| Date | Name of Victim | Charged | Notes |
| 1834 | (James?
)Manson
White |
Owens and Glover
White |
in Macon jail. Georgia Telegraph May 15, 1834 |
| 1851 | Mrs
Hardy Keil, Miss Mason
White |
slave of Hardy Keil
Black |
Women were murdered, the slave was caught and burned at the stake. The Farmer's Cabinet Aug 20, 1851 |
| Aug. 1, 1854 | John
M. Spence
White |
Allen Rogers
White |
$100 reward by governor in 1854. Macon Weekly Telegraph 8-29-1854 |
| Dec. 24, 1856 | William
E. Green
White |
George Slaughter aka
John Thompson White |
at Rogers Store in Laurens Co. $500 reward offered by Eason Green, Jesse J. Green, Benjamin C. Green and Marshall H. Green. Columbus Enquirer, Tri-Weekly 2-17-1857 |
| Oct. 11, 1858 | Dr.
Joseph Golden
White |
John E. Wiggins
White |
stabbed in thigh and leg.The Weekly Georgian, 10-10-1858 |
| April 1866 | Josiah
Jones
White |
Shadrach Croom
White |
Shooting near Gordon, found guilty of murder in October 1866, sent to penitenery, pardoned by Governor Bulloch in 1869. Macon Weekly Telegraph 5-7-1866,Daily Columbus Enquirer 11-7-1866 |
| June 1866 | Mrs.
Louisa Rawlins/Rollins
White |
Pompey O'Bannon and William
Dennis aka Thomas Johnson
Black |
Mrs Rollins, 8 month old baby
& 3 yr old daughter were also beaten.
Pompey O'Bannon was taken from jail in July 1866 by a mob of 200 - 300, tortured and burned at the stake. William Dennis, aka Tom (Reward) was found in Columbus and convicted of murder in Wilkinson Co. in Oct 1866. He confessed to the murder as well as a Mr. Crews (Col. Cruise) in Atlanta. He was was publically hung in Irwinton Nov. 2, 1866. Macon Weekly Telegraph 6-29-1866, 7-2-1866, 7-9-1866; Macon Telegraph 7-1-1866, 7-23-1866, 7-24-1866, 7-25-1866, 7-30-1866, 8-23-1866, 11-7-1866 Columbus Daily Enquirer, 7-4-1866, 7-22-1866, 8-2-1866, 8-9-1866, 8-19-1866, 8-22-1966. 10-4-1866, 10-7-1866 |
| Nov. 1867 | Montgomery
Lampee
White |
John Towler
White |
Shootout involving Towler a fireman on the Central Railroad, at railroad track in Gordon. Daily Columbus Enquirer 11-13-1867 |
| August 26 1868 | John Fleetwood, Black | Charles F. Frasuer, White | Fleetwood was a prominent radical. Frasuer was arrested. Grand jury did not find evidence to convict him. Macon Weekly Telegraph 9-4-1868 |
| 1868? | Man in Wilkinson and
Nathaniel Cornwall 1877, of Jefferson County White |
Washington McDaniel
aka Wash McDaniel Charles Heath White |
Tried, convicted, sentenced
to be hung. Reprieved from hanging in Dec 1869 until Jan 1870.
Escaped
from jail, then escaped from train, moved to Quincy Florida under the name
of Charles Heath. Found in January 1878 living in Screven County, sent
back to Wilkinson and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Sent to Dade
coal mines where he confessed to the murder of Nathaniel Cornwall
of Jefferson county . He was murered by another prisoner there in 1881.
Colunbus Ledger Enquirer 11-28, 1869; Macon Weekly Telegraph, 2-05-1878, Georgia Weekly, 12-17-1880; 12-31-1880. Atlanta Constitution 07-10-1878;12-31-1887 |
| 1869 | L.
A. Golden
White |
Richard Nelson
White |
sentenced to penitenary for
life in 1869 pardoned by Governor Bulloch Dec. 1869.
Atlanta Constitution 0-21-1869, Columbus Ledger Enquirer 12-29-1866 |
| August 1871 | Green
Porter
Black |
Thomas McRae
White |
Coroner inquest ruled
"wilful murder" in 1871.
Tried and convicted Oct. 1873. Escaped jail, caught in 1876. Macon Weekly Telegraph 8-15-1871, |
| Sep 1871 | Sheriff
Matthew Deason
White |
unknown group of men, KKK?
See Report of the Joint Select Committee.. . By John Scott. Published
by G.P.O., 1872. FREE AT books.goggle.com
White |
Gagged, shot in head and threw in pond. Daily Gazette & Bulletine 9-11-1871, Macon Weekly Telegraph 10-29-1872. |
| Oct 1871 | Joel
Deese
White |
Unknown | Murdered, body found in woods near his house |
| 1871 |
George Meadows, Black Boston Fulward, Black |
unknown group of men, KKK?
