Date | Victim | Arrested/Charged/Suspects | Source: |
May 1823 | Mary Williams, white | John M. Williams, white | Georgia Journal Nov 4, 1823 |
1826 | Jane
and Moses, slaves of
Ebenezer Z. Duffey |
Ebenezer Z. Duffey, white, age 15
Benjamin Downing, white |
Georgia Journal Oct 17, 1826 |
Jun 1832 | Zachairah Williamson, white | John Hunt, white | Federal Union Aug 9, 1832 |
1838 | Elias or Icabod M. Isaacs, white | Julius William Cowles, white
John Dickenson, white Henry Jones, white (pardoned 1845) |
Macon Telegraph Nov 27, 1838; Southern Recorder Feb 12, 1839; Federal Union Feb 26, 1839; Augusta Chronicle Dec 6, 1845 |
1838 | James Gunn, white | David Palmer, white | Macon Georgia Telegraph Oct 30, 1838 |
Feb 1841 | Bina, slave of Marion & Paulina Bazemore | Marion & Paulina Bazemore | Federal Union Mar 30, 1841 |
Dec 1842 | Dr. William Taylor, white | __Berry, white | Federal Union, Jan 17, 1843 |
Jan 1852 | Marion Stewart, white | Henry Stewart, white | Federal Union, Jan 20, 1852 |
Mar 1855 | Richard J. Choate, white | Morris Abraham, white | Southern Recorder Mar 27, 1855; Oct. 30, 1855 |
Jul 1855 | Sylvester S. Loyd, white | John Towls, white | Federal Union, Jul 24, 1855 |
Dec, 1857 | John M. Woodall, white | Henry G. Whitby, white | Federal Union Jan 26, 1858 |
Aug 1859 | Augustus Roberts, white | His brother, Jackson Roberts, white | Weekly Georgia Telegraph Sep 6, 13, 1859, April 28, 1860 |
1860 | Levi A Lloyd, white | John J. Maddox, white | Macon Telegraph Aug 27, Oct 24, 1860;
Southern Recorder Sep 29, 1863 |
1863 | Mr. Barker, white | Solomon Roberts, white | Macon Weekly Telegraph Aug 23, 1863 |
1866 | Amy Gordon, black | Perry Tinney's child, white | Georgia Weekly Telegraph Apr 25 1866 |
1867 | Jesse Glawson, white | Dr. James F. Barron, white | Macon Weekly Telegraph Apr 19, 1867 |
Mar 1870 | Solomon Barron, white | - | Altercation with knife, 1870 Mortality Census |
Dec 1871 | John Sparrow, black | unknown | Macon Weekly Telegraph Jan 2, 1872 |
Dec 1872 | ______ Rivers, black | not stated | Macon Telegraph Dec 31, 1872 |
Jan 1876 1877 |
Man, not stated black Wade Webb, black |
Joe Wilson, white unknown |
Macon Telegraph , Jan 26, 1876 Union and Recorder Mar 13, 1877 |
1877 | Addie Hodge, white | unknown | Georgia Weekly Telegraph Dec 4, 1877 |
Dec 1881 | Bob
Jackson, black
Henry Jackson, black Jack William Gray, white |
King Bland, black
Aleck Jackson, black |
Macon Weekly Telegraph. Dec 30, 1881; Jan 4, 1882 |
Jun 1882 | Bob Lee, black | Aaron Washington, black | Union and Recorder July 15, 1884 |
1883 | Abner Clower, black | Bob Jackson, black | Union and Recorder July 29, 1884 |
Nov 1884 | Col.
