| Date | Victim | Charged | Notes |
| June 1807 | Peyton T. Smith, white | Two Slaves | Shot while at supper. Slaves hung. Augusta
Chronicle
July 4, 1807 |
| Sep 1819 | Capt. John Troutman, white | Unknown | Shot while in bed. Baltimore Patriot October 21, 1819 |
| April 23, 1825 | Raymond Knapp, white | Mr. Macumber, white | Knapp was killed with knife in affray. Macumber excaped, turned himself it in June. Not charged. American Mercury May 3, 1825 |
| July 1826 | Reuben Bradford Goodwin, white | Henry R. Rogers, white | Stabbed Rogers, Govenor's award. Augusta Chronicle July 15, 1826. |
| Dec 1826 | Pulaski,
white
Moffitt, white |
Penitentiary guards | Shot while escaped from the penitentiary. Augusta Chronicle 12-20-1826 |
| Nov 30, 1832 | Elenor Bustin, white | John Johnson, white | Bustin was Johnson's 13 yr old sister- in- law found hung, Johnson found guilty - circumstantial evidence. Hung Nov. 22, 1833. He maintained his innocence til death. Southern Patriot Nov. 29, 1833 |
| Dec 1832 | Lemuel Smith, white | William Flournoy, white | Flournoy shot Smith in self defence, trial of 1834 he was found not guilty. Southern Patriot Dec 18, 1832; Nashville Banner March 7, 1834 |
| Nov 1833 | Henry C. Byrom, white | Robert McComb, white | Macon Weekly Telegraph, Nov 21, 1833; Dec. 18, 1833. For more details see Remembering Milledgeville by Hugh T. Harrington |
| 1835 | Martin Smith, white | Jackson Mahon, white | 18 yr old Mahon was convicted on circumstantial evidence, sentenced to penitentiary for life. Pardoned by legislature Dec. 1840. Ga. Telegraph Aug 13, 1835 |
| Nov 20, 1841 | Mansel J. Smith, white | George W. Searcy
William Searcy |
affray Macon Weekly Telegraph Nov.
23, 1841;
April 12, 1842 |
| Oct 26 1842 | John A Deane, white | Cicero Buffington, white | Deane, clerk of Inferior Court was stabbed
to death.
Milledgeville Recorder Nov 1, 1842 |
| Mar 1851 | Mrs Amy G. Wright, white | James Johnson. white | Found guilty, sentenced to hang, pardoned Nov. 1851. Savannah Republican Sep 4, 1851 |
| Jan 11 1854 | William A. Ralston, white | Archibald Hunt of Albany, white | Previous difficulties & accusation of cheating, Hunt shot Ralston in front of McComb's Hotel. The Georgia Telegraph Jan 17, 1854 |
| April 1870 | Mr. Brickett/James J. Bricquet | James A. P. Robson, white | Brickett, overseer was shot Mr Robson. March 18, March 22 and April 19, 1870 Georgia Weekly Telegraph. |
| Sept 1870 | Simon Greer, black | Berry Williams, black | Justifiable homicide. Sep 20, 1870. Macon Weekly Telegraph |
| July 3, 1871 | Capt. Lewis H. Kenan, white | John R. Strother, white | In April 1871 Kenan shot at Strother with a shotgun in front of Moore & Co's Store; In May 1871 an attempt to set the house of Kenan on fire was made. On July 3, 1871 Strother shot and killed Kenan. Strother disappeared and was was killed by unknowns in Louisiana in Nov. 1888, his body riddled with buckshot. Georgia Weekly Telegraph May 23,1871, May 30 1871, July 6, 1871, Daily Columbus Enquirer July 13 1871;Dallas Morning News Nov 22, 1888. For more details see Remembering Milledgeville by Hugh T. Harrington |
| Jun 1871 | Sam Jones, black | Jim Nelson, black | Struck with hoe. Macon Weekly Telegraph June 20, 1871 |
| Oct 9 1871 | Adam Waller, black | Taylor Brown, white | Brown murdered him and then left the county. Oct 24, 1871, Georgia Weekly Telegraph |
| April 1872 | Daniel House, white | Asylum inmate | Struck on head with a spade and died the next day. Macon Weekly Telegraph Apr 16, 1872; "The Dead Book. Burials in the City Cemetery Milledgeville, Georgia 1869 - 1904" |
| Oct 1872 | Levi Ross, black | Henry Kittrell, black | Killed over a woman. Put in trial in 1893, found not guilty, was defending his wife. Macon Weekly Telegraph Oct. 28 1872, Union Recorder Aug 15 1893. |
| Nov 1873 | Unnamed Negro Man | J. C. Huff, white | accidental shooting while hunting |
| Aug 15, 1874 | Oliver Ellison, white | Thomas Fair, white | Ellison was stabbed (5 times) to death by Thomas Fair, who escaped. His family kept him hidden in their home for 13 years, his death disclosing the information. Georgia Weekly Telegraph Aug 25,1874; Atlanta Constitution Jan 30, 1894 |
| Dec 1874 | Frederick McComb, white | Horace Wilson
F. M. Meadows, white |
Altercation between Fred & Gordon McComb
at Wilson & Meadows store. Wilson claimed he shot in self defense.
