| Part of Jim Crow Era | |
 News coverage of the Lynching of William Byrd in Brentwood, Wayne County, 1922 | |
| Date | May 28, 1922 |
|---|---|
| Location | Brentwood, Wayne County, Georgia |
| Participants | Unknown assailants |
| Deaths | William Byrd |
William Byrd was an African-American man who was lynched in Brentwood, Wayne County, Georgia by a mob on May 28, 1922. According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary it was the 31st of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States. [1]
A number of workers were employed to work on the farm of B.W. Moody, a well-off farmer who lived near Byrd. One of those who agreed to work at Moody's farm was Byrd's wife. She wanted to ride in the front of the truck to get to Moody's farm but Moody wouldn't let her. She complained of the slight to her husband, William Byrd. [2] He went to confront Moody and the argument got out of control with Byrd allegedly shooting and killing Moody and seriously wounded Browning Weaver and Carlos Moody in the arm. [3] [4]
Byrd fled into the wilderness but hounds were procured from the sheriff of Wayne county at Jesup, Georgia, and used to track him down. He was surrounded and shot multiple times. The perpetrators then burned the body. [3]
Alfred Williams was lynched on March 12, 1922, in Harlem, Georgia, for allegedly shooting and wounding L.O. Anderson, a white farmer. Anderson recovered from his wounds. [5] [6]
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