Benjamin Beck, Sr., white
Benjamin Beck, Jr., white |
James W. Stubbs, white
Stephen B. Stubbs, white |
Union and Recorder Nov 18, 25 1884; April 28, 1885 |
Jan 1887 | Charles Rivers' two sons, black | Sam Bivins, black | Union Recorder Feb 8 1887 |
1888 | John Griffin, black | ___Lester, white | Macon Weekly Telegraph Jul 3, 1888 |
1891 | Ezekiel Cribb, white | Clark Smith, white | Union Recorder Sep 22, 1891 |
Jul 1893 Feb 1897 |
Cicero
Johnson, black John Williams, black |
Tom White, black NA |
Macon Telegraph Jul 15, 1893 Macon Telegraph Feb 25, 1897 |
Jan 1904 | son of George Justice, black | son of George Justice, black | Accidentally shot by his brother. Union Recorder Jan 26 1904 |
1906 | Burrell Bush, white | Alonzo Haddock, white | Union Recorder March 27, April 25, Oct 23, 1906 |
Jan 1909 |
Glover Pitts, black | Saussey Ballard, black |
Shot, buried face down. Macon Telegraph Jan 5,6; Mar 20, 1909 |
Apr 1909 | Frank
Bass, white Son Gordon, black |
Isaac Rushin, black Steve Lowe, black |
Macon Telegraph Jun 21, 1909, Nov
14, 1910. Union Recorder, May 10, 1910 Found shot to death near Pine Grove Church. Macon Telegraph, Aug. 2, 3, 4, 1909 |
1910 | George Green, white | Cliff Chambliss, white | Macon Telegraph Jan 27, 1910 |
Mar 1910 | Dave Barron, black | John Singleton, black;
Dave Singleton, black |
Macon DailyT elegraph Feb 7, 1915 |
Jul 1910 | Steve
E. Etheridge, white
Morris Ethridge, white |
Luther Morton, Thomas Morton,
Sam Morton, white |
Union Recorder Aug 9, 1910 |
Nov 1910 | R V Smith, white | Will B Norton, white | Macon Telegraph Oct 28, 1911 |
Dec 1912 | James King, white | Kate Simmons King, white
Nick Wilburn, white |
Kate King was acquitted, Nick Wilburn hung at Gray's Station June 12, 1914. Macon Telegraph Jun 14. 1914 |
1912 | John Williams, black | Otis Bowden, black | Macon Daily Telegraph Aug 4, 1912 |
1913 | Ellis Brown, black | James Clark/Sam Emery, black | Macon Telegraph Feb 17, 1920 |
Aug 1914 | Unknown. black | James Ward, black | Macon Daily Telegraph Aug 17. 1914 |
May 1915 | Thomas Green White, white | Sam Strong, black | Macon Telegraph May 29, 1915 |
Jul 1915 | Dooly Farrar, black | Mrs. Dooly Farrar, black | Macon Daily Telegraph July 10, 1915 |
Jul
1915 |
Silas Turner, white | Walter Brooks, John Richey, Will Gordon, Peter Thurman, black | Macon Daily Telegraph July 5, 6, Oct 23 1915; Union Recorder July 6, 1915 |
Jul 1915 | Lonzo Green and his son, black | Jim Green, Woodall Green, part of mob | Union Recorder July 6, 1915 |
Jul 1915 | Earl Palmer, black | shot by mob | Macon Telegraph, July 7, 1915 |
Aug 1918 | Felix Bonner black | Unknown | Macon Telegraph, August 27, 1918 |
Sep
1918 |
John Gilham aka John Thomas, black | Group of unknown men, black and white | Macon Daily Telegraph Sep 4, 5, 1918 |
Jun
1919 |
Not stated, black | Frank Smith, black; John Henry Manual, black;
Will Norwood, black |
Macon Daily Telegraph Oct 30 1919 |
Sep 1919 | Not stated | Brown Druery, black | Macon Daily Telegraph Oct 30 1919. Paroled 1931. |
1920 | Drusilla Devlin, white | Charles N. Hudson, white | Macon Telegraph Oct 23 1920; Oct 2, 1921 |
1920 | L C Kitchens, white | Thomas Watson Parker, white | Macon Telegraph Oct 7 1920 |
