Lynching in America:Confronting the Legacy of

Racial Terror

SUPPLEMENT:Lynchings by County

Third Edition

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African American Lynching Victims in the South, 1877-1950Number of Lynchings per County/Parish

ALABAMA

Autauga 4Baldwin 1Barbour 6Bibb 11Blount 3Bullock 3Butler 13Calhoun 3Chambers 2Cherokee 2Chilton 12Choctaw 7Clarke 6Clay 1Cleburne 2Coffee 3Colbert 11Coosa 2Covington 6Crenshaw 4Dale 2Dallas 19Elmore 14Etowah 1Franklin 2Geneva 2Hale 1Henry 13Houston 8Jackson 3Jefferson 29Lamar 5Lauderdale 3

Lawrence 1Lee 4Limestone 3Lowndes 16Macon 1Madison 10Marengo 4Marion 1Mobile 7Monroe 17Montgomery 12Morgan 3Perry 1Pickens 15Pike 4Russell 5Shelby 9St. Clair 7Sumter 8Talladega 4Tallapoosa 4Tuscaloosa 10Walker 4Washington 3Wilcox 4

ARKANSAS

Arkansas 18Ashley 10Boone 2Bradley 4Calhoun 10Chicot 3Clark 6

Cleveland 3Columbia 3Conway 4Craighead 5Crittenden 8Cross 2Desha 9Drew 8Faulkner 2Garland 3Grant 2Hempstead 6Hot Spring 1Howard 4Jackson 3Jefferson 7Johnson 2Lafayette 6Lee 15Lincoln 6Little River 11Logan 1Lonoke 11Miller 6Mississippi 7Monroe 12Nevada 2Ouachita 11Phillips 245Poinsett 2Polk 1Pope 2Prairie 2Pulaski 5Sebastian 1

African American Lynching Victims in the South, 1877-1950Number of Lynchings per County/Parish

Sevier 5St. Francis 6Stone 1Union 4White 3Woodruff 2

FLORIDA

Alachua 18Baker 7Bay 2Bradford 5Brevard 1Broward 1Calhoun 4Charlotte 1Citrus 7Clay 1Collier 1Columbia 20DeSoto 3Duval 7Escambia 6Franklin 2Gadsden 4Hamilton 6Hardee 1Hernando 11Hillsborough 5Holmes 7Jackson 9Jefferson 1Lafayette 13Lake 3Lee 3

Leon 4Levy 8Liberty 1Madison 14Manatee 6Marion 19Miami-Dade 3Orange 33Palm Beach 2Pasco 6Pinellas 2Polk 20Putnam 3Santa Rosa 3Seminole 2St. Johns 1Sumter 3Suwannee 12Taylor 15Volusia 4Washington 1

GEORGIA

Appling 3Baker 10Baldwin 2Barrow 1Bartow 3Bibb 7Bleckley 10Brantley 3Brooks 20Bryan 3Bulloch 9Burke 3

Butts 2Calhoun 9Camden 2Candler 1Carroll 2Catoosa 2Chatham 2Chattahoochee 1Chattooga 3Clarke 1Clay 5Clayton 3Clinch 2Cobb 1Coffee 8Colquitt 7Columbia 5Cook 1Coweta 5Crawford 1Crisp 6Dade 2Decatur 10DeKalb 4Dodge 9Dooly 9Dougherty 2Douglas 1Early 24Echols 4Effingham 3Elbert 2Emanuel 8Fayette 5Floyd 4Forsyth 1

African American Lynching Victims in the South, 1877-1950Number of Lynchings per County/Parish

Franklin 1Fulton 35Glascock 1Glynn 3Gordon 1Grady 2Greene 2Gwinnett 3Habersham 6Hancock 2Haralson 1Harris 7Henry 1Houston 4Irwin 5Jackson 1Jasper 10Jefferson 3Jenkins 7Johnson 6Jones 5Lamar 3Laurens 4Lee 9Liberty 4Lincoln 6Lowndes 4Macon 2Madison 5Marion 3McDuffie 2McIntosh 3Meriwether 5Miller 9Mitchell 11Monroe 6

