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
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
Alf Thurman
Lee County
Georgia
April 27
1899
For wild talk
Allen Sturgis
McDuffie County
Georgia
June 3
1888
For theft
Henry Burney
Laurens County
Georgia
January 13
1888
For theft
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)