Died in jail or a lockup
Archy Johnson
Archy Johnson died while held at the Russell County Jail in Russell County, Virginia, on June 13, 1873. A news report gives the cause of his death as an execution. That claim rests on the news report alone, and no other account of how or by whom it was carried out is available.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news report.