United States, Georgia, Montgomery County, Mount Vernon, 32.17851, -82.594581893Mount Vernon (Montgomery County), 1893. Officials prepare to hang five men. They were Weldon Gordon, Paris Strickland, Hiram Jacobs, Lucien Manuel, and Hiram Brewington. Sheriff Burgen is standing on the ground in the center of the photograph. He is seen in partial profile and is wearing a beard. The scaffolding was erected near the county courthouse.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/Hanging--Georgia--Mount Vernon (Montgomery County)Architecture--Georgia--Mount Vernon (Montgomery County)Municipal services--Georgia--Mount Vernon (Montgomery County)Special events--Georgia--Mount Vernon (Montgomery County)[Photograph of men on a gallows, Mount Vernon, Montgomery County, Georgia, 1893]StillImage