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Name Murdered In Date
2 Victims - Names UnreportedNorway, SCJuly 1, 1903
Adams, MichaelBarnwell, SCDecember 28, 1889
Baker, DoraLake City, SCFebruary 22, 1898
Baker, F BLake City, SCFebruary 22, 1898
Banks, HaywardColumbia, SCMay 10, 1893
Bell, PeterBarnwell, SCDecember 28, 1889
Best, WalterFairfax, SCFebruary 23, 1918
Black, WilliamBarnwell, SCJanuary 11, 1890
Black, JamesRavenals, SCJune 5, 1902
Blake, WilliamHampton, SCDecember 7, 1895
Brewington, WilliamWadis Station, SCJanuary 26, 1889
Bronson, JosephBlacksburg, SCMarch 29, 1912
Brown, LawrenceStilton, SCJanuary 6, 1897
Burts, WilliamBasket Mills, SCFebruary 17, 1900
Butler, JesseAiken County, SCJuly 20, 1903
Caldwell, AndyRidgewater, SCJune 22, 1889
Carson, RoseElloree, SCJuly 13, 1914
Clark, FluteLittle Mountain, SCNovember 26, 1910
Collins, BenjaminPhoenix, SCNovember 10, 1898
Cooper, SimmonSumter, SCJanuary 8, 1897
Cornish, WilliamPort Royal, SCJuly 21, 1901
Crawford, AnthonyAbbeville, SCOctober 21, 1916
Crawford, JeffBethune, SCJune 2, 1894
Da Loach, FrankBarnwell, SCDecember 20, 1905
Da Loach, JohnBarnwell, SCDecember 20, 1905
Danford, TutMt. Carmel, SCMay 17, 1889
Darling, JeffPhoenix, SCNovember 9, 1898
Davis, ArthurFlorence, SCJanuary 6, 1906
Davis, JacobGreenwood, SCAugust 23, 1893
Davis, RobertGreenwood, SCAugust 30, 1906
Davis, MarkNewberry, SCNovember 15, 1906
Dicks, DanielEllenton, SCJuly 18, 1893
Dublin, AlfredOlar, SCMarch 13, 1912
Dublin, RichardOlar, SCMarch 13, 1912
Earle, WilliePickens County, SCJuly 7, 1947
Elrod, ReubPiedmont, SCJuly 1, 1903
Etheridge, RobertMont Willing, SCAugust 20, 1906
Etheridge, RosePhoenix, SCNovember 9, 1898
Evans, CharlesNorway, SCJuly 11, 1903
Fagler, JohnRose Station, SCNovember 28, 1903
Fitts, HenryNorway, SCDecember 21, 1912
Furz, HughBarnwell, SCDecember 28, 1889
Gill, HarryLancaster, SCJune 3, 1894
Gillard, SamLocality Uknown, SCMay 6, 1893
Goode, ElizaGreenwood, SCNovember 18, 1898
Gray, JamesGolboro, SCJuly 23, 1897
Green, AllenWalhalla, SCApril 24, 1930
Grier, WilliamCoward, SCDecember 4, 1914
HainesThickety, SCJuly 14, 1901
Harrison, EssexPhoenix, SCNovember 10, 1898
Head, DennisAiken County, SCJuly 20, 1903
Hudson, GeorgeTrenton, SCJune 2, 1907
Hughes, MosesUnion, SCJune 14, 1906
Hunter, DavidClinton, SCJanuary 4, 1898
Jackson, WillisGreenville, SCOctober 10, 1911
Jackson, ColumbusPhoenix, SCNovember 9, 1898
Jackson, IraPiedmont, SCJuly 15, 1895
Jenkins, DanielUnion, SCJune 21, 1930
Johnson, HenryCentral, SCDecember 3, 1890
Johnson, HudsonBarnwell, SCDecember 28, 1889
Johnson, RipleyBarnwell, SCDecember 28, 1889
Jones, JudgeBarnwell, SCDecember 28, 1889
Kearse, HannahColleton County, SCDecember 5, 1895
