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Name Murdered In Date
2 Victims - Names UnreportedLiberty, TXFebruary 19, 1889
2 Victims - Names UnreportedBurnet, TXNovember 13, 1891
2 Victims - Names UnreportedMexia, TXAugust 14, 1890
1 Victim - Name UnreportedAnderson, TXAugust 8, 1890
1 Victim - Name UnreportedAntlers, TXJune 28, 1890
1 Victim - Name UnreportedKemp, TXMay 27, 1903
1 Victim - Name UnreportedBeaumont, TXJune 4, 1913
1 Victim - Name UnreportedBig Sandy, TXMay 9, 1915
1 Victim - Name UnreportedCameron Station, TXApril 24, 1890
1 Victim - Name UnreportedElysian Fields, TXJuly 23, 1917
1 Victim - Name UnreportedHedsville, TXMarch 27, 1890
1 Victim - Name UnreportedLivingston, TXJune 20, 1890
1 Victim - Name UnreportedMillican, TXMay 7, 1889
1 Victim - Name UnreportedParis, TXSeptember 19, 1892
1 Victim - Name UnreportedRiesel, TXApril 26, 1892
1 Victim - Name UnreportedThornton, TXApril 5, 1890
1 Victim - Name UnreportedYarborough, TXAugust 31, 1893
AndersonMarshall, TXFebruary 25, 1913
Armor, WilliamParis, TXSeptember 6, 1892
Bealle, CharlesLang, TXJanuary 1, 1891
Bennett, EdwardHearne, TXMay 12, 1890
Brooks, JamesOrange, TXAugust 14, 1889
Brown, GeneBenhur, TXJuly 27, 1918
Brown, ThomasHooks Ferry, TXJune 1, 1890
Brown, JohnNavasota, TXAugust 4, 1890
Brown, StephenSeymour, TXAugust 7, 1916
Butler, WilliamHickory Creek, TXFebruary 17, 1893
Cabaniss, BessieHuntsville, TXJune 4, 1918
Cabaniss, CuteHunstville, TXJune 4, 1918
Cabaniss, PeteHuntsville, TXJune 4, 1918
Cabaniss, SarahHuntsville, TXJune 4, 1918
Cabaniss, TenolaHuntsville, TXJune 4, 1918
Cabaniss, ThomasHuntsville, TXJune 4, 1918
Cook, TobeBastrop, TXJune 10, 1892
Daniels, LigeCenter, TXAugust 3, 1920
Davis, DanFranklin, TXSeptember 21, 1913
Davis, WilliamTyler, TXMay 25, 1912
Davis, HenryWaco, TXJuly 14, 1889
Dixon, ThomasHempstead, TXMay 5, 1916
Driggs, GeorgeHempstead, TXApril 15, 1889
Durfee, JosephAngleton, TXOctober 17, 1914
Evans, JerryHemphill, TXJune 15, 1908
Forsyth, ThomasCarthage, TXFebruary 29, 1888
Gaines, HenrySpurger, TXJune 28, 1892
GallowayNewton County, TXJune 5, 1913
Garrette, SimeonSan Augustine, TXApril 20, 1890
Goolsie, KirbyBeaumont, TXMay 27, 1918
Gray, MaceCarthage, TXJanuary 16, 1936
Green, LeoLiden, TXOctober 26, 1891
Guldry, GilbertOrange, TXJuly 3, 1917
Harper, BenjaminCourtney, TXJune 22, 1917
Hartfield, WilliamCass County, TXJune 28, 1891
Hawkins, WilliamCypress, TXJuly 30, 1890
Hayes, Frank Elkhart, TXJune 21, 1885
Hays, ElijahReisel, TXJune 23, 1917
Henry, PatrickNechesville, TXJuly 3, 1890
Hilliard, Robert HensonTyler, TexasOctober 29, 1895
Hughes, GeorgeSherman, TXMay 9, 1930
Jackson, AndyElkhart, TXJune 21, 1885
Jackson, LizzieElkhart, TXJune 21, 1885
Jackson, MaryMarshall, TXFebruary 13, 1912
Jacobs, StephenFay, TXApril 20, 1890
Jefferson, RobertTemple, TXJune 29, 1917
Jennings, CharlesBeaumont, TXSeptember 3, 1917
Johnson, JasephBay City, TXNovember 5, 1916
Johnson, HensleyCarthage, TXApril 26, 1903
Johnson, GeorgeHoney Grove, TXMay 18, 1930
Johnson, WilliamHenderson, TXJuly 22, 1891
Johnson, WillHemphill, TXJune 15, 1908
Jones, CharlesMarshall, TXAugust 22, 1917
Lang, EdwardRice, TXAugust 19, 1916
