Tennessee Lynchings
St #	Victim	Race	Sex	Offense	Mo	Day	Year	County	State	Note
1	Huddleston, Henry	Blk	Male	Rape	Jun	18	1882	Franklin	Tennessee
2	Holloway, Henry	Blk	Male	Rape	Oct	3	1882	Giles	Tennessee
3	Connors, Bill	Wht	Male	Murder	May	12	1883	Scott	Tennessee	Uncertain
4	Warren, Wesley	Blk	Male	Murder	Jun	20	1883	Giles	Tennessee
5	Reed, Harry	Blk	Male	Murder	Jun	22	1883	Giles	Tennessee
6	Walker, Kyle	Blk	Male	Murder	Jun	22	1883	Giles	Tennessee
7	McLean, Miller	Blk	Male	Rape	Aug	23	1883	Wayne	Tennessee
8	French, George	Wht	Male	Murder & robbery	Mar	31	1884	Robertson	Tennessee
9	Negro, Unnamed	Blk	Male	Murder & robbery	Mar	31	1884	Robertson	Tennessee
10	Negro, Unnamed	Blk	Male	Murder & robbery	Mar	31	1884	Robertson	Tennessee
11	Young, Almus	Blk	Male	Murder	Mar	11	1885	Obion	Tennessee
12	Latham, Charles	Blk	Male	Murder	Mar	11	1885	Obion	Tennessee
13	Freeman, Frank	Blk	Male	Murder	Mar	11	1885	Obion	Tennessee
14	Farris, Bud	Wht	Male	Theft	Apr	13	1885	Obion	Tennessee
15	Ward, Freeman	Blk	Male	Theft	Apr	13	1885	Obion	Tennessee
16	Johnson, Conley	Blk	Male	Trouble with white man	May	2	1885	Humphreys	Tennessee
17	Sellers, Lee	Wht	Male	Murder	Sep	4	1885	Knox	Tennessee
18	Williams, Charles	Blk	Male	Murder	Sep	7	1885	Hamilton	Tennessee
19	Thompson, John	Wht	Male	Murder	Oct	26	1885	Roane	Tennessee
20	Fowler, Samuel	Blk	Male	Arson & theft	Dec	9	1885	Obion	Tennessee
21	Robinson, Thomas	Blk	Male	Murder & rape	Dec	16	1885	Putnam	Tennessee
22	Gillespie, John	Blk	Male	Murder	Mar	18	1886	Loudon	Tennessee
23	Ridley, Weakley	Blk	Male	Murder	Mar	29	1886	Crockett	Tennessee
24	Williams, Tobe	Blk	Male	Murder	Mar	29	1886	Crockett	Tennessee
25	Woods, Eliza	Blk	Female	Murder	Aug	18	1886	Madison	Tennessee
26	Washington, Matthew	Blk	Male	Rape	Oct	14	1886	Dyer	Tennessee
27	Dinwiddie, Charles	Blk	Male	Robbery	Nov	15	1886	Carroll	Tennessee
28	Hardy, Wm.	Blk	Male	Murder	Mar	17	1887	Obion	Tennessee
29	Hoover, Richard	Blk	Male	Rape	Jul	24	1887	Rutherford	Tennessee
30	Miller, Andy	Blk	Male	Rape	Dec	7	1887	Obion	Tennessee
31	Smith, Wm.	Blk	Male	Rape	Dec	7	1887	Obion	Tennessee
32	Charles, Adam	Blk	Male	Rape	Dec	7	1887	Obion	Tennessee
33	Kirk, Puss	Blk	Female	Arson	Apr	18	1888	Sumner	Tennessee
34	Kirk, Isaac	Blk	Male	Arson	Apr	18	1888	Sumner	Tennessee
35	Handley, W. H.	Wht	Male	Murder	Jul	31	1888	Smith	Tennessee
36	Miller, Amos	Blk	Male	Rape	Aug	10	1888	Maury	Tennessee
37	Jones, Henry	Blk	Male	Murder	Oct	26	1888	Obion	Tennessee
38	Jones, Jack	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Nov	22	1888	Roane	Tennessee
39	Smithson, Mrs.	Wht	Female	Murder	Jan	19	1889	Lake	Tennessee
40	Smithson, —	Wht	Male	Murder	Jan	19	1889	Lake	Tennessee
41	Atchison, —	Wht	Male	Murder	Jan	19	1889	Lake	Tennessee
42	Wolfenbarger, John	Wht	Male	Murder	Apr	5	1889	Grainger	Tennessee
43	Reynolds, E. R.	Wht	Male	Murder	Jun	7	1889	Scott	Tennessee	Uncertain
44	Loyd, Thomas J.	Wht	Male	Murder	Jun	7	1889	Scott	Tennessee	Uncertain
45	Carden, Wm.	Wht	Male	Rape	Dec	11	1889	Bradley	Tennessee
