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| Name | Murdered In | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Victim - Name Unreported | Forest Hill, TN | February 11, 1893 |
| 1 Victim - Name Unreported | Jellico, TN | December 7, 1892 |
| 1 Victim - Name Unreported | Memphis, TN | February 15, 1912 |
| 1 Victim - Name Unreported | Nashville, TN | December 15, 1892 |
| 1 Victim - Name Unreported | Newcastle, TN | June 23, 1897 |
| 1 Victim - Name Unreported | Parsons, TN | April 25, 1895 |
| 1 Victim - Name Unreported | South Pittsburg, TN | September 26, 1900 |
| 1 Victim - Name Unreported | Trenton, TN | June 30, 1896 |
| 1 Victim - Name Unreported | Waynesboro, TN | March 4, 1892 |
| 2 Victims - Names Unreported | Lake County, TN | July 22, 1907 |
| 2 Victims - Names Unreported | Webb City, TN | February 17, 1897 |
| 3 Victims - Names Unreported | Clifton, TN | December 6, 1911 |
| 4 Victims - Names Unreported | Caney Springs, TN | October 7, 1901 |
| 16 Victims – Names Unreported | Gibson County, TN | August 1987 |
| Alexander, Robert | Ripley, TX | January 3, 1904 |
| Allen, Charles | McKenzie, TN | November 15, 1896 |
| Ball, James | Charlotte, TN | July 7, 1894 |
| Ballard, Frank | Jackson, TN | June 1, 1894 |
| Bell, William | Dixon County, TN | July 14, 1894 |
| Bell, Alexander | Mt. Pelia, TN | October 5, 1892 |
| Billings, Luther | Brunswick, TN | October 10, 1905 |
| Blackwell, Dennis | Alamo, TN | August 27, 1892 |
| Blount, Alfred | Chattanooga, TN | February 9, 1893 |
| Borman, Green | Shelbyville, TN | February 19, 1912 |
| Bowman, Lawrence | Franklin, TN | August 15, 1868 |
| Brake, Joseph | Ripley, TN | December 10, 1903 |
| Brooks, Thomas | Sommerville, TN | April 28, 1915 |
| Brown, Curtis | Newburn, TN | October 8, 1902 |
| Brown, Charles | Soddy, TN | February 26, 1897 |
| Bruce, Robert | Tiptonville, TN | September 13, 1910 |
| Burley, Garfield | Newburn, TN | October 9, 1902 |
| Call, George | Lynchburg, TN | January 7, 1899 |
| Chambers, William | Bellbuckle, TN | August 11, 1899 |
| Choate, Henry | Columbia, Tennessee | November 13, 1927 |
| Clark, Robert | Bristol, TN | June 13, 1891 |
| Clay, Samuel | Martin, TN | June 12, 1896 |
| Cole, Walter | Morgan County, TN | January 21, 1908 |
| Collar, John | Godson, TN | March 21, 1898 |
| Cross, Nimrod | Sardis, TN | July 6, 1896 |
| Crump, Patrick | White Haven, TN | June 1, 1911 |
| Crutchfield, Balli | Rome, TN | March 16, 1901 |
| Davis, John | Lewisburg, TN | November 13, 1902 |
| Devert, Thomas | Erwin, TN | May 20, 1918 |
| Donald, Samuel M | Huntingdon, TN | November 19, 1896 |
| Douglas, York | McMinnville, TN | April 17, 1896 |
| Dumas, L C | Gleason, TN | June 8, 1893 |
| Elder, Jim | Robertson County, TN | February 18, 1881 |
| Ellis, Jeff | Braden, TN | October 15, 1895 |
| Estes, George | Hales Point, TN | October 29, 1906 |
| Everett, Charles | Manchester, TN | May 19, 1892 |
| Fuller, Harrison | Lexington, TN | January 8, 1892 |
| Gamble, John | Pikeville, TN | October 22, 1893 |
| Gause, Anderson | Henning, TN | January 16, 1900 |
| Howard, Elmo | Pulaski, TN | May 8, 1908 |
| Gilmer, Bill | Memphis, Tennessee | March-April 1879 |
