I found this sad but interesting story on the web and thought I'd pass it on. It comes from the Savannah Courier which was published in Savannah, Tennessee in Hardin County. "Jackson was the scene of the enforcement of the lynch law on the night of Aug 18th. Eliza Wood, a negro woman the victim.She was accused of poisoning, with Rough on Rats, Mrs. Wooten, for whom she was cooking, the previous week. An analysis of the stomach of Mrs. Wooten showed arsenic in sufficient quantity to produce death. When this fact became known a mob was organized who took the woman from the jail and hung her to a tree in the courthouse yard, stripped her of all clothing, fired shots into her body and left her hanging. It is generally believed that she had poisoned several other persons." "Nov 23, 1886 - Jesse Wooten, whose wife was poisoned by a negro woman at Jackson last summer, has been pronounced insane and carried to the asylum in Nashville." Hope you find it interesting. Donna