Lynching of Henry Scott: May 16, 1894

By Lynching in Texas Staff

City: Jefferson, Texas

County: Marion County

Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: Unknown

Alleged Crime: Murder

Manner of Death: Hanged

Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching, Tuskegee Institute, Equal Justice Initiative

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"Hanged by a Mob."
Source: *Galveston Daily News* (Galveston, Texas) | Date: May 17, 1894

"Negroes Lynch a Negro."
Source: *Marshall Messenger* (Marshall, Texas) | Date: May 18, 1894

"Telegraph Ticks."
Source: *Chattanooga Daily Times* (Chattanooga, Tennessee) | Date: May 17, 1894

"A Negro Who Murdered His Child Lynched by Men of His Own Color."
Source: *The Times-Picayune* (New Orleans, Louisiana) | Date: May 18, 1894

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Lynching in Texas Staff, “Lynching of Henry Scott: May 16, 1894,” Lynching In Texas, accessed September 5, 2026, https://www.lynchingintexas.org/items/show/168.

Published February 15, 2018. Last updated March 02, 2020.

Lynching of Henry Scott: May 16, 1894

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"Hanged by a Mob."

"Negroes Lynch a Negro."

"Telegraph Ticks."

"A Negro Who Murdered His Child Lynched by Men of His Own Color."

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