Montgomery 10Morgan 2Murray 2Muscogee 5Newton 1Oconee 11Oglethorpe 4Peach 3Pierce 6Pike 3Polk 1Pulaski 3Quitman 1Randolph 7Richmond 2Schley 4Screven 3Seminole 3Spalding 7Stephens 1Stewart 5Sumter 2Talbot 6Taliaferro 2Tattnall 5Taylor 1Telfair 1Thomas 8Tift 4Toombs 3Troup 3Turner 2Twiggs 5Walker 1Walton 9Ware 4

Warren 4Washington 2Wayne 9Webster 1Wheeler 2Whitfield 5Wilcox 6Wilkes 4Wilkinson 3

ILLINOIS

Alexander 3Cook 1Edgar 1Fulton 1Jackson 1Lawrence 1Macon 1Marshall 1Perry 1Pulaski 1Sangamon 2Scott 1St. Clair 40Union 1Vermilion 1

INDIANA

Clark 1Grant 2Hancock 1Henry 1Johnson 1Knox 1

African American Lynching Victims in the South, 1877-1950Number of Lynchings per County/Parish

Kosciusko 1Posey 5Pulaski 1Spencer 3Sullivan 1Vigo 1

KANSAS

Brown 2Cherokee 1Crawford 4Douglas 3Labette 2Leavenworth 3Miami 1Pawnee 1Saline 1Shawnee 1

KENTUCKY

Adair 1Allen 2Ballard 3Barren 1Boone 4Bourbon 2Breathitt 1Breckinridge 3Caldwell 2Carlisle 1Christian 3Clark 2Crittenden 1Cumberland 1

Daviess 3Fayette 4Fleming 2Floyd 1Franklin 2Fulton 20Gallatin 1Graves 6Grayson 1Green 1Hancock 1Hardin 3Harlan 1Harrison 2Hart 2Henderson 4Henry 4Hickman 1Hopkins 2Jessamine 2Knott 1Knox 1LaRue 1Lincoln 1Livingston 1Logan 12Marion 2Marshall 3Mason 4McCracken 5McLean 1Meade 3Metcalfe 1Montgomery 1Nicholas 3Ohio 1

Oldham 1Owen 1Pike 1Scott 1Shelby 6Simpson 2Spencer 1Todd 7Trigg 3Union 3Warren 4Washington 2Wayne 1Webster 1Whitley 1Woodford 2

LOUISIANA

Acadia 1Allen 2Ascension 1Assumption 3Avoyelles 4Bienville 10Bossier 26Caddo 48Calcasieu 4Caldwell 5Catahoula 8Claiborne 10Concordia 16DeSoto 4East Baton Rouge 2East Feliciana 6

African American Lynching Victims in the South, 1877-1950Number of Lynchings per County/Parish

Evangeline 5Franklin 6Grant 6Iberia 26Iberville 9Jackson 4Jefferson 11Jefferson Davis 3Lafayette 6Lafourche 52Lincoln 8Livingston 2Madison 12Morehouse 16Natchitoches 2Orleans 14Ouachita 38Plaquemines 1Pointe Coupee11Rapides 10Red River 2Richland 13Sabine 1St. Bernard 3St. Charles 3St. Helena 3St. James 6St. John the Baptist

4St. Landry 8St. Martin 2St. Mary 4St. Tammany 9Tangipahoa 24Tensas 29Union 5

Washington 12Webster 9West Baton Rouge

3West Carroll 9West Feliciana7Winn 1

MARYLAND

Allegany 1Anne Arundel 5Baltimore 1Calvert 1Carroll 1Frederick 3Harford 1Howard 2Kent 1Montgomery 3Prince George's 2Queen Anne's 1Somerset 4St. Mary's 1Wicomico 2

