James Raymond
James Raymond was a Black man held in the common jail of Habersham County at Clarksville, Georgia. Governor Northen's proclamation says a mob broke into the jail during his first night there, took him and two others out, and hanged them. The governor said the men had never been arraigned before any court and called the killing deliberate murder. Newspaper accounts describe the three men being hanged from a tree on May 17, 1892, with some saying their bodies were also shot.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Governor Northen's proclamation says a mob broke into the common jail of Habersham County, took James Raymond and two others out and hanged them, and calls it deliberate murder.
Reported by: Gov. Northen, in a proclamation.