South Carolina Trails to the Past Lynchings

Lynchings

Name	Race	M/F	Offense	Date	County
Adams, Luke	B	M	Attacked Woman (rape)	20 Apr 1924	Orangeburg
Adams, Mitchell	B	M	Murder	28 Dec 1889	Barnwell
Allen, Wm	B	M	Murder	24 Aug 1921	Lexington
Baker, Dora	B	F	Prejudice	22 Feb 1898	Williamsburg
Baker, Frazier	B	M	Prejudice	22 Feb 1898	Williamsburg
Barksdale, Heyward	B	M	Attempted Rape	10 May 1893	Laurens
Becket, Martin		M	Assaulted Girl (rape)	25 Jul 1882	Hampton
Belin, John	B	M	Murder	27 Jan 1898	Florence
Bell, Peter	B	M	Murder	28 Dec 1889	Barnwell
Best, Walter	B	M	Murder	23 Feb 1918	Barnwell
Black, James	B	M	Murder	4 Jun 1902	Colleton
Black, Wm	B	M	Burglary	7 Jan 1890	Barnwell
Blake, Wm Sr	B	M	Murder & Robbery	17 Oct 1895	Hampton
Blakeney, Daniel	B	M	Assaulted Girl (attempted rape)	8 Aug 1882	Lancaster
Bonnet, Nathan	B	M	Attempted Rape	13 Sep 1882	Barnwell
Bookard, Kitt	B	M	Quarrelling	11 Jul 1904	Berkeley
Brinson, Joseph	B	M	Assault	29 Mar 1912	Cherokee
Brown, Lawrence	B	M	Arson	6 Jan 1897	Orangeburg
Brunson, Charles	B	M	Assault	8 Mar 1886	Hampton
Burt, Wm	B	M	Assault	17 Feb 1900	Aiken
Butler, Jesse	B	M		16 Jul 1903	Aiken
Butler, Mansfield	B	M	Murderous Assault	8 Sep 1921	Aiken
Caldwell, Andy	B	M	Assaulted Woman (rape)	21 Jun 1889	Fairfield
Campbell, Caleb	B	M	Criminal Assault (rape)	3 JUn 1882	Fairfield
Cantri, Marion	B	M	Assault	23 Feb 1913	Clarendon
Chisolm, Edward	B	M	Injuring Livestock	9 May 1892	Berkeley
Clark, Flute	B	M	Murder & Attempted Rape	25 Nov 1910	Lexington
Collins, Benjamin	B	M	Murder	10 Nov 1898	Greenwood
Cook, David	B	M	Attempted Rape	16 Jul 1882	Kershaw
Cooper, Simon	B	M	Murder	8 Jan 1897	Sumter
Cornish, Wm	B	M	Assaulted Woman	21 Jul 1901	Beaufort
Cornwell, Samuel	B	M	Quarrel with White Man	29 Sep 1888	Chester
Crawford, Anthony	B	M	Murderous Assault	21 Oct 1916	Abbeville
Crawford, Jefferson	B	M	Murder	2 JUn 1894	York
Culbreath, O T	W	M	Murder	21 Sep 1885	Edgefield
Danford, Tut	B	M	Turned State's Evidence	8 May 1889	Abbeville
Darling, Jeff	B	M	Murder	10 Nov 1898	Greenwood
Davis, Arthur	B	M	Injured Mule	8 Jan 1909	Florence
Davis, Jacob	B	M	Rape	21 Aug 1893	Greenwood
Davis, Mark	B	M	Assault	17 Nov 1906	Newberry
Davis, Robert	B	M	Attempted Assault (rape)	16 Aug 1906	Greenwood
DeLoache, Frank	B	M	Murder	22 Dec 1905	Barnwell
DeLoache, John	B	M	Murder	22 Dec 1905	Barnwell
Dicks, Dan	B	M	Intent to Rape	17 Jul 1896	Aiken
Dowdle, Bailey	B	M	Murder	5 Apr 1887	York
Dublin, Alfred	B	M	Attempted Arson	13 Mar 1912	Bamberg
Dublin, Richard	B	M	Attempted Arson	13 Mar 1912	Bamberg
Elliott, Frank	B	M	Assaulted Girl (rape)	1 Apr 1884	York
Elrod, Reuben	B	M		30 Jun 1903	Anderson
Etheridge, Robert	B	M	Attempted Assault (rape)	20 Aug 1906	Saluda
Evans, Charles	B	M	Murder	1 JUl 1903	Orangeburg
