What the records say
- When
- 20 Oct 1922
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 36.05° N, 88.09° W
- Description
- lynching in Camden, Tennessee, USA
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lynching of George and Ed Hartley
Lynching in Camden, Tennessee, USA
Ed and his son George Hartley were lynched in Camden, Benton County, Tennessee by a mob on October 20, 1922. According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary they were the 54th and 55th of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States. The two were the only lynchings of white victims in the state of Tennessee and of the 61 lynchings they were 2 of 6 white victims.
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