Cane Creek Massacre

When

10 Aug 1884

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

4

Coordinates

39.83° N, 98.58° W

Description

1884 attack on a Mormon congregation

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

1884 attack on a Mormon congregation

The Cane Creek Massacre was a violent attack on the worship service of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that occurred on August 10, 1884, in Lewis County, Tennessee. The assault by an armed mob resulted in five deaths and marked one of the most serious incidents of anti-Mormon violence in the Southern United States.

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