He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to four years
imprisonment in the penitentiary. Meadows was held as accessory. Macon
Weekly Telegraph Jan
5, 1875;
Feb 9, 1875
Apr 25, 1875; |
| April 30. 1877 | Mrs. Ardeoro F. Moore Shaw, white | Mike Shaw, white | Shaw, who lived near Stevens Pottery killed
his wife. Went to trial Aug. 1877, convicted of murder and hung July 15,
1878. He was hung on the gallows near the bank of the Oconee River. Macon
Telegraph and Messenger May
4, 1877(1); May 4,
1877 (2); May 6, 1877;August
25, 1877; Georgia Weekly Telegraph
May
15, 1877; May 22,
1877
July 9, 1878; July 16, 1878; Columbus Daily Enquirer August 28, 1877 Atlanta Constiution June 12, 1878, June 14, 1878; June 18, 1878 |
| 1878 | Unnamed Child, black | Group of children, black | Playing court and hanging, the child was hanged accidentaly. Macon WeeklyTelegraph and Georgia Journal & Messenger 10/1/1878 |
| July 1879 | Kelsey Tuttle, white | Jesse Davis, white | Davis disembowled Tuttle with his knife, ruled justifiable homicide. Macon Weekly Telegraph and Georgia Journal & Messenger Jul 15 1879 |
| Nov. 15 1881 | Steve Young, white | Warren Owens, black | Owens shot Young, bridge keeper, 5 times. Owens fled to Palestine,Texas, in 1884 when Sheriff Ennis went to bring him home he escaped from the local sheriff with the help of his family. The Atlanta Constitution, Nov 17 1881; The Telegraph and Messenger Nov 27, 1884 |
| 1882 | Jesse Davis, white | Sol Barrett, white | Justifiable homicide. Macon Weekly Telegraph, Sep 21 1882 |
| June 6, 1883 | York Cooper, black | Benjamin Brookins, white | Seduction of his daughter, justifiable homicide. Macon Weekly Telegraph Jun 7, 1883, July 22, 1883 |
| 1883 | Louise Lewis, black | white boy | The Telegraph and Messenger July 22, 1883 |
| Sept 26 1883 | James Aids, white | Mansfield Hubbard, Jr., George Whitaker , white | Old grudge existing Aids & Hubbard, his brother-in-law. Hubbard shot Aids in the stomach. George Whitaker named as accessory at coroner inquest. Aids died on the 27th. Macon Weekly Telegraph Sep 30, 1883 |
| 1883 | John Tollison, white | Alex McMillian, John McMillian, Daniel McMillian,
John West Lingold, Aus Wilson
, white |
Intoxicated, fight started at bar in Milledgeville.