Dec 1920 | A. Sidney Jones, white | Joe "Buster" Bonner, black
Dave Wiggins, black Willie Gray, black |
Milledgeville News Jan 14, 1921; Macon Telegraph Jan 1, 1921; Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Aug 3, 1923 |
May 1921 | Chris/Christ Morris, black | Tom Davis, black | Macon Telegraph May 10, 1921 |
Dec 1921 | Pete Brooks, black | Pulaski Hogan, black | Macon Telegraph Dec 27, 1921 |
Mar 1922 | Phillip Morris, black | Hudy Solomon, black | Killed with shot gun per Death Certificate |
Apr 1922 | Joe Walker, black | Carrie Walker, black | Killed with axe by wife per Death Certificate |
Jun 1922 | Whit Clowers, black | Will Barber, black | Killed by pistol per Death Certificate |
Aug 1922 | John William Westbrook, white | Joe Jackson, white | Shot, Jackson acquitted, self defense Macon Telegraph Aug. 28, 29; Oct 21, 1922 |
Mar 1923 | John Thomas Jackson, white | Ferd Gresham, white | Shot, acquitted. Macon Telegraph Mar 13, 1923 |
Mar 1923 | Alex/Ellis Jackson, black | Dan Waldrop, black | Shot at Round Oak, Macon Telegraph Mar 13, 1923 |
Mar 1923 | Frank Lester, black | Ed Young, black | Shot one another to death over a dice game near Bradley; Both buried in same cemetery. Macon Telegraph. Mar 13, 1923 Death Certificate |
Mar 1923 | Ed Young, black | Frank Lester, black | Shot one another to death over a dice game near Bradley Both buried in same cemetery. Macon Telegraph. Mar 13, 1923. Death Certificate |
May 1923 | Leah Hill Miller, black | Andrew Miller, black | Killed his wife, Life Sentence. Death Certificate, Macon Telegraph May 14 |
Jul 1923 | Sam Childs, black | Willie Gray, black | Shot at James Station, Jul 9 1923 Macon Telegraph |
Sep 1923 | Charlie Tillman, black | Mote Nixon, black | Shot by Mote Nixon per Death Certificate |
Nov 1923 | Perry Moore, white | Tom Smallwood, white |
Fatally stabbed. Macon Telegraph Nov 20, 1923 |
Nov 1923 | Sam Young, white | Perry Moore, white | Fatally stabbed. Macon Telegraph
Nov 20, 1923
Died 11-29-1923 per death certificate |
Aug 1924 | Martha Pounds Williams, black | Alex Williams, black | Killed his pregnant wife, set the house on fire. Macon Telegraph. Death certificate. Died in electric chair in 1925. |
1925 | Mrs. (Fannie) Will T. Anderson, white | John D. Batchelor, white, son-in-law | Augusta Chronicle April 29, 1926; Jun 28 1926. Paroled 1928. |
Aug 1925 | Floyd Henry Malone, white | Atchinson Etheridge, white (charged)
Grover Cleveland Etheridge, white (charged) R. E. Etheridge, white T. A. Stubbs, white Otis Stubbs, white Mitchell Moore, white Homer Green, black W. A. "Frog Eye" Johnson, black |
Officer was shot and killed near liquor still. Both Etheridge Brothers were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Augusta Chronicle Aug 30, Sep 1, 5, 7 1925; Jan 8, May 5 1926. Grover paroled 1933 & 1937. |
Aug 1925 | Frank Tucker, white | Atchinson Etheridge, white (charged)
Grover Cleveland Etheridge, white (charged) R. E. Etheridge, white T. A. Stubbs, white Otis Stubbs, white Mitchell Moore, white Homer Green, black W. A. "Frog Eye" Johnson, black |
Officer was shot and killed near liquor
still. Both Etheridge Brothers were found guilty and sentenced to
life imprisonment. Atchinson Etheridge sentenced appealed in 1927 and he
was freed.
