Dave Poe

Dave Poe was a Black man who was lynched in March 1908 near Vancleave in Jackson County, Mississippi. According to the Pensacola Journal, he was one of four Black men taken from a deputy sheriff of Jackson County while they were on the way to the county jail. The Pensacola Journal reported that a mob of about thirty men seized the four men and killed them. Other 1908 newspapers also reported the lynching of four Black men taken from a deputy near Vancleave.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Associated Press (reporters); Greene County Herald (reporters).

News reports (6)

• The Pensacola Journal, March 11, 1908, page 1 The Pensacola Journal, March 11, 1908
• Oxford Eagle, March 19, 1908, page 1 Oxford Eagle, March 19, 1908
• The Tupelo Journal, March 20, 1908, page 8 The Tupelo Journal, March 20, 1908
• Greene County Herald, March 20, 1908, page 4 Greene County Herald, March 20, 1908
• The Grenada Sentinel, March 21, 1908, page 2 The Grenada Sentinel, March 21, 1908
• The Semi-Weekly Leader, March 21, 1908, page 2 The Semi-Weekly Leader, March 21, 1908