Henry Davis
MSA SC 3520-13635
Lynched in Annapolis, 1906

Biography:

Henry Davis was lynched in Annapolis on December 21, 1906. Davis had been arrested for the assault of Mrs. John Reid. He was removed from the jail on Calvert Street and paraded through the town, before being hanged in a tree along College Creek.¹ No one was ever charged with participating in the lynching.² Davis had previously served time at the Maryland Penitentary on an assault charge.³ He is buried in the smallpox section of Brewer Hill Cemetery. A plaque was dedicated at Brewer Hill Cemetery on December 20, 2001, to honor Davis and other victims of mob justice.⁴
 

¹"The Assault on Woman Avenged - Davis Dragged from Jail and Lynched - Mob Riddled Negro Ravisher with Bullets," Evening Capital, 21 December 1906. [MSA SC 2733, M 104]
²"Circuit Court," Evening Capital, 27 April 1907. [MSA SC 2733, M 104]
³MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Reception Record) Henry Davis alias Henry Chambers, Prisoner Number 15521, Volume 1900-1907 Page 47 [MSA S279, 1-30-5-20]
⁴"Plaque unvieled to honor lynching victim." The Evening Capital, 21 December 2001.

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