MISSISSIPPI

Adams 3Alcorn 5Amite 14Attala 5Benton 3Bolivar 14Calhoun 2Carroll 29

Chickasaw 6Claiborne 4Clarke 10Clay 8Coahoma 13Copiah 10DeSoto 11Forrest 9Franklin 13George 2Greene 1Grenada 7Hancock 2Harrison 10Hinds 22Holmes 11Humphreys 10Issaquena 6Itawamba 1Jackson 8Jefferson 4Jefferson Davis 1Jones 5Kemper 24Lafayette 7Lamar 1Lauderdale 16Lawrence 6Leake 2Lee 2Leflore 48Lincoln 10Lowndes 19Madison 7Marion 2Marshall 4

African American Lynching Victims in the South, 1877-1950Number of Lynchings per County/Parish

Monroe 14Montgomery 9Neshoba 5Newton 6Noxubee 10Oktibbeha 6Panola 4Pearl River 3Perry 2Pike 13Pontotoc 1Prentiss 1Quitman 9Rankin 9Scott 13Sharkey 6Simpson 8Smith 8Stone 7Sunflower 12Tallahatchie 12Tate 9Tishomingo 4Tunica 10Union 1Walthall 4Warren 14Washington 12Wayne 1Webster 2Wilkinson 9Winston 11Yalobusha 4Yazoo 18

MISSOURI

Barry 1Bates 1Boone 2Buchanan 1Butler 2Callaway 4Cape Girardeau 1Clay 2Clinton 1Franklin 1Greene 3Howard 5Iron 1Jackson 1Jasper 1Lafayette 2Lawrence 3Macon 2Mississippi 4New Madrid 2Nodaway 1Pemiscot 3Pike 5Platte 1Ralls 1Randolph 3Ray 1Reynolds 1Saline 1Scott 1St. Louis 1Wayne 1

NORTH CAROLINA

Alamance 1Anson 2Avery 1Beaufort 1Bertie 2Bladen 1Buncombe 3Burke 2Cabarrus 2Camden 1Carteret 1Caswell 1Chatham 6Cleveland 1Craven 2Davidson 1Edgecombe 2Franklin 3Gaston 3Granville 6Greene 1Guilford 1Halifax 1Haywood 1Hertford 1Iredell 3Johnston 4Jones 1Lenoir 1Macon 1Mecklenburg 2Moore 2Nash 1New Hanover 22

African American Lynching Victims in the South, 1877-1950Number of Lynchings per County/Parish

Northampton 1Onslow 2Orange 1Pender 1Person 1Polk 1Richmond 2Rockingham 2Rowan 6Rutherford 1Sampson 2Scotland 1Stokes 2Union 3Vance 2Wake 1Warren 2Washington 3Watauga 1Wayne 2Wilson 2

OHIO

Adams 1Athens 1Butler 2Champaign 1Clark 1Coshocton 1Crawford 1Cuyahoga 1Darke 1Erie 1Holmes 1Jeffferson 1

Lawrence 1Logan 1

OKLAHOMA

Blaine 1Bryan 3Caddo 1Garvin 2Comanche 1Creek 1Grady 2Grant 1Hughes 2Latimer 1Lincoln 1Marshall 1McClain 1McCurtain 3McIntosh 2Nowata 2Okfuskee 2Oklahoma 3Okmulgee 1Osage 1Pawnee 1Pottwatomie 1Seminole 1Sequoyah 1Tulsa 36Wagoner 3Woodward 1

SOUTH CAROLINA

Abbeville 5

Aiken 13Allendale 2Anderson 5Bamberg 4Barnwell 15Beaufort 1Cherokee 3Chester 1Chesterfield 2Clarendon 4Colleton 10Dorchester 3Edgefield 6Fairfield 3Florence 9Georgetown 1Greenville 4Greenwood 15Hampton 6Kershaw 3Lancaster 2Laurens 11Lexington 8McCormick 1Newberry 5Oconee 5Orangeburg 11Pickens 4Saluda 2Spartanburg 2Sumter 3Union 4Williamsburg 3York 9

