Jim Gilmore

Jim Gilmore was 20 years old and Black. In November 1908 he was being held at the guard house in Luray, a small town in Hampton County, South Carolina. Newspaper accounts say a party of citizens took him from the guard house shortly after midnight and lynched him. One account says an armed group broke down the jail doors to reach him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A party of citizens, described as enraged or armed, took Jim Gilmore from the guard house or jail in Luray, South Carolina, and lynched him.

Reported by: news reports (Charleston, S.C. dispatch; Milford Chronicle) (reporters).

News reports (5)

• The Montgomery Advertiser, November 24, 1908, page 10 The Montgomery Advertiser, November 24, 1908
• Waterbury Evening Democrat, November 24, 1908, page 10 Waterbury Evening Democrat, November 24, 1908
• The Robesonian, November 26, 1908, page 2 The Robesonian, November 26, 1908
• The Farmville Herald, November 27, 1908, page 1 The Farmville Herald, November 27, 1908
• Milford Chronicle, November 27, 1908, page 2 Milford Chronicle, November 27, 1908