| Date | Victim | Charged | Notes |
| 1798 | unknown | Jim Guerry aka Jim Gary | Charged with murder. 1st hanging In county per 1899 newspaper |
| 1801 | Not a homicide but was hanged in 1806 for forgey and counterfeiting conviction in 1801 | Nathan Tait, white | stole 18 horses, tried for counterfeiting . The notorious Nathan Tait hung 8-23-1806 8-30-1806 Farmer's Gazette |
| 1820 | Britain Jones, white | Ransom Duke | Governor's Proclamation 3-28-1820, Georgia Journal |
| Aug 12, 1825 | John Pullen | William Cureton | Governor's Proclamation 8-30-1825, Georgia Journal |
| 1826 | Groves Colbert, white | Joseph Culver, white | Governor's Proclamation. Augusta Chronicle & Advertiser Mar 11, 1826 |
| 1841 | Robert Petigrew. white | Riker. Maj. R. Mitchell's slave | robbed and murdered. Riker sentenced to be hung Fri, Macon Telegraph Feb 14, 1841 |
| Dec 7, 1851 | George W. Youngblood, white | Newton J. Carr, white | Governor's Proclamation Southern Recorder 1-6-1852 |
| Dec 24, 1853 | _________Henderson, white | ______McRae, white | Killed during a drunken frolic. The Macon Telegraph Jan 10, 1854 |
| 1855 | A. C. Devereaux, white | Obadiah Arnold, white | Devereaux was killed by his cousin Arnold at his liquor shop. Federal Union Feb 6. 1855 |
| April 1856 | Burton
R. Gardner, white
of Milledgeville |
O. J. Powell, white | Shot in the street over pecuniary matter
that had previously existed. The Georgia Telegraph
Apr
22, 1856. Federal Union Apr 22 1856 |
| May 1856 | H. B. Gardner, white
Brother of Burton R. Gardener |
John H. Sanders, white | Stabbed with bowie knife when brother was killed. Died from wounds. Southern Recorder May 13, 1856 |
| 1857 | John I. Bass, white | Mrs Hudson, white
of Baldwin County |
Mrs Hudson shot Bass at his home after he
maltreated his wife and her the day before. She was found guilty and sentenced
to prison Oct 18, 1859.
Pittsfield Sun Sep 17, 1857. Washington Co. News. Clippings Vol 1 1862 -1866, Tad Evans |
| Feb 20, 1860 | John H. Sanders, white | Addison Attaway, white | Broke his skull with a decanter in a bar room, fled from justice. Daily Columbus Enquirer Mar 8, 1860, |
| Feb 28, 1860 | Miss Dickens, white | Guard at factory | Accidently shot by guard on duty.
Daily Columbus Enquirer Mar 8, 1860, |
| 1865 | Henry Amos, white | Isaac, black | Amos was shot in his bed, Isaac was found guilty and hung in Augusta in Jan. 1866. Macon Daily Telegraph July 12, 1865; Macon Daily Telegraph Jan. 16, 1866 |
| Feb 1867 | John D. Harrison, white | David Pounds, white | mistrial in Hancock, found guilty in Wilkes
Co. June, 1870
Georgia Weekly Telegraph Nov. 8, 1867; The Daily Sun June 23, 1870 |
| 1869 | Alfred Cooper, black | Unknown | voluntary manslaughter, 10 years in pen. Refused pardon by governor in 1874. Ga. Weekly Telegraph Oct 29, 1869 |
| 1869 | Washington Pierson, black | 2 white men | altercation at circus, near the railroad
June 25, 1869 The Georgia Weekly Telegraph |
| June 1869 | Capt. John Taylor, white | James Oxford, white | Daily Columbus Enquirer
June
15, 1869;
Oct. 23. 1869, Dec, 2, 3, 1869; Aug 1, 29 1871 |
| Aug 1869 | Unnamed man, black | Mr. Posey, white | Southern Recorder Aug 24, 1869 |