Felder, John	B	M	Stealing	20 Dec 1912	Orangeburg
Fogle, John	B	M	Attempted Rape	28 Nov 1903	Dorchester
Ford, Cain	B	M	Murder	4 Jun 1902	Colleton
Furz, Hugh	B	M	Accessory to Murder	28 Dec 1889	Barnwell
Gaillard, Samuel	B	M	Rape	5 May 1893	Williamsburg
Gill, Hardy	B	M	Attempted Murder	3 Jun 1894	Lancaster
Gilmore, Jim	B	M	Attempted Rape	23 Nov 1908	Hampton
Good, Giles	B	M	Murder	5 Apr 1887	York
Goode, Eliza	B	F		13 Nov 1898	Greenwood
Gray, Henry	B	M	Rape	23 Jul 1897	Laurens
Green, Allen	B	M		23 Apr 1930	Oconee
Green, Wm	B	M	Frightened Women	4 Dec 1914	Florence
Harris, Elbert	B	M	Arson	May 1898	Anderson
Harrison, Essex	B	M	Murder	10 Nov 1898	Greenwood
Head, Dennis	B	M	Refused Information	16 Jul 1903	Aiken
Howard, Sam	B	M	Cohabitation	12 Nov 1898	Florence
Hudson, George	B	M	Attempted Murder	2 Jun 1907	Edgefield
Hughes, Mose	B	M	Father of Arsonist	3 Jun 1906	Union
Hunter, David	B	M	Violated Contract	4 Jan 1898	Laurens
Jackson, Columbus	B	M	Murder	9 Nov 1898	Greenwood
Jackson, Willis	B	M	Criminal Assault (rape)	10 Oct 1911	Anderson
Jenkins, Dan	B	M	Attacked Women (rape)	21 Jun 1930	Union
Johnson, Harrison	B	M	Witness to Murder	28 Dec 1889	Barnwell
Johnson, Henry	B	M	Rape	3 Dec 1890	Pickens
Johnson, Ira	B	M	Murder	15 Jul 1895	Greenville
Johnson, John	B	M	Rape	12 Jun 1882	York
Johnson, Ripley	B	M	Murder	28 Dec 1889	Barnwell
Jones, Judge	B	M	Witness to Murder	28 Dec 1889	Barnwell
Kaigler, Handy	B	M	Rape	31 Jul 1893	Lexington
Kearse, Hannah	B	F	Knowledge of Theft	2 Dec 1895	Colleton
Kearse, Isom	B	M	Theft	2 Dec 1895	Colleton
Kennedy, Calvin	B	M	Rape	29 Feb 1896	Aiken
Kennedy, Robert	B	M	Attempted Rape	7 Nov 1893	Spartanburg
Kirkland, Edward	B	M	Murder	24 Oct 1921	Allendale
Laddison, John	B	M	Attempted Murder	23 Nov 1901	Anderson
Lawton, Will	B	M	Murderous Assault	6 Dec 1893	Greenwood
Leaphart, Willie	B	M	Rape	5 May 1890	Lexington
Lee, General	B	M	Attempted Burglary	13 Jan 1904	Dorchester
Lincoln, Isaac	B	M	Insulted White Woman	30 May 1893	Oconee
Lipscomb, Moses	B	M	Murder	5 Apr 1887	York
Lowman, Bertha	B	F	Murder	8 Oct 1926	Aiken
Lowman, Clarence	B	M	Murder	8 Oct 1926	Aiken
Lowman, Demmon	B	M	Murder	8 Oct 1926	Aiken
Lozier, Will	B	M	Murder	12 Jul 1915	Abbeville
Lundy, Richard	B	M	Murder	7 Dec 1891	Edgefield
Mackey, James	B	M	Murder	25 Oct 1898	Edgefield
Mackey, Wash	B	M	Murder	25 Oct 1898	Edgefield
McFadden, George	B	M	Criminal Assault (rape)	1 Oct 1893	Williamsburg
McKinney, Wade	B	M	Murder	9 Nov 1898	Greenwood
McKnight, Andrew		M	Making Indecent Remarks	26 Jun 1889	Union
Meetze, Dub	W	M	Arson	16 Jul 1893	Lexington
Morral, Ralph	B	M	Accessory to Murder	28 Dec 1889	Barnwell
Morrison, John	W	M	Murder	1 Oct 1904	Lancaster
Nelson, James A	B	M	To Prevent Evidence	12 Jul 1894	Edgefield
