Sure wish I could help you. The depth and knowledge of your research amazes me and you certainly are due a break. I'll keep you and your research in mind because you never know which family is going to have a tiny little break that will really help you. Best wishes, Lucy - One last thought - have you done any research on the Phares family? A story like that would surely be remembered down through the generations. > > From: "hessf" <hessf@bellsouth.net> > Date: 2006/07/21 Fri AM 10:41:19 EDT > To: MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Research puzzle: Murder in Mississippi in 1879 > > Looks like you've pretty much covered the subject. What other info are you > looking for? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Kdberr1@aol.com> > To: <MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 9:33 AM > Subject: [MSWILKIN] Research puzzle: Murder in Mississippi in 1879 > > > > HI: > > I'm researching the murder of my great-great-grandfather, Charles Brown. > > He > > was lynched in September 1879 near Woodville, Mississippi. > > > > I have documented his death in 3 ways: U.S. Mortality Census for 1880; his > > wife was a widow according to the 1880 Census; and a newspaper article > > reporting the lynching. > > > > He was building a house for Wilbert Phares, son of a renowned doctor in > > Woodville, David Lewis Phares. He arrived at the Phares house and started > > arguing > > with Wilbert's wife Mary and reportedly threatened her with a hatchet. > > Wilbert > > and a worker, Louis Swift, subdued him and held him at the house for the > > sheriff. Neighbors came to the house that night, took him away and hanged > > him. > > > > I am exploring the circumstances of Charles' death, and I want to find out > > as > > much as I can about his life. > > > > I just returned from a research trip to MS this week, but as I expected I > > couldn't find out much at the state archives. > > > > My question to the list is whether I'm on the right track and are checking > > as > > many sources of information available. > > > > > > Should I check circuit court records in Wilkinson Co., MS? I have the > > names > > of the mayor and sheriff in Sept. 1879. I'd also like to find out the > > newspaper's sources for its article (they only said "this is what we were > > able to find > > out." > > > > What records should I check in East Feliciana Parish, where he lived? The > > local paper reprinted the MS article. I am also thinking of checking LA > > deeds > > (because he was a carpenter and owned $100 in property according to the > > 1870 > > Census), churches that may have existed at the time, and would like to > > find out > > where he is buried. > > > > I do understand that the lynching of a black man in 1879 in MS is very > > likely > > not to be prosecuted, but I still am pressing on and researching anyway. > > (I > > was told that I wouldn't be able to document his death, and I did.) > > > > Thanks for all help. > > > > Kberry > > > > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > > unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com > > unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com > > admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin > > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > Tina Halls webpages: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== > unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com > unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com > admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com > Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Tina Halls webpages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Probably nothing really unique about a lynching at that time, in Mississippi or anywhere else in this country. It's just that the state of Mississippi has been given the "bad boy" image...and, chances are that more information is available in the state of Mississippi than other states or territories. ----- Original Message ----- From: <tdelancy@bellsouth.net> To: <MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 6:29 PM Subject: Re: Re: [MSWILKIN] Research puzzle: Murder in Mississippi in 1879 > Sure wish I could help you. The depth and knowledge of your research > amazes me and you certainly are due a break. I'll keep you and your > research in mind because you never know which family is going to have a > tiny little break that will really help you. Best wishes, Lucy - One last > thought - have you done any research on the Phares family? A story like > that would surely be remembered down through the generations. >> >> From: "hessf" <hessf@bellsouth.net> >> Date: 2006/07/21 Fri AM 10:41:19 EDT >> To: MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [MSWILKIN] Research puzzle: Murder in Mississippi in 1879 >> >> Looks like you've pretty much covered the subject. What other info are >> you >> looking for? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <Kdberr1@aol.com> >> To: <MSWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 9:33 AM >> Subject: [MSWILKIN] Research puzzle: Murder in Mississippi in 1879 >> >> >> > HI: >> > I'm researching the murder of my great-great-grandfather, Charles >> > Brown. >> > He >> > was lynched in September 1879 near Woodville, Mississippi. >> > >> > I have documented his death in 3 ways: U.S. Mortality Census for 1880; >> > his >> > wife was a widow according to the 1880 Census; and a newspaper article >> > reporting the lynching. >> > >> > He was building a house for Wilbert Phares, son of a renowned doctor in >> > Woodville, David Lewis Phares. He arrived at the Phares house and >> > started >> > arguing >> > with Wilbert's wife Mary and reportedly threatened her with a hatchet. >> > Wilbert >> > and a worker, Louis Swift, subdued him and held him at the house for >> > the >> > sheriff. Neighbors came to the house that night, took him away and >> > hanged >> > him. >> > >> > I am exploring the circumstances of Charles' death, and I want to find >> > out >> > as >> > much as I can about his life. >> > >> > I just returned from a research trip to MS this week, but as I expected >> > I >> > couldn't find out much at the state archives. >> > >> > My question to the list is whether I'm on the right track and are >> > checking >> > as >> > many sources of information available. >> > >> > >> > Should I check circuit court records in Wilkinson Co., MS? I have the >> > names >> > of the mayor and sheriff in Sept. 1879. I'd also like to find out the >> > newspaper's sources for its article (they only said "this is what we >> > were >> > able to find >> > out." >> > >> > What records should I check in East Feliciana Parish, where he lived? >> > The >> > local paper reprinted the MS article. I am also thinking of checking LA >> > deeds >> > (because he was a carpenter and owned $100 in property according to the >> > 1870 >> > Census), churches that may have existed at the time, and would like to >> > find out >> > where he is buried. >> > >> > I do understand that the lynching of a black man in 1879 in MS is very >> > likely >> > not to be prosecuted, but I still am pressing on and researching >> > anyway. >> > (I >> > was told that I wouldn't be able to document his death, and I did.) >> > >> > Thanks for all help. >> > >> > Kberry >> > >> > >> > ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== >> > unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com >> > unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com >> > admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com >> > Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin >> > archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> > threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >> > Tina Halls webpages: >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL >> > >> > ============================== >> > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== >> unsub: mswilkin-L-request@rootsweb.com >> unsub: mswilkin-D-request@rootsweb.com >> admin: MSWILKIN-admin@rootsweb.com >> Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin >> archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >> Tina Halls webpages: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/censuses.html >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/mississippi.htmL >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. 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