1877-07-10 |
George |
Stark |
George Stark |
|
Allen |
White |
Male |
Murder and suspected criminal intimacy with an unmarried white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
0 |
1877-05-20 |
Levi |
Pile |
Levi Pile |
Levi |
Ballard |
Black |
Male |
Attempted assault and murder of a white woman |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
Disguised |
1 |
1877-03-27 |
Parker |
Mayo |
Parker Mayo |
Parker Mayes |
Boone |
Black |
Male |
Rape on a 9 year-old white girl, daughter or a railroad superintendent, and attempted rape of a farmers wife |
Hanged |
|
|
2 |
1877-10-11 |
Dick |
Casey |
Dick Casey |
Carey |
Breckinridge |
Black |
Male |
Assaulting a married white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
3 |
1969-12-31 |
|
Cook |
Cook |
|
Caldwell |
White |
Female |
Associated with an outlaw gang |
Hanged |
|
|
4 |
1932-02-03 |
Alfred |
Neal |
Alfred Neal |
|
Clay |
Black |
Male |
|
Shot |
|
|
5 |
1878-01-01 |
|
Stiver |
Stiver |
Striver |
Fayette |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
6 |
1878-01-16 |
John |
Davis |
John Davis |
|
Fayette |
Black |
Male |
Knowledge of a murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
7 |
1877-07-01 |
James |
Anderson |
James Anderson |
Jarvis Anderson |
Fulton |
White |
Male |
Depredations upon farms; horse theft |
Riddled with bullets or hanged |
|
|
8 |
1877-03-01 |
|
Morton |
Morton |
|
Harrison |
Black |
Male |
Causing the death of a neighbor |
Stabbed |
|
|
9 |
1877-09-03 |
Robert |
Goodrich |
Robert Goodrich |
Bob Goodrich |
Henry |
White |
Male |
Murder of persons in Owen and Henry counties |
Hanged |
|
|
10 |
1877-09-03 |
James |
Simmons |
James Simmons |
Jim Simmons, King Simmons |
Henry |
White |
Male |
Murder of persons in Owen and Henry counties |
Hanged |
|
|
11 |
1877-09-03 |
James |
Goodrich |
James Goodrich |
Joe Goodrich |
Henry |
White |
Male |
Murder of persons in Owen and Henry counties |
Hanged |
|
|
12 |
1877-09-03 |
Samuel |
Godrich |
Samuel Godrich |
Sam Goodrich, Sam Gorich |
Henry |
White |
Male |
Murder of persons in Owen and Henry counties |
Hanged |
|
|
13 |
1877-12-24 |
John |
Nephew |
John Nephew |
|
Jessamine |
Black |
Male |
Murder and robbery of a white man, a grocer |
Hanged |
|
|
14 |
1877-07-01 |
J. O. |
Gibbs |
J. O. Gibbs |
|
Rockcastle |
White |
Male |
Robbery |
Hanged |
Ku klux |
|
15 |
1877-07-01 |
Andrew |
Cumming |
Andrew Cumming |
Andrew Cummings, Andrew Cummins |
Rockcastle |
White |
Male |
Robbery |
Hanged |
Ku klux |
|
16 |
1877-07-01 |
Kirk |
Kink |
Kirk Kink |
Kirk King, Kirk |
Rockcastle |
White |
Male |
Robbery |
Hanged |
Ku klux |
|
17 |
1877-07-01 |
James |
Smith |
James Smith |
|
Rockcastle |
White |
Male |
Robbery |
Hanged |
Ku klux |
|
18 |
1877-03-30 |
John R. |
Taber |
John R. Taber |
John R. Tiber |
Rowan |
White |
Male |
|
|
|
|
19 |
1878-01-16 |
Tom |
Turner |
Tom Turner |
|
Fayette |
Black |
Male |
Knowledge of a murder of a white man |
Shot |
|
|
20 |
1878-01-16 |
Edward |
Claxton |
Edward Claxton |
Ed Clapton |
Fayette |
Black |
Male |
Knowledge of a murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
21 |
1878-02-15 |
Reuben |
Dennis |
Reuben Dennis |
|
Shelby |
Black |
Male |
Striking a white man with a stick of wood during an altercation |
Shot |
Ku klux |
Masked |
22 |
1878-07-02 |
Sam |
Champion |
Sam Champion |
|
Livingston |
Black |
Male |
Entered the bedroom of a 16 year-old white girl |
Hanged |
Black |
|
23 |
1878-07-05 |
George |
Bullitt |
George Bullitt |
Henry Burnett |
Rowan |
Black |
Male |
outrageous conduct toward a white family; threatening to burn a white mans house |
Hanged |
|
|
24 |
1878-08-16 |
|
Green |
Green |
|
Johnson |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
25 |
1878-08-16 |
|
Green |
Green |
|
Johnson |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
26 |
1878-08-24 |
Will |
Green |
Will Green |
|
Gallatin |
Black |
Male |
|
Shot |
|
|
27 |
1878-08-28 |
Edward |
Jackson |
Edward Jackson |
Ed Jackson, Ned Jackson |
Whitley |
Black |
Male |
Having an intimate relationship with a married white woman (not rape) |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
|
28 |
1878-09-20 |
George |
Duncan |
George Duncan |
|
Caldwell |
White |
Male |
Attempted rape of a high status white girl |
|
|
Disguised |
29 |
1878-11-21 |
George |
Williams |
George Williams |
|
Oldham |
Black |
Male |
Outrageous assault on a 8 year-old white child |
Hanged |
|
|
30 |
1878-11-26 |
Thomas |
Little |
Thomas Little |
Tom Little |
Breathitt |
White |
Male |
Protecting his brother who was accused of killing his wife |
Shot |
|
|
31 |
1878-11-26 |
John W. |
Burnett |
John W. Burnett |
Judge Burnett |
Breathitt |
White |
Male |
Trying to protect a prisoner who was accused of killing his wife |
Shot |
|
|
32 |
1878-11-26 |
William |
Freeman |
William Freeman |
|
Breathitt |
White |
Male |
|
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
33 |
1879-03-16 |
Peter |
Klein |
Peter Klein |
Peter Klien , Peter Kline |
Campbell |
White |
Male |
Felonious assault upon a married white woman |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
34 |
1879-03-23 |
Jerry |
Ewing |
Jerry Ewing |
|
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Rape of a 10-12 year-old white girl, daughter of his employer |
Shot |
|
Masked |
35 |
1879-06-22 |
|
|
|
|
Henry |
Black |
Female |
Unreported. Race prejudice. |
Shot |
Possible Ku klux |
|
36 |
1879-06-22 |
Henry |
Russell |
Henry Russell |
|
Henry |
Black |
Male |
Unreported. Race prejudice. |
Shot |
Possible Ku klux |
|
37 |
1879-06-22 |
|
Faulkner |
Faulkner |
|
Henry |
Black |
Female |
Unreported. Race prejudice. |
Shot |
Possible Ku klux |
|
38 |
1879-07-14 |
John |
Breckinridge |
John Breckinridge |
John Breckenridge |
Nicholas |
Black |
Male |
Outraged an unmarried white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
39 |
1879-09-04 |
Theodore |
Daniel |
Theodore Daniel |
Theodore Daniels |
Boone |
Black |
Male |
Attempted outrage of an unmarried 15 year-old white girl |
Riddled with bullets |
|
Disguised |
40 |
1879-10-20 |
John W. |
Kendell |
John W. Kendell |
John W. Kendall, J. W. Kendell |
Elliott |
White |
Male |
Being an outlaw |
Hanged |
|
|
41 |
1879-10-20 |
Wm. |
McMills |
Wm. McMills |
Wm. McMilan, William McMillan |
Elliott |
White |
Male |
Being an outlaw |
Hanged |
|
|
42 |
1880-03-18 |
James |
Binion |
James Binion |
Jas. Binion, James Bincon |
Carter |
White |
Male |
Housing a notorious character |
Shot |
Regulators |
|
43 |
1880-03-18 |
John |
Boggs |
John Boggs |
|
Carter |
White |
Male |
Being a notorious character |
Hanged and shot |
Regulators |
|
44 |
1880-04-02 |
Ben |
Johnson |
Ben Johnson |
Ben Plunktum |
Clark |
Black |
Male |
Assault on a respectable young [white] lady |
Hanged |
|
|
45 |
1880-05-08 |
Joe |
Johnson |
Joe Johnson |
|
Todd |
Black |
Male |
Outrage and murder of a married white woman |
Hanged and shot |
|
|
46 |
1880-06-26 |
Jack |
Williams |
Jack Williams |
|
Union |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged and shot |
|
|
47 |
1880-08-03 |
|
|
|
|
Mason |
Black |
Male |
Killing a white man |
|
Regulators |
|
48 |
1880-08-03 |
|
|
|
|
Mason |
Black |
Male |
Killing a white man |
|
Regulators |
|
49 |
1880-08-26 |
Green |
Ellis |
Green Ellis |
Green Easy, Green Erzy |
Todd |
Black |
Male |
Robbing and beating a white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
50 |
1880-12-23 |
John |
Campbell |
John Campbell |
|
Hart |
Black |
Male |
Murderous assault and robbery on a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
51 |
1880-12-23 |
Sam |
Campbell |
Sam Campbell |
|
Hart |
Black |
Male |
Murderous assault and robbery on a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
52 |
1881-04-28 |
John |
Winn |
John Winn |
|
Bourbon |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man, his employer and 18-19 year-old lovers son |
Multiple shots |
|
Masked |
53 |
1881-08-16 |
Ed |
Reines |
Ed Reines |
E. Reeves |
Graves |
Black |
Male |
Attempted ravishing of an unmarried white woman |
|
|
|
54 |
1881-09-12 |
Samuel |
Ramey |
Samuel Ramey |
Samuel Rainey, Sam Ramsey |
Bath |
White |
Male |
Murder if a young farmer |
Hanged |
|
|
55 |
1882-03-06 |
Robert |
Sarver |
Robert Sarver |
Bob Sarver |
Simpson |
Black |
Male |
Attempted outrage of a 15 year-old white girl |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
56 |
1882-04-27 |
Bradford |
Courts |
Bradford Courts |
|
Bracken |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
57 |
1882-04-27 |
William |
Courts |
William Courts |
Wm. Courts |
Bracken |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
58 |
1882-06-03 |
George |
Ellis |
George Ellis |
|
Boyd |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white boy and two white girls, and outrage on one girl |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
59 |
1882-06-15 |
James |
Mitchell |
James Mitchell |
Jim Mitchell |
Montgomery |
Black |
Male |
Outrage on a married white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
60 |
1882-07-12 |
Wm. |
Ritter |
Wm. Ritter |
William Ritter |
Henderson |
Black |
Male |
Rape and murder of a 12 year old black/mulatto girl |
Hanged |
Black |
Masked |
61 |
1882-08-02 |
Richard |
Speakman |
Richard Speakman |
Richard Spearman |
Barren |
White |
Male |
Outraged a married white woman |
Hanged and shot |
|
|
62 |
1882-08-02 |
Bishop |
Emberton |
Bishop Emberton |
Bish Emberton, Dish Emberton |
Barren |
White |
Male |
Outraged a married white woman |
Hanged and shot |
|
|
63 |
1882-08-09 |
Pharmer |
McCoy |
Pharmer McCoy |
|
Pike |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
64 |
1882-08-09 |
Randolph Jr. |
McCoy |
Randolph McCoy Jr. |
|
Pike |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
65 |
1882-08-09 |
Tolbert |
McCoy |
Tolbert McCoy |
|
Pike |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
66 |
1882-08-12 |
Budd |
Campbell |
Budd Campbell |
Bud Campbell |
Caldwell |
White |
Male |
Being a desperado |
Shot and hanged |
|
|
67 |
1882-08-12 |
Riley |
Campbell |
Riley Campbell |
|
Caldwell |
White |
Male |
Being a desperado |
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
68 |
1882-09-29 |
Mary |
Sullivan |
Mary Sullivan |
|
Caldwell |
White |
Female |
Accomplice to murder of her lover |
Hanged |
|
|
69 |
1883-05-08 |
Wat |
Cox |
Wat Cox |
|
Hopkins |
Black |
Male |
Attempted outrage on a married white woman |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
70 |
1883-05-12 |
Vaughn |
Helton |
Vaughn Helton |
Vaughn Hilton, Vaughan Hilton |
Menifee |
White |
Male |
|
Shot |
|
|
71 |
1883-05-30 |
Sid |
Combs |
Sid Combs |
Ted Combs, Ed Combs |
Letcher |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
72 |
1883-06-10 |
Henry |
Colbert |
Henry Colbert |
|
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Attempted rape of a white woman |
Shot |
|
Masked |
73 |
1883-10-12 |
Nelson |
Cooper |
Nelson Cooper |
|
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a disreputable white man |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
74 |
1883-10-12 |
Samuel |
Bailey |
Samuel Bailey |
Samuel Daly, Sambo Daily/Bailey, Sambo Jarley |
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a disreputable white man |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
75 |
1883-11-09 |
James |
Truxtill |
James Truxtill |
James Truxhill, James Troxtill |
Pulaski |
White |
Male |
Outrage on a married white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
76 |
1884-02-19 |
Pinten |
Young |
Pinten Young |
Peyton Young |
Marion |
Black |
Male |
Assaulting a white woman, possibly a prostitute |
Hanged |
|
|
77 |
1884-02-19 |
Benjamin |
McElroy |
Benjamin McElroy |
Ben McElroy |
Marion |
Black |
Male |
Assaulting a white woman, possibly a prostitute |
Hanged |
|
|
78 |
1884-04-09 |
William |
Strong |
William Strong |
String, Ben Strong |
Breathitt |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
79 |
1884-04-09 |
Henry |
Kilburn |
Henry Kilburn |
Kenry Kilburn |
Breathitt |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
80 |
1884-05-04 |
Charles |
Dickerson |
Charles Dickerson |
C. D. Dickerson |
Boone |
Black |
Male |
Burglary |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
81 |
1884-05-09 |
Miles |
Petty |
Miles Petty |
Niles Petty |
