi | May 2, 1904 |
| Gordon, Joseph | Greenwood, Mississippi | March 12, 1909 |
| Gould, Wesley | Leland, Mississippi | July 12, 1898 |
| Green, Ernest | Quitman, Mississippi | October 12, 1942 |
| Green, James | Boyle, Mississippi | December 11, 1905 |
| Green, Tom | Rolling Fork, Mississippi | July 7, 1942 |
| Grizzard, Alfred | Tiptonville, Mississippi | June 21, 1889 |
| Haines | Belen, Mississippi | April 3, 1897 |
| Hamilton, Mann | Starkesville, Mississippi | February 14, 1912 |
| Harkhead, Lewis | Amite County, Mississippi | June 6, 1894 |
| Harris, Burke | Cleveland, Mississippi | March 19, 1904 |
| Harris, David | Rosedale, Mississippi | April 23, 1930 |
| Harris, Henry | Glendora, Mississippi | July 20, 1909 |
| Harris, James | Glendora, Mississippi | December 27, 1897 |
| Harris, William | Glendora, Mississippi | July 20, 1909 |
| Hart, Mose | Corinth, Mississippi | May 20, 1903 |
| Hayes, Stanley | Brandon, Mississippi | July 26, 1899 |
| Haynes, Van | Columbus, Mississippi | June 3, 1921 |
| Healey, W.A. | Jackson, Mississippi | November 15, 1893 |
| Hempton, Pratt | Columbus, Mississippi | June 3, 1921 |
| Henderson, Peter | Itta Bena, Mississippi | January 20, 1997 |
| Hicks, A. | Rocky Springs, Mississippi | May 7, 1894 |
| Hill, Alexander | Brookville, Mississippi | February 10, 1915 |
| Hill, Richard | Philadelphia, Mississippi | September 1, 1901 |
| Hilson, Eli | Brookhaven, Mississippi | December 24, 1903 |
| Hinks, Jet | Lee County, Mississippi | November 8, 1906 |
| Hinson, Samuel | Cushtusha, Mississippi | May 17, 1904 |
| Hodges, William | Union, Mississippi | November 2, 1908 |
| Holbert, Luther | Doddsville, Mississippi | February 7, 1904 |
| Holbert, Mrs. | Doddsville, Mississippi | February 7, 1904 |
| Hollins, John | Drew, Mississippi | January 10, 1893 |
| Hood | Yazoo City, Mississippi | July 6, 1894 |
| Horace | Montgomery, Mississippi | April 11, 1909 |
| House, Alma | Shubuta, Mississippi | December 21, 1918 |
| House, Maggie | Shubuta, Missisippi | December 21, 1918 |
| Husband, Pat | McHenry, Mississippi | December 16, 1907 |
| Isham, Fred | Macon, Mississippi | February 18, 1901 |
| Isham, Henry | Macon, Mississippi | February 18, 1901 |
| Jackson, Benjamin | Jackson, Mississippi | November 15, 1893 |
| Jackson, Benjamin | Quincy, Mississippi | November 8, 1893 |
| Jackson, Mahala | Jackson, Mississippi | November 15, 1893 |
| Jackson, W. J. | Hernando, Mississippi | October 15, 1908 |
| Jackson, William | Tunica, Mississippi | October 11, 1907 |
| James, John | Woodville, Mississippi | October 10, 1905 |
| James, Williams | Tallahatchie County, Mississippi | September 14, 1905 |
| Jameson, Forest | Brookfield, Mississippi | April 6, 1899 |
| Jarrett, Cato | Stouts Crossing, Mississippi | July 8, 1907 |
| Jenkins, 2 Brothers | Van Cleave, Mississippi | March 10, 1908 |
| Johnson, Abe | Yazoo City, Mississippi | June 9, 1911 |
| Johnson, Charles | Walnut Grove, Mississippi | August 17, 1902 |
| Johnson, Edward | Vicksburg, Mississippi | January 20, 1915 |
| Johnson, Elijah | Vicksburg, Mississippi | May 30, 1935 |
| Johnson, Frank | Hickory, Mississippi | October 10, 1908 |
| Johnson, Harry | Yazoo City, Mississippi | July 8, 1907 |
| Johnson, Thomas | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | July 25, 1895 |
| Jones | Braxton, Mississippi | June 29, 1914 |
| Jones, Charles | Wesson, Mississippi | December 10, 1897 |
| Jones, Charles | Yazoo City, Mississippi | September 20, 1908 |
| Jones, George | Mayersville, Mississippi | September 2, 1903 |
| Jones, James | Macon, Mississippi | January 1, 1898 |
