Lynching of Steve Hayes: September 18, 1909

By Lynching in Texas Staff

City: Sandy Point, Texas

County: Brazoria County

Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: Unknown

Alleged Crime: Murder

Manner of Death: Hanged and Shot

Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

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"Man Hunt Cost Seven Lives: Two Negroes Lynched And Further Trouble Expected."
Source: *The Baltimore Sun* (Baltimore, Maryland) | Date: September 19, 1909

"Seven Dead in Four-Day Hunt: Two Negroes Are Lynched Today in Texas. Hundreds of Negroes, Heavily Armed, Are Gathered at a Ranch and Threaten To Open War on the Whites."
Source: *The Marion Star* (Marion, Ohio) | Date: September 18, 1909

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Lynching in Texas Staff, “Lynching of Steve Hayes: September 18, 1909,” Lynching In Texas, accessed September 5, 2026, https://www.lynchingintexas.org/items/show/279.

Published February 18, 2018. Last updated September 27, 2018.

Lynching of Steve Hayes: September 18, 1909

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"Man Hunt Cost Seven Lives: Two Negroes Lynched And Further Trouble Expected."

"Seven Dead in Four-Day Hunt: Two Negroes Are Lynched Today in Texas. Hundreds of Negroes, Heavily Armed, Are Gathered at a Ranch and Threaten To Open War on the Whites."

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