Nelson, Jim	B	M	Rape	23 Nov 1903	Chesterfield
Pendleton, Allen	B	M	Murder	17 Sep 1905	Abbeville
Peterson, John	B	M	Rape	24 Apr 1893	Barnwell
Phoenix, Robert	B	M	Accessory to Murder	28 Dec 1889	Barnwell
Pope, Robert	W	M	Being of Bad Character	24 Feb 1890	Hampton
Pope, Son	W	M	Being of Bad Character	24 Feb 1890	Hampton
Preston, Tom	B	M	Rape	30 Jul 1893	Lexington
Price, Thomas	B	M	Assault & Attempted Rape	19 Apr 1896	Kershaw
Puckett, Richard	B	M	Criminal Assault (rape)	12 Aug 1913	Laurens
Quarles, Herbert	B	M	Assaulted Woman (rape)	19 Jun 1921	McCormick
Richardson, Rosa	B	F	Murder	12 Jul 1914	Orangeburg
Rivers, Peter	B	M	Attempted Arson	13 Mar 1912	Bamberg
Roberts, Daniel	B	M	Murder	5 Apr 1887	York
Roberts, David	B	M	Assault & Robbery	1 Jan 1883	Abbeville
Robinson, Caesar	B	M	Attempted Assault (rape)	1 Dec 1886	Florence
Robinson, Charlie	B	M	Assaulted Woman (rape)	14 Jan 1901	Barnwell
Samuels, Frank	B	M	Murder	11 Jun 1909	Colleton
Seymour, Allen	B	M	Assaulted Girl (rape)	16 Dec 1914	Hampton
Shaw, Dave	B	M	Burglary	27 May 1892	Laurens
Simmons, Quillie	B	M	Murder	11 Jun 1909	Colleton
Sims, W T	B	M	Seditious Utterance	23 Aug 1917	York
Singleton, Richard	B	M	Attempted Rape	18 Sep 1883	Sumter
Smith, Jules	B	M	Criminal Assault (rape)	14 Jun 1915	Fairfield
Smith, Mark	B	M	Shot Sheriff	7 JUn 1919	Abbeville
Spain, Willie	B	M	Attempted Burglary	23 Aug 1906	Dorchester
Steward, Joe	B	M	Fighting with White Man	1 Apr 1920	Laurens
Stokes, Wm	B	M	Attempted Assault (rape)	22 Jun 1895	Colleton
Stuart, James C	B	M	Attempted Assault (rape)	24 Sep 1904	Laurens
Sullivan, Edward	B	M	Murder	10 Dec 1894	Anderson
Sullivan, Luther	B	M	Murder	25 Oct 1898	Edgefield
Taylor, John	B	M	Attempted Rape	5 Jul 1904	Chesterfield
Thomas, Will	B	M	Murder	22 Nov 1912	Newberry
Thompson, Charles	B	M	Murderous Assault	8 Sep 1921	Aiken
Thompson, Prindley	B	M	Murder	5 Apr 1887	York
Thompson, Will	B	M	Rape	30 Jul 1893	Lexington
Thomson, Abe	B	M	Assaulted Woman (rape)	1 Mar 1886	Spartanburg
Turner, Samuel	B	M	Murder	28 Dec 1897	Williamsburg
Waldrop, Manzeo	W	M	Rape & Murder	31 Dec 1887	Pickens
Watts, Drayton	B	M	Murder	9 Nov 1898	Greenwood
Whisonant, Frank	B	M	Assault	29 Mar 1912	Cherokee
White, Nathan	B	M	Arson	24 Nov 1892	York
Wideman, Mrs	B	F	Murder	27 Dec 1902	Greenwood
Wideman, Oliver	B	M	Murder	27 Dec 1902	Greenwood
Williams, Cairo	B	M	Murder	30 Jun 1904	Williamsburg
Williams, Jesse	B	M	Murder	9 Nov 1898	Greenwood
Williams, Wesley	B	M	Attempted Assault (rape)	5 May 1886	Kershaw
Wilson, Dillard	B	M	Murder	24 Nov 1914	Sumter
Unnamed	B	M	Assaulted Woman	6 Aug 1891	Pickens
Unnamed	B	M	Rape	8 Feb 1897	Saluda
Unnamed	B	M	Burglary	21 Oct 1901	Hampton
Unnamed	B	M	Intimate with White Woman	4 Jan 1922	Florence

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