| Jones, Walter | Harriston, Mississippi | September 28, 1913 |
| Jones, William | Lake Cormorant, Mississippi | March 6, 1898 |
| Jones, William | Harriston, Mississippi | September 28, 1913 |
| Kinkcaid | Cleveland, Mississippi | June 13, 1907 |
| Lang | Quitman, Mississippi | October 12, 1942 |
| Leidy | Biloxi, Mississippi | November 10, 1908 |
| Lewis | Gulfport, missisppi | December 20, 1990 |
| Lewis, Edward | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | August 4, 1905 |
| Linton, George | Brookhaven, Mississippi | June 28, 1894 |
| Lockett, Pigg | Scooba, Mississippi | September 10, 1930 |
| Luflore, Joseph | St. Anne, Mississippi | October 21, 1899 |
| Martin, James | Bolton, Mississippi | December 23, 1899 |
| Mases, John M. | Crystal Springs, Mississippi | June 25, 1897 |
| Matthews, Warner | Ocean Springs, Mississippi | February 1, 1901 |
| Mayberry, Harvey | Teysela, Mississippi | April 3, 1896 |
| Mayfield | Trail Lake, mississippi | June 5, 1908 |
| McAfee, Henry | Brownsville, Mississippi | April 19, 1900 |
| McAlpin, William | Smith County, Mississippi | October 27, 1903 |
| McCray, Belfield | Carrolton, Mississippi | August 1, 1901 |
| McCray, Betsy | Carrolton, Mississippi | August 1, 1901 |
| McCray, Ida | Carrolton, Mississippi | August 1, 1901 |
| McDaniel, John | Smithdale, Mississippi | August 4, 1902 |
| McDaniels, Bootjack | Winona, Mississippi | April 13, 1937 |
| McDowell, John | Springs, Mississippi | September 19, 1905 |
| McGowen, Wilder | Wiggins, Mississippi | November 21, 1938 |
| McQuirk, Johnson | Love Station, Mississippi | February 16, 1914 |
| McTatiee, Leon | Lexington, Mississippi | June 23, 1950 |
| Meyer | Carrolton, Mississippi | October 27, 1907 |
| Miller, Mayshe | Aberdeen, Mississippi | October 25, 1914 |
| Mitchell, Otto | Durant, Mississippi | June 16, 1914 |
| Mitchell, William | Sardis, Mississippi | June 17, 1919 |
| Moberly, Pierce | Meridian, Mississippi | June 26, 1909 |
| Montgomer, Horace | Locality Unknown, Mississippi | April 11, 1909 |
| Moore, David | Tunica, Mississippi | September 14, 1900 |
| Moseley, Judge | Lockheart, Mississippi | November 7, 1911 |
| Muller, Horace | Cookamie County, Mississippi | May 14, 1906 |
| Murdock, Ready | Yazoo City, Mississippi | June 4, 1894 |
| Myers, Allen | Rankin County, Mississippi | July 20, 1894 |
| Nance, Allen | Greenwood, Mississippi | October 6, 1916 |
| Noark, Henry | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | July 25, 1899 |
| O'Neill, Thomas | Meridian, Mississippi | April 19, 1910 |
| Ody, William | Clayton, Mississippi | July 16, 1906 |
| Otis, William | Rawles, Mississippi | September 20, 1899 |
| Parker, Mack Charles | Poplarville, Mississippi | April 24, 1959 |
| Patrick, Daniel | Scranton, Mississippi | June 20, 1899 |
| Patterson, William | Westville, Mississippi | July 19, 1898 |
| Patton, Lawson | Oxford, Mississippi | September 8, 1908 |
| Pete, Dago | Tutwilder, Mississippi | June 4, 1904 |
| Pett, Sam | Leland, Mississippi | February 24, 1914 |
| Picket, Theodore | Jackson, Mississippi | July 6, 1895 |
| Pigatt, Eli | Brookhaven, Mississippi | February 10, 1908 |
| Poe, David | Van Cleave, Mississippi | March 10, 1908 |
| Pond, Augustus | Tupelo, Mississippi | July 7, 1894 |
| Pond, George | Fulton, Mississippi | July 6, 1894 |
| Hill, Will | Centerville, Mississippi | June 6, 1899 |
| Price, William | Carrolton, Mississippi | August 4, 1901 |
| Ranston, Thomas | Van Cleave, Mississippi | March 10, 1908 |
| Ratcliff, Henry | Goster, Mississippi | May 2, 1904 |
