Historical Marker
To The Sacred Memory / A Testimonial
Franklinton, Washington County · Louisiana
The courthouse grounds in Franklinton carry a tribute to the rule of law and to the lawmen who died upholding it in 1923. The same jail saw the law fail. On January 11, 1935, a white mob broke in and lynched Jerome Wilson, a Black prisoner, shooting and beating him and leaving his body on a rural road. Five days earlier the Louisiana Supreme Court had granted him a new trial. Both belong to the story of this courthouse square.
Where it stands
30.84430, -90.15480 · Directions
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