Kearse, IsomColleton County, SCDecember 5, 1895
Kennedy, RobertSpartanburg, SCNovember 8, 1893
Kennedy, MelvilleWindsor, SCFebruary 29, 1896
Ladison, JohnAnderson County, SCNovember 24, 1901
Leaphart, WillieLexington, SCMay 5, 1890
Lee, GeneralDorchester County, SCJanuary 15, 1904
Lundy, RichardEdgefield, SCDecember 10, 1891
Mckie, James "Jim"Edgefield, SCOctober 25, 1898
Mckie, WashEdgefield, SCOctober 25, 1898
Mason, JamesAbbeville County, SCJuly 14, 1894
McFatton, DuncanCheraw, SCNovember 18, 1892
McKenny, HamptonPhoenix, SCNovember 9, 1898
McKnight, AUnion City, SCJune 28, 1889
Meetze, DubLexington County, SCJuly 18, 1893
Monoll, RafeBarnwell, SCDecember 28, 1889
Nelson, CharlesJefferson, SCNovember 24, 1903
Patrick, LouisBayne, SCJune 18, 1899
Pendleton, AllenAbbeville, SCSeptember 20, 1905
Phoenix, Robert J.Barnwell, SCDecember 28, 1889
Price, ThomasWestville, SCApril 23, 1896
Puckett, RichardLaurens, SCAugust 12, 1913
Richards, JohnAbbeville, SCNovember 24, 1895
Rivers, PeterOlar, SCMarch 13, 1812
Robinson, CharlesElko, SCJanuary 16, 1901
Salter, RufusWest Springs, SCJanuary 11, 1900
Samuels, FrankBranchville, SCJune 11, 1909
Seymour, AllenHampton, SCDecember 16, 1914
Shaw, DavidGray Court, SCMAy 31, 1892
Simmons, TuillieBranchville, SCJune 11, 1909
Sims, W DYork, SCAugust 24, 1917
Smith, JulesWinnsboro, SCJune 14, 1915
Spain, WilliamSt. George, SCAugust 22, 1906
Stokes, WilliamColleton County, SCJune 26, 1895
Sullivan, LutherEdgefield, SCOctober 25, 1898
Taylor, JohnChesterfield County, SCJuly 5, 1904
Thomas, WilliamNewberry, SCNovember 23, 1912
Tisdale, BruceAndrews, SCFebruary 15, 1941
Turner, SamKingstree, SCDecember 29, 1897
Watts, ThomasAbbeville, SCNovember 24, 1895
Whisonant, FredBlacksburg, SCMarch 29, 1912
White, NathanQuaker Creek, SCNovember 28, 1892
Widerman, Mrs.Troy, SCDecember 27, 1902
Widerman, OliverTroy, SCDecember 27, 1902
William, CairoScranton, SCJune 20, 1904
Williams, DraytonPhoenix, SCNovember 9, 1898
Williams, JessePhoenix, SCNovember 9, 1898
Wilson, DillardShiloh, SCNovember 24, 1914
1 Victim - Name UnreportedBerkley County, SCMay 9, 1892
1 Victim - Name UnreportedBerkley County, ScMay 16, 1892
1 Victim - Name UnreportedHampton, SCOctober 21, 1901
1 Victim - Name UnreportedLancaster, SCJune 3, 1894
1 Victim - Name UnreportedLandrum, SCNovember 29, 1894
1 Victim - Name UnreportedLexington, SCJanuary 6, 1909
1 Victim - Name UnreportedLincoln County, SCJuly 6, 1896
1 Victim - Name UnreportedMarion County, SCMay 7, 1907
1 Victim - Name UnreportedOrangeburg, SCJanuary 8, 1897
1 Victim - Name UnreportedSaluda, SCFebruary 13, 1897
1 Victim - Name UnreportedWaterloo, SCSeptember 1, 1904

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