Friday, August 11, 2006
Famous Names: Lynch
Captain William Lynch
A Farmer during the Revolutionary war organized groups of people later called "Lynch Mobs" of local townsfolks to provide justice to local British collaborators. Sometimes resulting in a hanging or "Lynching" a non trial form of justice.
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