| 1870 | Will Culver | 12 unknowns | Atlanta Constitution, Sep 14, 1870 |
| 1871 | Wilkes Bass, black | Asiah Terrell, black | Terrell, watchman at Mr. Martin's gin house was shot Ball as he was leaving with a basket of cotton. Macon Weekly Telegraph 1-17-1871 |
| 1871 | George Matthews, black | Charles Dubose, black | Matthews was the son in law of Dubose Macon 8-1-1871 Georgia Weekly Telegraph |
| Nov 1871 | Ben Roberts, white | Thomas Hobby, white | justificable homcide. Nov 28, 1871, Macon Telegraph |
| 1872 | Andrew Worthen, black | J. O. Dickson, white | Macon Telegraph & Messenger Feb 13, 1872 |
| 1873 | Jim Chala, Jr., black | Larkin Davis, black | Atlanta Constitution Oct 1, 1873 |
| Aug 23 1875 | Joe Simmons, black | Joe Bland, white | Union Recorder, Aug 24, 1875 |
| 1875 | John Bruce, black | Anderson (Winn) Wynne, Jr., black | stabbed when trying to break up fight. Winn found gulity. Georgia Weekly Telegraph, Sep 7 1875, Daily Constitution Nov. 30 1875 |
| 1875 | Unknown | Eldridge Jackson, black | Convicted of murder in 1875, he was released in 1908 after serving 33 yrs. Union Recorder Nov 10, 1908 |
| 1876 | James Ransom, black | Nathan Ingram, black | Stabbed to death, Augusta Chronicle Jan 26 1876 |
| 1876 | J. M. Coleman, white | John Ray, white | Ray shot Coleman. Macon Telegraph Aug 29 1876 |
| 1877 | H. F. Rozier, white | M. Y. Griggs, W. R. Lovett.
Columbus G. Barnes. white |
Griggs & Lovett charged with murder.
Barnes acquitted. Macon Telegraph
June 9 1877; June 26, 1877 |
| July 1880 | Edgar Simmons, black | Lewis Butts, black | near Devereaux, Georgia
Weekly Tele.
July 23, 1880 |
| 1881 | Unknown | Enoch Choice, black | Sentenced for 20 yrs, released 18 yrs later. Union Recorder Nov 16, 1909 |
| Mar 1881 | Felix Barnes, black | Unknowns, white | Attempted rape. Shot the next day. Union and Recorder Mar 29, 1881 |
| 1883 | Scip Bennett, black | Wilson Smith, black | Macon Telegraph Oct 15, 1884; .Pardoned in 1890, Macon Telegraph Feb 1 |
| 1889 | Barney Fair, white | Eli Barnes, white | found guilty of murder, sentenced to pen. for life. Columbus Daily Enquirer Apr 14, 1889 |
| Dec 1889 | Walter A Humphrey, white | Tom Gunn, white | accidentally shot while target shooting. The Macon Telegraph Dec 30, 1889 |
| Mar 1892 | Pound child, white | Jim Pound, white | Pound hit his son on the head while he was asleep "on the job". Union Recorder Mar 29, 1892 |
| Dec 1892 | Dr. W. R. Gilmore, white | Julian West, white | Macon Telegraph Dec 13, 1893 |
| May 1893 | George Clark, black | Constable Sam Ennis of Baldwin County, white | Ennis shot the wrong man. He was after Ben Temple. Macon Telegraph 5/28/1893 |
| Feb 1896 | 4 yr old daughter of Thomas Roberts, white | Sam Broadnax, white,
11 years old |
found guilty of poisoning child. Granted pardon Jun 10, 1903. Union Recorder Jun 16, 1903 |
| Sep 26 1896 | David (Dave) Silver, white | Harry Butts, black | Shot 5 times in the back Union Recorder Sep 29, 1896. Augusta Chronicle Sep 9, 1899 |
| Sep 1896 | Harrison Boone, black | friends of policeman Bowen, white | On a drunken spree while shooting a crow
Policeman Bowen was wounded. Bowen's friends shot Boone down. Justifable
homicide.
