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Name Murdered In Date
2 Unknown NegroesPitt County - North CarolinaMay/11/1899
Unknown NegroCharlotte - North CarolinaMay/26/1910
Unknown NegroForest City - North CarolinaSep/1/1900
Unknown NegroPine Level - North CarolinaJan/12/1908
Unknown NegroPocket Township - North CarolinaJan/6/1893
Unknown NegroSeaboard - North CarolinaMay/19/1904
Unknown NegroPelham - North CarolinaOct/8/1910
Peter BazemoreLewiston - North CarolinaMar/26/1918
Robert BerrierLexington - North CarolinaOct/25/1889
Mack BessNearland - North CarolinaSep/8/1891
Joseph BlackKingston - North CarolinaApr/5/1916
David BooneMorganton - North CarolinaSep/11/1889
J A BurrisAlbemarle - North CarolinaJun/12/1896
Robert CharmersCranberry - North CarolinaApr/22/1896
Jack DillinghamSalisbury - North CarolinaAug/6/1906
Kinch FreemanWinston - North CarolinaDec/24/1890
Harrison GillespieSalisbury - North CarolinaJun/11/1902
John GillespieSalisbury - North CarolinaAug/6/1906
Nease GillespieSalisbury - North CarolinaAug/6/1906
William HarrisAsheville - North CarolinaNov/15/1906
Luke HoughWadesborough - North CarolinaAug/21/1901
Thomas JohnsonConcord - North CarolinaMar/29/1897
Henry JonesHarps Cross - North CarolinaJan/11/1899
Thomas JonesSeven Springs - North CarolinaAug/25/1902
Joseph KiserConcord - North CarolinaMay/29/1897
Isaac LincolnFt Madison - North CarolinaJun/2/1893
Joseph McNeelyCharlotte - North CarolinaAug/26/1913
Robert MelkerCherryville - North CarolinaApr/13/1905
John MooreClark - North CarolinaAug/27/1905
Oliver MooreTarboro - North CarolinaAug/19/1930
Lyman PurdeeElizabethtown - North CarolinaMay/3/1892
Hezekiah RankinAsheville - North CarolinaSep/25/1891
George RatcliffeClyde - North CarolinaMar/4/1900
John RichardsGoldsboro - North CarolinaJan/12/1916
George RitterCarthage - North CarolinaMar/22/1900
John SigmondStanley Creek - North CarolinaSept/1889
Frank StackMorganton - North CarolinaSep/11/1889
George TaylorRolesville - North CarolinaNov/5/1918
James WalkerWashington - North CarolinaMar/25/1902
Thomas WhitsonAsheville - North CarolinaFeb/24/1893
Wilson WhitsonAsheville - North CarolinaFeb/24/1893
Nathan WillisTown Creek - North CarolinaNov/27/1897
James WilsonWendell - North CarolinaJan/27/1914

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