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The Freedmen's Bureau Online

Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869
National Archives Microfilm Publication M999 Roll 34
"Reports of Outrages, Riots and Murders"


Columbia, Tenn.
August 12, '68
Eastman, H. A., Agent
Report of Murders Committed during the year ending July 1, "68

List of Murders in Counties of Maury and Marshall, Tenn. from July 1st, 1867 to July 1st, 1868

Date of Murder Name of Person Murdered Color Name of Murderer Color Action taken by Civil Courts
Dec. 1867 John Courtney, hung White Ku Klux Klan White No arrests made
Feby. 29, 1868 Bicknell, shot White Pitts alias Waters White Arrested by volunteer squad & lodged in Jail
March 3rd, 1868 Pitts alias Waters, hung White Ku Klux Klan White No arrests made
March 13th, 1868 Ruth Jones, shot Colored McKinley White In Jail awaiting trial
April 7th, 1868 Henry Fitzpatrick, hung & shot Colored Ku Klux Klan White No arrests made
April 7th, 1868 Rev. Littleton Lincoln, hung White Ku Klux Klan White No arrests made
May 1868 Colored field hand, shot Colored Jas. Campbell Colored No arrests made, warrant issued. Fled
Date not known John Washington, shot Colored Lou Perry Colored In Jail awaiting trial
Date not known Tom Jourdan, shot Colored Ku Klux Klan   No arrests made
Date not known Alf Rainey, hung Colored Ku Klux Klan   No arrests made
Date not known Tom Kelley Colored Ku Klux Klan   No arrests made

Four other murders in the County by "Ku Klux" have been reported but dates and names cannot be procured.

Very Respectfully
H. A. Eastman
Agt. Bu. R. F. & A. L.