North Carolina Lynchings
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North Carolina Lynchings
St # Victim Race Sex Offense Mo Day Year County State Note
1 Negro, Unnamed Blk Male Attempted rape Apr 11 1883 Bertie North Carolina  
2 Johnson, Dockery Blk Male Attempted rape Sep 20 1883 Richmond North Carolina  
3 Campbell, — Blk Male Murder Oct 16 1883 Iredell North Carolina  
4 White, Lawrence Blk Male Murder Nov 8 1883 Rowan North Carolina  
5 McCullough, Erwin Blk Male Murder Apr 1 1884 Gaston North Carolina  
6 Johnson, George Blk Male Rape Sep 6 1884 Iredell North Carolina  
7 Smith, Charles Blk Male Robbery Dec 24 1884 Johnston North Carolina  
8 Davis, Thomas Blk Male Robbery Dec 24 1884 Johnston North Carolina  
9 Stratten, Lee Blk Male Rape Mar 4 1885 Union North Carolina  
10 Boggan, John Blk Male Criminal assault (rape) Jul 2 1885 Anson North Carolina  
11 Finch, Harriet Blk Female Murder Sep 29 1885 Chatham North Carolina  
12 Finch, Jerry Blk Male Murder Sep 29 1885 Chatham North Carolina  
13 Pattisall, John Blk Male Murder Sep 29 1885 Chatham North Carolina  
14 Tyson, Lee Blk Male Murder Sep 29 1885 Chatham North Carolina  
15 Mebane, Bud Blk Male Rape & murder Oct 3 1885 Caswell North Carolina  
16 Lee, John Wht Male Murder Dec 18 1885 Richmond North Carolina  
17 Powell, T. C. Wht Male Murder Nov 13 1886 Edgecombe North Carolina  
18 White, Benjamin Blk Male Criminal assault (rape) May 8 1887 Edgecombe North Carolina  
19 Hairston, Eugene Blk Male Assaulted woman (rape) Aug 25 1887 Guilford North Carolina  
20 Blount, Jack Blk Male Murder Jan 26 1888 Washington North Carolina  
21 Blount, Matthew Blk Male Murder Jan 26 1888 Washington North Carolina  
22 Spruill, Petterson Blk Male Murder Jan 26 1888 Washington North Carolina  
23 Parker, Wm. A. Wht Male Murder Mar 13 1888 Beaufort North Carolina  
24 Frazier, Thomas Wht Male Murder May 6 1888 Beaufort North Carolina  
25 Humprheys, John Blk Male Rape Jul 15 1888 Buncombe North Carolina  
26 Smith, Alonzo Blk Male Arson & burglary Sep 2 1888 Granville North Carolina  
27 Tanner, John Blk Male Murder Sep 2 1888 Granville North Carolina  
28 Tanner, Henry Blk Male Murder Sep 2 1888 Granville North Carolina  
29 Carson, John Blk Male Murder Dec 2 1888 Cleveland North Carolina  
30 Sigmund, John Blk Male Attempted rape Sep 6 1889 Gaston North Carolina  
31 Stack, Franklin Wht Male Murder Sep 11 1889 Burke North Carolina  
32 Boone, David Blk Male Murder Sep 11 1889 Burke North Carolina  
33 Berrier, Robert Wht Male Murder Oct 14 1889 Davidson North Carolina  
34 Starling, John Wht Male Making threats May 24 1890 Johnston North Carolina  
35 Freeman, Kinch Blk Male Murder Dec 23 1890 Hertford North Carolina  
36 Best, Mack Blk Male Attempted rape Sep 6 1891 Samson North Carolina  
37 Rankin, Hezekiah Blk Male Murder Sep 25 1891 Buncombe North Carolina  
38 Purdie, Lyman Blk Male Murder May 1 1892 Bladen North Carolina  
39 Whitley, Alexander Wht Male Murder Jun 9 1892 Stanly North Carolina  
40 Allison, Thomas Wht Male Murder Sep 12 1892 Surry North Carolina  
41 Burnett, Carter Blk Male Assaulted girl (rape) Nov 15 1892 Granville North Carolina  
42 McPhatter, Duncan Blk Male Murder Nov 17 1892 Richmond North Carolina  
43 Ray, Bob Blk Male Murder Jan 6 1893 Moore North Carolina Uncertain
44 Slaughter, Daniel Wht Male Murder Feb 22 1894 Alleghany North Carolina  
45 English, Holland Wht Male Murder Apr 1 1894 Mitchell North Carolina  
46 Wofford, Dick Blk Male Assaulted girl (rape) Nov 22 1894 Polk North Carolina  
47 Bergeron, James Wht Male Murder Dec 26 1894 Beaufort North Carolina  
48 Chambers, Robert Blk Male Attempted rape & arson Apr 21 1896 Mitchell North Carolina  
49 Johnson, Thomas Blk Male Rape & murder May 29 1898 Cabarrus North Carolina  
50 Kiser, Joseph Blk Male Rape & murder May 29 1898 Cabarrus North Carolina  
51 Jones, Henry Blk Male Rape & murder Jan 11 1899 Chatham North Carolina  
52 Patrick, Lewis Blk Male Murder Jun 14 1899 Carteret North Carolina  
