Lynching of Arthur Jordan

Travel to Maryland When Elvira Corder became pregnant, the two fled from Markham, Virginia, in an act of self-preservation. On December 27, 1879, the two left Fauquier County on same train using different stations, in Markham and Marshall (then called Salem). Instead, she remained in Maryland while the search party forced Jordan back to Fauquier County, Virginia. == Lynching ==

Jordan had been forcibly interred within The Fauquier Jail by his captors following their return. Around 2:00 AM, a crowd of hooded individuals gathered at the jail. This group claimed to have a Black criminal from a neighboring town to trick the single jailor into opening the door. The hooded men then forced themselves into the building and threatened the jailor with a revolver. At gunpoint, the jailor allowed the lynch mob to enter and remove Jordan from his cell. From there, Jordan was dragged through Warrenton's streets by rope to the Warrenton Cemetery. There, the mob hanged him from a tree, from the noose he strangled to death. == News coverage ==

White-owned news reporting This specific event was covered by a large number of local media sources, including the Alexandria Gazette, The Washington Post, Staunton Spectator, The Baltimore Sun, the Warrenton Solid South, the Richmond Dispatch, the Loudoun Times-Mirror, The Evening Globe, and The Leesburg Mirror. == Impact ==

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Alabama is dedicated to remembering those who were victims of racially-motivated lynching between 1877 and 1950. The names of those victims are carved on large "headstones," categorized by geographic areas in the United States. Arthur Jordan's name is located on Fauquier County's headstone within the memorial. James Madison University's Racial Terror: Lynching in Virginia Research Project has included Jordan as victim VA1880011901. == References ==