On December 24, 1911, Lamb Moss, age unknown, was lynched in Tuscaloosa, Alabama by two white men after being accused of shooting at them at Lock Sixteen. More work is needed to find out about who Lamb Moss was before his life was taken from him.
On December 23, 1911, Frank Richardson, 26, was the victim of an attempted lynching in Tuscaloosa, Alabama after being accused of killing two white men. He was arrested and hanged by the state. Mr. Richardson was born in 1884 in Northport, Tuscaloosa and worked as a farmer. He was married to Charlotte Richardson for six years and they both resided in Northport, Tuscaloosa on Crabb Road.
On December 5, 1901, Ben Knox, 57 years old, was shot in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by a white civilian who was recently deputized as a local sheriff. Ben Knox and unnamed Black man were accused of threatening the white watchman at the Tuscaloosa Oil Mill. Posthumously, Ben Knox was accused of killing a police officer in another state, but he was later found innocent. Ben Knox was a widower and tenant farmer who lived in Knoxville, Alabama, with his daughter, Ida, and his grandson, Willie Knox.
On May 16,1910, Jack Brown, 35, was lynched in his own home in Northport, Alabama. A white police officer shot Brown after being informed of a warrant for his arrest. Jack Brown was married to Frannie Brown and was a father to four daughters, Lizzie, Hannah, Virgie, Montil, and a son Robert Brown. He and his family lived on Byler Road on a plot of land owned by John Smith.
On November 11,1902, John Spruce, 24, years old, was lynched on the corner of 23rd avenue and 7th Street in downtown Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was shot by an employee of the Elk’s Carnival after being accused of being drunk and jumping on and off the machines. John Spruce was an employee at the local furnace and formerly served his community as a fireman before his life was taken from him.
On March 31, 1908, Julius Dillard McGee, farmer, 36, was lynched near Hughes Mill, Tuscaloosa County, AL. He was shot in his home by a group of white men after being threatened in his home. McGee was severely injured the night of the shooting and died the next day. He left behind his wife, Percilla McGee, two daughters, Aya McGee and Melissa McGee, and his mother Harriet McGee.
On October 19, 1907, Columbus Davis, a 30-year-old, was accused of being on a “drunken rampage” at the residence of Si Hinton. When Hinton arrived home, he claimed Davis went for his gun. Hinton shot and killed Davis, claiming self-defense. Davis worked as a section hand for Alabama Great Southern Railroad. He left behind his wife, who worked in the kitchen of the Hinton home.
On December 11, 1902, Sam Johnson, 25, was lynched in Reese, Tuscaloosa, AL near Old Moore’s Bridge Rd. He was shot while being taken to jail after he was accused of raping a white woman. Before his death he lived with his brother Richard Johnson and several cousins.
On August 23, 1899, John Thomas, who was around 25 to 30 years of age, was lynched in Tuscaloosa, Alabama by a white citizen, after being accused of assaulting his wife. The white citizen followed John Thomas from Cuba, Alabama. Before being lynched, John Thomas was married, had four children, and was employed at his lyncher’s lumber mill.
On July 18, 1884, Andy Burke, a 22-year-old, was lynched in Tuscaloosa by a white
mob after being accused of attacking a 13-year-old white girl. The mob abducted
Andy Burke from the City Jail and emasculated, disemboweled, and scalped him
before finally hanging him from a tree. No one was ever brought to justice for the
murder.
On January 06, 1884, Lewis Austin, age unknown, was lynched in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama by a mob of white men after being accused of shooting the train
contractor during an altercation on the Georgia Pacific Railroad. More work is
needed to find out who Lewis Austin was before his life was taken from him
On December 24, 1883, Gus Webb, age unknown, was the victim of an attempted lynching in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Webb was a part of a gathering of Black men and women when policemen began shooting into the crowd and hit Webb. More research needs to be done to better understand the life of Gus Webb outside of this act of racial violence he encountered.
On April 8, 1878, Abe Bates, age unknown, was shot in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by a white deputy. Bates was accused of an unknown crime in Lawrence County. More work is needed to find out about who Abe Bates was before his life was taken from him.
On March 26, 1876, an unidentified black man, age unknown, was lynched in the house of a prominent white landowner in Tuscaloosa County. He was accused by a group of white men of the landowner’s family of breaking and entering into one of the rooms of their daughters. The man was arrested after the alleged break in and was shot after supposedly breaking out and advancing on some of the men with a knife
On July 30, 1869, Tom Marr, age unknown, was shot but survived in the woods near Collier Place in Tuscaloosa, Alabama by a man who was on the run from the law for other crimes he had committed. There was seemingly no motive. Tom Marr worked at Collier Place. More work is needed to find out about who Tom Marr was before his life was taken from him.
