Charles Williams

Boy Williams, a Black man, was held in the jail near Surrency, Georgia, in June 1899. Newspaper dispatches from that month report that a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. Dispatches datelined Surrency and Baxley, Georgia, ran in newspapers across the country that month.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Chicago Eagle reported that a group of masked men broke into the jail, fired through the bars of his cell and killed him, and the Eagle River Review, citing a report of the Galena killing, gave the same account.

Reported by: Chicago Eagle (reporters); Eagle River Review (reporters).

Sources (14)

• Chicago Eagle, April 29, 1899, page 8 Chicago Eagle, April 29, 1899
• Chicago Eagle, April 29, 1899, page 9 Chicago Eagle, April 29, 1899
• Vernon County Censor, May 3, 1899, page 4 Vernon County Censor, May 3, 1899
• Eagle River Review, May 4, 1899, page 2 Eagle River Review, May 4, 1899
• Daily Public Ledger, June 17, 1899, page 3 Daily Public Ledger, June 17, 1899
• The Topeka State Journal, June 17, 1899, page 1 The Topeka State Journal, June 17, 1899
• Foster'S Daily Democrat, June 19, 1899, page 3 Foster'S Daily Democrat, June 19, 1899
• Hopkinsville Kentuckian, June 20, 1899, page 4 Hopkinsville Kentuckian, June 20, 1899
• The Weekly Corinthian, June 21, 1899, page 2 The Weekly Corinthian, June 21, 1899
• Barbour County Index, June 21, 1899, page 1 Barbour County Index, June 21, 1899
• The Bee, June 22, 1899, page 1 The Bee, June 22, 1899
• The Holly Chieftain, June 23, 1899, page 6 The Holly Chieftain, June 23, 1899
• The Kinsley Graphic, June 23, 1899, page 2 The Kinsley Graphic, June 23, 1899
• The Grenada Sentinel, June 24, 1899, page 2 The Grenada Sentinel, June 24, 1899