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The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington coup of 1898, occurred in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Thursday, November 10, 1898. This project seeks to better understand these events from a genealogical point of view and assist descendants of those affected to learn about their ancestor's stories.
Perpetrators
The Secret Nine
- Hugh MacRae
- J. Allan Taylor
- Hardy L. Fennell
- W. A. Johnson
- L. B. Sasser
- William Gilchrist
- P. B. Manning
- E. S. Lathrop
- Walter L. Parsley
The Red Shirts
Victims
Deported
- Robert H. Bunting - Former Chief of Police of Melton
- C.H. Gilbert - Former policeman
- G.Z. French - Former Sheriff
- J.R. Melton
- Silas Wright
- Salem J Bell
- Robert B. Pickens
- Ari Bryant - Butcher shop owner
- Thomas C. Miller - Born a Slave but became very wealthy through Real Estate
Arrested
- Henry Gause
- McLean Lofton
- James Laughlin - Clerk at Front St. Market
- Tom Miller
- R.B. Pickens
- D.J. Bell
- Beverly Scott
Wounded
- William Lindsey
- Alfred White
- J.R. Davis - Shot in the back with the bullet wounding his kidney.
Killed
- Daniel Wright - accused of shooting a Mr. W. H. Mayo
- John Townsend -
- Charles Lindsay (aka Silas Brown)
- William Mouzon
- John L. Gregory - killed on Third St. between Harnett and Swann (May be same person as Sam Gregory)
- Josh Halsey - killed on Bladen St. near Seventh
- Sam Macfarland - died in Hospital from gunshot wound
- Carter Peamon
- Cyrus Lindsay
Further Reading
The Ghosts of 1898:Wilmington's Race Riot and the Rise of White Supremacy by Timothy B Tyson