On May 22, 1869, Scott Gould, age unknown, was shot and killed in Romulus, Alabama, by a mob of white men on horseback after being accused of acting out in a “loud and profane manner,” disturbing the peace of the local white men in their quarrel.
On May 13, 1869, Tom Roberts, age unknown, was lynched in front of the old State House afterbeing abducted from the Old Tuscaloosa jail by a white mob numbering between fifty and eighty men. He was one of eight black men targeted by lynch mobs in Tuscaloosa after being accused of participating in riots and murder. Roberts was a freedman and registered to vote starting in 1867.
On April 24, 1869, 3-5 Unidentified Victims, ages unknown, were lynched in Moundville, AL, by a mob of white men. These individuals were targeted after being accused for the murder of a young white man of whom which nearly eight other Black men are also recorded to have been accused and murdered of this crime. These victims were lynched in what is known to be one of the largest mass lynching to be documented in Tuscaloosa County. Following the events of this three-to-four-day period of social unrest in Tuscaloosa these 3-5 Unidentified Victims stood in defense and refused to surrender to the mob before being lynched. These 3-5 Unidentified Victims were born during an era of slavery and survived through emancipation only to have their lives taken from them.
On April 24, 1869, 3-5 Unidentified Victims, ages unknown, were lynched in Moundville, AL, by a mob of white men. These individuals were targeted after being accused for the murder of a young white man of whom which nearly eight other Black men are also recorded to have been accused and murdered of this crime. These victims were lynched in what is known to be one of the largest mass lynching to be documented in Tuscaloosa County. Following the events of this three-to-four- day period of social unrest in Tuscaloosa these 3-5 Unidentified Victims stood in defense and refused to surrender to the mob before being lynched. These 3-5 Unidentified Victims were born during an era of slavery and survived through emancipation only to have their lives taken from them.
On April 24, 1869, 3-5 Unidentified Victims, ages unknown, were lynched in Moundville, AL, by a
mob of white men. These individuals were targeted after being accused for the murder of a young
white man of whom which nearly eight other Black men are also recorded to have been accused
and murdered of this crime. These victims were lynched in what is known to be one of the largest
mass lynching to be documented in Tuscaloosa County. Following the events of this three-to-four-
day period of social unrest in Tuscaloosa these 3-5 Unidentified Victims stood in defense and
refused to surrender to the mob before being lynched. These 3-5 Unidentified Victims were born
during an era of slavery and survived through emancipation only to have their lives taken from
them.
On April 24, 1869, 3-5 Unidentified Victims, ages unknown, were lynched in Moundville, AL, by a mob of white men. These individuals were targeted after being accused for the murder of a young white man of whom which nearly eight other Black men are also recorded to have been accused and murdered of this crime. These victims were lynched in what is known to be one of the largest mass lynching to be documented in Tuscaloosa County. Following the events of this three-to-four-day period of social unrest in Tuscaloosa these 3-5 Unidentified Victims stood in defense and refused to surrender to the mob before being lynched. These 3-5 Unidentified Victims were born during an era of slavery and survived through emancipation only to have their lives taken from them.
On April 24, 1869, 3-5 Unidentified Victims, ages unknown, were lynched in Moundville, AL, by a mob of white men. These individuals were targeted after being accused for the murder of a young white man of whom which nearly eight other Black men are also recorded to have been accused and murdered of this crime. These victims were lynched in what is known to be one of the largest mass lynching to be documented in Tuscaloosa County. Following the events of this three-to-four-day period of social unrest in Tuscaloosa these 3-5 Unidentified Victims stood in defense and refused to surrender to the mob before being lynched. These 3-5 Unidentified Victims were born during an era of slavery and survived through emancipation only to have their lives taken from them.
On April 21, 1869, Aaron Cochrane, age unknown, was lynched in Northport, Alabama, by a white mob numbering from fifty to eighty white men. This was due to Aaron resisting the white mob and their abduction of his son. Following the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, Aaron Cochrane was also a free- man registered to vote and was the father of multiple children, including Levi Cochrane who also played an interval part in this case. This lynching was the beginning for what resulted in the largest mass- lynching to be documented in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to this point.
