Twiggs County Homicides 1817  - 1923

Date	Victim	Charged
1817	Unknown	Jesse Traywick, white
1820	George Adams, white	Overseer, white
1824	James Sloan	Jeremiah W. Ray
Oct 16, 1826	Jacob Gilder, white	Samuel Stephens, white
1829	Nimrod Phillips, white	Joseph Williams, white
1834	John Hatcher, white	Joseph Sawyer, white
August 1834	Abner Anglin, white	Runaway slave Jake
1835	Andrew Johnson, white	Andrew B. Hughes, white
1838	Slave of Hardy Durham	Overseer, white
June 1843	Wiley Gudger/Grudger, penitentiary guard	Col. Dempsey J. Justice, white Archibald Brown, white
Jan 7 1856	Samuel Taylor & Sarah Taylor, white	Slave - Lewis
Aug 1860	__Railey, white	__Hooks, white
1862	James Monroe Ware, white	?
June 1865	Federal Soldier?	Citizens possee
1868	_________Carolanus, black	_________Nelson, black
1868	Berry Hill, black	Sheriff's possee
Oct 1870	Wash. Brown, black	Hunter McCrae, black
July 15, 1872	Weston M. Green, white	Henry P. Cranford. white
1873	John Andrews, black	Obediah Phillips, Tillman Tharp, Henry Tharp, black
1874	William D. Mitchell white	George M. Bull white
1875	David Hudson, white	Joe Redding, black
Dec. 1876	Perry Graddy, black	Robert Land, white
1876	William Lavarre	John Edmondson
1877	Peyton Chapman	Frank Jones
Dec 1879	Washington Wilson, white	Tartar Bryan, black
1882	Joseph Johnson, T. Jeff Wood, white	John Benford, white
July 1885	Tobe Rivers, black	Wash Roberts, white
Sep 1888	W. T. Reynolds, white	Sheriff Pettis
1888	John Burkett, white	Unknown, black
Feb 1889	Warren Law, white	Jeptha Carroll, white
1890	Jason James, black	Tom Fryer, black
1891	John T. Henderson, white	Unknown
1895	William Nobles, white	Mrs. Elizabeth Nobles, white Gus Fambles, black
1896	Victims of Stone Creek Train Wreck: F. W. Wippler; Joe Reddish, Robert Mercer	Warren Criswell, white Tom Shaw, white
1897	Mrs. William Rowland, white	Unknown Burglar
Dec 1897	Clarence Jones; Short Griffin, R. Luther Califf, all white	Short Griffin, white R. Luther Califf, white
1899	Nelson Slappy, white	Sol Solomon, Jeff Orr, black
1900	Egbert Hill, white	Unknown
April 1902	J. E. Spears, white	William Wynn, white
August 1903	Julius Simmons, white	Ira Simmons, son
1903	W. J. Collins, white	T. E. Williams, white
June 30, 1905	E. F. Pettis, white,	Cicero Blackshear, white
June 1912	Noah Wright, black	P. H. Sapp, white night guard at jail
Dec 3, 1913	Luther Johnson, white	Mr. Massey, white
Apr 15, 1914	W. O. "Ollie" Johnson, white	Dave "Babe" Williams
Dec 7, 1915	Dan Meredith, white	Norman Reeves, white
May 1916	"Shines" Orr black  Gus Williams, black	Horace Williams, Frank Rouse,  Gena Orr, black
1916	S. A. Fountain, white	Marvin Harris, black
Nov 1917	Will Long, white ___Mathews	Unknown
1918	A. S. Griffin, white	John D. Johnson, white
1919	Susie Cobb, black	Joe James, black
1921	W. T. Webb, white	A. G. Webb, white
1921	John Floyd, black	Will Dawson, black William Renfore, black
1923	Tom Mallory, black	E. L.Dorsey, white
1939	Forest Wimberly, white	Sheriff Sam Kitchens, white

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