George Taylor | Wake County lynching victim honored with historical marker more than 100 years later in Rolesville [Video]

ROLESVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — Rolesville town leaders and the Wake County Community Remembrance Coalition unveiled a new historical marker on Saturday.

The marker was dedicated to George Taylor, an African American man who was lynched two miles southeast of Rolesville in 1918. The ceremony was held at Main Street Park where the marker will now stand.

More than 100 people were in attendance during Saturday’s unveiling, including descendants of Taylor. Each family member told stories of how they discovered they were related to Taylor.

“When we found out about the event, I reached out to the coalition and asked why we weren’t invited,” Thelma Morrison, granddaughter of George Taylor, said to the crowd. “The coalition then told me that they’d been looking for me. They’d been looking for us.”

The town said several of Taylor’s family members booked flights from places like New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to RDU for the ceremony.

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