Hardin |
Black |
Male |
Outraged an unmarried white woman |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
82 |
1884-07-05 |
Bill |
Gillespe |
Bill Gillespe |
|
Nicholas |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a black man |
Shot |
Possibly black |
|
83 |
1884-07-06 |
Richard |
Henderson |
Richard Henderson |
Dick Henderson |
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Cutting white boy |
|
|
Masked |
84 |
1884-07-14 |
W. J. |
Lucas |
W. J. Lucas |
|
Daviess |
White |
Male |
Defending the jail from a lynch mob |
Shot |
|
Masked |
85 |
1884-07-14 |
Richard |
May |
Richard May |
Dick May |
Daviess |
Black |
Male |
Attempted rape of a young white woman, daughter of a prominent farmer |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
86 |
1884-11-25 |
John G. |
Hughes |
John G. Hughes |
J. G. Hughes |
Rowan |
White |
Male |
|
|
Regulators |
|
87 |
1884-12-10 |
John P. |
Martin |
John P. Martin |
John Martin |
Rowan |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Riddled with bullets |
|
Masked |
88 |
1885-01-03 |
John |
Stapleton |
John Stapleton |
John Stepleton, James Stapleton, Jno. Stapleton |
Magoffin |
White |
Male |
Accessory to murder of a 27 year-old white man |
Hanged |
|
|
89 |
1885-05-26 |
Wesley |
Hicks |
Wesley Hicks |
Wes Hicks |
Simpson |
White |
Male |
Burning a home and a barn |
Hanged |
|
|
90 |
1885-05-26 |
Jerry |
Taylor |
Jerry Taylor |
|
Simpson |
White |
Male |
Burning a home and a barn |
Hanged |
|
|
91 |
1885-09-11 |
Sam |
Scales |
Sam Scales |
Richard Scales |
Boone |
White |
Male |
Rape of a 5 year-old white girl |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
Ku klux |
|
92 |
1886-01-24 |
Calvin |
Simpson |
Calvin Simpson |
Clement Simpson |
Henderson |
Black |
Male |
Murder of an old married white woman |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
|
93 |
1886-03-10 |
Handy |
Woodward |
Handy Woodward |
|
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Attempted outrage of a 12 year-old white girl |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
94 |
1886-03-22 |
Hampton |
Wade |
Hampton Wade |
H_elp Wade, Help Wade |
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Attempted rape of a white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
95 |
1886-03-22 |
Alexander |
North |
Alexander North |
Alex North, Unnamed |
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Attempted rape of a white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
96 |
1886-03-22 |
Henry |
Shaw |
Henry Shaw |
|
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Attempted rape of a white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
97 |
1886-04-28 |
Meredith |
Jones |
Meredith Jones |
Mendy Jones, Meridy Jones, Merudy Jones |
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Attempted rape of two white girls |
Shot |
|
Masked |
98 |
1886-06-28 |
|
Turkison |
Turkison |
Turkinson |
Elliott |
White |
Male |
Arson of a church and four homes and poisoning cattle |
Shot |
|
|
99 |
1886-06-28 |
|
Simens |
Simens |
Siemens, Simons/Simmons |
Elliott |
White |
Male |
Arson of a church and four homes and poisoning cattle |
Shot |
|
|
100 |
1887-01-29 |
Wm. Lud |
Cornish |
Wm. Lud Cornish |
William Cornish |
Washington |
White |
Male |
Murder of a young white woman and beating her mother |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
101 |
1887-03-10 |
William |
Jackson |
William Jackson |
Wm. Jackson |
Pendleton |
Black |
Male |
Killed a white man |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
102 |
1887-07-20 |
John |
Vanderford |
John Vanderford |
|
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Criminal assault on a 6 year-old white girl |
Hanged and shot |
|
|
103 |
1887-09-03 |
Charles |
Coleman |
Charles Coleman |
Thomas Coleman |
Fleming |
Black |
Male |
Assault on a widowed white woman and attempted criminal assault on a young, unmarried white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
104 |
1887-12-24 |
Thomas |
Doss |
Thomas Doss |
Tom Doss, Thomas Dass, Tom Dess |
Simpson |
Black |
Male |
Killing an old white man |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
105 |
1888-02-27 |
Samuel |
Price |
Samuel Price |
Sam Price, Isaac Price |
Hickman |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man, a sheriff |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
106 |
1888-02-27 |
Bill |
Reams |
Bill Reams |
William Reaws, William Reams |
Hickman |
Black |
Male |
Murderous assault on a white man, a farmer |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
107 |
1888-03-14 |
John Henry |
Skinner |
John Henry Skinner |
Henry H. Skinner, John Reynolds |
Christian |
Black |
Male |
Attempted murder of a white man, a farmer; shot a white woman |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
108 |
1888-05-10 |
Thomas |
Reney |
Thomas Reney |
|
Warren |
Black |
Male |
Poisoning 20 horses belong to his former white employer |
Hanged |
|
|
109 |
1888-06-10 |
James |
Foster |
James Foster |
|
Henderson |
Black |
Male |
Rape of 8 year-old black girl |
Hanged |
Black and white |
|
110 |
1888-07-06 |
Robert |
Bryan |
Robert Bryan |
|
Henderson |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white teenaged boy |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
111 |
1889-05-20 |
Joseph |
Thornton |
Joseph Thornton |
Joe Thornton, Jos. Thornton |
Ballard |
Black |
Male |
Rape of young white girl |
Hanged - strangulation |
|
Masked |
112 |
1889-06-22 |
Tony |
Cravasso |
Tony Cravasso |
Toney Cravasso, Tony Gravasso |
Bell |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man, a railroad contractor |
Hanged |
|
|
113 |
1889-06-26 |
Harry |
Ardell |
Harry Ardell |
Charles Ardell, Harry Forrest, Ardwell |
Bullitt |
White |
Male |
Murder of a Polish Jew peddler |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
114 |
1889-07-26 |
James |
Kelly |
James Kelly |
Jim Kelly |
Bourbon |
Black |
Male |
Rape of a married white woman, wife of a section boss of the Kentucky Central railroad |
Hanged |
|
|
115 |
1889-09-01 |
|
|
|
|
Wayne |
Black |
Male |
Outraging a 12 year-old white girl, daughter of a prominent and wealthy farmer |
