- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Thomas G. Woolfolk
- Date of Original:
- 1890-11-07
- Subject:
- Murder--Georgia--Bibb County
Fratricide--Georgia--Bibb County
Parricide--Georgia--Bibb County
Mass murderers--Georgia--Bibb County
Hanging--Georgia
Capital punishment--Georgia
Woolfolk, Tom, 1860-1890 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Macon County, Oglethorpe, 32.29377, -84.06102
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Thomas G. Woolfolk was convicted and hanged for murdering nine members of his family in their Bibb County home on August 6, 1887. This drawing, adapted from a photograph taken of Woolfolk in the jail at Macon, appeared in the Oglethorpe Echo newspaper on November 7, 1890, about a week after his execution.
Image of a head-and-shoulders sketch of Thomas G. Woolfolk. Woolfolk was convicted and hanged for murdering nine members of his family in their Bibb County, Georgia home on August 6, 1887. This drawing, adapted from a photograph taken of Woolfolk in the jail at Macon, appeared in the Oglethorpe Echo newspaper on November 7, 1890, about a week after his execution. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/woolfolk-murder-case/m-11102/
- Rights Holder:
- Drawing from Oglethorpe Echo
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/woolfolk-murder-case
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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