Lynching in Wicomico County
This file appears in: Garfield King Versus "Person Unknown"
Historical Marker dedicated in Salisbury, Maryland.
This file appears in: Garfield King Versus "Person Unknown"
Garfield King Versus "Person Unknown"
Garfield King was a resident of the Trappe District in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland. Born in 1880, he graduated from Princess Anne “Colored” Academy and was highly thought of by his neighbors. On May 21st of 1898, King and others got into an…