Glennville, AL, historic marker describes the town lynch mob's PR savvy. Photo credit: David Muenker
Odd what historians choose to highlight about a place. This historic marker, which stands where the town of Glennville once existed, states:
“Glennville was the home of the only known lynch mob that bought a newspaper advertisement, acknowledged the deed and published their names. The convicted, a murderer, was a member of a prominent Barbour County white family. The incident brought national attention to the town.”
The marker says that the town’s refusal to have a railroad station led to its demise. But I think the lynch mob had more to do with why Glennville didn’t survive. Not too many folks I know would want to live where renegades ruled.
Lore deserved it!
David Y. Mitchell
Thanks, David. You’ve given important info that the marker doesn’t provide — the name of the man lynched. So I googled Lore and found out his name was George W. Lore and he reportedly murdered Henry Blake while (Blake was) returning to Mississippi from Glenville, Alabama where he
had been visiting Americus Columbus Mitchell. Now the question: what was the murderer’s motive?