Burned at the stake |
|
|
116 |
1889-11-24 |
Joseph A. |
Smith |
Joseph A. Smith |
J. O. A. Smith, O. A. Smith |
Todd |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man, a marshal |
Hanged |
|
|
117 |
1889-12-09 |
Jack |
Turner |
Jack Turner |
John Turner |
Green |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a young white man |
Hanged |
|
|
118 |
1889-12-19 |
Doc |
Jones |
Doc Jones |
Dock Jones |
Daviess |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white barber |
Hanged |
|
|
119 |
1890-03-20 |
Dan |
Gruell |
Dan Gruell |
Benjamin Grewell |
Harrison |
White |
Male |
Swindling, threatening to kill his neighbors, cruelity to his wife |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
120 |
1890-04-16 |
Samuel |
Moody |
Samuel Moody |
Sam Moody, Samuel Woody |
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Murder of his father |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
Black |
|
121 |
1890-06-24 |
Henry |
Watson |
Henry Watson |
Henry Watts |
Breckinridge |
Black |
Male |
Attempted rape of a 12 year-old white girl, daughter of a well-known citizen |
Hanged |
|
|
122 |
1890-08-21 |
John |
Henderson |
John Henderson |
|
Woodford |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a prominent white farmer, his employer |
Hanged |
|
|
123 |
1890-10-02 |
Ernest |
Humphreys |
Ernest Humphreys |
|
Caldwell |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a black man |
Hanged |
|
|
124 |
1891-04-16 |
Will |
Skaggs |
Will Skaggs |
William Skapp, Will Skapp |
Warren |
Black |
Male |
Murderous assault on a white man |
Shot |
|
Masked |
125 |
1891-05-20 |
Henry |
Wilcox |
Henry Wilcox |
Hy Wilcox, George Wilcox |
Elliott |
White |
Male |
Kidnapping, rape, and murder of a 21 year-old unmarried white woman, a school teacher |
Shot |
|
|
126 |
1891-05-20 |
John |
Wilcox |
John Wilcox |
|
Elliott |
White |
Male |
Kidnapping, rape, and murder of a 21 year-old unmarried white woman, a school teacher |
Shot |
|
|
127 |
1891-06-09 |
Ivan E. |
Shelby |
Ivan E. Shelby |
Evans Shelby |
Ballard |
White |
Male |
Murder and robbery of a married white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
128 |
1891-07-17 |
Frank |
Rossimus |
Frank Rossimus |
Frank Rassimus |
Bell |
White |
Male |
Attempted to provoke the police into an ambush |
Shot |
|
Masked |
129 |
1891-07-20 |
Sam |
Pulliam |
Sam Pulliam |
Sam Pullman, Samuel Pulhani |
Anderson |
Black |
Male |
Rape of a respectable young [white] married woman, wife of a prominent farmer |
Hanged |
|
|
130 |
1891-07-24 |
Jobe |
Grainger |
Jobe Grainger |
John Granger, John Grange, John Trainger |
Simpson |
Black |
Male |
Threatened white man, his employer |
Hanged |
|
|
131 |
1891-08-28 |
James |
Dudley |
James Dudley |
Frank Dudley, John Dudley |
Scott |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man, a wealthy farmer |
Hanged and shot |
|
|
132 |
1891-09-15 |
Joe |
Gilland |
Joe Gilland |
Josiah Gilliland |
Pulaski |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white sheriff |
Hanged |
|
|
133 |
1891-09-15 |
James Harve |
Gilland |
James Harve Gilland |
Harvey Gilland, James H. Gilliland |
Pulaski |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white sheriff |
Hanged |
|
|
134 |
1891-11-11 |
Joe |
Mitchell |
Joe Mitchell |
|
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Attempted rape of white girl - |
Hanged and shot |
|
|
135 |
1892-01-27 |
Lige |
Gibson |
Lige Gibson |
Lee Gibson, Lego Gibson |
Owen |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
136 |
1892-05-31 |
Wick |
Willis |
Wick Willis |
Nick Willis, Heck Willis, Hech Willis |
Taylor |
Black |
Male |
Attempted to rape a young unmarried white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
137 |
1892-06-06 |
Austin |
Porter |
Austin Porter |
|
Carter |
White |
Male |
Murdered his wife |
Hanged |
|
|
138 |
1892-06-09 |
Charles |
Hill |
Charles Hill |
Charley Hill |
McCracken |
Black |
Male |
Assault on an unmarried white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
139 |
1892-07-11 |
Elmer |
Edwards |
Elmer Edwards |
|
McCracken |
White |
Male |
Opposing a mob |
Shot |
Black |
|
140 |
1892-07-12 |
Henry |
Purvine |
Henry Purvine |
|
McCracken |
Black |
Male |
|
Shot |
Militia |
|
141 |
1892-07-13 |
John |
Redfern |
John Redfern |
J. R. Redferin |
Simpson |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man and fatally injuring a black man |
Hanged |
|
|
142 |
1892-08-16 |
Logan |
Murphy |
Logan Murphy |
|
Montgomery |
White |
Male |
Murder of a young white man |
|
|
|
143 |
1892-09-02 |
John |
Wilcoxsen |
John Wilcoxsen |
John Wilcoxson |
Metcalfe |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a young white man, a farmer |
Shot |
|
|
144 |
1892-12-19 |
James |
Bond |
James Bond |
Jim Bond, Jim Coleman |
Todd |
Black |
Male |
Attempted outrage on a married white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
145 |
1892-12-28 |
Bob |
Harper |
Bob Harper |
|
Warren |
Black |
Male |
Murderous assault and probable rape upon an unmarried white woman |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
|
146 |
1893-01-11 |
Edward |
Moorman |
Edward Moorman |
Ed Moorman |
Meade |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man, a farmer |
Hanged |
|
|
147 |
1893-01-12 |
Richard |
Moorman |
Richard Moorman |
Dick Moorman |
Meade |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man, a farmer |
Hanged |
|
|
148 |
1893-05-03 |
James |
Collins |
James Collins |
John Collins, J. B. Clark, Jim Collins |
Grant |
White |
Male |
Theft |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
Masked |
149 |
1893-07-07 |
Seay J. |
Miller |
Seay J. Miller |
Charles F. Miller, C. J. Miller, S. J. Miller/Glass-Eating Joe |
Carlisle |
Black |
Male |
Outrage and murder of two white girls, sisters |
Hanged |
|
|
150 |
1893-07-19 |
Rodney |
Gray |
Rodney Gray |
|
McCracken |
Black |
Male |
Robbery |
Stabbed |
Black |
|
151 |
1893-07-26 |
|
|
|
|
Graves |
Black |
Male |
Self-defense cut a white man with a knife |
Thrown into a threshing machine |
|
|
152 |
1893-08-01 |
Felix |
Poole |
Felix Poole |
|
Ohio |
