Amanda Franks
Lynched
Notes:
• Amanda "Mandy" Franks was lynched for the 1897 poisoning death Dr. Llewellyn Jordan, a former county commissioner. This is what Record says: "Tragically, he was poisoned and died, while just two months later six of his family, along with eight negro servants, were also poisoned, but not fatally. Two negro women, Mollie Smith and Mandy Franks, were lynched for the poisoning." - Record
• Starting on page 139 in the book "The Sins of Madison County" one can details around the poisons and lynching. - Simpson & Campbell
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• Record
| Nickname: | Mandy |
Notes:
• Amanda "Mandy" Franks was lynched for the 1897 poisoning death Dr. Llewellyn Jordan, a former county commissioner. This is what Record says: "Tragically, he was poisoned and died, while just two months later six of his family, along with eight negro servants, were also poisoned, but not fatally. Two negro women, Mollie Smith and Mandy Franks, were lynched for the poisoning." - Record
• Starting on page 139 in the book "The Sins of Madison County" one can details around the poisons and lynching. - Simpson & Campbell
Related Links:
• Record - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentally of Alabama and the United States, Volume II, by James Record, 1978, page 92.
• Simpson & Campbell - The Sins of Madison County, by Fred B. Simpson with Mary N. Daniel & Gay C. Campbell, 2000.
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• Record