African American Lynching Victims in the South, 1877-1950Number of Lynchings per County/Parish

TENNESSEE

Bedford 5Bledsoe 2Campbell 3Cannon 1Carroll 4Cheatham 1Claiborne 3Coffee 8Crockett 6Davidson 6Decatur 2Dickson 2Dyer 7Fayette 2Franklin 3Gibson 7Giles 6Hamilton 4Hardeman 1Hardin 2Haywood 3Henderson 3Henry 2Humphreys 1Jefferson 1Johnson 1Knox 1Lake 13Lauderdale 8Lawrence 1Lewis 3Lincoln 5Loudon 1Macon 1

Madison 3Marshall 8Maury 5Meigs 1Montgomery 1Moore 8Morgan 3Obion 16Putnam 2Rhea 4Roane 1Robertson 11Rutherford 4Shelby 20Smith 1Stewart 3Sullivan 1Sumner 5Tipton 3Unicoi 1Warren 1Wayne 1Weakley 5Williamson 5Wilson 1

TEXAS

Anderson 22Angelina 2Austin 2Bastrop 2Baylor 1Bee 1Bell 2Bexar 1

Bosque 2Bowie 8Brazoria 6Brazos 6Burleson 1Burnet 1Caldwell 3Camp 1Cass 9Cherokee 2Collin 1Colorado 6Comal 1Comanche 2Cooke 2Coryell 1Dallas 2Delta 3Denton 2DeWitt 1Ellis 1Falls 7Fannin 1Fayette 1Fort Bend 4Freestone 9Galveston 1Goliad 1Grayson 2Gregg 4Grimes 9Hardin 2Harris 4Harrison 14Henderson 1Hill 2

African American Lynching Victims in the South, 1877-1950Number of Lynchings per County/Parish

Hopkins 5Houston 2Hunt 3Jasper 1Jefferson 1Kaufman 2La Salle 1Lamar 7Lavaca 3Lee 1Leon 2Liberty 2Limestone 4Madison 3Marion 4Matagorda 1McLennan 15Milam 5Montgomery 6Morris 3Nacogdoches 3Navarro 5Newton 3Nueces 2Orange 5Panola 3Polk 3Red River 6Reeves 1Robertson 8Rockwall 2Runnels 1Rusk 5Sabine 10San Augustine 1San Jacinto 1

Shelby 2Smith 3Tarrant 1Taylor 1Throckmorton 1Titus 1Travis 3Trinity 1Tyler 6Upshur 3Val Verde 1Walker 6Waller 8Washington 2Wharton 5Williamson 2Wood 2Zavala 1

VIRGINIA

Accomack 1Alexandria 2Alleghany 3Amelia 1Amherst 2Bath 1Bland 1Brunswick 2Campbell 1Charles City 1Charlotte 2Charlottesville 1Culpeper 2Danville 5Dinwiddie 1

Essex 1Fauquier 2Fluvanna 1Franklin 1Frederick 1Halifax 3Henry 1King and Queen 1King William 1Loudoun 3Louisa 1Mecklenburg 2Nelson 2Newport News 3Norfolk 1Northumberland 1Nottoway 2Page 2Pittsylvania 1Prince Edward 1Prince George 1Rappahannock 1Roanoke 2Rockingham 1Russell 3Scott 1Smyth 1Surry 1Sussex 2Tazewell 7Virginia 1Wise 3Wythe 3

African American Lynching Victims in the South, 1877-1950Number of Lynchings per County/Parish

WEST VIRGINIA

Berkeley 1Braxton 1Cabell 1Fayette 3Greebrier 3Lewis 1Logan 2McDowell 4Mercer 10Putnam 1Randolph 4Summers 1Wetzel 3

African American Lynching Victims in the South, 1877-1950Number of Lynchings per County/Parish

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