White |
Male |
Assault on a 13 year-old white girl |
Hanged |
|
|
153 |
1893-08-15 |
|
|
|
|
McCracken |
Black |
Male |
Ravishing a married white woman |
Shot |
|
|
154 |
1893-08-18 |
Charles |
Walton |
Charles Walton |
Charles A. Waltoo, Charles Watson |
Union |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a 10 year-old white boy |
Hanged |
|
|
155 |
1893-08-28 |
Leonard |
Taylor |
Leonard Taylor |
Leonard Gough, Dennis Goff |
Henry |
Black |
Male |
Murderous assault on a young/boy white (Italian) peddler |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
156 |
1893-09-02 |
Wm. |
Akerson |
Wm. Akerson |
Bill Akerson, William Arkinson, William Arkison/Bill Atkison |
Lincoln |
Black |
Male |
Attempted outrage on a 8-9 year-old white girl |
Hanged |
|
|
157 |
1893-12-15 |
Henry G. |
Givens |
Henry G. Givens |
Henry Givens |
Hopkins |
Black |
Male |
Poisoning stock and threatening to poison a school well |
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
158 |
1894-01-07 |
Joshua |
Mitchell |
Joshua Mitchell |
Josh Mitchell |
Harrison |
Black |
Male |
Leader of a gang of thieves |
Riddled with bullets |
Whitecaps |
|
159 |
1894-01-21 |
M. G. |
Gamble |
M. G. Gamble |
M. G. Gumble |
Whitley |
Black |
Male |
Outrage on an 11 year-old white girl |
Hanged |
|
|
160 |
1894-03-02 |
Leonard |
Tye |
Leonard Tye |
Len Tye |
Harlan |
Black |
Male |
Kidnapping and repeated rapes of a white woman |
Skinned and head burned |
|
|
161 |
1894-06-25 |
Caleb |
Gadly |
Caleb Gadly |
Caleb Godly, Cabel Gadley |
Warren |
Black |
Male |
Attempted outrage on a married white woman, his employers wife |
Hanged |
|
|
162 |
1894-07-15 |
Edwin |
Traughber |
Edwin Traughber |
|
Logan |
White |
Male |
Bad character and attempted murder of a white family |
Hanged |
|
|
163 |
1894-07-16 |
Marion |
Howard |
Marion Howard |
|
Allen |
Black |
Male |
Criminal assault on an under 10 year-old white girl |
Hanged |
|
|
164 |
1894-07-17 |
Louis |
Laferdetta |
Louis Laferdetta |
Louis Lafardette, Louis Lafordette, Louis Lafierdettta |
Boone |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man, a farmer |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
165 |
1894-07-26 |
William |
Tyler |
William Tyler |
Wm. Tyler, Bill Tyler |
Nicholas |
Black |
Male |
Criminal assault on a 13 year-old white girl |
Hanged |
|
|
166 |
1894-08-14 |
Marshall |
Boston |
Marshall Boston |
|
Franklin |
Black |
Male |
Rape of a married white woman |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
|
167 |
1894-10-01 |
Berry |
Rich |
Berry Rich |
Rich Berry |
Crittenden |
White |
Male |
Arson and theft of livestock |
Hanged |
Whitecaps |
|
168 |
1894-10-09 |
Alexander |
Richardson |
Alexander Richardson |
Alex Richardson, Al Richardson |
Estill |
White |
Male |
Outrage and murder of a married white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
169 |
1894-10-14 |
Willis |
Griffey |
Willis Griffey |
|
Caldwell |
Black |
Male |
Attempted criminal assault on an 18 year-old unmarried white woman |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
|
170 |
1894-10-14 |
Oscar |
Morton |
Oscar Morton |
Oscar Martin |
Lee |
White |
Male |
Murder of white man, a sheriff |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
|
171 |
1894-10-30 |
Edward |
Martin |
Edward Martin |
Eddie Martin, Eddy Martin |
Crittenden |
White |
Male |
Member of a gang of thieves and arsonists; refusing to inform on another man |
Hanged |
|
|
172 |
1894-11-04 |
Gabe |
Nalls |
Gabe Nalls |
Gabe Nolla, Gobella, George B. Nolla |
Crittenden |
White |
Male |
Member of a gang of thieves and arsonists |
|
Whitecaps |
|
173 |
1894-11-04 |
Ulysses |
Nalls |
Ulysses Nalls |
Ulyssess Nalls, Ulysses Nolla, Son of Gobella |
Crittenden |
White |
Male |
Member of a gang of thieves and arsonists |
|
Whitecaps |
|
174 |
1894-12-08 |
Thomas |
Edgington |
Thomas Edgington |
|
Washington |
White |
Male |
Wife-beating |
Shot |
Whitecaps |
|
175 |
1895-01-01 |
Tom |
Blair |
Tom Blair |
Thomas Blair, Thomas Blau |
Montgomery |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
176 |
1895-04-25 |
George |
Ray |
George Ray |
|
Washington |
Black |
Male |
Illicit relations with white women and making threats against whitecaps |
Hanged |
Whitecaps |
|
177 |
1895-05-16 |
John M. |
Howardton |
John M. Howardton |
John Howerton, John Howeston, John Powerton |
Crittenden |
White |
Male |
Criminal assault on the 16 year-old white girl, daughter of a prominent white farmer |
Hanged |
|
|
178 |
1895-05-24 |
Claude |
Kennedy |
Claude Kennedy |
Claude Thompson |
Union |
Black |
Male |
Attempted outrage on a 13 year-old white girl |
Hanged |
|
|
179 |
1895-06-28 |
Mollie |
Smith |
Mollie Smith |
Milly Smith |
Trigg |
White |
Female |
Aiding murderer of two white men, farmers |
Riddled with buckshot |
|
|
180 |
1895-06-28 |
Abitahl |
Colston |
Abitahl Colston |
C. Frank Colston |
Trigg |
White |
Male |
Murder of two white men, farmers |
Riddled with buckshot |
|
|
181 |
1895-07-08 |
Hewlett |
Howton |
Hewlett Howton |
Howton Howelett |
Caldwell |
White |
Male |
Suspected of burning some fences and informing |
Shot |
|
Masked |
182 |
1895-07-16 |
Robert |
Haggard |
Robert Haggard |
Robert Huggard, Bob Haggard |
Clark |
Black |
Male |
Attempting to criminally assault a young unmarried white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
183 |
1895-08-26 |
Harrison |
Lewis |
Harrison Lewis |
|
Washington |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a black man |
Hanged |
Black |
|
184 |
1895-09-02 |
William |
Butcher |
William Butcher |
Wm. Butcher |
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Assault and threatening white police officer |
Riddled with bullets |
Whitecaps |
|
185 |
1895-11-18 |
|
|
|
|
Henderson |
Black |
Male |
Assault on a 18 year-old black girl |
Shot |
Black |
|
186 |
1895-11-18 |
|
|
|
|
Henderson |
Black |
Male |
Assault on a 18 year-old black girl |
Shot |
Black |
|
187 |
1895-11-23 |
|
|
|
|
Marshall |
Black |
Male |
Train wrecking |
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
188 |
1895-12-29 |
William |
Dever |
William Dever |
Wm. Dever, William Deveres |
Marion |