46	Williams, Henry	Blk	Male	Rape	Mar	16	1890	Crockett	Tennessee
47	Jacobs, Stephen	Blk	Male	Arson	Apr	20	1890	Lincoln	Tennessee
48	Fox, Henderson	Blk	Male	Rape	Aug	16	1890	Gibson	Tennessee
49	Woodward, Thomas	Blk	Male	Assault & robbery	Aug	16	1890	Gibson	Tennessee
50	Stevens, Ned	Blk	Male	Murder	Nov	14	1890	Hardin	Tennessee
51	Haynie, Fred	Blk	Male	Arson	Feb	13	1891	Sumner	Tennessee
52	Sanders, Henry	Unk	Male	Criminal assault (rape)	Mar	11	1891	Carroll	Tennessee
53	Hunter, Tom	Blk	Male	Murder	Mar	26	1891	Claiborne	Tennessee
54	Taylor, Jim	Blk	Male	Shot men	Apr	29	1891	Williamson	Tennessee
55	Wells, Green	Blk	Male	Murder	May	27	1891	Maury	Tennessee
56	Clarke, Bob	Blk	Male	Rape	Jun	13	1891	Sullivan	Tennessee
57	Walker, Will P.	Blk	Male	Rape	Jul	16	1891	Decatur	Tennessee
58	Brown, John	Blk	Male	Murder	Jul	25	1891	Madison	Tennessee
59	Lewis, Wm.	Blk	Male	Disorderly conduct	Aug	25	1891	Coffee	Tennessee
60	Martin, Mrs.	Blk	Female	Mother of arsonists	Feb	3	1892	Chester	Tennessee
61	Negro, Unnamed	Blk	Male	Assault	Mar	7	1892	Hardin	Tennessee
62	McDowell, Calvin	Blk	Male	Murderous assault	Mar	9	1892	Shelby	Tennessee
63	Moss, Thomas	Blk	Male	Murderous assault	Mar	9	1892	Shelby	Tennessee
64	Stuart, Wm.	Blk	Male	Murderous assault	Mar	9	1892	Shelby	Tennessee
65	Grizzard, Henry	Blk	Male	Rape	Apr	28	1892	Davidson	Tennessee
66	Grizzard, Eph	Blk	Male	Rape	Apr	30	1892	Davidson	Tennessee
67	Everett, Charles	Blk	Male	Attempted assault on woman	May	19	1892	Coffee	Tennessee
68	Bates, W. M.	Wht	Male	Murder	Jun	27	1892	Bedford	Tennessee
69	Lillard, Thomas	Blk	Male	Rape	Jun	28	1892	Cannon	Tennessee
70	Wynne, J. H.	Wht	Male	Murder	Jul	25	1892	Dickson	Tennessee
71	Bashear, Andy	Wht	Male	Rape	Jul	29	1892	Campbell	Tennessee
72	Willis, Henry	Wht	Male	Rape	Jul	29	1892	Campbell	Tennessee
73	Sanders, Loab	Blk	Male	Rape	Jul	29	1892	Weakley	Tennessee
74	Blackwell, Dennis	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Aug	26	1892	Crockett	Tennessee
75	Bell, Alexander	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Oct	3	1892	Obion	Tennessee
76	Negro, Unnamed	Blk	Male	Rape	Dec	15	1892	Davidson	Tennessee
77	Duncan, Henry	Wht	Male	Murder	Jan	2	1893	Loudon	Tennessee
78	Neal, —	Blk	Male	Rape	Feb	11	1893	Shelby	Tennessee
79	Blount, Andy	Blk	Male	Rape	Feb	14	1893	Hamilton	Tennessee
80	White, Unnamed	Wht	Male	Preaching Mormonism	Feb	17	1893	Lewis	Tennessee
81	White, Unnamed	Wht	Male	Preaching Mormonism	Feb	17	1893	Lewis	Tennessee
82	Payne, Joseph	Blk	Male	Assaulted girl (rape)	Feb	25	1893	Campbell	Tennessee
83	Jones, Jesse	Wht	Male	Murder	Mar	19	1893	Campbell	Tennessee
84	Dumas, Ira	Blk	Male	Rape	Jun	7	1893	Weakley	Tennessee
85	Walker, Lee	Blk	Male	Rape	Jul	22	1893	Shelby	Tennessee
86	Bell, Edgar	Blk	Male	Murder	Jul	27	1893	Weakley	Tennessee
87	Drummond, Richard	Wht	Male	Murder	Aug	10	1893	Anderson	Tennessee
88	Tait, Charles	Blk	Male	Murder	Aug	21	1893	Shelby	Tennessee
89	Gamble, John	Blk	Male	Rape & murder	Oct	22	1893	Bledsoe	Tennessee
