Minon Wilson

Minor Wilson, a Black man, was held in the Yazoo City jail and was being moved by steamer to Sharkey County authorities when an armed mob took him and two other men from a deputy constable near Silver City, Yazoo County, Mississippi, on March 18, 1899. The Age-Herald reported that the men were shot, their bodies weighted and thrown into the Yazoo River. Other accounts of the killing name him Minton Wilson or Minon Wilson. Whether the deputy constable or other officers resisted the mob or handed the men over is not stated in the reports.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Yazoo County newspaper dispatches (reporters).

News reports (3)

• The Age-Herald, March 24, 1899, page 2 The Age-Herald, March 24, 1899
• The Record-Union, March 24, 1899, page 1 The Record-Union, March 24, 1899
• The Leader, March 29, 1899, page 2 The Leader, March 29, 1899