Judge Lynch's Court

Biographies

From a list of lynchings known to have taken place in various Maryland counties between the 1860s and the 1930s, the names listed below uncover and document the events as recorded in the press. When at all available, the local press was used, moving out to the more regional presses only as a fallback option. The dates listed for each lynching incident are fairly accurate (+/- 10 to 12 weeks). Most of the newspapers used are weeklies, so where date inaccuracy exists it should not pose a major problem to research.

Siebert Map

Related Resources

Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror NAACP Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States, 1889-1913

Links to Biographies by Year

Prior to 1870

Associated Individuals
  • Richard Greenwell
  • Josephine Sherwood
  • James McGinnis

1870-1889

1890-1909

1910-1933

Links to Biographies by Region

Western

Allegany
Frederick

Southern

Anne Arundel
Calvert
Charles
St. Mary's

Capital

Montgomery
Prince George's

Central

Baltimore
Carroll
Harford
Howard

Eastern Shore

Caroline
Associated Individuals
  • Richard Greenwell
Cecil
Kent
Queen Anne's
Associated Individuals
  • Josephine Sherwood
  • James McGinnis
Somerset
Wicomico