Died in jail or a lockup
Allen Robinson
Allen Robinson, a Black man, was one of five men held in the jail at Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee. On the night of January 25, 1870, according to the Nashville Union and American, a group of men broke into the jail, took the five men from the jailer's custody, and shot them a short distance from town. The account, reprinted by The Daily Dispatch on February 2, 1870, does not say whether the jailer resisted or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Huntingdon jail in Carroll County, Tennessee, took Allen Robinson and four other men from the jailer and shot them a short distance from town.
Reported by: Nashville Union and American (reporters).