90	Motlow, Mary	Blk	Female	Barn-burning	Nov	4	1893	Moore	Tennessee
91	Waggoner, Ned	Blk	Male	Barn-burning	Nov	4	1893	Moore	Tennessee
92	Waggoner, Will	Blk	Male	Barn-burning	Nov	4	1893	Moore	Tennessee
93	Motlow, Sam	Blk	Male	Barn-burning	Nov	4	1893	Moore	Tennessee
94	McCrary, Henry	Blk	Male	Rape	Feb	11	1894	Campbell	Tennessee
95	Gregory, Lamson	Blk	Male	Might testify	Mar	3	1894	Indeterminant	Tennessee
96	Montgomery, Henry	Blk	Male	Larceny	Apr	16	1894	Marshall	Tennessee
97	Ballard, Frank	Blk	Male	Attmp. rape & murder	Jun	1	1894	Indeterminant	Tennessee
98	Bell, Jim	Blk	Male	Murder & arson	Jul	6	1894	Cheatham	Tennessee
99	Bell, Wm.	Blk	Male	Barn-burning	Jul	14	1894	Dickson	Tennessee
100	Williams, Warner	Blk	Male	Arson	Aug	31	1894	Shelby	Tennessee
101	Hawkins, Daniel	Blk	Male	Arson	Aug	31	1894	Shelby	Tennessee
102	Haynes, Robert	Blk	Male	Arson	Aug	31	1894	Shelby	Tennessee
103	Hall, Edward	Blk	Male	Arson	Aug	31	1894	Shelby	Tennessee
104	Hayes, John	Blk	Male	Arson	Aug	31	1894	Shelby	Tennessee
105	White, Graham	Blk	Male	Arson	Aug	31	1894	Shelby	Tennessee
106	Darcy, James	Unk	Male	Giving information	Sep	20	1894	Indeterminant	Tennessee	Uncertain
107	Talley, Harriet	Blk	Female	Arson	Mar	18	1895	Lincoln	Tennessee
108	Negro, Unnamed	Blk	Male	rape	Apr	25	1895	Decatur	Tennessee
109	Gibson, Thomas	Wht	Male	Unknown	Apr	28	1895	Sevier	Tennessee
110	Negro, Unnamed	Blk	Male	Arson	Aug	10	1895	Gibson	Tennessee	Uncertain
111	King, Dock	Blk	Male	Attempted criminal assault	Sep	5	1895	Lincoln	Tennessee
112	Vanoy, Eugene	Blk	Male	Keeping white woman	Oct	14	1895	Coffee	Tennessee
113	Ellis, Jefferson	Blk	Male	Rape	Oct	16	1895	Fayette	Tennessee
114	Hurd, Charles	Blk	Male	Murder	Nov	21	1895	Morgan	Tennessee
115	Robertson, Joe	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Nov	29	1895	Lincoln	Tennessee
116	McGaha, Skace	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Nov	29	1895	Lincoln	Tennessee
117	Simpson, Frank	Blk	Male	Rape	Jan	8	1896	Henderson	Tennessee
118	Fuller, Harrison	Blk	Male	Rape	Jan	8	1896	Henderson	Tennessee
119	Murphy, Wm.	Wht	Male	Murder	Mar	22	1896	Campbell	Tennessee
120	Douglass, York	Wht	Male	Bad character	Apr	12	1896	Warren	Tennessee	Uncertain
121	Savage, Early	Wht	Male	Informer	Apr	18	1896	White	Tennessee
122	Hillis, Wm.	Wht	Male	Murder	Apr	26	1896	Van Buren	Tennessee
123	Hillis, Victor	Wht	Male	Murder	Apr	26	1896	Warren	Tennessee
124	Paschall, W. H.	Blk	Male	Murderous assault	May	10	1896	Obion	Tennessee
125	Clay, Samuel	Blk	Male	Rape	Jun	10	1896	Weakley	Tennessee	Uncertain
126	Allen, Charles	Blk	Male	Rape	Nov	15	1896	Carroll	Tennessee
127	Brown, Charles	Blk	Male	Rape & murder	Feb	25	1897	Hamilton	Tennessee
128	Williams, Anthony	Blk	Male	Rape & murder	Jul	15	1897	Lawrence	Tennessee
129	Mitchell, Joseph	Blk	Male	Murder	May	22	1898	Obion	Tennessee
130	Washington, Charles	Blk	Male	Criminal assault (rape)	Jun	22	1898	Putnam	Tennessee
131	Williams, John	Blk	Male	Rape	Sep	26	1898	Johnson	Tennessee
132	Smartt, John	Blk	Male	Mistaken identity	Nov	18	1898	Warren	Tennessee
