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Lynching Memorial Unveiled Outside Courthouse

On Sunday, June 29, the Oconee County Board of Commissioners fulfilled a promise made about eight years ago when it voted to demolish the old jail. Along with the city of Watkinsville, the county erected a plaque recognizing a lynching that occurred outside of the old jail 120 years prior, on June 29, 1905. “Nine men were forcibly removed from the jail,” Watkinsville Mayor Brian Broderick said at the ceremony unveiling the plaque. “Eight of them…
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El Periódico de Tlaxcala broke the news in on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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