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Will Kinsey

died May 12, 1933 · Physician's Office of Dr. W. A. Davis, Warrenton, Warren County, Georgia

Will Kinsey, a Black man, was wounded in a shooting at his home near Warrenton, Georgia. He was taken to the physician's office of Dr. W. A. Davis, where he was in the custody of a deputy sheriff. A mob entered the office, took Will Kinsey out and drove away with him. His body was found at a roadside just outside the city on May 12, 1933.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Will Kinsey from a physician's office in Warrenton, Georgia, where a deputy sheriff had left him, and killed him.

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