Suggest as some background material you use the genealogist's friend: google.com Search terms" "lynching in mississippi" [use the quotation marks] There seems to a master's thesis or something similar. It will not speak of your ancestor (I don't think) but will give you some background information. Some of my friends prefer other search engins, such as *dogpile* May your research lead you to some more answers. E.W.Wallace whose Wilkinson Co. folks either died there--or went away, mostly to Texas