For alleged murder.
Reed along with William
Cato was charged with
murdering a white family.
At the conclusion of
their trial a mob stormed
the courthouse grabbed
the men took them out of
town and burned them
alive. (Lynching in the
New South pg. 202-203
General Williams
Burke County
Georgia
October 24
1890
For alleged murder.
Williams was 15 years old
when he was lynched for
allegedly murdering a
white boy who was the
nephew of the local
constable. The Constable
used his home as the jail
and while he and his
prisoner were in transit
a mob stopped them and