Henry Grizzard was hanged by a white mob on April 24 near the house of the young women in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.
However, on April 30, a white mob estimated to number as many as 10,000 overpowered the police guards and took Ephraim Grizzard from the jail.
[1][2][3] They were the daughters of the late Lee Bruce, a veteran of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
[1][2] Governor John P. Buchanan and Adjutant General Norman went to the jail a little before 2 a.m.[2] A shooting occurred at 2:25 a.m.; the mob fired gunshots from outside and the police shot back from inside the building.
She noted that a white man who was then in jail charged with raping an eight-year-old black girl was not harmed by the mob.
This historic plaque also honors the memory of two other lynching victims: his brother Henry Grizzard, and Samuel Smith of Nolensville, Tennessee, who was killed in relation to another incident.
Brothers Ephraim and Henry Grizzard, killed on April 30 and 24, 1892, respectively, were to be recognized with a historical marker in downtown Nashville.
A second marker will be installed downtown to recognize David Jones and Jo Reed, black men who were lynched during Reconstruction, in 1872 and 1875, respectively.
The year 1877 marked the withdrawal of federal troops from the South at the end of the Reconstruction era and a rise in violence of whites against blacks into the early 20th century.