I do not believe you will find things like this written up but you may. I remember as a child overhearing my parents talking of a lynching on the bridge in Dalton. They said a black man had raped a white woman and had been hanged from the bridge. This was probably 50 yrs ago. My mom was from Dalton and Springplace and dad from Calhoun. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert N Smith" <smithrn@juno.com> To: <GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [MURRAY] mccamy > Hello, > > A good starting point would be Fitzhugh-Brundage's "Lynching in > the New South" which has a list of Georgia lynchings derived from the > Tuskegee Institute lists, I think. That should pinpoint which county the > lynching took place and the date. I don't have my copy but a library > should have one. Then go to the newspaper for that county to find the > story. You should find a copy of the newspaper in the local county > archive or at the Georgia Newspaper collection at UGA. > As far as I understand it, there were no "official" lynchings in > Georgia from 1926 to 1930, so that might help, but I know of at least > one, in Toccoa, that isn't on the records, so if you don't find it in the > official records don't give up. > If you do find something, please let me know as I am very > interested in the subject. > > Robert Smith > (smithrn@juno.com) > > > > On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 07:26:43 -0800 ToniMcCannALB@aol.com writes: > > has anyone whose ancestors came from murray/whitefield county ever > >heard of > >a chilling tale of lyncing down there in the early twenties or > >thirties. i > >have just been told one of my ancestors was lynched in > >murray/whitefield > >county during that time period. his name was alonzo mccamy-afro > >american > >and he had a son named al mccamy that was sentenced to prison during > >that > >time. anyone remember any old stories about this contact me. thanks. > > > > > > > > > >==== GAMURRAY Mailing List ==== > >--- Author Retains Copyright --- > >-- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > >Post to List: GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > >Unsubscribe request To: GAMURRAY-L-request@rootsweb.com > >ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com > > > > > ==== GAMURRAY Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: GAMURRAY-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >