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Full Name
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Unidentified AMP051-19121110-001
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Biography
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Joe Burney’s friend was the victim of an attempted lynching in Floyd, Elmore County, AL on November 10th, 1912. That Sunday morning Joe Burney and him were riding in a horse and buggy when they met two white women’s buggy on the road. They were then accused of running the buggy off the road, and bumping into it breaking its harness, along with acting uncouthly towards the two white women. The two white women’s father then came and attempted to horse whip Joe and his friend, causing either Joe Burney or his friend, depending on the account to allegedly shoot the man, and then both Joe and his friend to run away into the woods. What then happened to him we aren’t quite sure. Almost all accounts come to a consensus that he successfully either hid out from capture, or escaped somewhere else, be it a neighboring county, or a different state. One account did say “The posse continued on with their determined efforts and have no doubt succeeded either in capturing or killing the other negro ere this.” however it offered no proof of his capture or death and is most likely false, and just propagandizing speculation.
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Documented or Attempted
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Documented
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Birth Date
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N/A
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County of Birth; County of Death
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N/A; Elmore County
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Death Date
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November 10, 1912
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Race
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Black
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Sex
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Male
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Researchers
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Christian Martin
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Case Number
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AMP051-19121110-001
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project