53 Ratliffe, George Blk Male Assaulted girl (rape) Mar 5 1900 Haywood North Carolina  
54 Rittle, George Blk Male Informer Mar 20 1900 Moore North Carolina  
55 Mills, Avery Blk Male Murder Aug 28 1900 Rutherford North Carolina  
56 Martindale, James Wht Male Assaulted woman Mar 8 1901 Moore North Carolina  
57 Jones, D. B. Blk Male Attempted assault (rape) Jun 18 1901 Lenoir North Carolina  
58 Huff, Luke Blk Male Murderous assault Aug 21 1901 Anson North Carolina  
59 Walker, James Blk Male Murder Mar 25 1902 Beaufort North Carolina  
60 Gillespie, Harrison Blk Male Murder Jun 11 1902 Rowan North Carolina  
61 Gillespie, James Blk Male Murder Jun 11 1902 Rowan North Carolina  
62 Jones, Thomas Blk Male Rape Aug 25 1902 Wayne North Carolina  
63 Osborne, John Blk Male Criminal assault (rape) Jul 2 1903 Union North Carolina  
64 Whitehead, Dick Blk Male Assaulted child (rape) May 18 1904 Northamption North Carolina  
65 Moore, John Blk Male Murderous assault Aug 27 1905 Craven North Carolina  
66 Johnson, J. V. Wht Male Murder May 28 1906 Anson North Carolina  
67 Gillespie, John Blk Male Murder Aug 6 1906 Rowan North Carolina  
68 Gillespie, Nease Blk Male Murder Aug 6 1906 Rowan North Carolina  
69 Dillingham, Jack Blk Male Murder Aug 6 1906 Rowan North Carolina  
70 Negro, Unnamed Blk Male Fraud Jan 7 1908 Johnston North Carolina  
71 Negro, Unnamed Blk Male Robbery Oct 8 1910 Rockingham North Carolina  
72 McNeely, Joseph Blk Male Murder Aug 26 1913 Mecklenburg North Carolina  
73 Wilson, James Blk Male Rape & murder Jan 28 1914 Johnston North Carolina  
74 Perry, Mrs. Joe Blk Female Unknown Mar 12 1915 Vance North Carolina  
75 Perry, Child Blk Unk Unknown Mar 12 1915 Vance North Carolina  
76 Richards, John Blk Male Murder Jan 12 1916 Wayne North Carolina  
77 Black, Joseph Blk Male Making threats Apr 5 1916 Greene North Carolina  
78 Rouse, Lazarus Blk Male Unknown Aug 4 1916 Lenoir North Carolina  
79 Bazemore, Peter Blk Male Criminal assault (rape) Mar 23 1918 Bertie North Carolina  
80 Taylor, George Blk Male Criminal assault (rape) Nov 5 1918 Wake North Carolina  
81 Daniels, John Blk Male Murder Feb 6 1919 Onslow North Carolina  
82 Elliott, Walter Blk Male Attacked woman (rape) Aug 20 1919 Franklin North Carolina  
83 Green, Powell Blk Male Murder Dec 27 1919 Franklin North Carolina  
84 Roach, Edward Blk Male Attempted rape Jul 7 1920 Person North Carolina  
85 Jeffress, John Blk Male Attempted assault (rape) Aug 25 1920 Alamance North Carolina  
86 Artis, Norman Blk Male Peeping Tom Sep 30 1920 Wayne North Carolina Uncertain
87 Williams, Alfred Blk Male Race prejudice Jan 24 1921 Warren North Carolina  
88 Bullock, Plummer Blk Male Race prejudice Jan 24 1921 Warren North Carolina  
89 Whitfield, Jerome Blk Male Attacked woman (rape) Aug 14 1921 Jones North Carolina  
90 Daniels, Ernest Blk Male In white woman's room Sep 18 1921 Chatham North Carolina  
91 Blackwell, Bayner Blk Male Murder Aug 6 1922 Onslow North Carolina  
92 Bryant, Wife Blk Female Unknown May 25 1926 Duplin North Carolina Uncertain
93 Bryant, Dock Blk Male Unknown May 25 1926 Duplin North Carolina Uncertain
94 Bradshaw, Thomas Blk Male Criminal assault (rape) Aug 2 1927 Nash North Carolina Uncertain
95 McDaniel, Willie Blk Male Unknown Jun 29 1929 Mecklenburg North Carolina Uncertain
96 Wiggins, Ella May Wht Female Strike activity Sep 14 1929 Gaston North Carolina  
97 Moore, Oliver Blk Male Rape Aug 20 1930 Edgecombe North Carolina  
98 Church, Elijah Wht Male Murder N/A   1900s Wilkes North Carolina Uncertain

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This page was developed with data from "Project HAL: Historical American Lynching Data Collection Project",
Elizabeth Hines Ph.D. and Eliza Steelwater Ph.D., Principal Investigators. University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
This dataset is part of an ongoing project to compile a complete listing of lynchings in the United States.


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