William Byrd was an African-American man who was lynched in Brentwood, Wayne County, Georgia by a mob on May 28, 1922.

One of those who agreed to work at Moody's farm was Byrd's wife.

She complained of the slight to her husband, William Byrd.

[3][4] Byrd fled into the wilderness but hounds were procured from the sheriff of Wayne county at Jesup, Georgia, and used to track him down.

[3] Alfred Williams was lynched on March 12, 1922, in Harlem, Georgia, for allegedly shooting and wounding L.O.