See Report
of the Joint Select Committee.. By John Scott. Published by G.P.O.,
1872. FREE AT books.goggle.com
White |
Shot |
| Feb. 1872 | Joel
Burke
White |
Sam Hicks aka Sam Blount;
Jack Vickers & Eli Colley
Black |
Robbed and beaten to death at his store. Sam Hicks confessed, implicated Jack Vickers and Eli Colley for accepting stolen money. Sam Hicks was hung May 10, 1872 in Irwinton. Macon Weekly Telegraph 2-27-1872. 3-12-1872, 5-14-1872. |
| March 16, 1872 | Jane
Johnson
Black |
Dallas Dyer
White |
Dyer of Twiggs County, while drunk, killed the woman with a knife on the way home from Gordon to Twiggs county. He escaped, $250 reward offered by governor. Macon Weekly Telegraph 3-26-1872, 4-9-1872 |
| August 1873 | Major
Charles Kelly
White |
Silas J. Sanders
White |
shooting in Gordon, old feud since war. Macon Weekly Telegraph 8-19-1873, 8-26-1873 |
| Dec 18, 1875 | Jordan
Chambers
Black |
Unknown | Shot at home. He was the" third State's witness that has been mysteriously killed since the attempted insurrection - two in adjoining counties and one in this." Augusta Chronicle Dec. 2, 1875 |
| 1876 | Ellen
Coats
Black |
Lish Coats
Black |
Murdered his cousin and left body in Turkey Creek swamp, said he didn't intend to kill her but give her a severe whipping. Georgia Weekly Telegraph and Journal and Messenger 1-18-1876 |
| Sep. 1876 | Joe
Temples
Black |
Joe O'Bannon
Black |
Self defense. Georgia Weekly Telegraph |
| Dec 25 1879 | Mary
Payne
White |
Frank Goodman
White |
charges dropped, ruled as accidental. Dublin Post 1-1-1880 |
| 1881 | John
Lowe
Black |
Unnamed
Black |
drunken brawl at John Burke's store at New Providence, Georgia Weekly Telegraph 12-2-1881 |
| Dec. 1881 | Seaborn
Miller
Black |
Harmon Carswell
Black |
Sentenced to life in pentitenary
April 1882
Georgia Weekly Telegraph and Journal and Messenger 12-9/1881;4-14-1882 |
| July 4 1882 | T J. Wood & Joseph Johnson
of Wilkinson
White |
John Monroe Benford of Twiggs
White |
He left the area after 2 warrants
were issued for his arrest. 4 years later he was found in Alabama and took
back to Wilkinson County. Claiming self defense he was acquitted in 1886.
Macon Weekly Telegraph 8-10-1883, 9-3-1886, 9-7-1886, |
| May 1883 | Ambrose
Lingo
Black |
Wife, Miranda Lingo
Black |
She confessed to the ax murder of her husband 1 month after she killed him. She was living in Turkey Creek District in 1900. Macon Weekly Telegraph 5-8-1883 |
| October 1883 | Dick Cooper
Black |
Either J. W. Vaughn, Henry
Clay or Benj. H. Jackson
White |
Clay's hog was stolen and
being butchered by J E Holder. The three men, in pursuit of Holder,
were fired on by Dick Cooper who was angry at the men for knocking down
the wife of Holder. Pistol or gunshot wounds. Justifiable homicide.
Macon Telegraph and Messenger Oct. 23 and 24, 1883 |
| October 1883 | Joe Holder
Black |
Seth Wells and/or Boss Wells; Black | Toomsboro. Gunshot wounds. Macon Telegraph and Messenger Oct. 24, 1883 |
| Aug. 1885 | Zack Edwards
Black |
Lucius Hart
Black |
Shot during quarrel, self
defense possible.