| Giveny, Henry | Ripley, TN | January 9, 1900 |
| Giveny, Roger | Ripley, TN | January 9, 1900 |
| Gooden, Albert | Covington, TN | August 17, 1937 |
| Gregory, Lampson | Bells Depot, TN | March 6, 1894 |
| Gregson, John | Union City, TN | March 21, 1913 |
| Grer, Walter | Shelbyville, TN | February 19, 1912 |
| Grizzard, Henry | Goodlettsville, TN | April 28, 1892 |
| Grizzard, Ephriam | Nashville, TN | April 30, 1892 |
| Gwyn, Ronce | Tullahoma, TN | March 8, 1905 |
| Hall, Edward | Millington, TN | September 1, 1894 |
| Hawkins, Daniel | Millington, TN | September 1, 1894 |
| Hayes, John | Millington, TN | September 1, 1894 |
| Hayne, Joseph | Jellico, TN | February 26, 1893 |
| Haynes, Robert | Millington, TN | September 1, 1894 |
| Haynie, Frinch | Hendersonville, TN | February 16, 1891 |
| Higgins, Jim | Robertson County, TN | February 18, 1881 |
| Hunter, John | Lewisburg, TN | August 4, 1903 |
| Huntley, Thomas | Cumberland Gap, TN | March 26, 1891 |
| Hurd, Charles | Wartburg, TN | November 21, 1895 |
| Jamieson, Arch | Robertson County, TN | September 15, 1880 |
| Johnson, Edward | Chattanooga, TN | March 19, 1906 |
| Johnson, Jerry | Farmington, TN | September 3, 1895 |
| Johnson, George | Murfreesboro | August 28, 1908 |
| Jones, Charles | Elk Valley, TN | June 24, 1903 |
| Jones, David | Nashville, TN | March 25, 1872 |
| Jones, Jessie | Jellico, TN | March 19, 1893 |
| Jones, Hugh | Middleton, TN | July 14, 1908 |
| King, Fred | Dyersburg, TN | February 18, 1901 |
| King, "Doc" | Fayetteville | September 6, 1895 |
| Landers, Loeb | Dresden, TN | August 1, 1892 |
| Lawson, Albert | Paris, TN | July 20, 1909 |
| Lewis, William | Tullahoma, TN | August 25, 1891 |
| Lillard, Thomas | Woodbury, TN | July 1, 1892 |
| Lych, G W | Estill Springs, TN | February 10, 1918 |
| Mallory, Charles "Lock" | Robertson County, TN | February 18, 1881 |
| Mallory, Wyatt | Springfield, TN | April 29, 1901 |
| Martin, Mrs | Summer County, TN | February 3, 1892 |
| Mayberry, Martin | Bryant Station, TN | April 2, 1891 |
| McClennon, Walter | Huntingdon, TN | October 4, 1901 |
| McDowell, Calvin | Memphis, TN | March 9, 1892 |
| McGahey, Ozias | Fayetteville, TN | November 29, 1895 |
| McGreeg, Henry | Pioneer, TN | February 11, 1894 |
| McIlheron, Jim | Estill Springs, TN | February 12, 1918 |
| Millikin, John | Lewisburg, TN | August 4, 1903 |
| Miller, Amos | Franklin, TN | August 10, 1888 |
| Mitchell, Joseph | McConnell, TN | November 13, 1891 |
| Mitchell, Joseph | Rives, TN | May 27, 1898 |
| Montgomery, Henry | Lewisburg, TN | April 18, 1894 |
| Moss, Thomas | Memphis, TN | March 9, 1892 |
| Neal, David | Shelbyville, TN | February 19, 1912 |
| Nershbred, William | Rossville, TN | August 12, 1894 |
| Noles, Henry | Winchester, TN | April 25, 1901 |
| Noyes, Berry | Lexington, TN | April 22, 1918 |
| Perry, James | Knoxville, TN | June 10, 1894 |
| Person, Eli | Memphis, TN | May 22, 1917 |
| Rankin, Quinten | Walnut Log, TN | October 19, 1908 |
| Reams, Logan | Duplex, TN | September 10, 1900 |
| Reed, Jesse F | Locality Unknown, TN | December 14, 1892 |
| Reed, Joseph | Nashville, Tennessee | April 30, 1875 |