133	Shaw, John	Blk	Male	Bad character	Jan	17	1899	Moore	Tennessee
134	Call, George	Blk	Male	Bad character	Jan	17	1899	Moore	Tennessee
135	Larue, A. M.	Wht	Male	Murder	Apr	18	1899	Chester	Tennessee	Uncertain
136	Chambers, Wm.	Blk	Male	Rape	Aug	11	1899	Bedford	Tennessee
137	Gingery, Frank	Blk	Male	Murder	Jan	9	1900	Lauderdale	Tennessee
138	Gingery, Reuben	Blk	Male	Murder	Jan	9	1900	Lauderdale	Tennessee
139	Gause, Anderson	Blk	Male	Aided murder	Jan	15	1900	Lauderdale	Tennessee
140	Rice, Louis	Blk	Male	Testifying	Mar	22	1900	Lauderdale	Tennessee	Uncertain
141	Reams, Logan	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Sep	6	1900	Williamson	Tennessee	Uncertain
142	Williams, —	Blk	Male	Murderous assault & robbery	Oct	3	1900	Lake	Tennessee
143	King, Fred	Blk	Male	Assault (rape)	Feb	18	1901	Dyer	Tennessee
144	Crutchfield, Ballie	Blk	Female	Theft	Mar	16	1901	Smith	Tennessee
145	Fitzgerald, Ike	Blk	Male	Assault (rape)	Mar	17	1901	Lake	Tennessee
146	Mallory, Wyatt	Blk	Male	Murder	Apr	23	1901	Robertson	Tennessee
147	Davis, Charles	Wht	Male	Criminal assault (rape)	Aug	2	1901	DeKalb	Tennessee
148	Knoles, Henry	Blk	Male	Murder	Aug	25	1901	Franklin	Tennessee
149	McClennon, Walter	Blk	Male	Assault	Oct	3	1901	Carroll	Tennessee
150	Negro, Unnamed	Blk	Female	Shot at man	Oct	4	1901	Marshall	Tennessee
151	Negro, Unnamed	Blk	Male	Shot at man	Oct	4	1901	Marshall	Tennessee
152	Negro, Unnamed	Blk	Male	Shot at man	Oct	4	1901	Marshall	Tennessee
153	Negro, Unnamed	Blk	Male	Shot at man	Oct	4	1901	Marshall	Tennessee
154	Wilson, Matthew	Wht	Male	Attempted rape	Oct	7	1901	Gibson	Tennessee
155	Whittaker, Euless	Blk	Male	Murder	Feb	5	1902	Moore	Tennessee
156	Blackard, Tom	Wht	Male	Murder	Apr	9	1902	Obion	Tennessee
157	Underwood, James	Blk	Male	Murder	May	12	1902	Meigs	Tennessee
158	Brown, Curtis	Blk	Male	Murder	Oct	8	1902	Dyer	Tennessee
159	Burley, Garfield	Blk	Male	Murder	Oct	8	1902	Dyer	Tennessee
160	Davis, John	Blk	Male	Murder	Nov	13	1902	Marshall	Tennessee
161	Jones, Charles	Blk	Male	Criminal assault (rape)	Jun	24	1903	Campbell	Tennessee
162	Millikin, John	Blk	Male	Unknown	Aug	4	1903	Marshall	Tennessee
163	Hunter, John	Blk	Male	Unknown	Aug	4	1903	Marshall	Tennessee
164	Small, Allen	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Sep	24	1903	Moore	Tennessee
165	Drake, Joe	Blk	Male	Murder	Dec	18	1903	Lauderdale	Tennessee
166	Searcy, Thomas	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Apr	28	1904	Haywood	Tennessee
167	Gwinn, Rance	Blk	Male	Theft	Mar	8	1905	Coffee	Tennessee
168	Ford, Simon	Blk	Male	Rape	Jun	.	1905	Lewis	Tennessee	Uncertain
169	Billings, Luther	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Oct	10	1905	Shelby	Tennessee
170	Johnson, Edward	Blk	Male	Assault	Mar	19	1906	Hamilton	Tennessee
171	Negro, Unnamed	Blk	Male	Fighting white men	Jul	21	1907	Lake	Tennessee	Uncertain
172	Negro, Unnamed	Blk	Male	Fighting white men	Jul	21	1907	Lake	Tennessee	Uncertain
173	Clifford, Will	Blk	Male	Rape & murder	Aug	16	1907	Lake	Tennessee
