Pearson

Pearson, a Black person, was being held under the authority of Deputy Sheriff Fields about three miles from Swainsboro, Georgia. Shortly after 2 a.m. on July 11, 1906, about 100 heavily armed men took Pearson from the deputy, according to the Augusta Chronicle's special dispatch from Swainsboro. The men carried Pearson into a swamp and lynched them. The Augusta Chronicle reported the killing as a lynching.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Augusta Chronicle reported that about 100 armed men took Pearson from Deputy Sheriff Fields about three miles from Swainsboro, Georgia, and lynched him in a swamp.

Reported by: Augusta Chronicle (special dispatch from Swainsboro) (reporters).

Source

• Daily Kennebec Journal, July 12, 1906, page 10 Daily Kennebec Journal, July 12, 1906