White |
Male |
Adultery |
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
189 |
1895-12-29 |
Mrs. T. J. |
West |
Mrs. T. J. West |
Mrs. Thomas J. West |
Marion |
White |
Female |
Adultery |
Burned |
|
|
190 |
1896-02-15 |
Fountain |
Martin |
Fountain Martin |
Fomit Martin, Fount Martin |
Wayne |
White |
Male |
Barn-burning |
Hanged |
Masked |
|
191 |
1896-03-13 |
John |
Windors |
John Windors |
John Winders, John Windsors |
Todd |
White |
Male |
Wife-beating and general misconduct |
Hanged |
Whitecaps |
|
192 |
1896-05-10 |
W. H. |
Paschall |
W. H. Paschall |
Unnamed Negro, Unknown Negro |
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Murderous assault on a white man, a marshal |
Hanged |
|
|
193 |
1896-09-10 |
Thomas |
White |
Thomas White |
|
Caldwell |
Black |
Male |
|
Shot |
Whitecaps |
|
194 |
1896-12-07 |
Thomas |
Barnett |
Thomas Barnett |
|
Breathitt |
White |
Male |
Mistaken identity |
Shot |
Ku klux |
|
195 |
1896-12-18 |
Dink |
Procter |
Dink Procter |
Pink Proctor, Dink Proctor |
Logan |
White |
Male |
Murder of two white boys |
Hanged |
|
|
196 |
1896-12-18 |
Arch |
Procter |
Arch Procter |
Arch Proctor |
Logan |
White |
Male |
Murder of two white boys |
Hanged |
|
|
197 |
1896-12-18 |
William |
Procter |
William Procter |
Bill Proctor, Wm. Procter, Will Proctor |
Logan |
White |
Male |
Murder of two white boys |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
|
198 |
1896-12-18 |
George |
Finley |
George Finley |
Henry Finley |
Graves |
Black |
Male |
Attacking a white man |
Shot |
|
Masked |
199 |
1896-12-21 |
James |
Stone |
James Stone |
Jim Stone |
Graves |
Black |
Male |
Criminally assaulting a married white woman |
Hanged and shot |
|
Masked |
200 |
1896-12-22 |
Will |
Suett |
Will Suett |
William Suett, Will Suet |
Graves |
Black |
Male |
Race prejudice |
Shot |
|
|
201 |
1896-12-26 |
Alfred |
Alexander |
Alfred Alexander |
Alf Alexander, Alfred Holt |
Daviess |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man, a policeman |
Hanged-strangulation |
|
|
202 |
1897-02-04 |
Robert |
Morton |
Robert Morton |
|
Warren |
Black |
Male |
Writing an insulting letter to a young unmarried white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
203 |
1897-04-12 |
Wilber |
Boyden |
Wilber Boyden |
William Brayden, William Braydee, Wilber Bayden |
Bell |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
204 |
1897-07-21 |
Ephraim |
Brinkley |
Ephraim Brinkley |
|
Hopkins |
White |
Male |
Bad character, suspected murderer, and hog & cattle thief |
Hanged |
|
|
205 |
1897-08-06 |
Jack |
Williams |
Jack Williams |
|
Knox |
White |
Male |
Criminally assaulting a white girl, a deaf mute |
|
|
|
206 |
1897-08-13 |
George |
Wilson |
George Wilson |
|
Nicholas |
Black |
Male |
Bad reputation; robbery |
Hanged |
|
|
207 |
1897-08-22 |
Elkanah |
Sullivan |
Elkanah Sullivan |
Eleany Sullivan, Elcany Sullivan |
Whitley |
White |
Male |
Murderous assault on his sister-in-law |
Hanged |
|
|
208 |
1897-09-26 |
Raymond |
Bushrod |
Raymond Bushrod |
Raymond Brushrod |
Hancock |
Black |
Male |
Rape of a 14 year-old white girl |
Hanged |
|
|
209 |
1898-02-23 |
Richard |
Allen |
Richard Allen |
|
Graves |
Black |
Male |
Robbery |
Hanged-strangulation |
|
|
210 |
1898-06-16 |
Caleb |
Gaines |
Caleb Gaines |
Gams Calls |
Barren |
Black |
Male |
Attempted to outrage a young white girl |
Hanged |
|
|
211 |
1898-06-26 |
George |
Scott |
George Scott |
George Stout |
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Attempted criminal assault on a married white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
212 |
1898-10-21 |
Arch |
Bauer |
Arch Bauer |
Arch Baun, Arch Baur |
Cumberland |
Black |
Male |
Assaulting and attempted murder of a young unmarried white woman, a prominent white farmers daughter |
Hanged and shot |
|
|
213 |
1898-11-30 |
|
|
|
|
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Murder and robbery of a white man |
|
|
|
214 |
1898-12-14 |
Pleas |
Goin |
Pleas Goin |
|
Bell |
White |
Male |
Killing one white man and fatally wounding another white man |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
|
215 |
1899-06-27 |
Henry |
Stewart |
Henry Stewart |
Henry Stevens |
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Robbery and assault on a white man |
Hanged |
Black and white |
|
216 |
1899-08-19 |
John |
Bolin |
John Bolin |
Squab Bolin |
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Murder and robbery of a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
217 |
1899-12-06 |
Richard |
Coleman |
Richard Coleman |
Dick Coleman |
Mason |
Black |
Male |
Rape and murder of the wife of a well-to-do white farmer, his employer |
Burned |
|
|
218 |
1900-10-18 |
Fratus |
Warfield |
Fratus Warfield |
Fraten Warfield, Fratur Warfield, Erastus Warfield |
Todd |
Black |
Male |
Attempted criminal assault on a married white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
219 |
1901-02-11 |
George |
Carter |
George Carter |
|
Bourbon |
Black |
Male |
Attempted assault on a married white woman, wife of a banker |
Hanged - strangulation |
|
|
220 |
1901-08-20 |
Frank |
Stevens |
Frank Stevens |
|
Ohio |
Black |
Male |
Assault on a married white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
221 |
1901-09-12 |
Samuel |
Feed |
Samuel Feed |
Samuel Reed, Sam Reed, Frank Feed |
Ballard |
Black |
Male |
Murder of an old and respected negro, according to the Constitution and the Courier-Journal |
Hanged |
Mostly black with some whites |
|
222 |
1901-09-12 |
Frank |
Howard |
Frank Howard |
Sam Howard |
Ballard |
Black |
Male |
Murder of an old and respected negro, according to the Constitution and the Courier-Journal |
Hanged |
Mostly black with some whites |
|
223 |
1901-09-12 |
Ernest |
Harris |
Ernest Harris |
Ernst Harrison |
Ballard |
Black |
Male |
Murder of an old and respected negro, according to the Constitution and the Courier-Journal |
Hanged |
Mostly black with some whites |
|
224 |
1901-10-02 |
Jimbo |
Fields |
Jimbo Fields |
Jumbo Fields, Jumbo Field |
Shelby |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man, a printer |
Hanged |
|
|
225 |
1901-10-02 |
