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Name Murdered In Date
2 Victims - Names UnreportedPitt County, NCMay 11, 1899
1 Victim - Name UnreportedCharlotte, NCMay 26, 1910
1 Victim - Name UnreportedForest City, NCSeptember 1, 1900
1 Victim - Name UnreportedPine Level, NCJanuary 12, 1908
1 Victim - Name UnreportedPocket Township, NCJanuary 6, 1893
1 Victim - Name UnreportedSeaboard, NCMay 19, 1904
1 Victim - Name UnreportedPelham, NCOctober 8, 1910
Bazemore, PeterLewiston, NCMarch 26, 1918
Barrier, RobertLexington, NCOctober 25, 1889
Bess, MackNearland, NCSeptember 8, 1891
Black, JosephKingston, NCApril 5, 1916
Boone, DavidMorganton, NCSeptember 11, 1889
Burris, J AAlbemarie, NCJune 12, 1896
Charmers, RobertCranberry, NCApril 22, 1896
Dillingham, JackSalisbury, NCAugust 6, 1906
Freeman, KinchWinston, NCDecember 24, 1890
Gillespie, HarrisonSalisbury, NCJune 11, 1902
Gillespie, JohnSalisbury, NCAugust 6, 1906
Gillespie, NeaseSalisbury, NCAugust 6, 1906
Green, PowellFranklin County, North CarolinaDecember 27, 1919
Harris, WilliamAsheville, NCNovember 15, 1906
Hough, LukeWadesborough, NCAugust 21, 1901
Johnson, ThomasConcord, NCMarch 29, 1897
Jones, HenryHarps Cross, NCJanuary 11, 1899
Jones, ThomasSeven Springs, NCAugust 25, 1902
Kiser, JosephConcord, NCMay 29, 1897
Lincoln, IsaacFt. Madison, NCJune 2, 1893
McNeely, JosephCharlotte, NCAugust 26, 1913
Melker, RobertCherryville, NCApril 13, 1905
Moore, JohnClark, NCAugust 27, 1905
Moore, OliverTarboro, NCAugust 19, 1930
Graham, NCFebruary 27, 1970
Purdee, LymanElizabethtown, NCMay 3, 1892
Rankin, HezekiahAsheville, NCSeptember 25, 1891
Ratcliffe, GeorgeClyde, NCMarch 4, 1900
Richards, JohnGoldsboro, NCJanuary 12, 1916
Ritter, GeorgeCarthage, NCMarch 22, 1900
Sigmond, JohnStanley Creek, NCSeptember 1889
Stack, FrankMorganton, NCSeptember 11, 1889
Taylor, GeorgeRolesville, NCNovember 5, 1918
Walker, JamesWashington, NCMarch 25, 1902
Whitson, ThomasAsheville, NCFebruary 24, 1893
Whitson, WilsonAsheville, NCFebruary 24, 1893
Willis, NathanTown Creek, NCNovember 27, 1897
Wilson, JamesWendell, NCJanuary 27, 1914

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