Macon Weekly Telegraph 8 -5-1885 |
| 1888 | James
Sheffield
White |
Will Collins
Black |
Convicted of robbery and murder he was sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to Dade Coal Mines in Oct. 1888, Atlanta Constitution 5-1-1888, 10-1-1888, 10-2-1888 |
| October 24, 1888 | John Gladin
Black |
Joel Rivers
Black |
Quarreling about rent Rivers shot & killed Gladin, at Sanders Mill. The Macon Telegraph 10-25-1888 |
| Sep 1889 | King Smith
Black |
Dan Reeves
Black |
A fatal stabbing at Jordan Stream Church between Dick Beall (injured), King Smith & Dan Reeves. Macon Weekly Telegraph 9-17-1889 |
| Nov 1891 | Mrs
James M. Knight
White |
Fox Hall
Black |
Burgulary, murder, house burned. Fox Hall was arrested in Dec. 1891 and taken to the Bibb County jail for safekeeping. Atlanta Constitution 11-14-1891, Macon Weekly Telegraph 11-13-1891, 12-13-1891 |
| September 1894 | J. Ira Taylor
White |
W. A Stuckey
White |
Macon Weekly Telegraph 9-10-1894,
2-19-1906
Pardoned 1906 |
| March 1895 | Owen
Holliman
White |
unknown; clan? | Shot near home near Balls Church. Atlanta Constitution 3-12-1895 |
| Jan 1896 | Rev. Warren Powers
Black |
"Phabe" Dixon, suspect
Black |
A preacher who lived 7 miles from Toomsboro was shot at his home and died in his wife's arms after a sermon about martial infidelities. Dixon took the sermon as apply to him. Knoxville Journal Jan 21, 1896; Atlanta Constitution Jan 18, 1896 |
| Oct 1896 | Mack
M. Hughes
White |
Will Temples, Dorse Parker,
Mirt Taylor and Joe Weeks charged Nov 1896
Black |
Found shot 1/2 mile from his home. Suspects were charged and in Irwinton jail in November 1896. Atlanta Constitution 11-21-1896 |
| May 1899 | John
Briscoe
Black |
Mack Cannon, Mary Briscoe
(wife of John)
Black |
Near Ivey, on the plantation
of John Beck, he was bludgeoned with ax. Both confessed.
Mack Cannon sentenced to hang Oct 27 1899, the first hanging in the county in 30 years. After the private hanging the body was sent to Meda Ga. for burial. Mary Briscoe sentenced 99 years in prison. Atlanta Constitution 10-6-1899; Columbus Enquirer-Sun, 5-12-1899 |
| May 1899 | Jack Gilbert
Black |
W.A. Jones
White |
In Gordon, ruled self-defense Macon Telegraph 5-5-1899 |
| Jan 1902 | Dave Brookins
Black |
Ed Murray
Black |
Both train hands, shooting in Gordon. Macon Weekly Telegraph 1-2-1902 |
| 1906 | Dock
Collins
White |
Ben Huff
White |
Fight. Ben Huff was the nephew of Dock Collins. Atlanta Constitution 7-5-1905 |
| 1909 | George
F. Hatfield
White |
J. J. McConnell
White |
Pistol duel in Irwinton over long time grudge.. Atlanta Constitution 7-23-1909 |
| May 4, 1910 | Edward
Napier
White |
William Deason
White |
Corner's inquest ruled justifiable homicide. Went to trial in Oct. 1910. The grand jury did not return an indictment. Atlanta Constitution 5-10-1910, |
| 1912 | C. A. Bell
White |
Norman Davidson
White |
Mistrial 1919 Aug 11, Macon Telegraph |
| Feb 23, 1915 | Ira
Bloodworth
White |
Luss Mixon
White |
Shot over girlfriend, Mixon escaped. Gov. offered $200 reward. Atlanta Constitution 3-6-1915. Sheriff Parker offered $50 reward Macon Daily Telegraph 1915 |
| March 1915 | John
D. Pennington
White |
John Fountain, Adolph Hicks
Black |
Robbery and murder, John Fountain & Adolph Hicks (confessed) arrested. Atlanta Constitution 3-8-1915, |
| Feb 1916 | S.
A. Fountain
White |
Marvin Harris
Black |
Fountain was shot. Harris was lynched in Twiggs County. Atlanta Constitution 2-13-1916 |
| Dec. 25, 1917 | Charley Sapp
White |
___Beal, suspect
Black |
Shot in Irwinton. Macon Weekly Telegraph 12-16-1917 |
| July 1919 | Johan Abbaglin
White |
Henry Amerson
White |
Shot in thigh, and bleed to death, by Amerson near Baldwin County line. Macon Weekly Telegraph 9-13-1919 |
| Oct 1919 | Billie Rozier
Black |
Lamar Carswell
Black |
Jealousy over woman. Macon Daily Telegraph 11-1-1919 |
| March 16, 1920 | Deputy J. T. Dixon
White |
Will White
Black |
While attempting to arrest Will White Sheriff Player (recovered) & Deputy Dixon, who died March 23, were shot. White escaped, $1500 reward offered. Macon Weekly Telegraph 3-17,19, 20, 22, 24, 30; 4-6 1920 |
| June 21, 1920 | DeWitt Faulkner of Baldwin
Co., native of Jasper Co.
White |
Tom Ray of Baldwin Co. Black |
Shot in Wilkinson County, while trying to collect debt. Escaped, ended up in Detroit Michigan in Oct. 1920, the Michigan governor, fearing reprisals, refused to release him to Sheriff Player. Ray said he killed him in self defense. Michigan authorities released him from jail. June 22, 1920. Macon WeeklyTelegraph |
| 1922 | George
W. Butler
White |
Jim Jerry Bloodworth
White |
Mistrial was declared April 1922. Atlanta Constitution 4-9-1922. Jim Jerry Bloodworth was shot (recovered) by Dosh Hardy in 1916. He was the brother of Ira Bloodworth killed in 1915. |
