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 > >