Davy Goseby

Davy Goseby, a Black man, was held in the jail at Valdosta, Georgia, when a mob took him from the jail and hanged him on September 19, 1894, according to a wire dispatch datelined Atlanta and published the next day. The dispatch did not say whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed him over. Other reports from Dublin, Georgia, describe a separate lynching from the jail there in June 1894 and are not about him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A wire dispatch datelined Atlanta says a mob took him from the Valdosta, Georgia, jail and hanged him.

Reported by: wire dispatch datelined Atlanta (reporters).

News reports (5)

• The Morning Call, June 4, 1894, page 1 The Morning Call, June 4, 1894
• The Times, June 5, 1894, page 1 The Times, June 5, 1894
• Fisherman & Farmer, June 15, 1894, page 4 Fisherman & Farmer, June 15, 1894
• The Morning Call, September 20, 1894, page 10 The Morning Call, September 20, 1894
• The Herald, September 20, 1894, page 3 The Herald, September 20, 1894