Stories tagged "Grimes County": 10
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Lynching of Unknown: August 31, 1893
City: Yarborough, Texas County: Grimes County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: UnknownAge of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: UnknownManner of Death: UnknownSource of…
Lynching of William Sullivan: September 17, 1892
City: Plantersville, Texas County: Grimes County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: UnknownAlleged Crime: RapeManner of Death: Hanged and shotSource of…
Lynching of Jim Early: May 17, 1922
City: Plantersville, TexasCounty: Grimes CountyRace or Ethnicity of Victim: BlackGender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: About 25Alleged Crime: Attempted Assault Manner of Death: HangedSource of…
Lynching of Benjamin Harper: June 22, 1917
City: Courtney, Texas County: Grimes County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP…
Lynching of John Brown: August 4, 1890
City: Anderson, Texas County: Grimes County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Rape Manner of Death: Hanged, Shot Source of Information:…
Lynching of William Robertson: June 6, 1914
City: Navasota, Texas County: Grimes County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: ShotSource of Information: NAACP 30…
Lynching of James Richards: February 16, 1887
City: Anderson, TexasCounty: Grimes CountyRace or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: HangedSource of Information: Chicago…
Lynching of Henry Hamilton: July 25, 1899
City: Navasota, Texas County: Grimes County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Challenging WhitesManner of Death: Hanged Source of…
Lynching of Ed Magee: July 14, 1899
City: Iola, Texas County: Grimes County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of…
Lynching of John Campbell: March 7, 1908
On March 8, 1908, dawn arrived in Navasota, just as it did every morning. The fields that surrounded the East Texas town had begun to fill with bluebonnets, and local citizens prepared for a beautiful…