Wash Bell

Full Name: Wash Bell
Victim Profile: Wash Bell
Biography: On July 6, 1891, Wash Bell, about 24 years old, was shot in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by several white men. Bell was accused of assaulting his wife and seducing a white woman. The men shot and killed Bell the day before his trial. Wash Bell worked on a farm and was the son of Sady and Vaginia Bell, brother to Norborn Bell, and husband to Patsey (Johnson) Bell
Documented or Attempted: Documented
Birth Date: Circa 1867
County of Birth; County of Death: N/A; Tuscaloosa County
Death Date: July 6, 1891
Age at Death: 24
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Researchers: Garrison Clements
Case Number: AMP 125-18910706-000
Identified by:: Alabama Memory Project
Mother: Vaginia Bell
Father: Sady Bell
Spouse or Partner: Patsey Johnson
All other relatives: Norborn Bell (sibling)
Occupation: Farm Laborer