Mr. Lingold was stabbed to death at Fishing Creek. The
trial started Jan 22. 1884 and Alex McMillian was found guilty, mercy recommened. Daniel McMillian and John West Lingold pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Aus Wilson pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter. These 3 received 1 year hard labor in the penitentiary. Mrs Tollison, wife of John, died the day the trial started leaving 6 orphan children. Macon Weekly Telegraph, Nov 14, 18, 1883 |
| May 27, 1885 | William M. Whitten, white | S. Henry Lane, white | May 28, 29; June 2 1885, Atlanta Constitution |
| July 1885 | "Free Joe" Edwards, black | Bill Todd, black
Martha Green, accessory |
Stabbed with knife. Found guilty, Todd was
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
Macon Weekly Telegraph July 8, 23, 1885 |
| Nov 1885 | Tom Roberson, black | Abraham Putnam, black | Killing over damage of pig to potato patch. Verdict of coroner's inquest - murder in the first degree. The Macon Telegraph Nov 8, 1885 |
| Feb 1886 | Deputy Marshall Charles N. Haygood, white | Sam Ennis, white | Shot down in the street of Milledgeville, the jurors Ennis found him not guilty. Macon Telegraph Mar 4, 1886; Aug 18, 1886. See Remembering Milledgeville, by Hugh T. Harrington, for details |
| Mar 4, 1886 | Carrie
Raines, white
Ella Humphries, white |
Frank Humphries, white | guilty of killing wife's sister and neice,
hung Sep 24 1886
Macon Telegraph 3/6/1886 - 9/24/1886, Atlanta Constitution .8/7/1886 |
| 1887 | Abe Youngblood, white | Charles. I. Robinson, white | Acquitted by Baldwin Superior Court. Atlanta Constitution, Mar 12, 1887, July 19, 1887, July 31, 1887 |
| 1887 | Tom
Glasgow, black |
John Johnson, black | Murdered Glasgow on Sam Ennis place, Aug. 1893 sent to pen. for life Brother of Ben Johnson (below). Macon Telegraph Aug 16, 1893 |
| March 1887 | John Harris, and five family members, black | Jim Bonner, black | Bonner, alleged voodoo doctor, poisioned the family of John Harris. Macon Weekly Telegraph May 5, 1887 |
| August 1889 | Deacon Reeves, black | Unknown | Shot at a church in East Baldwin. Augusta Chronicle Aug 10, 1889 |
| Oct 26, 1890 | Willis
Reeves, black |
Unknown | Clubbed to death at church fair out at J. T. Miller's place, Macon Telegraph, Oct 27, 1890 |
| March 1891 | Joe Tucker, white | Myrick Ennis, white | Tucker shot 7 times by his brother -in -law, they were fighting over a dog. Macon Weekly Telegraph Mar 20, 1891 |
| January 1892 | David L. Reaves/Rives
white |
Robert Collins, white | Collins made disparging remarks about family which let to a fight. Collins shot Rives with double barreled shotgun. Macon Weekly Telegraph, Feb 1, 14, 15 1892; Aquitted Jan 17, 1893 |
| March 23, 1892 | Smithy Ennis Leonard
white |
Lewis Williams 1st suspect, black
Ben Temple, black 2nd suspect |
Brutally murdered with an ax at her home near Black Springs. Her husband Rev. Simon C. Leonard died a little over a year later. Macon Weekly Telegraph March 25, 26, April 3, 1892 |
| April 20 1892 | Lawson Garrett, white | Dr. O. F. Moran, white | Quarrel between James Osborne & Garrett who also threatened Moran with a large meat knife and was in the act of shooting Osborne, when, threatened by Garrett, Moran shot him in head. Coroner's jury - verdict of justifiable shooting. Macon Weekly Telegraph April 22, 1892 |
| May 1892. | William D. Barnes, white | Charles Richardson, white | Fighting at church over a woman Richardson shot Barnes. Macon Telegraph 5/31/1892 |
| March 23, 1893 | Charlton Lockhart, white | Ben Johnson, black | March 20, 1893, Lockhart, an overseer on the Barnes place used profanity in front of women which led to a fight. Lockhart was hit with a hoe and died 3 days later. At the August trial Johnson was found guilty and sent to the pen. for life. Macon Weekly Telegraph Mar 22, 1893 |
