Henry Stokes

Henry Stokes, a Black man, was being taken to the county jail at Houston, Mississippi, in October 1907, when a mob seized him from the officer escorting him near Van Vleet, about five miles from Okolona. A dispatch from Okolona, printed in The Daily Ardmoreite on October 25, 1907, reported that the mob hanged him from a nearby tree. He was killed while in the custody of the county's officers.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob seized Henry Stokes from an officer near Van Vleet while he was being taken to the county jail at Houston and hanged him from a nearby tree, according to an Okolona, Mississippi dispatch.

Reported by: Okolona, Miss. dispatch as printed in The Daily Ardmoreite (reporters).

Source

• The Daily Ardmoreite, October 25, 1907, page 2 The Daily Ardmoreite, October 25, 1907