# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-dula
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:38:03.407Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-dula"
name: "Tom Dula"
slug: "tom-dula"
description: "Thomas C. Dula was a former Confederate soldier who was convicted of murdering Laura Foster. National publicity from newspapers such as The New York Times turned Dula's story into a folk legend. Although Laura was murdered in Wilkes County, North Carolina, Dula was tried, convicted, and hanged in Statesville. Considerable controversy surrounded the case. In subsequent years, a folk song was written, and many oral traditions were passed down about the circumstances surrounding Foster's murder and Dula's subsequent execution. The Kingston Trio recorded a hit version of the murder ballad in 1958."
tagline: "Confederate Army soldier (1846-1868)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_C._Dula.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1846-06-22"
deathDate: "1868-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.259225333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dooley"
    title: "Tom Dooley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dooley"
    title: "Tom Dooley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dula"
    title: "Tom Dula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dula"
    title: "Tom Dula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "تام دولی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dooley"
    title: "Tom Dooley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dula"
    title: "Tom Dula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623723"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump