Louisiana Lynchings 1878-1946
No NAME RACE CRIME DATE TOWN COUNTY BY WHOM
1 Unidentified Man  Unknown  Arson April 24, 1878    Unidentified Sugar Parish  Unknown
2 Beaty, Jim  Black  Unknown July 30, 1878  Monroe  Ouachita Parish  Private
3 Phillips, Ples  Black  Unknown July 30, 1878  Monroe  Ouachita Parish  Private
4 Ross, Tom  Black  Unknown July 30, 1878  Monroe  Ouachita Parish  Private
5 Atkinson, Henry  Black  Unknown July 30, 1878  Monroe  Ouachita Parish  Private
6 St.Martin, Valcour  Unknown  Murder September 14, 1878  Hahnville  St. Charles Parish  Unknown
7 Hall, Joshua  Black  Unknown October, 1878    Ouachita Parish  Mass
8 Wallace, Sam  Black  Unknown October, 1878    Ouachita Parish  Mass
9 Unidentified Man  Black  Unknown November 5, 1878    Ouachita Parish  Unknown
10 Unidentified Man  Black  Unknown November 5, 1878    Ouachita Parish  Unknown
11 Unidentified Man  Black  Unknown November 5, 1878    Ouachita Parish  Unknown
12 Unidentified Man  Black  Unknown November 5, 1878    Ouachita Parish  Unknown
13 Unidentified Man  Black  Unknown November 5, 1878    Ouachita Parish  Unknown
14  Moustand  Black  Attempted Rape December 3, 1878  Franklin  St. Mary Parish  Private
15 Bryan, Victor  Black  Murder December 15, 1878  New Roads  Pointe Coupee Parish  Private
16 Williams, George  Black  Threats Against White September 1, 1879    Ouachita Parish  Private
17 Rabun, Ed.  Black  Attempt to Rape August 20, 1879  Shiloh  Union Parish  Unknown
18 Overstreet, W. J.  White  Murder October 29, 1879  Farmerville  Union Parish  Mass
19 Smith, Dick  Black  Murder December 28, 1879  Amite City  Tangipahoa Parish  Private
20 Carroll, Geo.  Black  Murder December 28, 1879  Amite City  Tangipahoa Parish  Private
21 Johnson, Harrison  Black  Murder December 28, 1879  Amite City  Tangipahoa Parish  Private
22 Unknown  Black  Murder December 28, 1879  Amite City  Tangipahoa Parish  Private
23  Thornhill  White  Horse Theft November 20, 1880  Many  Sabine Parish  Private
24  Fields  White  Horse Theft November 20, 1880  Many  Sabine Parish  Private
25 Brown, James  White  Murder January 6, 1880  Lake Providence  East Carroll Parish  Private
26 Tucker, J.  Black  Murder April 1, 1880  Greensburg  St. Helena Parish  Private
27 Jones, Dr.  Unknown  Political Causes December, 1880    East Carroll Parish  Unknown
28 Thompson, Garnett  Black  Insulted and Shot White Man December 20, 1880    West Feliciana Parish  Unknown
29 Nickols, Cherry  Black  Murder and Rape May 15, 1881  Mount Lebanon  Bienville Parish  Private
30 Unidentified Man  Black  Murder and Robbery July 19, 1881  Kingston  De Soto Parish  Private
31 Unidentified Man  Black  Attempted Rape July 20, 1881    Lincoln Parish  Unknown
32 Spence,   Black  Attempted Criminal Assault July 17, 1881  Frog Level  Caddo Parish  Unknown
33 Wilson, Alec  Black  Murder August 22, 1881    Ouachita Parish  Unknown
34 Munson, Perry  Black  Murder August 22, 1881    Ouachita Parish  Unknown
35 Jackson, Caleb  Black  Arson August 31, 1881  Vernon  Jackson Parish  Unknown
36 Robertson, Ben  Black  Theft September 26, 1881  Jeanerette  Iberia Parish  Private
37  Stanley  White  Murderous Assault November 17, 1881    Pointe Coupee Parish  Private
38 Jenkins, Joseph  White  Murder May 15, 1882  St. Martinville  St. Martin Parish  Unknown
39 Azar, Eugene  Black  Murder May 15, 1882  St. Martinville  St. Martin Parish  Unknown
40 Ingram,   Unknown  Desperado June 20, 1882    St. Tammany Parish  Unknown
41 Howard,   Unknown  Desperado June 20, 1882    St. Tammany Parish  Unknown
42 Taylor, Mack  Black  Murderous Assault June 20, 1882    Webster Parish  Mass
43 Harris, Wm.  Black  Attempted Rape October 28, 1882    Lincoln Parish  Posse
44 Unidentified Man  Black  Murderous Assault November 7, 1882  Vienna  Lincoln Parish  Unknown
45 Unidentified Man  Black  Murderous Assault November 7, 1882  Vienna  Lincoln Parish  Unknown