Augusta Chronicle Aug 30, Sep 1, 5, 7 1925; Jan 8, May 5 1926. Macon Telegraph Jun 17, 1927 Grover paroled 1933 & 1937. |
Dec 1925 | Joseph Lee Gordon, white | C. R. Callahan, white | Death Certificate. Justifiable. Macon Telegraph Dec. 30. 1925 |
Oct 1926 | Will Andrews, black | Gilbert Burgess, black | Shooting affray; Macon Telegraph Oct 18, 1926 |
Feb 1927 | Charlie
Coxton, black
Leone Coxton, black, Thelma Coxton, black |
Leola Coxton, black | When a lunacy warrant was sworn out Coxton burned three of her children to death and later died herself. Two children escaped. Macon Telegraph Feb 25. 1927. Death certificates |
1927 | ____, black | William Tom Phelps, black | Life Imprisonment. Macon Telegraph April 21. 1927 |
Feb 1928 |
Clifford Jackson, black |
Sylvester Mercer, white | Shot multiple times. Macon Telegraph Feb 5, 6, 8 1928 |
Oct 1929 | Jake Middlebrooks, black | Robert Bray, black | Bray found not guilty. Macon Telegraph Oct 27, 1929 |
Jan 1930 | Lewis Solomon, black | Charlie Solomon, black | Charged with murder of his brother, Sep 16, 1930 Macon Telegraph |
Aug 1930 | Seaborn Robinson, black | Booker Griswold, black,
Henry Lester, black Pierce Lester, black |
Robinson was robbed & killed at church.
All three got life sentences. Macon Telegraph
Aug 5, Oct 24
1930.
Booker Griswold paroled 1955; |
1932 | Willie Jordan, black | Beatrice Jordan, black | Macon Telegraph Aug 17, 1932 |
Sep 1935 | Henry Whidby, black | Unknown, | Sep 16, 1935 Macon Telegraph |
1939 | Unknown woman, white | Unknown | Woman's skeleton found in woods near Griswoldville. May 12, 16, 17; July 3 1939, Macon Telegraph |
Aug 1941 | Charlie Dover, black | Tom Gip Alexander, white | Aug 19, 22 1941 Macon Telegraph |
1942 | Harris Jones, white | Ennis Key, white; Ernest Fuller, white;
Mrs. Elsie Simmons, white; |
July 30, Sep 12 1942; Jun 13, Jul 9,
1943
Macon Telegraph |
1961 | Robert Seabrooks, black. | Jeremiah Harold, black | rock quarry explosion 4/19/1961 Marietta Journal 5/20/1961 Augusta Chronicle |
1975 | Joan Delight Bryan | Samuel Gibson III, black | Rape and Murder..May 15, 1975 Marietta Journal |
1977 | Thelma Kalish, white
Ann Kaplan, white |
Eddie William Finney, black
Johnny Mac Westbrook, black |
Rape and Murder .Nov. 13, 1977 Augusta Chronicle. July 12,1983 Marietta Journal |
1982 | Sheila Landthrip | Unknown | Hit and Run. Marietta Journal May 11 1982 |
1983 | John Crowder | John Wesley Arnold | Feb 21, 1983 Marietta Journal |
1984 1985 |
Pam Sikes and her child Joy Darley Davis, white 21 yr. old mother of 2 |
Frank Evans Tommy Davis, white |
May 15, 1986 Marietta Journal Shot by her estranged husband, who then shot himself in head. Marietta Journal, Dec. 9, 1985 |
1985 | Rev. Lucious J. Huff, black | Tammie Hall,
Robert L. Hughes, black |
Dec 20 1985 Marietta Journal |
1998 | Steven Moss,
Bryan Moss, Kristin Moss |
Brandon Rhode
Daniel Lucas |
Father & children killed when they interrupted a burglary at their home. Feb 29, 2000 Augusta Chronicle |
2000 | Thomas Wayne Mosley | Linda Faye Mosley | plotted to have husband killed..Jan 9, 2000. Augusta Chronicle |
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