- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Woolfolk murder case
- Creator:
- Wilkes, Donald E.
- Date of Original:
- 2009-12-18
- 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, Bibb County, 32.80659, -83.69776
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Woolfolk murder case. The most infamous crime in nineteenth-century Georgia occurred in Bibb County, about twelve miles west of Macon, in the early morning hours of August 6, 1887, when Tom Woolfolk murdered nine members of his family with an ax.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/woolfolk-murder-case/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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