Clarence |
Garnett |
Clarence Garnett |
Clarence Garnet |
Shelby |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man, a printer |
Hanged |
|
|
226 |
1901-10-08 |
Mrs. Ben C. |
Perkins |
Mrs. Ben C. Perkins |
|
Shelby |
White |
Female |
Being present at the lynching |
Frightened |
|
|
227 |
1901-10-26 |
Robert H. |
Coffey |
Robert H. Coffey |
|
Christian |
White |
Male |
Labor troubles in the coal mines |
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
228 |
1901-10-31 |
Silas |
Esters |
Silas Esters |
|
LaRue |
Black |
Male |
Sexual molestation of a 15 year-old white boy |
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
229 |
1902-01-11 |
James |
Mayes |
James Mayes |
Jim Mays, Jas. Mays |
Washington |
Black |
Male |
Assaulted the unmarried daughter of a prominent white farmer |
Hanged |
|
|
230 |
1902-02-06 |
Thomas |
Brown |
Thomas Brown |
Tom Brown |
Jessamine |
Black |
Male |
Criminal assault on a 15 year-old white girl, daughter of once local Republican leader |
Hanged |
|
|
231 |
1902-02-14 |
Bill |
Dooley |
Bill Dooley |
Bell Duly, Bell Dooley, Duly Bell |
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Altercation with a white Special Officer |
Shot |
|
|
232 |
1902-03-19 |
Elijah |
Drake |
Elijah Drake |
|
Breckinridge |
Black |
Male |
Stealing chickens |
Shot |
|
|
233 |
1902-03-20 |
James |
Stewart |
James Stewart |
Jas. Stewart |
Breckinridge |
Black |
Male |
Larceny |
Shot |
|
|
234 |
1902-04-30 |
Ernest |
Dewley |
Ernest Dewley |
Ernest Deewly |
Meade |
Black |
Male |
Shooting (wounding) a young white man |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
|
235 |
1902-07-17 |
Joshua |
Anderson |
Joshua Anderson |
Josh Anderson, Joseph Anderson, John Anderson |
Daviess |
White |
Male |
Murder of his wife |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
236 |
1902-11-16 |
Harlan |
Buckles |
Harlan Buckles |
Harlan Buckless, Allen Buckles |
Hardin |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white deputy sheriff |
Hanged |
|
|
237 |
1903-01-24 |
John |
Jones |
John Jones |
|
McLean |
Black |
Male |
Assault on a 27 year-old married black woman |
Shot-drown |
Black |
|
238 |
1903-07-15 |
William |
Thacker |
William Thacker |
Wm. Thacker, William Thackson |
Fleming |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Hanged |
|
|
239 |
1903-10-16 |
Thomas |
Hall |
Thomas Hall |
Tom Hall, Bob Duglas, Bob Douglas |
Ballard |
Black |
Male |
Shooting a 18 year-old white boy |
Hanged |
|
|
240 |
1904-01-24 |
Lewis |
Radford |
Lewis Radford |
|
Todd |
Black |
Male |
Rape and murder of a black woman |
Shot and hanged |
Black |
|
241 |
1904-08-30 |
Joseph |
Bumpass |
Joseph Bumpass |
Joe Bumpass |
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Attempted criminal assault on a 13-18 year-old unmarried white girl |
Drown |
|
|
242 |
1905-07-07 |
Leon |
Beard |
Leon Beard |
Lon Beard, Lew Beard |
Spencer |
Black |
Male |
Attempt to assault a married white woman |
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
243 |
1905-09-24 |
Moses |
Lovern |
Moses Lovern |
|
Pike |
Black |
Male |
Assaulting a white man |
Whipped, beaten, and stoned |
|
Masked |
244 |
1905-10-12 |
Frank |
Leavell |
Frank Leavell |
|
Todd |
Black |
Male |
Attempted for force entry into the home of an unmarried white woman and her mother |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
245 |
1905-10-17 |
Virgil |
Bowers |
Virgil Bowers |
Virgil Powers |
Laurel |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a white man, a prominent and wealth white lumber dealer |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
246 |
1906-01-21 |
Ernest |
Baker |
Ernest Baker |
|
Trigg |
Black |
Male |
Attempted criminal assault on an unmarried 18 year-old white girl |
Hanged |
|
|
247 |
1907-08-16 |
Will |
Clifford |
Will Clifford |
William Clifford, Wm. Clifford |
Hickman |
Black |
Male |
Rape and murder of 50-56 year-old married white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
248 |
1908-03-21 |
Harlan |
Hedges |
Harlan Hedges |
|
Nicholas |
White |
Male |
Refused to put his tobacco crop in a collective pool |
Shot |
Night riders |
|
249 |
1908-03-24 |
Tom |
Weaver |
Tom Weaver |
Thomas Weaver |
Trigg |
Black |
Male |
|
Shot |
Night riders |
|
250 |
1908-04-03 |
George |
Tutt |
George Tutt |
|
Todd |
Black |
Male |
Carrying a revolver |
|
|
Masked |
251 |
1908-05-31 |
Jake |
McDowell |
Jake McDowell |
Jacob McDowell |
Webster |
Black |
Male |
Murderous assault on a white deputy marshal |
Shot |
|
|
252 |
1908-08-01 |
Joseph |
Riley |
Joseph Riley |
Joe Riley |
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Approved of the killing of a white farmer by a black tenant |
Hanged |
|
|
253 |
1908-08-01 |
John |
Jones |
John Jones |
Thomas Jones , Thos. Jones, Tom Jones |
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Approved of the killing of a white farmer by a black tenant |
Hanged |
|
|
254 |
1908-08-01 |
Virgil |
Jones |
Virgil Jones |
|
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Approved of the killing of a white farmer by a black tenant |
Hanged |
|
|
255 |
1908-08-01 |
Robert |
Boyer |
Robert Boyer |
Robert Jones, Robt. Jones |
Logan |
Black |
Male |
Approved of the killing of a white farmer by a black tenant |
Hanged |
|
|
256 |
1908-10-03 |
|
Walker |
Walker |
Child of Davis, Walkers Child |
Fulton |
Black |
|
Race prejudice |
Shot |
Night riders |
|
257 |
1908-10-03 |
|
Walker |
Walker |
Daughter of Davis, Child of Wallace |
Fulton |
Black |
Female |
Race prejudice |
Shot |
Night riders |
|
258 |
1908-10-03 |
David |
Walker |
David Walker |
Dave Walker, David Wallace, Wallace Davis |
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Cursed white woman and threatened a white man |
Riddled with bullets |
Night riders |
|
259 |
1908-10-03 |
|
Walker |
Walker |
|
Fulton |
Black |
|
Race prejudice |
Shot |
Night riders |
|
260 |
1908-10-03 |
|
Walker |
Walker |
Walkers Child, Child of David Wallace, Child of Davis |
Fulton |
Black |
|
Race prejudice |
Shot |
Night riders |
|
261 |
1908-10-03 |
Mrs. David |
Walker |
Mrs. David Walker |
Mrs. Wallace Davis, Mrs. Wallace, Wife of David Wallace |
