▁ ▁" L ear month - L erm onto v . ▁A ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁and ▁families " ▁By ▁Tat iana ▁Mol chan ova ▁and ▁R ex ▁Lear month ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Russ ian ▁noble ▁families ▁Category : Russ ian ▁families ▁of ▁Scottish ▁origin <0x0A> </s> ▁African - American ▁man , ▁Jordan ▁James on ▁was ▁l yn ched ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁in ▁the ▁town ▁square ▁of ▁Magn olia , ▁Columbia ▁County , ▁Ark ansas . ▁A ▁large ▁white ▁mob ▁seized ▁James on ▁after ▁he ▁alleg edly ▁shot ▁the ▁local ▁sh er iff . ▁They ▁tied ▁him ▁to ▁a ▁st ake ▁and ▁burn ed ▁him ▁alive . ▁ ▁Background ▁Ark ansas ▁was ▁on ▁edge ▁after ▁the ▁dead ly ▁Ela ine ▁mass acre ▁( Se ptember ▁ 3 0 – Oct ober ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 1 9 ) ▁in ▁Ela ine ▁in ▁rural ▁Ark ansas . ▁During ▁the ▁ri ots , ▁hundreds ▁of ▁black ▁people ▁were ▁killed ▁and ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁Ark ansas , ▁" the ▁Ela ine ▁Mass acre ▁was ▁by ▁far ▁the ▁dead liest ▁ra cial ▁confront ation ▁in ▁Ark ansas ▁history ▁and ▁possibly ▁the ▁blood iest ▁ra cial ▁conflict ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ." ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 7 , ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁Columbia ▁County ▁Sher iff ▁Benjamin ▁E . ▁Gre er , ▁was ▁heading ▁to ▁the ▁Jordan ▁James on ▁house ▁along ▁with ▁deput ies ▁Duke ▁Em erson ▁and