| Rice, Lewis | Ripley, TN | March 23, 1900 |
| Roberts, Irwin | Shady Valley, TN | December 17, 1892 |
| Robinson, Joseph | Fayetteville, TN | November 29, 1895 |
| Samuels, Jacob | Robertson County, TN | May 27, 1912 |
| Sanders, Henry | Lavernia, TN | March 13, 1891 |
| Scales, James | Pikeville, TN | November 23, 1944 |
| Scott, Lation | Dyersburg, TN | December 2, 1917 |
| Scott, Bradford | Pinson, TN | March 10, 1891 |
| Seacey, Thomas | Haywood, TN | April 29, 1904 |
| Sharp, William | Tiptonville, TN | September 13, 1910 |
| Shaw, John | Lynchburg, TN | January 17, 1899 |
| Sheppard, Lawrence | Memphis, TN | August 24, 1917 |
| Simpson, Frank | Lexington, TN | January 8, 1896 |
| Small, Allen | Lynchburg, TN | 1904 |
| Smart, John | Chapelton, TN | November 19, 1898 |
| Smith, Needham | Tipton County, TN | November 10, 1894 |
| Smith, George | Union City, TN | April 17, 1931 |
| Staples, Jacob | Heiskell's Station, TN | February 19, 1890 |
| Stevens, Edward | Savannah, TN | November 17, 1890 |
| Stineback, Edward | Tiptonville, TN | November 24, 1908 |
| Stineback, Marshall | Tiptonville, TN | November 24, 1908 |
| Stineback, Tennes | Tiptonville, TN | November 24, 1908 |
| Stewart, William "Henry" | Memphis, TN | March 9, 1892 |
| Sweet, James | Gallatin, TN | May 25, 1911 |
| Tait, Charles | Memphis, TN | August 21, 1893 |
| Talley, Harriet | Petersburg, TN | March 20, 1895 |
| Taylor, Jim | Franklin, TN | April 30, 1891 |
| Taylor, R E | Walnut Log, TN | October 19, 1908 |
| Telley, John | Dyersburg, TN | November 7, 1913 |
| Thomas, William | Dyersburg, TN | March 10, 1916 |
| Thompson | Dyer, TN | July 5, 1891 |
| Thurmond, Richmond | Ripley, TN | August 8, 1898 |
| Thweat, Bob | Robertson County, TN | February 18, 1881 |
| Thweat, Lou (AKA Lun Stell or Lum Small) | Robertson County, TN | February 18, 1881 |
| Underwood, James | Decatur, TN | May 12, 1902 |
| Vancy, Eugene | Manchester, TN | October 15, 1895 |
| Walling, Ben | Decaturville, TN | July 19, 1891 |
| Washington, Charles | Mine Lick, TN | June 23, 1898 |
| Wells, Green | Locality Unknown, TN | May 26, 1891 |
| Whitakes, Enless | Lynchburg, TN | February 6, 1902 |
| White, Graham | Millington, TN | September 1, 1894 |
| Whitley, William | Lebanon, TN | March 1, 1916 |
| Williams, Elbert | Brownsville, TN | June 22, 1940 |
| Williams, Henry | Gadsen, TN | March 16, 1890 |
| Williams, John | Jackson, TN | September 14, 1893 |
| Williams, Warner | Millington, TN | September 1, 1894 |
| Williams, John | Mountain City, TN | September 26, 1898 |
| Williams | Tiptonville, TN | October 3, 1900 |
| Williamson, Tony | West Point, TN | July 15, 1897 |
| Willis, Heck | Lebanon, TN | May 31, 1892 |
| Wilson | Dresden, TN | September 4, 1915 |
| Woods, Eliza | Jackson, TN | August 19, 1886 |
| Winston, John | Lafayette, TN | June 8, 1911 |
| Woodward, Thomas | Humboldt, TN | August 18, 1890 |
| Ford, Andrew | Gainesville, Florida | August 24, 1891 |
| Smith, Samuel | Nashville, TN | December 15, 1924 |
| Upchurch, Joseph | Paris, TN | June 17, 1927 |
| Williams, Thomas | Memphis, TN | September 28, 1927 |
| Cheek, James Cordie | Maury County, TN | December 15, 1934 |