Fulton |
Black |
Female |
Race prejudice |
Shot |
Night riders |
|
262 |
1908-10-03 |
|
Walker |
Walker |
Child of Davis, Walkers Child, Child of Wallace |
Fulton |
Black |
|
Cursed a white woman and threatened a white man with a pistol |
Shot |
Night riders |
|
263 |
1908-12-16 |
Elmer |
Hill |
Elmer Hill |
James Hill |
Russell |
White |
Male |
Murder of his cousin, a 12 year-old white girl |
Hanged |
|
|
264 |
1909-04-09 |
Benjamin/Ben |
Brame |
Benjamin/Ben Brame |
Booker Brame, Bennie Booker Brame, Bennie Brame |
Trigg |
Black |
Male |
Attempted rape of 17 year-old white girl, daughter of a prominent Trigg Co. farmer |
Hanged |
|
|
265 |
1909-06-03 |
John |
Maxey |
John Maxey |
Jno. Maxey, John May |
Franklin |
Black |
Male |
Shot a white man, employee of a circus |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
Masked |
266 |
1909-08-09 |
John |
Simpson |
John Simpson |
|
Allen |
White |
Male |
Involved in a dispute over custody of a child |
Shot |
|
Masked |
267 |
1909-08-09 |
Wallace |
Miller |
Wallace Miller |
|
Trigg |
Black |
Male |
Attempted assault on 11 year-old white girl, daughter of a prominent farmer |
Hanged |
|
|
268 |
1910-03-29 |
Charles |
Carroll |
Charles Carroll |
Carroll |
Edmonson |
White |
Male |
|
Shot |
Night riders |
|
269 |
1911-01-15 |
Eugene |
Marshall |
Eugene Marshall |
Gene Marshall |
Shelby |
Black |
Male |
Murder of a black woman |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
270 |
1911-01-15 |
Wade |
Patterson |
Wade Patterson |
John Patterson |
Shelby |
Black |
Male |
Insulted white women |
Shot |
|
Masked |
271 |
1911-01-15 |
James |
West |
James West |
Sam West, Jim West |
Shelby |
Black |
Male |
Attempting liberties with a 14 year-old white girl flirting |
|
|
Masked |
272 |
1911-04-20 |
William |
Potter |
William Potter |
M. Potter, Will Porter |
McLean |
Black |
Male |
Wounded a 22 year-old white man |
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
273 |
1911-05-22 |
J. W. |
King |
J. W. King |
|
Letcher |
White |
Male |
|
Hanged |
|
|
274 |
1911-05-25 |
|
|
|
|
Letcher |
White |
Male |
|
Hanged |
|
|
275 |
1911-05-25 |
|
|
|
|
Letcher |
White |
Male |
|
Hanged |
|
|
276 |
1911-05-25 |
|
|
|
|
Letcher |
White |
Male |
|
Hanged |
|
|
277 |
1913-09-26 |
Joseph |
Richardson |
Joseph Richardson |
Joe Richardson |
Grayson |
Black |
Male |
Criminal assault on an 11 year-old white girl |
|
|
|
278 |
1914-11-12 |
Henry |
Allen |
Henry Allen |
Henry Alley |
Muhlenberg |
White |
Male |
Possible falling out with a band of regulators |
Hanged |
Regulators |
|
279 |
1915-01-12 |
Pedro |
Mohundro |
Pedro Mohundro |
Pedro Molinndro, Pedro Molfundro, P. Molinndro/Peter Onohund |
Ballard |
Black |
Male |
Failed to leave the area |
Riddled with bullets |
Night riders |
Masked |
280 |
1915-02-09 |
Thomas |
Tinker |
Thomas Tinker |
Tom Tinker |
Graves |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man, a constable |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
|
281 |
1915-02-12 |
Houston |
Underwood |
Houston Underwood |
|
Estill |
White |
Male |
Mistaken identity |
Shot |
|
|
282 |
1915-06-04 |
Arthur |
Bell |
Arthur Bell |
|
Caldwell |
Black |
Male |
Burglary and attempted to assault a young married white woman |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
283 |
1915-11-28 |
Ellis |
Buckner |
Ellis Buckner |
|
Henderson |
Black |
Male |
Detaining an unmarried white woman against her will |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
284 |
1916-10-16 |
Brack |
Kinley |
Brack Kinley |
Brock Henley, Brick Kenley |
McCracken |
Black |
Male |
Beat and criminally assaulted a married white woman |
Hanged |
|
|
285 |
1916-10-16 |
Luther |
Durrett |
Luther Durrett |
James Thornhill, Jesse Durett |
McCracken |
Black |
Male |
Criticized mob taking Brack Kinley to be lynched and threatening whites |
Hanged |
|
|
286 |
1917-05-20 |
Lawrence |
Dempsey |
Lawrence Dempsey |
Laurence Dempsey |
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Assault with a razor upon a white railroad watchman |
Hanged |
|
|
287 |
1918-12-16 |
Charles |
Lewis |
Charles Lewis |
Charlie Lewis |
Fulton |
Black |
Male |
Assaulting a white man, a deputy sheriff, robbery |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
288 |
1920-02-09 |
L. M. |
King |
L. M. King |
|
Fayette |
White |
Male |
Member of the lynch mob |
Shot |
Troops |
|
289 |
1920-02-09 |
John |
Thomas |
John Thomas |
|
Fayette |
White |
Male |
Member of the lynch mob |
Shot |
Troops |
|
290 |
1920-02-09 |
William |
Effington |
William Effington |
|
Fayette |
White |
Male |
Member of the lynch mob |
Shot |
Troops |
|
291 |
1920-02-09 |
B. F. |
Carrier |
B. F. Carrier |
|
Fayette |
White |
Male |
Member of the lynch mob |
Shot |
Troops |
|
292 |
1920-03-29 |
Grant |
Smith |
Grant Smith |
|
Fleming |
Black |
Male |
Rape [twice] of the teenage daughter of his former employer |
Hanged |
|
|
293 |
1921-03-13 |
Richard |
James |
Richard James |
|
Woodford |
Black |
Male |
Murder of two white men |
Hanged |
|
|
294 |
1923-08-10 |
Dinnie |
Williams |
Dinnie Williams |
|
Harlan |
White |
Male |
Killed a white man, a coal miner |
Shot |
|
|
295 |
1924-10-26 |
Frederick |
Shannon |
Frederick Shannon |
Kid Shannon, Fred Shannon |
Floyd |
Black |
Male |
Murdered a white man |
Riddled with bullets |
|
|
296 |
1926-06-15 |
Primus |
Kirby |
Primus Kirby |
Trimus Kirby |
Todd |
Black |
Male |
Murdered his wife and wounded a white man, a deputy |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
|
297 |
1929-12-25 |
Chester |
Fugate |
Chester Fugate |
|
Breathitt |
White |
Male |
Murder of a white man |
Shot |
|
|
298 |
1932-04-16 |
C. P. |
Stivers |
C. P. Stivers |
C.T. Stivers |
Clay |
Black |
Male |
Being a witness to the killing of a black man |
Multiple shotgun blasts |
|
|
299 |
1932-05-31 |
Walter |
Merrick |
Walter Merrick |
|
Caldwell |
White |
Male |
Dynamiting store and seriously injuring its white owner |
Hanged |
|
Masked |
300 |
1934-01-24 |
Rex |
Scott |
Rex Scott |
|
Knott |
Black |
Male |
Clubbing a white man during an altercation who later died |
Hanged and riddled with bullets |
|
Masked |
301 |