Alfred Williams

Alfred Williams was held in a jail when a mob took him from it, along with nine other men, according to a dispatch reprinted by the Knoxville Weekly Chronicle on September 2, 1874. The dispatch says his body was found in a river-bottom about a mile from town and lists him among those murdered by the mob. The jail's keepers were not named in the dispatch in connection with the seizure of the men.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch reprinted by the Knoxville Weekly Chronicle says a mob took Alfred Williams from a jail and he was among those murdered.

Reported by: Knoxville Weekly Chronicle, reprinting a dispatch (reporters).

Source

• Knoxville Weekly Chronicle, September 2, 1874, page 1 Knoxville Weekly Chronicle, September 2, 1874