George Johnson
George Johnson, a Black man, was one of three men held in the jail at Bryan, Texas, in June 1896. According to the Greenville Times, a mob of about 300 people took him and two other men, Whitehead and Jim Reddick, from the jail on a Wednesday night and hanged them, and the county sheriff was absent when the mob came. The Birmingham State Herald reported that the jailer in charge refused to hand over the keys until the doors were battered down. The American Guide also reported that a mob took the three Black men from the Bryan jail and lynched them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 300 people took George Johnson and two other men from the Bryan, Texas jail overnight and hanged them, with the sheriff absent and the jailer in charge refusing to hand over the keys before the doors were battered down.
Reported by: news reports.