Henry Taylor
Henry Taylor, a Black man, was in the custody of the Wilcox County sheriff in Georgia on August 20, 1909, when the sheriff, moving him toward Fitzgerald, changed route between Lumpkin's Ferry and McRae after crowds blocked the way. According to newspaper reports of the time, a mob followed and caught up with them, took Taylor from the sheriff, hanged him from a tree and shot him. The accounts differ on the details of the death, and they do not agree on how the sheriff responded to the group that took him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Henry Taylor from the Wilcox County sheriff between Lumpkin's Ferry and McRae, Georgia, hanged him from a tree and shot him, according to news reports.
Reported by: news reports; Associated Press dispatch (reporters); Hearst News dispatch (reporters).
News reports (8)
- The Brunswick News, August 21, 1909, page 1
- The Birmingham Age-Herald, August 21, 1909, page 1
- Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, August 21, 1909, page 4
- The Ocala Evening Star, August 21, 1909, page 2
- The Pensacola Journal, August 21, 1909, page 1
- Daily Press, August 21, 1909, page 1
- The Times Dispatch, August 21, 1909, page 1
- The Free Lance, August 24, 1909, page 4