Reconstruction Era: 1866-1874 Murders, Winn Parish, Louisiana

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African American Archives by: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane,
Winnfield, LA  71483



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Taken from the Congressional Record, 44th Congress, 2d Session, Ex. Doc.
No. 30

List of murders committed in the parish of Natchitoches.

1866-Ursam Tenace, colored, killed by S. B. Newman (at one time served as
Sheriff of Winn Parish), William Kimball and Lawson Kimball, white; John
Caldwell, colored; John Blackburn, colored; colored child of William Fisher.

1867-A. J. Fletcher, white, killed by H. E. Adcock, white; Dr. Jordan,
white, ambushed; J. W. Low, white, killed by Jacob Green, white; Rube Carey,
colored, killed by Henry George, colored, overseer at W. A. Strong's, white;
C. W. Stauffer, white, killed by R. S. Jones,  J. S. Jones, and R. B. Jones,
white.

1868-Thomas Pierson, white; Alfred Hazen, colored; Harris Cole, colored;
Adam Carnahan, white; Ben Metoyer, colored; ______Cohen, white.

1869-J. T. Walters, white; George Snoddy, white; Liddie White, colored;
William Jones, colored; Tip Gilliam, white; Jacob Maims, white; Tom Chapman,
colored;_____ Dyer, white.

1871-Desmond, white; Martin Hawkins, colored; Seaburn Martin, colored.

1872-James Jilks, colored; Alma Jones, white; Charles Garner, colored; A.
J. Hale, white; Rufus Ellis, colored.

1873-Walker Sweet, colored; ________ Lanodiere (Lonadier), white; Alexander
Young, colored; Sam Jones, colored; Joe Burns, colored; colored man killed by
A.Tourres.

1874-M. P. Blackstone, white; _____ Sapp, colored; charles Brumly, colored;
George Washing, colored; James Gingham, colored; Charles Bell, colored; Jules
Jeffrion, colored; Semore Richard, colored; ______ Fitzgerald, white; John
Jackson, Indian; Joe Chicken, colored; Doctor Williams, colored; colored man
found in Bayou Pierre with his skull broken; _____ Kior, colored.

Total, 52.  Out of this number, two were killed accidentally.  Only three
of the murderers have been tried.  Colored killed, 32; white, 22.

(The above was copied from page 309 of the Congressional Record of the 42nd
U. S. Congress, and submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn
Parish, LA).