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.
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