| May 16, 1893 | Daniel Goodwin, white | Dave Upshaw, white | Shot near Stevens Pottery because of slander against Upshaw's wife. In the August trial it was declared a mistrial. Macon Weekly Telegraph Aug 13, 1893 |
| Nov 1893 | Anna Walker, black | Creesy Scoggins, black | A mixture of man's infidelity and woman's burning jealously. Walked stabbed Scoggins and fled. Nov 21 Macon Weekly Telegraph |
| Sept 12, 1894 | F. A. Faulkner, white | Robert Miller, white | Miller shot and killed Faulkner over a dispute over a road through Faulkner's property to Miller's property. Coroner's jury - murder. The Weekly Telegraph Sep 17, 1894 |
| March 24, 1896 | Walter Hemphill, white | Joe H. Ewalt; Charlie Mathis, accessory, white | Hemphill, a clerk in C. T. Whelan's Bar was shot 3 times by Joe H. Ewalt of Paris Ky & Hancock County, Ga. , a hostler for racehorses;. Hemphill died March 30, 1896. Ewalt was convicted of 1st degree murder in the July 1896 superior court and sentenced to life imprisonment. Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge of Ky was his lawyer. Case was appealed. The Morning Hearld Jul 20, 1896. In 1907 Ewalt accidentally shot T. F. Jackson from Athens at the Putnam Hotel in Eatonton. The wound was not serious. Macon Daily Telegraph Nov 16, 1907 |
| April 1895 | Pat Shea of Hancock County. white | Prof. W. E. Reynolds, white | mistaken for a burglar, coroner's jury ruled justifible homicide. Columbus Daily Enquirer, April 5, 1895 |
| Jan 1895 | Charlie Phillips | Pleas Hall | Hit in head with rock. Union Recorder Feb 4 1896 |
| 1898 | W. O. Finney, white | William B. Stanley, white | Altercation in Stanley's resturant led to shooting of W. O. Finney. Tom Finney, son of W. O. Finney was shot. as well as Julian R. & William B. Stanley. Coroner's jury ruled justifiable homicide. Columbus Enquirer-Sun, Nov 22, 1898. |
| Feb. 26, 1902. | Adolphus Walker, black | Dink Calhoun, black | Anger led to shooting near Georgia Depot. Macon Telegraph, Feb 27, 1902 |
| Oct. 29, 1902 | J. P. Lingold, white | Peter Lingold, brother, white | intoxicated, quarreled on way home from circus, Columbus Daily Enquirer, Oct 29, 1902; The Constitution Oct 30, 1902 |
| Jan. 1906 | O. W. Meadows of Hancock Co., white | Ras Sanders | Found shot in his buggy near Baldwin & Hancock counties line. In Jan. 1906 Superior Court Ras Sanders was tried and found not guilty. Atlanta Constitution Jan 6, 1906 Macon Daily Telegraph Jan 14, 1906 |
| Sep 1906 | William McAlister, black | Fraley Thomas, black | - |
| Dec 1905 | Jake Rushin
black |
Mims Devereaux black | Killed a man over dispute of money won in crap game. Hung November 16, 1906 in Baldwin County. Macon Weekly Telegraph Nov 16, 1906, Nov. 17, 1906 |
| May 16, 1908 | Williard Brewer, white | Daniel Brewer, white | In drunken spree, Daniel Brewer, 67 yr old Confederate Veteran, shot his 23 yr old son Williard Brewer. He was in prison in 1910 per 1910 census. Divorced, he died in Laurens County July 20, 1920. Census. Atlanta Constitution May 17, 1908 |
| July 17 1909 | James Aldred, white | William C. Croley, white | Aldred was shot by Croley while resisting arrest by Policeman Jack Roberts. Croley was found guilty. Columbus Enquirer Sun Jul 20 1909 |
| May 7, 1910 | Jere M. Pound Jr., white | Powell Allen, white | Playing at dueling & not realizing the guns were loaded, Powell Allen accidentally shot 16 yr old Pound. Columbus Daily Enquirer May 8, 1910 |
| Nov. 27, 1910 | Elijah Simmons, white | Buckner | Simmons shot 4 times when he went to Buckner's house to "protect his brother." Macon Weekly Telegraph Nov. 28, 1910 |
| Aug 1911 | Anderson Fraley, black | Charley Collins, black | - |
| Sep 1911 | Thedore Meminger | Crowley Thomas | - |