46 Lee, N. David  Black  Hog Theft November 18, 1882  Holly Grove  Franklin Parish  Private
47 Robinson, Tim  Black  Murderous Assault December 8, 1882  Bastrop  Morehouse Parish  Unknown
48 Cephas, Wm.  Black  Murderous Assault December 8, 1882  Bastrop  Morehouse Parish  Unknown
49 Andrews, Wesley  Black  Murderous Assault December 8, 1882  Bastrop  Morehouse Parish  Unknown
50 Solomon, Henry  Black  Arson, Horse Theft January 23, 1883  Bellevue  Bossier Parish  Private
51 Hutchins, D.C.  White  Murder May 13, 1883  Bellevue  Bossier Parish  Mass
52 Lee, Henderson  Black  Larceny July 9, 1883  Bastrop  Morehouse Parish  Private
53 Woods, Louis  Black  Rape October 12, 1883  Edgerly Station  Calcasieu Parish  Unknown
54 Mullican, John  White  Murder and Robbery April 27, 1884  Monroe  Ouachita Parish  Mass
55 Clark, John  White  Murder and Robbery April 27, 1884  Monroe  Ouachita Parish  Mass
56 Hill, King  Unknown  Murder April 27, 1884  Monroe  Ouachita Parish  Mass
57 McLean, Charles  White  Arson October 21, 1884  Bellevue  Bossier Parish  Private
58 Unidentified Man  Black  Murder October 24, 1884    St. Tammany Parish  Unknown
59 Unidentified Man  Black  Murder October 24, 1884    St. Tammany Parish  Unknown
60 Unidentified Man  Black  Murder October 24, 1884    St. Tammany Parish  Unknown
61 Unidentified Man  Black  Murder October 24, 1884    St. Tammany Parish  Unknown
62 Fleitas, Wm.  White  Murderous Assault December 22, 1884  Madisonville  St. Tammany Parish  Unknown
63 Unidentified Man  Unknown  Trainwrecking January 1, 1885    Madison Parish  Unknown
64 Unidentified Man  Unknown  Trainwrecking January 1, 1885    Madison Parish  Unknown
65 Unidentified Man  Unknown  Murder March 5, 1885    St. Landry Parish  Private
66 Unidentified Man  Unknown  Murder March 5, 1885    St. Landry Parish  Private
67 Mabry, Abe Jones  Black  Murder April 22, 1885  New Roads  Pointe Coupee Parish  Unknown
68 Pierce, William  White  Defended Black Woman from Beating April 22, 1885  near Shiloh  Union Parish  Unknown
69 Green, Cicero  Black  Murderous Assault July 22, 1885  Minden  Webster Parish  Mass
70 Figures, John  Black  Murder July 22, 1885  Minden  Webster Parish  Mass
71 Harris, Sampson  Black  Threat to Give Evidence against Whitecappers September 30, 1885    Winn Parish  Terrorist
72 Robinson, George  Black  Murder February 16, 1886  Monroe  Ouachita Parish  Mass
73 Smith, Robert  Black  Murder May 6, 1886    St. Bernard Parish  Private
74 Smith, Reeves  Black  Attempted Rape October 18, 1886    De Soto Parish  Mass
75 Elia, John  White  Murder December 28, 1886  Arcadia  Bienville Parish  Private
76 Brumfield, Ike  Black  Unknown January 8, 1887    Tangipahoa Parish  Unknown
77 Blanton, Gracy  Black  Arson and Robbery April 28, 1887  Floyd  West Carroll Parish  Private
78 Goodwin, Richard  Black  Arson and Robbery April 28, 1887  Floyd  West Carroll Parish  Private
79 Washington, M. W.  Black  Burglary with Intent to Rape June 6, 1887    De Soto Parish  Unknown
80 Walden, James  Black  Larceny June 30, 1887  Simsboro  Lincoln Parish  Private
81 Scott, Thomas  White  Murder August 9, 1887    Morehouse Parish  Private
82 Pleasants, Daniel (alias Hoskins)  Black  Murder August 11, 1887  Harding Plantation  St. Mary Parish  Posse (Mixed)
83 Hosley, Green  Black  Asserted Self-Respect in Dispute with White August 13, 1887    Union Parish  Private
84 King, Perry  Black  Attempted Rape October 20, 1887  Lamar  Franklin Parish  Mass
85 Green, Drew  Black  Attempted Rape October 20, 1887  Lamar  Franklin Parish  Mass
86 ManUnidentified  Black  Miscegenation November 7, 1887  Caddo Parish  Caddo Parish  Unknown
87 Edwards, Andrew  Black  Voodoism December 9, 1887  near Minden  Webster Parish  Private (Black)
88 Edwards, Ben  Black  Criminal Assault January 28, 1888  Amite City  Tangipahoa Parish  Mass
89 ManUnidentified  Black  Attempted Rape February 9, 1888  Ponchatoula  Tangipahoa Parish  Private
