For rape. Johnson was
shot to death by a gang
of blacks who had waited
outside the jail until
Johnson was allowed to
relieve himself.
(Lynching in the New
South
Joseph McCoy
Alexandria County
Virginia
April 23
1897
For rape. McCoy who was
jailed for allegedly
raping his employer's
daughters was dragged
from his cell and lynched
from a lamppost at the
intersection of two major
downtown streets.
(Lynching in the New
South pg. 155)
John Brown
Jasper County
Georgia
August 31
1902
For scaring a white
girl. Brown had scared a
young white girl when he
offered to conjure for
her. (Lynching in the New
South pg. 56)
Henry Burney
Laurens County
Georgia
January 13
1888
For theft
Allen Sturgis
McDuffie County
Georgia
June 3
1888
For theft
Alf Thurman
Lee County
Georgia
April 27
1899
For wild talk
John Coleman
Wilkes County
Georgia
December 1
1888
Over a disputed debt.
Coleman along with Tom
Smith got caught in a
power struggle between
two white men over who
owned the sharecroppers'
cotton. One of the white
men provided the men with
guns to defend themselves
from a white mob who had
attempted to
Tom Smith
Wilkes County
Georgia
December 1
1888
Over a disputed debt.
Smith along with John
Coleman got caught in a
power struggle between
two white men over who
owned the sharecroppers'
cotton. One of the white
men provided the men with
guns to defend themselves
from a white mob who had
attempted to