| Dec 1911 | E. M. Osborn, white | Tom Pugh, white | Fought over dog, Osborn shot in lungs. Macon Weekly Telegraph Dec 10, 1911 |
| Sep. 22, 1912 | Emmett Blackwell, white | Moses Wright, black | Shot and killed while walking on Jefferson St. Columbus Enquirer-Ledger Sep. 23, 1912 |
| Aug. 13, 1913 | Mrs Will Winters, white | Mrs. Charlie Winters, white | Accidently shot by her sister-in-law in Stevens Pottery Macon Daily Telegraph Aug 14, 1913 |
| May 1914 | Earnest A. Handley, white | Charlie Couch, white | Shot over a woman. Macon Daily Telegraph May 24, 1914 |
| Jan. 19, 1915 | Mrs. C. F. Polk, white | Clifford. F. Polk, white | Jan 19, 1914, Polk, an employee at the state sanitarium shot his wife 3 times in the presence of their 2 small children at the residence of J. O. Cooper, who operated a store near the sanitarium. At July term of court in 1915 he was tried on a writ of lunacy and found sane. Case appealed and was reversed. Tried again and found sane. After an appeal the verdict sustained. His last statement was that he felt he was right to what he did and was ready to pay the penalty and meet God. He was hung at the county jail on Nov. 30, 1918. His body was sent to Jasper County for burial. Macon Weekly Telegraph Nov. 30, 1918 |
| 1915 | Burl Folsom, black | Sherman Mason, black | Macon Daily Telegraph 7/11/1915 |
| 1915 | Grover Brookins, black | Frank Devereux, black | cut to death at Stevens Pottrry, Macon Daily Telegraph 7/11/1915 |
| May 1915 | Mrs. C. J. Gates, white | C. J. Gates, white | C J. Gates, a 25 yr old employee at a local brick plant, threatened to kill his wife and 2 children. Mrs. Gates beat her husband to the pistol. She was exonerated by the coroner's jury. Macon Daily Telegraph 5/24/1915 |
| July 1915 | Sylvia Pearson, black | Henry Curtis, black | Henry Curtis shot and fatally wounded Sylvian Pearson and then turned the gun on himself, dying instantly. Macon Weekly Telegraph 7-21-1915 |
| 1918 | Tom Young, black | John Brown, black | killing in eastern Baldwin Co. Macon Daily Telegraph 1/27/1918 |
| July 1919 | Johan
Abbaglin, white
of Wilkinson County |
Henry Amerson, white of Wilkinson County | Amerson shot Abbaglin in thigh and he bled to death. Macon Daily Telegraph 9-13-1919 |
| August 1919 | Carl Watson, white | unknown | Carl Watson, a native of Alabama, was found floating in the Oconee River Aug. 21. Married to Lillian Jones for only 2 months, he was missing Aug. 16 1919 when he went to Milledgeville to work. 8 local men and women were arrested and released. Case never solved. Macon Weekly Telegraph 9/1/1919, 9/6/1919, 7/14/1921, 7/16/1921, 7/19/1921 |
| May 1920 | Andrew King, black | George Hogan, black | shot at the County Line Church. coroners verdict murder. Hogan left the county. May 11 1920. Union Recorder.Found in Cleveland Ohio and returned to the county. Mar 23, 1921, Union Recorder. Found guilty of first degree murder July 1921 and sentenced to be hung Aug. 19th, Union Recorder Jul 20, 1921; |
| Oct 17, 1920 | Will Lee, black | Marion Ford, black | Shot during a robbery in the Merweather Community. Macon Daily Telegraph 10/18/1920 |
| Jan 1922 | Zack Stephenson, black | L. R. Riley, white
W. H. Smith, white |
killed in pistol battle with Stevens Pottery
Plant officials.
Macon Weekly Telegraph 1/10/1922 |
| May 1922 | Lonnie Griffin of Washington Co., white | Cleon H. Johnson
Charlie Hitchcock both from Hancock Co. , white |
July 1922, Johnson was found guilty of murder
in the cutting of Lonnie Griffin, his cousin, to death at a candy
pulling and dance at the Renfroe home near the Hancock county line. Sentenced
to life imprisonment.
Charlie Hitchcock, his cousin, charged as accessory. Went to trial July 1922, found guilty and given 5-10 yr sentence. Columbus Ledger-Enquirer 5/2/1922 Macon Weekly Telegraph May 3, 1922, Jul 21, 1922, Jul 22, 1922, July 23, 1922 |