Lee, DavisJefferson, TXJanuary 8, 1914
Lerma, JeronimoBrownsville, TXJune 20, 1916
Lewis, GeorgeBelen, TXJuly 26, 1889
Lindley, GeorgeGreenville, TXJuly 28, 1889
Lovell, W.C.Carthage, TXMay 23, 1933
Manson, HenryParis, TXJanuary 17, 1913
Manuel, WillHemphill, TXJune 15, 1908
Milliken, JohnPulaski, TXMarch 17, 1884
Murray, WillLiberty County, TXJune 1895
Norman, JoeElkhart, TXJune 21, 1885
O'Neal, AbeBuff Lake, TXSeptember 18, 1918
O'neal, RansomAngelton, TXJanuary 14, 1903
Perry, JohnLiberty County, TXJune 1895
Perry, RobertKarnach, TXFebruary 25, 1903
Pitts, SlabToyah, TXOctober 26, 1906
Ransom, JohnParis, TXSeptember 6, 1892
Rebin, ThomasDouglas, TXFebruary 17, 1891
Richmond, KingSulphur Springs, TXAugust 29, 1915
Roan, WilliamBryan, TXJune 17, 1930
Robertson, WilliamNavasota, TXJune 7, 1914
Rogers, WillieElkhart, TXJune 21, 1885
Rowland, ThomasDouglas, TXFebruary 24, 1891
Saunders, GeorgeMarshall, TXFebruary 13, 1912
Sawyer, CharlesGalveston, TXJune 25, 1917
Scott, CharleyConroe, TXFebruary 28, 1908
Sheppard, MunnCass County, TXJune 28, 1891
Shipman, CharlesFt Bend, County, TXNovember 14, 1918
Smith, BertGoose Creek, TXSeptember 21, 1917
Smith, HenryParis, TXJanuary 31, 1893
Smith, ThomasSpurger, TXJune 28, 1892
Spellman, MossHemphill, TXJune 15, 1908
Spencer, WilliamGraceton, TXOctober 5, 1916
Stanley, RichardFullbright, TXJanuary 23, 1913
Sullivan, WilliamPlantersville, TXSeptember 23, 1892
Teel, JerrySan Augustine, TXApril 24, 1890
Thomas, BuckClarksville, TXNovember 29 1916
Tunstall, CharlesAngelton, TXJanuary 14, 1903
Vinson, WillieTexarkana, TXJuly 13, 1942
Walker, JohnParis, TXSeptember 6, 1892
Washington, JesseWaco, TXMay 15, 1916
Williams, ClevelandHemphill, TXJune 15, 1908
Williams, WilliamHearne, TXMarch 13, 1914
Williams, WilliamKosse, TXApril 3, 1890
Williams, GeorgeWaco, TXJune 14, 1893
Wood, PrinceSpurger, TXJune 28, 1892
Young, AndyRed River County, TXJuly 22, 1890
Smith, TedGreenville, TXJuly 27, 1908
Brooks, AllenDallas, TXMarch 3, 1910
Gentry, HenryBelton, TXJuly 24, 1910
Jones, CommodoreFarmersville, TXAugust 11, 1911
Stanley, WillTemple, TXJuly 29–30, 1915
Walters, LemuelLongview, TXJune 17, 1919
Jennings, ChiltonGilmer, TXJuly 24, 1919
Arthur, IrvingParis, TXJuly 6, 1920
Arthur, HermanParis, TXJuly 6, 1920
Cade, HenrySour Lake, TXNovember 26, 1921
Rouse, FredForth Worth, TX
Curry, McKinleyKirvin, TXMay 6, 1922
Jones, MoseKirvin, TXMay 6, 1922
Cornish, TomKirvin, TXMay 6, 1922
Early, Thomas or JimPlantersville, TXMay 17, 1922
Owens, HullenTexarkana, TXMay 19, 1922
Winters, JoeConroe, TXMay 20, 1922
Bozier, MoseAlleyton, TXMay 20, 1922
Wilson, GilbertBryan, TXMay 23, 1922
Thomas, JesseWaco, TXMay 26, 1922
Lewis, WarrenNew Dacus, TXJune 23, 1922
Johnson, O.J.Newton, TXSeptember 7, 1922
Everett, Grover C.Abilene, TXSeptember 28, 1922
Gay, GeorgeStreetman, TXDecember 11, 1922
Payne, TomWillis, TXFebruary 1, 1927
Robertson, JackRound Rock, TXJune 28, 1930
Tillis, DaveCrockett, TX1932
Gregory, DavidCountze, TXDecember 7, 1933
Byrd Jr., JamesJasper, TXJune 7, 1998
Lemon, DouglassOrange County, TexasJune 5, 1910
Moore, RankinOrange County, TexasJune 5, 1910

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