Union Recorder Sep 29, 1896 |
| Aug 1901 | Chauncey
Boyer, white
Cliff Brooking, white |
Cliff Brooking, white
Howard Boyer, white |
Brooking, also shot, died in the jail. Union Recorder Aug 20 1901 |
| April 4, 1902 | Columbus Boyer, white | Brookin Everett Brown, white
Thomas Allen, white accessory, later pardoned |
Brown escaped. Tom Allen was sentenced
to 99 yrs in prison. $150 reward in 1907 for Brown. Macon
Telegraph April 5, 1902
Union Recorder April 8-1902; 10-21-1902.Macon Telegraph 7-28-1907;Allen Pardoned, Augusta Chronicle 1-9-1909; Brown found in Texas, Macon Telegraph Jan 4 1915. Carpenter in Miami Fla. 1930 per Federal Census. |
| Sep 20 1903 | Willis Sams, black | Michael Brazill, black | convicted, escaped, $100 reward in 1907, Macon Daily Telegraph Jul 28, 1907 |
| 1904 | J. D. Thornton, white | Lewis "Buck" Devereaux, alias "Joe Lewis". black | Arrested in Columbia S. C. in 1912. confessed . self defense during a quarrel. Macon Daily Tele. Dec. 24, 1912 |
| Jan 5, 1906 | O. Walker Meadows, white | Rass Sanders, white
Charles Jones black Jack & Will Lawson as accessories |
Found shot in his buggy near Baldwin & Hancock counties line. In Jan. 1906 Superior Court Ras Sanders was tried and found not guilty. Atlanta Constitution Jan 6, 1906; Union Recorder 1-9-1906 |
| 1906 | Ed Binion, white | Jeff Lundy of Putnam Co., Black | Shot Binion, after tracked down, he escaped
from a hospital.
Macon Weekly Telegraph Nov 5, 16, 1906. Augusta Chronicle Nov. 26, 1906 |
| Mar 22, 1908 | Mrs.
Peter Cooper,
his wife, black |
Peter Cooper, black | Hung May 16, 1908 for murder of his wife. Macon Telegraph , May 16, 1908 |
| 1910 | Charles Simmons, white | Charley Burns, white | Pistol duel at Carrs Station UR 9/20/1910 |
| 1911 | James Johnson, white | Jasper Boyer, white | 75 yr old Boyer was acquitted at commitment
trial, indicted by grand jury Milledgeville News May
19, 1911
Macon Telegraph March 26, 1912 |
| 1912 | John Epps, age 15, white | Ada Griffith, John England, white | found in woods with crushed skull. Griffith and England were arrested in 1913. Macon Telegraph Dec. 27, 1912; Nov 9, 1913 |
| 1914 | Allan Cooper, black | Will Brown, black | Macon Telegraph 5-16-1914 |
| Dec 30, 1914 | J. J. Carr, white | George Carr, white | Saving his mother and sister from threats of violence Carr shot his father. Ruled justifiable homicide. Augusta Chronicle Dec 24, 1914; Jan 2, 1914 Macon Daily Telegraph |
| Nov 20, 1916 | Dennis Burton, black | J.A. Jones, white | Union Recorder Nov 28, 1916 |
| Oct 1917 | Tom Dunn, black | Thomas Davis, white | pistol shot in head Macon Daily Telegraph 10/19/1917 |
| August 7, 1919 | Jack Meriweather | James Taylor | Guilty of manslaughter, 2 - 5 years, Macon Telegraph Oct 17, 1919 |
| July 20, 1919 | Dan W. Wheeler, white | John Aleck Humphrey, white | acquitted. Macon Telegraph Sep 26, 1919 |
| Dec 1920 | Ben
Trawick, black
Gene Trawick, black |
Lovejoy, Boskey, Jackson, white | shot by prohibition officers. Union Recorder Dec 21, 1920 |