174	Cole, Walter	Blk	Male	Murder	Jan	21	1908	Morgan	Tennessee	Uncertain
175	Howard, Elmo	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	May	8	1908	Giles	Tennessee
176	Jones, Hugh	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Jul	14	1908	Hardeman	Tennessee
177	Johnson, George	Blk	Male	Rape	Aug	28	1908	Rutherford	Tennessee
178	Rankin, Quinten	Wht	Male	Conflict over fishing rights	Oct	19	1908	Obion	Tennessee
179	Cook, George	Wht	Male	Murder	Oct	30	1908	Roane	Tennessee
180	Stineback, Edward	Blk	Male	Murder	Nov	24	1908	Lake	Tennessee
181	Stineback, Marshall	Blk	Male	Murder	Nov	24	1908	Lake	Tennessee
182	Stineback, Jim	Blk	Male	Murder	Nov	24	1908	Lake	Tennessee
183	Lawson, Albert	Blk	Male	Murderous assault	Jul	20	1909	Henry	Tennessee
184	Bruce, Robert	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Sep	12	1910	Lake	Tennessee
185	Sharp, Wm.	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Sep	12	1910	Lake	Tennessee
186	Sweat, Jim	Blk	Male	Murder	May	23	1911	Sumner	Tennessee
187	Crump, Patrick	Blk	Male	Attempted assault (rape)	Jun	2	1911	Shelby	Tennessee
188	Winston, Dave	Blk	Male	Murder	Jun	8	1911	Macon	Tennessee	Uncertain
189	-, Waterboy	Blk	Male	Assaulted girl	Feb	15	1912	Shelby	Tennessee	Uncertain
190	Greer, Watt	Blk	Male	Murder	Feb	19	1912	Bedford	Tennessee
191	Grenson, John	Blk	Male	Murder	Mar	21	1913	Obion	Tennessee
192	Talley, John	Blk	Male	Attempted assault (rape)	Nov	7	1913	Dyer	Tennessee
193	Burns, Tom	Blk	Male	Murderous assault	Nov	3	1914	Shelby	Tennessee
194	Brooks, Thomas	Blk	Male	Murder	Apr	28	1915	Fayette	Tennessee
195	Wilson, Mallie	Blk	Male	Entered woman's bedroom	Sep	4	1915	Weakley	Tennessee
196	Whitley, Wm.	Blk	Male	Murder	Mar	6	1916	Wilson	Tennessee
197	Tedwell, Wiley	Blk	Male	Murder	Sep	28	1916	Lewis	Tennessee
198	Carter, Manuel	Blk	Male	Murder	Sep	28	1916	Lewis	Tennessee
199	Thomas, Wm.	Blk	Male	Murder	Mar	19	1917	Lauderdale	Tennessee
200	Persons, Eli	Blk	Male	Murder	May	22	1917	Shelby	Tennessee
201	Scott, Lation	Blk	Male	Rape	Dec	2	1917	Dyer	Tennessee
202	McIllbarren, James	Blk	Male	Murder	Feb	12	1918	Franklin	Tennessee
203	Noyse, Berry	Blk	Male	Murder	Apr	22	1918	Henderson	Tennessee
204	Devert, Thomas	Blk	Male	Rape & murder	May	19	1918	Unicoi	Tennessee
205	Booth, Henry	Blk	Male	Cursed white woman	Oct	27	1919	Gibson	Tennessee
206	Bolling, Berry	Wht	Male	Murder	May	7	1921	Scott	Tennessee
207	Hartley, Ed	Wht	Male	Manslaughter	Oct	20	1922	Benton	Tennessee
208	Hartley, George	Wht	Male	Manslaughter	Oct	20	1922	Benton	Tennessee
209	Smith, Samuel	Blk	Male	Murder	Dec	15	1924	Williamson	Tennessee
210	Edwards, Jim	Blk	Male	Murder	Apr	14	1925	Campbell	Tennessee
211	Bell, Nip	Blk	Male	Murder	Oct	8	1926	Stewart	Tennessee
212	Williams, Thomas	Blk	Male	Attacked woman (rape)	Sep	28	1927	Shelby	Tennessee	Uncertain
213	Choate, Henry	Blk	Male	Attempted rape	Nov	11	1927	Maury	Tennessee
214	Boxley, Joseph	Blk	Male	Rape	May	29	1929	Crockett	Tennessee
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