90 Southall, Dave  White  Attempted Murder and Political Causes May 6, 1888    Pointe Coupee Parish  Private
91 Unidentified Woman  Black  Unknown September, 1888  Breaux Bridge  St. Martin Parish  Terrorist
92 Alfred, Louis (Jean Pierre Salet)  Black  Incendiary Language September 17, 1888  Ville Platte  St. Landry Parish  Terrorist
93 Johnson, Jno. (Sidairo)  Black  Incendiary Language September 17, 1888  Ville Platte  St. Landry Parish  Terrorist
94 Lulin,   Black  Unknown November 9, 1888    St. Landry Parish  Terrorist
95 Unidentified Man  Black  Rape November 13, 1888  Donaldsonville  Ascension Parish  Mass
96 Taylor, Jerry  Black  Rape November 22, 1888    St. Helena Parish  Private
97 Wakefield, Samuel  Black  Murder January 25, 1889  New Iberia  Iberia Parish  Posse
98 Rosemond, James  Black  Theft January 29, 1889  New Iberia  Iberia Parish  Private
99 Handy, Haygood  Black  Murder and Hog Stealing February 8, 1889  near Bellevue  Bossier Parish  Unknown
100 McIntosh, Steve  Unknown  Rape April 14, 1889  Bayou Desiard  Ouachita Parish  Unknown (Black)
101 Junior, Hector  Black  Murderous Assault April 16, 1889  near New Iberia  Iberia Parish  Posse
102 Unidentified Man  Black  Burglary May 18, 1889  near Columbia  Caldwell Parish  Unknown
103 Keys, Felix  Black  Murder July 11, 1889    Lafayette Parish  Mass (Mixed)
104 Gray, Ed  Black  Arson November 16, 1889  Vidalia  Concordia Parish  Private
105 Holmes, Henry  Black  Murderous Assault December 31, 1889    Bossier Parish  Unknown
106 Ward, Henry  Black  Murder January 8, 1890  Bayou Sara  West Feliciana Parish  Private
107 Emerson, R. F.  White  Murderous Assault February 18, 1890  St. Joseph  Tensas Parish  Unknown
108 Williams, Phillip  Black  Attempted Rape May 13, 1890  Napoleonville  Assumption Parish  Mass
109 Swayze, George  White  Political Causes June 16, 1890    East Feliciana Parish  Private (Black?)
110 Coleman, John  Black  Murder June 26, 1890    Caddo Parish  Unknown (Black)
111 Alexander, Wm.  Black  Attempted Rape August 21, 1890    East Baton Rouge Parish  Private
112 Wooten, Frank  Black  Arson October 12, 1890    Claiborne Parish  Unknown
113 Unidentified Man  Black  Bulldozing November 20, 1890    East Baton Rouge Parish  Terrorist
114 Scoffedi, Antoino  Italian  Conspiracy to Murder March 14, 1891  New Orleans  Orleans Parish  Mass (Mixed)
115 Macheca, Joseph  Italian  Conspiracy to Murder March 14, 1891  New Orleans  Orleans Parish  Mass (Mixed)
116 Monasterio, Pietro  Italian  Conspiracy to Murder March 14, 1891  New Orleans  Orleans Parish  Mass (Mixed)
117 Caruso, James  Italian  Conspiracy to Murder March 14, 1891  New Orleans  Orleans Parish  Mass (Mixed)
118 Gerachi, Rocco  Italian  Conspiracy to Murder March 14, 1891  New Orleans  Orleans Parish  Mass (Mixed)
119 Romero, Frank  Italian  Conspiracy to Murder March 14, 1891  New Orleans  Orleans Parish  Mass (Mixed)
120 Marchesi, Antonio  Italian  Conspiracy to Murder March 14, 1891  New Orleans  Orleans Parish  Mass (Mixed)
121 Traina, Charles  Italian  Conspiracy to Murder March 14, 1891  New Orleans  Orleans Parish  Mass (Mixed)
122 Comitz, Loretto  Italian  Conspiracy to Murder March 14, 1891  New Orleans  Orleans Parish  Mass (Mixed)
123 Bagnetto, Antonio  Italian  Conspiracy to Murder March 14, 1891  New Orleans  Orleans Parish  Mass (Mixed)
124 Politz, Manuel  Italian  Conspiracy to Murder March 14, 1891  New Orleans  Orleans Parish  Mass (Mixed)
125 Hampton, Tennis  Black  Murder May 21, 1891  Gibsland  Bienville Parish  Private
126 Anderson, William  Black  Murder May 23, 1891    Caddo Parish  Posse
127 Anderson, John  Black  Murder May 23, 1891    Caddo Parish  Posse
128 Hummell, Samuel  Black  Murder June 2, 1891  Hermitage  Pointe Coupee Parish  Unknown
129 Campbell, Alex  Black  Murder June 2, 1891  Hermitage  Pointe Coupee Parish  Unknown
130 Unidentified Man  Black  Murder June 2, 1891  Hermitage  P