| Oct 20, 1920 | Forrest
Wheeler white
John Aleck Humphrey, white |
John Aleck Humprey, white
Unknown party |
pistol duel at Mayfield between the Wheelers and Humphreys. Macon Telegraph Oct 21, 22, 1920 |
| July 1922 | Jule (Julian) Hunt, black | Tom Jeans, black | Milledgeville News July 28, 1922 |
| Sep 27, 1922 | Columbus Tucker | - | shot to death per death certificate |
| Oct 1922 | Cora Dudley Horton, white | William Head
Mrs Ethel Head, white |
shot at farm near Sparta
Augusta Chronicle Oct 6 1922 |
| Jan 13 1923 | Liss/List McLin, black | - | Shot to death per death certificate and Atlanta Constitution Jan 15, 1923 |
| Feb 1923 |
Lindsey B. Gilmore, white |
Clinton Champion, black or
George Butts, black |
Gilmore was part of a posse pursing Champion and Butts, alleged robbers of Hancock county farmers and general store keepers. Atlanta Constitution Feb 5, 1923 |
| Aug 4, 1923 | Willie B. Newman, black | - | She died of gunshot wounds per death certificate. She was 10 years old |
| Jan 1924 | Julian Hudson, black | - | 14 yr old shot and killed per death certificate |
| Mar 30, 1924 | Freddie Taylor, black | - | 16 yr old died of pistol wound to heart per death certificate |
| 1930 | Rev. I. M. Wood, white | unknown | Augusta Chronicle Dec 31, 1930; Jan 9, 11, 18 |
| 1930 | Vesta Brantley, white | Hamilton Brantley, white | Confessed to killing his sister Vesta. Augusta Chronicle May 22, 1930 |
| 1930 | J. F. Smith, white | Fleming Jones, black | Vehicular homicide Augusta Chronicle Aug 19, 1930 |
| 1932 | _____Dickson, black | Albert "Preacher" Dickson, black | killed his brother. Augusta Chronicle Apr 5, 1932 |
| 1932 | _____Unnamed, black | John Willis, black | Augusta Chronicle Apr 5, 1932 |
| 1932 | Harwell G. Archer, white | Dave Minniah, white
Goss Smith, white |
Vehicular homicde, involt. manslaughter Augusta Chronicle, Apr 5, 1932 |
| 1938 | Dawson Brown, black | Lan Harrell, black
____Harrell, black |
circumstantial evidence, free at trial, Augusta Chronicle Oct 1, 1938 |
| 1939 | Nathaniel Butts, black | unknown | Augusta Chronicle Mar 22, 1939 |
| 1942 | Mrs. Charlie Kemp, black | Charlie Kemp, black | Augusta Chronicle 12-31-1942 |
| 1943 | Wes Taylor, black | Augusta Chronicle Mar 19, 1943 | |
| 1950 | Mrs. T. B. Eagle, white | T. B. Eagle, white | murdered wife after drunken quarrel. Augusta Chronicle Jan 27, 1950 |
| 1953 | Rich Wallace, black | George Collier, black | Augusta Chronicle Mar 27, 1953 |
| 1953 | Frank Finch, white | Floyd W. Smith, white | Vehicular homicide Augusta Chronicle Mar 27, 1953 |
| 1953 | Robert Sloan, white | Hop Ingram, black | killed in moonshine raid, Augusta Chronicle, Oct. 2, 1953 |
| 1957 | Ruby Lott, black | Herbert Lott, black | husband murdered, acquitted, Augusta Chronicle Sep 25, Oct 25, Dec 12 1957 |
| 1957 | Mansfield Thomas, black | James Madison Blount, black
"Cat" Edwards, black Willie Lee Hall |
Augusta Chronicle Dec 15, 1957; Feb 27, 1958 |