| Reed, C.C. | Silver City, Mississippi | March 23, 1899 |
| Rees, Alt | Rosetta, Mississippi | September 1, 1905 |
| Riley, Bush | Tallula, Mississippi | January 14, 1904 |
| Robinson, George | Raymond, Mississippi | August 15, 1930 |
| Robinson, George | Tunica, Mississippi | October 11, 1907 |
| Robinson, William | Greenville, Mississippi | August 17, 1909 |
| Robinson, William | Lambert, Mississippi | June 28, 1917 |
| Rodgers, Joe | Canton, Mississippi | May 9, 1943 |
| Sawer, Fayette | Cleveland, Mississippi | March 19, 1904 |
| Saybrick | Fisher Ferry, Mississippi | March 30, 1894 |
| Sellers, James | Pittsboro, Mississippi | July 28, 1897 |
| Shoots, James | Tunica, Mississippi | October 11, 1907 |
| Simmons, Isaac Rev. | Liberty, Mississippi | March 26, 1944 |
| Simms, David | Coahoma, Mississippi | November 22, 1905 |
| Simms, Sam | Jackson, Misissippi | May 9, 1910 |
| Singleton, Cluad | Poplarville, Mississippi | April 20, 1918 |
| Smith, Frank | Newton, Mississippi | November 11, 1893 |
| Smith, Henry | Clinton, Mississippi | May 29, 1894 |
| Stern, William | Rosemeath, Mississippi | September 6, 1899 |
| Sullivan, Frederick | Byhalia, Mississippi | November 24, 1914 |
| Sullivan, Mrs. Frederick | Byhalia, Mississippi | November 25, 1914 |
| Sykes, Henry | Van Fleet, Mississippi | October 23, 1907 |
| Taylor, John | Aberdeen, Mississippi | November 12, 1915 |
| Thomas, Henry | Bolar, Mississippi | January 21, 1889 |
| Thomas, Luke | Biloxi, Mississippi | June 15, 1894 |
| Thompson, Andrew | Scranton, Misissippi | July 18, 1895 |
| Thompson, Nicholas | Armory, Mississippi | September 1, 1910 |
| Till, Emmett | Monez, Mississippi | August 28, 1955 |
| Towner, Samuel | Alligator, Mississippi | July 16, 1817 |
| Townes, Roosevelt | Winona, Mississippi | April 13, 1937 |
| Trice, Andrew | Olive Branch, Mississippi | July 21, 1911 |
| Tucker, Jesse | Huston, Mississippi | July 11, 1908 |
| Van Horn | Trail Lake, Mississippi | June 4, 1908 |
| W.T. | Hollinshead, Mississippi | March 28, 1897 |
| Walker, Mullock | Corinth, Mississippi | August 11, 1898 |
| Walker, Thomas | Brookhaven, Mississippi | December 16, 1897 |
| Wash, Howard | Laurel, Mississippi | October 17, 1942 |
| Washington, Sam | Vicksburg, Mississippi | July 30, 1911 |
| Watts, James | Pea Ridge, Mississippi | January 7, 1898 |
| Webb, Willie | Drew, Mississippi | February 23, 1913 |
| West, Frank | Bolton, Mississippi | December 23, 1899 |
| White | Tallahatchie County, Mississippi | December 6, 1898 |
| White, Holly | Scooba, Mississippi | September 10, 1930 |
| Wiley, Steve | Inverness, Mississippi | March 22, 1931 |
| William, Will | Centerville, Mississippi | September 1903 |
| Williams, Andrew | Huston, Mississippi | February 7, 1913 |
| Williams, John | Itta Bena, Mississippi | August 28, 1908 |
| Williams, Lewis | Hewitt Springs, Mississippi | June 9, 1894 |
| Willis, "Pink" | Poplarville, Mississippi | January 16, 1909 |
| Wilson, Minor | Silver City, Mississippi | March 23, 1899 |
| Wilson, William | Port Gibson, Mississippi | August 11, 1899 |
| Wright, Malachi | Huston, Mississippi | July 10, 1953 |
| York, Moses | Tunica, Mississippi | April 16, 1900 |
| Young, Henry | Lake Cormorant, Mississippi | August 4, 1905 |
| Young, Perry | Winona, Mississippi | June 27, 1896 |
| Young, Wes | Valley Park, Mississippi | December 5, 1906 |
| Youngblood, John | Summit, Mississippi | November 20, 1902 |
| Younger, George | Columbus, Mississippi | May 24, 1910 |
| Clark, Thomas | Corinth, Mississippi | September 28, 1902 |
| Williams, William | Hamburg, Mississippi | October 16, 1897 |