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In May 1918, after publicly protesting her husband's murder, Mary Turner, eight months pregnant, was lynched by a mob during a week-long terror that killed at least eleven Black residents across Brooks and Lowndes counties. No one was ever charged.
Mary Turner and the Lynching Rampage of 1918 is a historical marker in Hahira, Lowndes County, erected in 2021. It is one of 11 historical markers documented in Lowndes County, among 53 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 30.9870, -83.3810 near Hahira. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hodges Cemetery (cemetery), about 2.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Miller Cemetery, Passmore - Lawson Cemetery, and Redding Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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