March 1875 Southeast tornado outbreak

|+ Confirmed tornadoes – Friday, March 19, 1875{{refn|group=nb|name=Date/Time|All dates are based on the local time zone where the tornado touched down; however, all times are in Coordinated Universal Time and dates are split at midnight CST/CDT for consistency.}}{{refn|group=nb|name=Width|Prior to 1994, only the average widths of tornado paths were officially listed.{{sfn|Brooks|2004|p=310}}}}

|Lone Grove–Ray's Point

|Winn

|LA

|02:00–?

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|3 deaths- Three fatalities were reported after a tornado splintered thousands of trees and destroyed six homes in a sparsely populated area. All the deaths occurred within a single family. Additionally, ten individuals sustained injuries.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=581}}

|+ Confirmed tornadoes – Saturday, March 20, 1875{{refn|group=nb|name=Date/Time}}{{refn|group=nb|name=Width}}

|SW of Hamilton to E of Shiloh

|Harris, Talbot

|GA

|15:20–?

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|11+ deaths – This was the first member in the northernmost of two major tornado families. Touching down in southwest Harris County, the "massive" tornado devastated rural plantations and forests in its path. It completely leveled several plantations and farms, with at least five deaths on one of them. Up to 15 deaths may have occurred in Harris County alone, but were unconfirmed. Winds from the parent supercell transferred a hat aloft for {{convert|30|mi|km|abbr=on}} and a book for {{convert|40|mi|km|abbr=on}}. 40 people were injured.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=581}}

|E of Thomastown to S of Forsyth

|Upson, Lamar, Monroe

|GA

|16:00–?

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|This tornado formed {{convert|20|mi|km|abbr=on}} from the dissipation of the previous event, but was in the same tornado family. People first sighted a funnel cloud developing over Thomastown, but it did not touch down until east of town. Once on the ground, the tornado "changed shape continuously." 15 people were injured.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=581}}

|S of Statesville to S of Mocksville

|Iredell, Davie

|NC

|16:00–?

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|{{unk}}

|This may have been a tornado, a downburst or a combination of the two.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=581}}

|N of Columbus to N of Talbotton

|Muscogee, Harris, Talbot

|GA

|16:30–?

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|9 deaths – This was the first tornado in the southernmost of the two tornado families. Described as a "large and intense" tornado, it destroyed the village of "Mt. Airy" in the southeast corner of Harris County, killing six people in one home. Winds propelled a board from the home {{convert|18|in|cm|abbr=on}} into the stump of a broken pine tree. The tornado destroyed more homes and an academy in or near Baughville in Talbot County, killing three people. 50 people were injured.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=581}}

|N of Gray

|Jones, Putnam

|GA

|16:50–?

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|1 death – This tornado struck only three farms, but demolished all of them. 10 people were injured.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=581}}

|NW of Sparta, GA to S of Edgefield, SC

|Hancock (GA), Warren (GA), McDuffie (GA), Columbia (GA), Edgefield (SC)

|GA, SC

|17:40–?

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|28+ deaths – See section on this tornado

|S of Gray to E of Milledgeville

|Jones, Baldwin

|GA

|17:50–?

|{{unk}}

|{{convert|600|yd|m|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|13+ deaths – This tornado produced a "devastating" swath of damage near Milledgeville, with four deaths in Jones County and nine or more in Baldwin County. Residents of Milledgeville mistook the tornado for a column of smoke from a fire. When surveyors of the U.S. Army Signal Corps arrived three weeks later, a child was still unaccounted for and "presumed dead." 30 people were injured.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=582}}

|ESE of Sparta to S of Gibson

|Hancock, Washington, Glascock, Jefferson

|GA

|18:30–?

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|8+ deaths – This tornado caused eight deaths in Glascock County, but according to newspapers, the actual toll may have been 30. Some deaths in Hancock County attributed to the Sparta–Edgefield tornado may actually have been from this tornado. 40 people were injured.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=582}}

|W of Keysville, GA to Williston, SC

|Jefferson (GA), Burke (GA), Richmond (GA), Aiken (SC), Barnwell (SC)

|GA, SC

|19:00–?

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|6+ deaths – This tornado was likely a series of tornadoes and downbursts. It narrowly missed Augusta, passing {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=on}} southeast of that city before crossing the Savannah River into South Carolina. The tornado critically damaged or razed about 40 homes in Richmond County alone. The tornado left so much debris on farms that they were abandoned. As many as eight people may have died. 30 people were injured.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=583}}

|Opelika, AL to Whitesville, GA

|Lee (AL), Chambers (AL), Harris (GA)

|AL, GA

|19:30–?

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|7 deaths – This may have been a multiple-vortex tornado that killed seven people in a single family. 20 people were injured. This was the last violent tornado to impact Lee County until March 3, 2019.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=582}}{{cite tweet|number=1103700295723438081|user=wsfa12news|title=Darden: This is the worst tornado to hit #LeeCounty since March 20, 1875 when an EF-4 hit. It's worst March tornad… |date=7 March 2019}}

|SW of Columbia

|Lexington

|SC

|19:55–?

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|2 deaths – This tornado wrecked five or more farms in its path. A dozen people were injured.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=583}}

|N of Sumter, SC to Tabor City, NC

|Sumter (SC), Lee (SC), Florence (SC), Marion (SC), Horry (SC), Columbus (NC)

|SC, NC

|20:30–?

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|5 deaths – This tornado family produced a damage swath that varied from {{convert|20|yd|m|abbr=on}} to almost {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=on}} wide, with several entire plantations wrecked. The tornado downed or split "tens of thousands" of trees and destroyed buildings on more than 40 farms. 30 people were injured.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=583}}

|W of Raleigh

|Chatham, Wake

|NC

|22:00–?

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|Another tornado or downburst dissipated about {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=on}} west of Raleigh.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=583}}

|S of Norway to S of Orangeburg

|Orangeburg

|SC

|22:00–?

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|3 deaths – This smoky-looking tornado leveled numerous little cabins. 20 people were injured.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=583}}

|Indiantown

|Williamsburg

|SC

|23:30–?

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|Details were unknown.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=583}}

|Dogwood Neck

|Horry

|SC

|00:00–?

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|This tornado swept a frame home clean to its foundation.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=583}}

|NW of Conway

|Horry

|SC

|00:00–?

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|{{unk}}

|This tornado was not surveyed.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=583}}

|SW of Sylvania

|Bulloch

|GA

|01:00–?

|{{unk}}

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|A tornado hit eight cabins, leveling them.{{sfn|Grazulis|1993|p=583}}